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Archive:
October 2001
Governance
Teams
By
Steve Kaplan, UniServe Field Organizer
From time-to-time
administrators announce that governance teams are purely advisory
or our unit members decide governance teams have no power. A
quick look at your Contract will demonstrate many areas where
your governance team has clearly delineated power. Below are
a number of references by contract section, subject and page number.
Get out your contract or go to our website www.sdea.com
and look them up.
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Contract Section
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Subject
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Page
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8.7.3
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Elementary
Prep Emphasis Change
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20
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8.11
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Non-classroom
supervision
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23
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11.6.1
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Site
Security Plan
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52
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18.6.3.1
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Peer
Enrichment Program Governance Team Defined
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Web
page only
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18.6.3.2
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Selection
of Program Governance Team
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Web
page only
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25.1
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School
staff involved in decisionmaking at site
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124
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25.2.2
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Devising
new forms of school accountability
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124
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25.2.5
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Involving
staff in budget development
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124
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25.4.1
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Improvement
of the instructional program
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125
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25.4.3
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Process
for resolving disputes between Governance team and administrator
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125
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25.5.1
and 25.2.2
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Decisions
on using site funds to hire additional staff
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126
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The
Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Peer Coach/Staff Developer
position gives the Governance Team control of selection and annual review
and retention responsibilities.
There
is also a Board of Education Policy adopted in 1998. The policy mandates
Governance Teams and places staffing, assignments and budget within
their scope.
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