Common use of Shared Decision Making Clause in Contracts

Shared Decision Making. 7.1 Shared decision making is an opportunity for all stakeholders to have input in the decisions that impact their learning and working environment. 7.2 Each school shall develop procedures for shared decision making which engages all impacted stakeholders (including administrators, educators, support staff, parents and students where appropriate) in planning, gathering and analyzing data, proposing, implementing, and evaluating solutions, and making decisions in the best interest of the individual school. This procedure enables decisions to be made at the level closest to implementation. 7.2.1 Prior to the last Friday of September, the building/program administrator shall convene a meeting for the annual review of the building’s shared decision making plan. Shared decision making training for the building/program shall commence at this same meeting, if not already in progress. When it is determined that modifications to the shared decision making plan are necessary, they shall be completed according to the building/program timelines. 7.2.2 The building/program administrator shall provide their Executive Director and the Association representative from each building a current copy of the building’s shared decision making model, which shall be forwarded to the Association office by the first Friday in October along with documentation of the mandatory annual review meeting. 7.3 Areas where educators shall be given opportunities to provide input shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Expenditures of funds available to the building. 2. Selection and mentoring of teaching staff. 3. Input into the implementation of curriculum and selection of district-approved instructional material in accordance with district policies. 4. Scheduling of elementary planning time. 5. Building level professional development areas of focus taking into consideration student data, educator needs, the school’s unified improvement plan, school status, specialized programming, and district-directed professional development initiatives. 7.4 In support of shared decision making, the district and the Association shall meet regularly to discuss building level implementation of shared decision making. Discussion will include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Providing assistance in the development and implementation of changes evolving from shared decision making in accordance with district policy, state and federal laws, and the Agreement. 2. Enabling further clarification and understanding of shared decision making. 3. Serving in an advisory capacity in the development, implementation and scheduling of training for shared decision making. 4. Replicating effective building-based shared decision making strategies.