Common use of Steering Committees Clause in Contracts

Steering Committees. 1. The role of the Curriculum Steering Committees shall be to exert district-wide leadership in providing a viable and up-to-date instructional program in their area of special concern. Among the responsibilities of the Steering Committees will be the following: a. development of realistic goals and objectives for their curricular area and making recommendations to the Instructional Council; b. development of approaches, methods, materials, and/or programs as alternative processes that buildings may select and use for teaching the district-wide objectives; c. prompt communication of Committee recommendations to schools, departments, and the Instructional Council; d. organization and promotion of in-service activities for staff development; e. evaluation of both new and existing programs, and the development of appropriate instruments and procedures for these evaluations; f. undertaking studies or research as directed the Instructional Council. 2. Steering committees may be established by the Instructional Council or by request to the Instructional Council to meet the needs of staff in a particular curriculum area, or a particular grade level, or program area. At any time a steering committee does not meet the following guidelines, it will be subject to a review by the Instructional Council. a. Each steering committee shall be composed of a representative of volunteer teacher employees plus the coordinator of the area if there is one. In addition, the committee is strongly urged to have student and parent members. b. All steering committee meetings shall be open meetings. c. Each steering committee shall select its own teacher chairperson in the spring to serve the following year. The chairperson will serve no more than two (2) consecutive one-year (1) terms. The name of the chairperson will be reported to the Curriculum Office each spring. d. Steering committees will hold a minimum of five (5) meetings per school year. e. Employees wishing to propose innovative programs may present such proposals to the appropriate steering committee for study and recommendation. If the recommendation has district-wide implications, the steering committee will present it to the Instructional Council. If the recommendation has only implications for individual buildings, then it should be communicated to the building staff as an alternative for them to consider. 3. The Association Representative will secure teacher volunteers for steering committees early in the fall semester. The Curriculum Office will facilitate collecting these names and giving them to the respective steering committees. In addition, steering committees will review their membership to be sure they have a broad representation of teachers from various instructional levels and buildings. If the membership is not representative, the committee will recruit additional volunteers from the buildings and/or levels needed.

Steering Committees. 1No later than ten days after the Effective Date, the parties will establish two joint steering committees, each of which will be made up of representatives from the parties (collectively the "Steering Committees") one Steering Committee shall be for the [***] Program and one Steering Committee shall be for the [***] Program. The role Steering Committees will manage the Collaborative Programs and will (i) provide strategic direction and performance criteria for the Collaborative Programs; (ii) monitor progress and communicate status of the Curriculum Collaborative Programs; (iii) facilitate the cooperation of the parties under the Collaborative Programs; (iv) will approve the achievement of milestones; and, (v) will continue to communicate following the Collaborative Period regarding the development and commercialization of Products. Each Steering Committee will consist of two representatives designated by Senomyx and two representatives designated by Nestlé. Each member of the Steering Committees will have one vote. The Steering Committees will first meet no later than thirty days after the Effective Date and at least four times per year during the Collaborative Period using mutually agreed upon meeting locations and formats including teleconferencing and videoconferencing. Each party shall be bear its own expenses relating to exert district-wide leadership the meetings and activities of the Steering Committees. During the Collaborative Period, Senomyx will promptly prepare and deliver to the members of the Steering Committees minutes of such meetings for review and approval of both parties. Decisions in providing a viable and up-to-date instructional program in their area of special concern. Among the responsibilities each of the Steering Committees will be made by unanimous vote, at a meeting where all four voting representatives are present. Each member (or an authorized representative) of each of the following: a. development of realistic goals and objectives for their curricular area and making recommendations to the Instructional Council; b. development of approachesSteering Committees must be represented at each meeting either in person, methods, materials, and/or programs as alternative processes that buildings may select and use for teaching the district-wide objectives; c. prompt communication of Committee recommendations to schools, departments, and the Instructional Council; d. organization and promotion of in-service activities for staff development; e. evaluation of both new and existing programs, and the development of appropriate instruments and procedures for these evaluations; f. undertaking studies or research as directed the Instructional Council. 2. Steering committees may be established by the Instructional Council or by request a mutually agreed upon format including teleconferencing and videoconferencing, for a quorum to the Instructional Council to meet the needs of staff be constituted. All unresolved disputes will be settled in a particular curriculum areaaccordance with Section 17.4, or a particular grade level, or program area. At any time a steering committee does not meet the following guidelines, it will be subject to a review by the Instructional Councilas otherwise mutually agreed upon in writing. a. Each steering committee shall be composed of a representative of volunteer teacher employees plus the coordinator of the area if there is one. In addition, the committee is strongly urged to have student and parent members. b. All steering committee meetings shall be open meetings. c. Each steering committee shall select its own teacher chairperson in the spring to serve the following year. The chairperson will serve no more than two (2) consecutive one-year (1) terms. The name of the chairperson will be reported to the Curriculum Office each spring. d. Steering committees will hold a minimum of five (5) meetings per school year. e. Employees wishing to propose innovative programs may present such proposals to the appropriate steering committee for study and recommendation. If the recommendation has district-wide implications, the steering committee will present it to the Instructional Council. If the recommendation has only implications for individual buildings, then it should be communicated to the building staff as an alternative for them to consider. 3. The Association Representative will secure teacher volunteers for steering committees early in the fall semester. The Curriculum Office will facilitate collecting these names and giving them to the respective steering committees. In addition, steering committees will review their membership to be sure they have a broad representation of teachers from various instructional levels and buildings. If the membership is not representative, the committee will recruit additional volunteers from the buildings and/or levels needed.

