Curriculum Projects Sample Clauses

Curriculum Projects. It is the expressed intent of the Board and the AFT to involve a maximum number of faculty in the planning and development of innovative and exemplary programs, techniques, and materials, especially as they relate to the improvement of instruction. Accordingly, the District shall budget an amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each instructional year of this Agreement to be used for faculty-initiated curriculum projects. In addition, the District shall budget an amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each instructional year of this Agreement to be used for curriculum projects initiated by part-time faculty and for part-time-faculty professional development. Such funds shall be administered by the Curriculum Grants Committee.
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Curriculum Projects. Many unit members have ideas concerning the revision and reformulation of curriculum based upon their experience and background, which can provide direct benefit to the Stamford School System or other school systems. Such projects can be experimental in nature and need not be directly initiated by a unit member on behalf of his/her department.
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Curriculum Projects. 8.1.1 A member or members may submit applications for curriculum study and revision projects. 8.1.2 Applications shall identify specific intents and goals on the project, the curriculum area under study, the member or members to be involved, the length of time required for the project and any other information which may be required to evaluate the necessity and value of the project. 8.1.3 Such application shall be submitted through Department Chairpersons and Elementary Core Curriculum Leaders and/or Building Principals to the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction who shall forward the application with recommendations to the Superintendent. 8.1.4 The District shall hold final authority to approve or disapprove such projects. 8.1.5 Written results of such projects shall be submitted to the District for a decision as to approval or disapproval. 8.1.6 Members involved in approved curriculum projects shall be compensated at the rate of $27.44 (2014-16) and $27.85 (2016-17) per hour.
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Curriculum Projects. 1. All projects carry a daily stipend of $150 for a six-hour day. For Example, an 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. workday with an hour for lunch. Curriculum writers will submit the proper paperwork to receive compensation. 2. The curriculum projects covered by this sum will be aligned to District goals or mutually agreed upon initiatives and will be submitted to the Superintendent for approval. The writer(s) may be required to meet with the Superintendent to discuss their approval. 3. Although the project has been approved for writing, it has not been presented to or recommended to the Board of Education for approval and/or implementation. Therefore, if the intent is to implement the curriculum writing project, please meet with your building principal. Upon approval from the building principal, your project may be implemented. If additional approval is necessary, the Building Principal will forward your project to the Superintendent for possible recommendation to the Board of Education.
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Curriculum Projects. The Program Directors, after soliciting suggestions from the faculty shall develop and refine curriculum research programs for which funding is available. The curriculum projects shall be posted at all sites inviting applications from unit members interested in working on such projects. Directors shall use their best efforts to select participants for such projects from among such applicants whose jobs are most impacted by the projects.
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Curriculum Projects. From time to time, the administration may wish to invite individual teachers or groups of teachers to produce a curriculum guide or other document related to the instructional program. In such instances, the Superintendent or his/her designee will provide written notification of the availability of such work, including: 1. a description of the document to be produced, 2. the date by which the project is to be completed, and
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Curriculum Projects. The Board may hire staff to write and/or revise curriculum at a “per project” fee on a voluntary participation basis. Anyone covered by this Agreement, except facilitators functioning in that role, if called upon to make more than one presentation in a given year at Public Board Meetings, shall be paid $55 for each subsequent presentation.
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  • Curriculum a. The School shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to the College’s Testing Center, if the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the College. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan to ensure appropriate college level placement, assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide academic interventions for Students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s). The School shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School will share the report with the College Testing Center or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - College Board approved test sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

  • Curriculum Development This includes the analysis and coordination of textual materials; constant review of current literature in the field, some of which are selected for the college library collection, the preparation of selective, descriptive materials such as outlines and syllabi; conferring with other faculty and administration on curricular problems; and, the attendance and participation in inter and intra-college conferences and advisory committees.

  • Projects There shall be a thirty (30) km free zone around the projects excluding the Metro Vancouver Area. For local residents, kilometers shall be paid from the boundary of the free zone around the project. Workers employed by any contractor within an identified free zone who resides outside of that same free zone will be paid according to the Kilometer Chart from the project to their residence less thirty

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  • PROJECT WORK PLAN The Statement of Work is the formal document incorporated into the Grant. The Project Work Plan documents how the Grantee will achieve the performance measures outlined in the Grant. Changes to the Statement of Work require an amendment. Project Work Plans may be changed with written approval from DFPS and the Grantee.