Site-Based Decision-Making Operating Principles. 2 Site decisions shall be made in accordance with the following operating principles: 3
4 1. All decisions will comply with board policies, state laws, or any of the collective 5 bargaining agreements that affect staff members. 6
7 2. Decisions will be made with the involvement of community members and parents, 8 the district office through site partners, the school board, the unions, and students. 9
10 3. Decisions will bring sites closer to achieving district-wide strategic outcomes and 11 will move the site toward improved student learning, with a particular focus on 12 traditionally marginalized student populations. 13
14 4. Decisions will bring collective responsibility and accountability through the site 15 team process and team structures. 16
17 5. Decisions will include an evaluation component that reviews the effectiveness of: 18
19 a. the process through which the decision was made and 20
21 b. the product--the results of the decision. 22
23 6. All decisions will be made collectively, without the ability of any individual to veto 24 a site decision. 25
26 7. If a site, or program such as Pre-School or any other as defined by Article 2, wants 27 to waive a provision of the union contract, it must get the approval of the Article 2 28 Group. Waivers will require 90% approval of members assigned to the site or 29 program and will be reviewed annually at each site or within each program. 30
31 8. If an individual or site has a concern that a contractual issue has not been 32 appropriately addressed at the site or program level, they may make a request to the
Site-Based Decision-Making Operating Principles. 2 Site decisions shall be made in accordance with the following operating principles: 3
4 1. All decisions will comply with board policies, state laws, or any of the collective 5 bargaining agreements that affect staff members. 6
7 2. Decisions will be made with the involvement of community members and parents, 8 the district office through site partners, the school board, the unions, and students. 9
10 3. Decisions will bring sites closer to achieving district-wide strategic outcomes and 11 will move the site toward improved student learning. 12
13 4. Decisions will bring collective responsibility and accountability through the site 14 team process and team structures. 15
16 5. Decisions will include an evaluation component that reviews the effectiveness of: 17
18 a. the process through which the decision was made and 19
20 b. the product--the results of the decision. 21
22 6. All decisions will be made collectively, without the ability of any individual to veto 23 a site decision. 24
25 7. If a site, or program such as Pre-School or any other as defined by Article 2, wants 26 to waive a provision of the union contract, it must get the approval of the Article 2 27 Group. Waivers will require 90% approval of employees assigned to the site or 28 program and will be reviewed annually at each site or within each program. 29
30 8. If an individual or site has a concern that a contractual issue has not been 31 appropriately addressed at the site or program level, they may make a request to the
