Common use of LIAISON COMMITTEES Clause in Contracts

LIAISON COMMITTEES. A. The purpose of liaison committees is to encourage and facilitate communications between the teaching staff, the administration, and the Board, and to review and discuss school problems and practices relating to and affecting the teaching staff and curriculum. B. There will be three (3) Teacher-Principal Liaison Committees, one to represent County Road School, one to represent ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ School, and one to represent ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Middle School. 1. Three (3) teaching staff members shall be chosen by the Association to serve on each of the Teacher-Principal Liaison Committee. 2. The chairperson will alternate monthly between the D.E.A. and the principal. 3. The Teacher-Principal Liaison Committee will meet by the 15th of each month at a mutually agreed upon time and place. Such monthly meetings may be canceled with the agreement of both parties. 4. Items for agenda will be submitted to the building principal three (3) days prior to meeting. The agendas will be distributed to all staff members and administrators at least two (2) days prior to the meeting. Agenda items for Association shall be developed and submitted by the Association. 5. A recording secretary shall be chosen from the Association to record minutes of such meetings. These minutes shall be typed by a school secretary and distributed to all members of the faculty and the administration within three (3) school days after such meetings are held. Minutes shall be reviewed for accuracy and approved by the principal and Association representative prior to general distribution. C. There will a Teacher-Superintendent Liaison Committee consisting of: six (6) teaching staff members, the chairperson, and one (1) other member from each of the Teacher-Principal Liaison Committees, the superintendent, and the administrators. 1. The chairperson will alternate monthly between the D.E.A. and the superintendent. 2. The Teacher-Superintendent Liaison Committee will meet by the 30th of each month at a mutually agreed upon time and place. Such monthly meetings may be canceled with the agreement of both parties. 3. Any matter which pertains to a particular building must first be raised with the Teacher-Principal Liaison Committee before it may be raised at the Teacher-Superintendent Liaison Committee. Any matter which has system-wide impact will normally be raised first with the Teacher-Principal Liaison Committee. 4. Items for agenda will be submitted to superintendent’s office three (3) days prior to meeting. The agenda will be distributed to all committee members and administrators two (2) days prior to the liaison meetings. 5. A recording secretary shall be chosen on an alternating basis from each group to record minutes of such meetings. These minutes shall be typed by a school secretary and distributed to all members of the faculty and the administration within three (3) school days after such meetings are held. Minutes shall be reviewed for accuracy and approved by the superintendent and Association representative prior to general distribution. D. There will be a Teacher-Administration-Board Liaison Committee consisting of six (6) teaching staff members, (one [1] teacher representative from each building will serve on all three [3] liaison committees -- principal, superintendent, and Board), four (4) administrators, and three (3) members of the Board of Education who will meet four (4) times throughout the contract year to further opportunities for communication among the three components of school organization. 1. There shall be a rotating chairperson and a rotating recording secretary for this committee. The rotation will be among the respective components of the committee. 2. The meetings shall be held at a time and place convenient to all parties. 3. The agenda shall consist of a maximum of three (3) items; one item coming from each component member. Such items shall be submitted to the next meeting’s chairperson. These items should be written in conceptual terms that express general rather than personal concerns. If, by a pre-arranged date, the chairperson does not receive an item from one component member, he/she may offer the opportunity to the other component members for an additional item. Agendas should be submitted to all members of the Board of Education, the administration, and the faculty at least ten (10) school days prior to the meeting in order to insure adequate input from all concerned parties. If no items are submitted by a pre-arranged date, then no meeting will be held. 4. Minutes of such meetings shall be typed by a school secretary and distributed to all members of the teaching staff, administration, and Board of Education within one (1) week after such meeting. Minutes shall be reviewed for accuracy by representatives of the Association, administration, and Board prior to general distribution. E. In the event the D.E. A. President shall not be a member of any of the aforesaid liaison committees, he/she shall nevertheless be permitted to attend such meetings and participate. F. Liaison Committee Meetings shall not be used as a means to by-pass the grievance procedure.

