Common use of Voluntary Assistance Program Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Assistance Program. A program entitled Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP) shall be instituted to provide released time from regular assignments for consultation and/or visitation to take place. This program shall be based on the following guidelines: A. The BOARD shall allocate funds to provide twenty (20) days of released time. If the level of participation exhausts those funds, the BOARD may provide funds for additional days of released time. B. The Assistant Superintendent of Student and Academic Services, in cooperation with the FEDERATION, shall develop a roster of tenure teachers who are willing to serve as teacher advisors. C. The advisor shall work with the requesting teacher in attempting to provide the requested assistance. Appropriate activity may include such steps as observation, discussion, visitation, and/or demonstration. D. Any teacher may request assistance by filling out the appropriate form, which will be available in every school office, and sending it to the Assistant Superintendent of Student and Academic Services. E. The teacher requesting assistance shall select a teacher from the roster to provide advisory assistance. F. Neither the suggestions of the advisor or the requesting teacher's reactions to such suggestions shall be used in any way in the District's formal evaluation. G. The BOARD and FEDERATION agree that each party has a responsibility to make known to teachers the availability of the Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP) and to encourage teachers to make use of such program.

Voluntary Assistance Program. A. A program entitled Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP) shall be instituted to provide released time from regular assignments for consultation and/or visitation to take place. This program shall be based on the following guidelines: A. 1) The BOARD shall allocate funds to provide twenty (20) days of released time. If the level of participation exhausts those funds, the BOARD may provide funds for additional days of released time. B. 2) The Assistant Superintendent Executive Director of Student and Academic Educational Services, in cooperation with the FEDERATION, shall develop a roster of tenure teachers who are willing to serve as teacher advisors. C. 3) The advisor shall work with the requesting teacher in attempting to provide the requested assistance. Appropriate activity may include such steps as observation, discussion, visitation, and/or demonstration. D. 4) Any teacher may request assistance by filling out the appropriate form, which will be available in every school office, and sending it to the Assistant Superintendent Executive Director of Student and Academic Educational Services. E. 5) The teacher requesting assistance shall select a teacher from the roster to provide advisory assistance. F. 6) Neither the suggestions of the advisor or the requesting teacher's reactions to such suggestions shall be used in any way in the District's formal evaluation. G. 7) The BOARD and FEDERATION agree that each party has a responsibility to make known to teachers the availability of the Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP) and to encourage teachers to make use of such program.

Voluntary Assistance Program. A program entitled Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP) shall be instituted to provide released time from regular assignments for consultation and/or visitation to take place. This program shall be based on the following guidelines: A. The BOARD shall allocate funds to provide twenty (20) days of released time. If the level of participation exhausts those funds, the BOARD may provide funds for additional days of released time. B. The Assistant Superintendent of Student and Academic Services, in cooperation with the FEDERATION, shall develop a roster of tenure teachers who are willing to serve as teacher advisors. C. The advisor shall work with the requesting teacher in attempting to provide the requested assistance. Appropriate activity may include such steps as observation, discussion, visitation, and/or demonstration. D. Any teacher may request assistance by filling out the appropriate form, which will be available in every school office, and sending it to the Assistant Superintendent of Student and Academic Services. E. The teacher requesting assistance shall select a teacher from the roster to provide advisory assistance. F. Neither X. Xxxxxxx the suggestions of the advisor or the requesting teacher's reactions to such suggestions shall be used in any way in the District's formal evaluation. G. The BOARD and FEDERATION agree that each party has a responsibility to make known to teachers the availability of the Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP) and to encourage teachers to make use of such program.