Common use of ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Clause in Contracts

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS. 1. The Assistant Director shall meet at least once a month with the director to whom he/she reports. Such meetings will be held for the purpose of discussion of their respective programs. 2. The Assistant Director shall be responsible for assisting the Department Director in conducting the work of the respective department. 3. The primary function of the Assistant Director shall be to assist Department Directors in the improvement of instruction and service in their respective areas of specialization. 4. The Assistant Director shall confer with Principals, Vice Principals and appropriate Department Chairpersons with regard to facilities, program content, teaching performance and staffing and shall make such recommendations as they may deem pertinent. 5. Assistant Directors may, whenever they deem it necessary and with the knowledge of the Principal, hold conferences with individual teachers or groups of teachers to review mat- ters relating to the improvement of instruction within their areas of specialization, provid- ing that such meetings do not conflict with the daily schedules of the teachers involved. 6. Assistant Directors, when visiting a school and present in that school at the end of the day, shall be available for consultation with administrators and appropriate Department Chairpersons and teachers of that school. 7. Assistant Directors shall not be required to cover any school classes in the absence of a teacher except in cases of an emergency as defined by the Superintendent. 8. Assistant Directors shall be evaluated by the Director and/or the appropriate Assistant Superintendent to whom they report. 9. Implementation of compensation for this service shall be in accordance with Article XXVI, entitled “Promotional Salary Determination and Adjustment” as written in the District/CASA agreement and retroactive to the commencement of the Director’s or Assistant Director’s absence.