Curriculum Specialists Clause Samples

The 'Curriculum Specialists' clause defines the roles and responsibilities of individuals or entities designated as experts in curriculum development within an educational agreement. Typically, this clause outlines the qualifications required for curriculum specialists, their duties such as designing, reviewing, or updating educational materials, and the process for their selection or approval. By clearly specifying these aspects, the clause ensures that curriculum-related tasks are handled by qualified professionals, thereby maintaining educational quality and consistency throughout the program.
Curriculum Specialists. 1. The Board may employ Curriculum Specialists to serve the teachers in the elementary (K-5) buildings in such areas as Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and Math and to serve K-8 teachers in the areas of Art, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Gifted, Foreign Languages, and Physical Education. Curriculum Specialists shall be certified teachers, shall be highly qualified, shall be members of the PREA bargaining unit, and shall be paid on the basis of their placement on the appropriate lane and step of the professional compensation schedule. In addition, if a teacher is employed as a Curriculum Specialist either on a full-time basis or on a part-time basis by being given release time, he/she shall also receive an annual stipend in the applicable amount set forth in Appendix D. If a Curriculum Specialist is employed by the Board before and/or after the regular school year, he/she shall be paid at their daily rate of pay for each such day that he/she is so employed. No teacher shall be involuntarily assigned to work as a Curriculum Specialist. A teacher who is no longer assigned as a Curriculum Specialist will be assigned to a teaching position that is equivalent or similar to the teaching position previously held if the teacher is still determined to be qualified to hold such position. 2. The Middle School Department Chairpersons in the areas of Math, Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts will receive the same stipend. Job responsibilities for full-time Curriculum Specialists, Encore Curriculum Specialists and Department Chairpersons are identified in the District 64 Job Descriptions for these positions. The Department Chairpersons will be relieved of teaching responsibilities for a core class or elective teaching only 200 minutes of core classes. 3. Department Chairs and Curriculum Specialists will meet as necessary to assure proper coordination between the curricular areas at the K-5 and 6-8 buildings. 4. Staffing of the Curriculum Specialists and Department Chairperson positions will be reviewed on a four (4) year cycle.
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Curriculum Specialists. The stipends for each Curriculum Specialist are based on two factors: a specific dollar value and a set percentage of their workday (based on the teachers’ salary schedule) dedicated to this position. 1. All Curriculum Specialist positions will be opened and posted each year. 2. The Committee agrees that it will guarantee at least a minimum of 3.6 FTE released time opportunities for professional growth of teachers earmarked to support the educational needs of the District. The job descriptions and work conditions of these new positions will be negotiated with the Federation and be subjected to the ratification process of both parties.
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