Selection Procedures for Joint Teacher-Administrator Review Panel. For any school year which the District determines to implement the PAR Program, the Superintendent or designee shall establish a Joint Teacher – Administrator Review Panel. This Joint Teacher-Administrator Review Panel shall be composed of five members; three permanent classroom teachers and two administrators. Classroom teachers shall make up a majority of the Panel. Administrators on the Panel shall be selected by the Superintendent. One of the permanent classroom teachers shall be selected by the Moorpark Educators Association. The remaining permanent classroom teachers shall be selected by all of the classroom teachers in a secret ballot election conducted by the MEA President or designee and the Superintendent. In order to be eligible to be on the ballot, a classroom teacher shall have at least five years of full-time classroom teaching experience in the District, not have been disciplined within the last four years, and not have received a less than satisfactory mark on any performance evaluation received as a permanent employee of the District within the last four years. In addition, prior to being placed on the ballot, a candidate must submit a written application to the Superintendent and MEA President at least three (3) calendar days prior to the election expressly indicating a desire to be on the ballot, and also expressly indicating a commitment to perform all the required duties of the Joint Teacher – Administrator Review Panel for the school year. The Superintendent or designee and the MEA President may seek applicants for the Joint Teacher-Administrator Review Panel. Candidates for the Panel will be encouraged to apply who are representative of elementary, middle and high school levels. The teachers on the ballot receiving the most number of votes from the classroom teachers actually voting shall be appointed to the Joint Teacher – Administrator Review Panel. Each classroom teacher who votes in the election may cast two votes but no more than one vote per candidate. The ballots shall be counted by the Superintendent or designee and the MEA President or designee. The elected classroom teachers shall serve as Panel members for a two-year term to expire on June 30 of the second year after elected. Such terms shall be staggered. The teacher appointed by the MEA shall serve a one-year term to expire on June 30. If it becomes necessary to fill a vacancy of an elected member of the Panel during the member’s term of office, the Panel may determine t...