LIAISON COMMITTEES. A. Teacher-Superintendent Liaison Committee 1. The purpose committee shall consist of liaison committees is eleven (11) faculty members designated by the Association and up to encourage and facilitate communications between the teaching staff, the administration, and the Board, and to review and discuss school problems and practices relating to and affecting the teaching staff and curriculum. B. There will be three (3) Teacher-Principal Liaison Committees, designees of the Superintendent (one to represent County Road School, one to represent ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Schoolof which may be the Superintendent), and one to represent ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Middle School. (1. Three (3) teaching staff members shall be chosen person appointed by the Association to serve on each mutual agreement of the Teacher-Principal Liaison CommitteeWGTA and the Superintendent to act as secretary. 2. The chairperson will alternate monthly between purpose of this committee shall be to act as a sounding board for the D.E.A. and faculty members of the principalDistrict. 3. The Teacher-Principal Liaison Committee will committee shall meet not less than once each six (6) weeks during the school year, such meetings to be called by the 15th chief school administrator. Members shall be relieved at 3:20 p.m. on afternoon of each month meeting, such relief not to exceed two (2) per month. Assigning relief from the staff will be the responsibility of the building principal, provided he is notified at a mutually agreed upon time and placeleast twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting. 4. Such monthly The cabinet of the WGTA shall be responsible for the selection of the committee members. 5. Items for an agenda for the meetings may be canceled with submitted by either party. B. Teacher-Building Principal Liaison Committee 1. A teacher-principal liaison committee may be established for each school within the agreement District, when requested by a majority of both partiesthe teachers of the building or by the principal. 2. The purpose of the committee shall be to assist in the implementation of this Agreement, as well as to aid in the development of building practices and act as a sounding board for the faculty members of the building. 3. Committee to meet not less than once each six (6) weeks during the school year, such meetings to be called by the principal or majority of the teachers on the committee. 4. Items for an agenda will for the meetings may be submitted to the building principal three (3) days prior to meeting. The agendas will be distributed to all staff members and administrators at least two (2) days prior to the meeting. Agenda items for Association shall be developed and submitted by the Associationeither party. 5. A recording secretary Chairmanships of the committee shall be chosen from decided upon by the Association to record minutes of such meetingscommittee members. 6. These minutes The committee shall be typed by a school secretary and distributed to all members responsible for the study revision of the faculty Building Faculty Handbook each year and the administration within three (3) school days after such meetings are held. Minutes shall be reviewed for accuracy and approved by the principal and Association representative prior committee may make advisory recommendations as to general distributionbuilding workshops. C. There will a Teacher-Superintendent Liaison Committee consisting of: six (6) teaching staff members, the chairperson, and one (1) other member from each of the Teacher-Principal Liaison Committees, the superintendent, and the administrators. 1. The chairperson will alternate monthly between the D.E.A. and the superintendent. 2. The Teacher-Superintendent Liaison Committee will meet by the 30th of each month at a mutually agreed upon time and place. Such monthly meetings may be canceled with the agreement of both parties. 3. Any matter which pertains to a particular building must first be raised with the Teacher-Principal Liaison Committee before it may be raised at the Teacher-Superintendent Liaison Committee. Any matter which has system-wide impact will normally be raised first with the Teacher-Principal Liaison Committee. 4. Items for agenda will be submitted to superintendent’s office three (3) days prior to meeting. The agenda will be distributed to all committee members and administrators two (2) days prior to the liaison meetings. 5. A recording secretary shall be chosen on an alternating basis from each group to record minutes of such meetings. These minutes shall be typed by a school secretary and distributed to all members of the faculty and the administration within three (3) school days after such meetings are held. Minutes shall be reviewed for accuracy and approved by the superintendent and Association representative prior to general distribution. D. There will be a Teacher-Administration-Board Liaison Committee consisting of six (6) teaching staff members, (one [1] teacher representative from each building will serve on all three [3] liaison committees -- principal, superintendent, and Board), four (4) administrators, and three (3) members of the Board of Education who will meet four (4) times throughout the contract year to further opportunities for communication among the three components of school organization. 1. There shall be a rotating chairperson and a rotating recording secretary for this committee. The rotation will be among the respective components of the committee. 2. The meetings shall be held at a time and place convenient to all parties. 3. The agenda shall consist of a maximum of three (3) items; one item coming from each component member. Such items shall be submitted to the next meeting’s chairperson. These items should be written in conceptual terms that express general rather than personal concerns. If, by a pre-arranged date, the chairperson does not receive an item from one component member, he/she may offer the opportunity to the other component members for an additional item. Agendas should be submitted to all members of the Board of Education, the administration, and the faculty at least ten (10) school days prior to the meeting in order to insure adequate input from all concerned parties. If no items are submitted by a pre-arranged date, then no meeting will be held. 4. Minutes of such meetings shall be typed by a school secretary and distributed to all members of the teaching staff, administration, and Board of Education within one (1) week after such meeting. Minutes shall be reviewed for accuracy by representatives of the Association, administration, and Board prior to general distribution. E. In the event the D.E. A. President shall not be a member of any of the aforesaid liaison committees, he/she shall nevertheless be permitted to attend such meetings and participate. F. Liaison Committee Meetings shall not be used as a means to by-pass the grievance procedure.