Common use of Selection Process of School Leadership Clause in Contracts

Selection Process of School Leadership. Team Members a. Each school will be provided the number of staff members for the school leadership team based upon total number of staff members as mutually agreed upon by the District and the SJTA. b. Each school leadership team will range from a minimum of four to a maximum of nine including the principal and a vice principal. c. The site administrator and the SJTA representative will oversee the election process which includes the following steps and guidelines: i. Call a meeting to share the information and explain the process. Distribute handouts including the Continuum of Emerging Teacher Leadership (Appendix A), the Guidelines for School Leadership Teams, and this Article. ii. Nominations are made by nominating one’s self or others and by submitting the names to the faculty representative in writing. This process is not to be done in a public setting. Nominees must be assigned to the site for the following school year and be committed to the criteria and leadership skills outlined in the Continuum of Emerging Teacher Leadership. iii. If the site representative is a nominee, he/she will appoint a designee to oversee the election process. iv. Once the nominations are completed, the names will be placed on a ballot and distributed to all the certificated staff members assigned to that site. Staff members may vote for as many nominees as there are number of members on the Leadership Team, but may only vote for each person one time. v. Secret ballots will be returned to the site representative or designee who, with the site administrator, counts the ballots. vi. The timeline for this process shall include three (3) days for the nomination process and two (2) days for the vote. vii. Eligible voters are those presently at the site. Those certificated staff members who work at more than one site can vote at each site. viii. The term on the leadership team shall be three (3) years with no limit on serving consecutive terms. However, during this first term, two and three year terms shall be staggered and determined by lottery or self selection. d. K-8 schools shall have one Leadership Team for the entire school.