Steering Committees. 1. The role of the Curriculum Steering Committees shall be to exert district-wide leadership in providing a viable and up-to-date instructional program in their area of special concern. Among the responsibilities of the Steering Committees will be the following: a. development of realistic goals and objectives for their curricular area and making recommendations to the Instructional Council; b. development of approaches, methods, materials, and/or programs as alternative processes that buildings may select and use for teaching reaching the district-wide objectives; c. prompt communication of Committee recommendations to schools, departments, and the Instructional Council; d. organization and promotion of in-service activities for staff development; e. evaluation of both new and existing programs, and the development of appropriate instruments and procedures for these evaluations; f. undertaking studies or research as directed by the Instructional Council. 2. Steering committees may be established by the Instructional Council or by request to the Instructional Council to meet the needs of staff in a particular curriculum area, or a particular grade level, or program area. At any time a steering committee does not meet the following guidelines, it will be subject to a review by the Instructional Council. a. Each steering committee shall be composed of a representative group of volunteer teacher employees members plus the coordinator of the area if there is one. In addition, the committee is strongly urged to have student and parent members. Each steering committee will suggest the representative number of its members and will report this number to the Curriculum Office each spring. b. All steering committee meetings shall be open meetings. c. Each steering committee shall select its own teacher chairperson in the spring to serve the following year. The chairperson will serve no more than two (2) consecutive one-year (1) terms. The name of the chairperson will be reported to the Curriculum Office each spring. d. Steering committees will hold a minimum of five (5) meetings per school year. e. Employees Teachers or groups of teachers wishing to propose innovative programs may present such proposals to the appropriate steering committee for study and recommendation. If the recommendation has district-wide implications, the steering committee will present it to the Instructional Council. If the recommendation has only implications for individual buildings, then it should be communicated to the building staff as an alternative for them to consider. 3. The Association Representative will secure teacher volunteers for steering committees early in the fall semester. The Curriculum Office will facilitate collecting these names and giving them to the respective steering committees. In addition, steering committees will review their membership to be sure they have a broad representation of teachers from various instructional levels and buildings. If the membership is not representative, the committee will recruit additional volunteers from the buildings and/or levels needed.

Steering Committees. 1. The role of the Curriculum Steering Committees shall be to exert district-wide leadership in providing a viable and up-to-date instructional program in their area of special concern. Among the responsibilities of the Steering Committees will be the following: a. development of realistic goals and objectives for their curricular area and making recommendations to the Instructional Council; b. development of approaches, methods, materials, and/or programs as alternative processes that buildings may select and use for teaching the district-wide objectives; c. prompt communication of Committee recommendations to schools, departments, and the Instructional Council; d. organization and promotion of in-service activities for staff development; e. evaluation of both new and existing programs, and the development of appropriate instruments and procedures for these evaluations; f. undertaking studies or research as directed the Instructional Council. 2. Steering committees may be established by the Instructional Council or by request to the Instructional Council to meet the needs of staff in a particular curriculum area, or a particular grade level, or program area. At any time a steering committee does not meet the following guidelines, it will be subject to a review by the Instructional Council. a. Each steering committee shall be composed of a representative of volunteer teacher employees members plus the coordinator of the area if there is one. In addition, the committee is strongly urged to have student and parent members. b. All steering committee meetings shall be open meetings. c. Each steering committee shall select its own teacher chairperson in the spring to serve the following year. The chairperson will serve no more than two (2) consecutive one-year (1) terms. The name of the chairperson will be reported to the Curriculum Office each spring. d. Steering committees will hold a minimum of five (5) meetings per school year. e. Employees wishing to propose innovative programs may present such proposals to the appropriate steering committee for study and recommendation. If the recommendation has district-wide implications, the steering committee will present it to the Instructional Council. If the recommendation has only implications for individual buildings, then it should be communicated to the building staff as an alternative for them to consider. 3. The Association Representative will secure teacher volunteers for steering committees early in the fall semester. The Curriculum Office will facilitate collecting these names and giving them to the respective steering committees. In addition, steering committees will review their membership to be sure they have a broad representation of teachers from various instructional levels and buildings. If the membership is not representative, the committee will recruit additional volunteers from the buildings and/or levels needed.

Steering Committees. 1. The role of the Curriculum Steering Committees shall be to exert district-wide leadership in providing a viable and up-to-date instructional program in their area of special concern. Among the responsibilities of the Steering Committees will be the following: a. development of realistic goals and objectives for their curricular area and making recommendations to the Instructional Council; b. development of approaches, methods, materials, and/or programs as alternative processes that buildings may select and use for teaching the district-wide objectives; c. prompt communication of Committee recommendations to schools, departments, and the Instructional Council; d. organization and promotion of in-service activities for staff development; e. evaluation of both new and existing programs, and the development of appropriate instruments and procedures for these evaluations; f. undertaking studies or research as directed the Instructional Council. 2. Steering committees may be established by the Instructional Council or by request to the Instructional Council to meet the needs of staff in a particular curriculum area, or a particular grade level, or program area. At any time a steering committee does not meet the following guidelines, it will be subject to a review by the Instructional Council. a. Each steering committee shall be composed of a representative of volunteer teacher members employees plus the coordinator of the area if there is one. In addition, the committee is strongly urged to have student and parent members. b. All steering committee meetings shall be open meetings. c. Each steering committee shall select its own teacher chairperson in the spring to serve the following year. The chairperson will serve no more than two (2) consecutive one-year (1) terms. The name of the chairperson will be reported to the Curriculum Office each spring. d. Steering committees will hold a minimum of five (5) meetings per school year. e. Employees wishing to propose innovative programs may present such proposals to the appropriate steering committee for study and recommendation. If the recommendation has district-wide implications, the steering committee will present it to the Instructional Council. If the recommendation has only implications for individual buildings, then it should be communicated to the building staff as an alternative for them to consider. 3. The Association Representative will secure teacher volunteers for steering committees early in the fall semester. The Curriculum Office will facilitate collecting these names and giving them to the respective steering committees. In addition, steering committees will review their membership to be sure they have a broad representation of teachers from various instructional levels and buildings. If the membership is not representative, the committee will recruit additional volunteers from the buildings and/or levels needed.