EDUCATIONAL CHANGE. 1. Prior to any significant educational change, a District Implementation Committee shall investigate, analyze and make recommendations to the Board respecting the implementation of the educational change and provide information to Teachers on the Committee's activities. Such recommendations may include but not be limited to resources, time, in- service, retraining, piloting and criteria for measuring success of the implementation. 2. The Committee shall have District and Teacher representatives. The Teacher representatives shall not be in a minority. 3. Subcommittees responsible to the District Implementation Committee shall be established, as required, to pursue various components of the educational change and shall report their findings and recommendations back to the District Implementation Committee. 4. It is recognized that the Teacher is the key agent of educational change. 5. The District Implementation Committee shall decide if an issue represents significant educational change. 6. When major educational change is being initiated by the School District, it shall be the responsibility of the District to provide in-service for Teachers and to facilitate implementation of the new curriculum.
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Sources: Provincial Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement