Common use of REF Clause in Contracts

REF. Policy 8045) The goal of the Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) shall be to move the school to higher academic standards. The district has a Board-approved Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) guided by the mission statement and based on the district's fundamental beliefs about teaching and learning. The District CSIP is developed through the combined efforts of Board members, staff, administrators, students, parents/guardians, community members, and the Association President or designee. The District CSIP is ongoing and evaluated on an annual basis. Goals and objectives are provided in detail to direct improvement efforts to the district for at least a five-year period. Each school shall have a Building CSIP, which is aligned with the District CSIP. The Building CSIP consists of clearly defined goals, outcomes, and action plans to accomplish improvement efforts in the area of student learning, assessment, and high quality professional development. Spending of district, federal, and any additional funds supplied to a building to support the building CSIP for professional development or instructional resources will go before the building ILT for discussion. In the case of federal funds, a quarterly stakeholder consultation (to include ILT representatives, teachers, principals, administrators, appropriate school personnel, and parents) will occur to review data, update building plans and discuss professional development and/or instructional resources. Spending of approved monetary resources should be identified and in compliance with district policies and procedures. PLCs, grade level or subject area teams may choose to develop a plan to support building CSIP/SMART goals. The Building CSIP will be developed by the ILT, which includes the district professional development committee representative, grade level or content area representatives, and administrators. At least 50% of the committee shall be elected by the faculty and the remainder shall be appointed by the building administrator. A chairperson for the Instructional Leadership Team shall be a teacher elected by the Instructional Leadership Team committee members. The ILT shall meet at least monthly during the school year to review progress toward meeting goals of the Building CSIP. The meetings shall not be held concurrently with other building-level meetings. Agendas and minutes should be kept and communicated to the staff via e-mail in a timely manner. The committee can appoint a task force to study issues and make recommendations. Membership on these task forces should include faculty members who are not currently serving on the Instructional Leadership Team. All faculty members are stakeholders in this process. They may: • Attend ILT meetings • Speak at ILT meetings • Add items to the agenda • Give input to their representatives Recommendations affecting all faculty members shall be discussed with the faculty prior to voting on implementation. Only those members who are elected or appointed may vote on recommendations. If for some reason the administration wishes to change or eliminate an ILT recommendation voted upon during the meeting, the administration shall provide a written rationale to be included in the minutes prior to disseminating to the staff.