– STRATEGIC PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE GROUP. The District and the Association mutually agree that consideration of educator voice is an essential component in the development of District programs and practices. Therefore, the purpose of the SPRG is to provide a forum and methodology for consideration of educator voice in the development of District programs and practices. The SPRG differs from a committee. In addition to providing initial feedback and recommendations, SPRG is meant to provide sustained, corrective-action consultation. SPRG works to ensure that new programs and practices: • Adhere to national and state mandates. • Enhance student achievement. • Manage impact on educator workload. • Provide adequate professional learning. • Address operational and technology needs and support. • Determine staff capacity to successfully implement new initiatives.
– STRATEGIC PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE GROUP. MEMBERSHIP The District Superintendent (or their designee) and the President of the LWEA (or their designee) will collaborate to select up to twelve representatives each from the District and the Association to the SPRG. The Association agrees to select representatives exclusively from the LWEA membership roster. The District agrees to select representatives from District employees, excluding certificated staff. We agree that SPRG should have an equal number of the District and the Association. The District Superintendent and the Association President will confer annually prior to the first student day of the school year to determine the exact number of representatives to be selected by each group. By mutual agreement, the District and the Association may allow non-SPRG member participation as part of the planning process. The District and the Association mutually agree that a commitment to diversity is essential to ensuring the SPRG team receives comprehensive consultation, feedback, and advice from LWEA members. The SPRG will strive to be inclusive not only during the selection of members but also in the use of processes employed to gather data and solicit educator feedback. SPRG will strive to create awareness as to whose voices are heard and whose voices are missing.
– STRATEGIC PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE GROUP. CALENDAR SPRG meetings will be held five times each school year. The calendar for SPRG meetings will be established collaboratively by the District Superintendent (or their designee) and the President of the LWEA (or their designee). Each meeting will be planned for a full workday. District Labor- Management will confirm the final schedule, any consultant support required for SPRG facilitation, and any non-member participation. The SPRG calendar will identify: • One August, Small Group Meeting - This meeting will be for the purpose of establishing priority agenda items for review at the three regular meetings. Members invited to this meeting will be determined by the District Superintendent (or their designee) and the President of the LWEA (or their designee). The District multi-year strategic plan will be shared with invited SPRG members at this meeting. • Three Whole Group Meetings - These will be held no later than ten days after the first day of November, February, and April and will be planned for a full workday. • One Small Group, May or June Meeting - This meeting will be for the purpose of: o reviewing District wide educator survey data. o monitoring and adjusting the current, new, and proposed adoptions, initiatives, programs, and practices identified in the multi-year strategic plan. o assisting with the planning of SPRG activities the following year.
– STRATEGIC PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE GROUP. PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES SPRG will follow established protocols and practices including: • Interest-Based Problem Solving (IBB) will be the prescribed method for addressing all issues, concerns, or problems of practice. • Decision making will be clarified for all topics of discussion by identifying 1) who is responsible for the decision, 2) who is consulted with before a decision is made to help inform the decision and 3) who is informed about the decision. This model is referred to as the DCI model of decision making. Given the District's responsibility to make program decisions, it is in the District's interest to ensure decisions have been thoroughly considered from multiple perspectives while collaborating with those closest to the work. This level of consultation enhances the opportunity to accomplish the mission and vision of the District. Finally, SPRG consultation ensures informed communication to those affected by decisions and helps to create clarity for all parties involved. • The Planning, Learning, Implementing and Evaluating (PLIE) process will be used as the cycle of inquiry to consider issues, concerns, or problems of practice over a longer period. • An overview of each meeting discussion will be made available to interested District employees within ten (10) calendar days following each meeting. The District and the Association agree that topics addressed by SPRG will be informed by the District Strategic Plan, established data sources, and such sources as the SPRG may identify during their research and discussion. Sources not preidentified will only be considered after consensus of the members consistent with Interest Based Problem Solving practices. The District and the Association also agree that the District's strategic plan will be informed by the feedback, advice, and data generated by the SPRG.
– STRATEGIC PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE GROUP. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES SPRG will concentrate its work on the programs and practices having or expected to have the most significant impact(s) on students and staff. Areas of particular focus are those that impact student and staff well-being, student and staff sense of efficacy, and staff workload. Strategic Planning Representative Group’s examination of programs and practices may include: • Future professional development, technology implementation/integration, classroom assessment, or classroom instruction activities to be implemented or under consideration for implementation as part of the District's strategic plan. • In-use professional development, technology implementation/integration, classroom assessment, or classroom instruction activities identified by District leadership as requiring evaluation for efficacy in alignment with the District's strategic plan or for compliance with administrative or board policy statements. • Any professional development, technology implementation/integration, classroom assessment, or classroom instruction activities identified by SPRG and agreed to by consensus of SPRG members.
