The Joint Panel Sample Clauses

The Joint Panel. 24.3.1 The Peer Assistance and Review Program will be administered by a Panel consisting of five (5) members: three (3) certificated classroom teachers selected by the RTA and two (2) administrators chosen by the District. Qualifications for the teacher representatives shall be the same as those for the Consulting Teachers. One member must be an elementary teacher, one member must be a middle school teacher, and one member must be a high school teacher. The initial teacher member terms shall be decided by lot: one shall be for two years, one shall be for three years, and one shall be for four years. After the initial terms, each replacement shall be appointed for a three year term. 24.3.2 The Joint Panel will make all decisions through consensus in the areas of appointments, reports and recommendations to the Governing Board, and Program plan and budget. Failing consensus, these decisions will be made by a majority vote. Three of the five Panel members will constitute a quorum consisting of no less than one (1) administrator and two (2) teachers for purposes of meeting and conducting business. 24.3.2.1 Should the PAR Panel need to make financial adjustments to Article 24, the Panel must seek approval of the RTA Officers or Negotiations Team. 24.3.3 Each teacher member of the Joint Panel shall be paid a stipend of $500. 24.3.4 The Joint Panel will meet primarily during non-instructional time. If needed, release time may be provided for training and any other required functions. 24.3.5 The Joint Panel’s primary responsibilities are:

The Joint Panel. 1. Joint Panel—Composition and Selection a. The Joint Panel shall be made up of four classroom teachers elected by teachers; one from kindergarten, one from grades 1-3, one from grades 4-6, and one from grades 7-8, in secret ballot elections conducted by the Association and three administrators, at least one being a site administrator, appointed by the District. b. Open nominations for classroom teacher representatives on the Joint Panel shall take place between April 1 and April 15 of each year vacancies occur. c. A quorum of the joint panel consists of at least 2 administrative members and 3 teacher members. d. The election of Joint Panel members shall take place on or before April 30 of each year vacancies occur. If not enough teachers apply for the Joint Panel positions, or a teacher position becomes vacant during the term, the Association may appoint teachers to the open positions. e. A Joint Panel year is defined as July 1- June 30. f. Each teacher elected to the Joint Panel shall serve a term of not more than two years and may succeed himself/herself only once without a break in term unless seeking reelection unopposed. For the first year those serving shall randomly be selected for a one or two year term. Two of the three administrative representatives shall serve no more than four years without a break. 2. The responsibilities of the Joint Panel shall be to: a. Administer the Peer Assistance and Review Program. b. Participate in any training required for the program. c. Use a consensus model for decision making. d. Determine a meeting schedule and times. Every effort shall be made to confine meeting times to the school day. e. Establish operating rules and procedures and distribute to certificated employees. f. Determine the number and types of Consulting Teachers needed based on district needs in conjunction with the Assistant Superintendents of Educational Services and Personnel Services prior to the selection process. g. Select the Consulting Teachers by a majority vote. h. Select and create an eligibility list of Mandatory and Voluntary Consulting Teachers for a variety of levels (K-3, 4-6, 7-8), and select Service Provider Consulting Teachers and Subject Area Specialist Consulting Teachers. i. Oversee training of Consulting Teachers. j. Accept or reject non-mandatory referrals for volunteering teachers. k. Provide a list of Consulting Teachers to the Participating Teacher so that the Participating Teacher can make a request. The Joint Panel w...

The Joint Panel. 21.2.1 The structure will consist of a joint panel comprised of two teachers and one administrator. This panel shall meet three times a year (beginning, mid-year, and end of year, no later than March 31st) to review the progress of any Referred teachers and feedback from Consulting teachers. A fourth meeting may be held if there are any referrals for the next school year. The panel will be voluntary and the meetings will be held outside the instructional day. 21.2.2 The Panel’s final meeting shall be no later than March 31st of the current school year. 21.2.3 The Panel shall convene at the end of the year to review any permanent teachers with an unsatisfactory evaluation who seek the assistance of the Peer Assistance Review program. The Panel shall assign a Consulting teacher from the pre-approved list to the Referred teacher for the subsequent school year.

The Joint Panel. 1. A Joint Panel consisting of three members chosen by the District and four classroom teachers appointed by the SVFT shall govern the PAR Program. Members of the panel shall be appointed to staggered two-year terms; in the appointment of the initial panel, two of the classroom teachers and either one or two of the District’s appointees shall serve for one year only. Terms shall begin on July 1st and end on June 30th, with the proviso that the terms of the initial panel members may start at a different date. Vacancies in any position shall be filled by appointment by the District or the Federation respectively using the established criteria. Members of the initial Joint Panel may serve two consecutive terms. However, members who join the panel subsequent to its first year may serve one term only and may not serve again until a full year has lapsed between their terms. 2. The members of the Joint Panel shall select one of their members to serve as a chair each year. The chair shall serve a one-year term. The District and the SVFT will alternate as chairs on an annual basis. The Joint Panel shall also select a member to act as a secretary to record minutes of each proceeding. Where consensus is not possible, decisions shall be reached using the procedures specified in Robert’s Rules of Order. For a decision to be reached, a quorum of three (3) Federation representatives and two (2) District representatives must be present. All actions of the Joint Panel must be recorded in the minutes. 3. Meetings of the Joint Panel shall be convened as necessary for the Joint Panel to conduct business. Each Joint Panel member shall receive appropriate training prior to the beginning of his/her term. 4. Joint Panel meetings may be conducted during the normal school workday when possible. Each SVFT Joint Panel member shall be compensated at the rate of one (1) hour at the normal curriculum rate for each meeting attended for which s/he must prepare lesson plans. For meetings held outside the normal school workday, SVFT Joint Panel members shall be compensated on an hour-for-hour basis at the current curriculum rate. 5. District appointees to the Joint Panel must meet the following criteria: a. Must have at least five years of administrative experience, three of which must be in the District; b. Must have excellent performance evaluations in the areas of evaluation and employee relations; c. Must have a demonstrated ability to maintain good working relations on personnel matter...

The Joint Panel