Establishment and Functions of Operating Committee Clause Samples

Establishment and Functions of Operating Committee. To administer the arrangements under this Agreement, the Parties shall establish an OC. 3.2.1 The OC shall have the following duties and responsibilities: 3.2.1.1 Meet as necessary to address any issues associated with this Agreement that a Party may raise and to determine whether any changes to this Agreement, or procedures employed under this Agreement, would enhance coordination under this Agreement; 3.2.1.2 Conduct additional meetings upon Notice given by any Party, provided that the Notice specifies the reason(s) for the requested meeting; 3.2.1.3 Conduct dispute resolution in accordance with Article Eleven of this Agreement; 3.2.1.4 Initiate process reviews at the request of any Party for activities undertaken in the performance of this Agreement; 3.2.1.5 In its discretion, monitor, evaluate, and collaboratively seek to improve the Congestion Management Process; and 3.2.1.6 In its discretion, take other actions, including the establishment of subcommittees and/or task forces, to address any issues that the OC deems necessary in the implementation of this Agreement.
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Establishment and Functions of Operating Committee. To administer the arrangements under this Agreement, the Parties shall establish an Operating Committee (“OC”). 3.3.1 The OC shall have the following duties and responsibilities: 3.3.1.1 Determine the date(s) for implementing the various parts of this Agreement in accordance with Section 14.1; 3.3.1.2 Meet no less than once quarterly to address any issues associated with this Agreement that a Party may raise and to determine whether any changes to this Agreement, or procedures employed under this Agreement, would enhance reliability, efficiency, or economy; 3.3.1.3 Conduct additional meetings upon Notice given by any Party, provided that the Notice specifies the reason(s) for the requested meeting; 3.3.1.4 Conduct dispute resolution in accordance with Article Twelve of this Agreement; 3.3.1.5 Initiate process reviews at the request of any Party for activities undertaken in the performance of this Agreement; 3.3.1.6 In its discretion, monitor, evaluate, and collaboratively seek to improve the congestion management process under the CMP; and 3.3.1.7 In its discretion, take other actions, including the establishment of subcommittees and/or task forces, to address any issues that the OC deems necessary in the implementation of this Agreement.
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  • MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS B.1 The Association recognizes that the management of the Hospital and the direction of working forces are fixed exclusively in the Hospital and shall remain solely with the Hospital except as specifically limited by the provisions of this Agreement and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the Association acknowledges that it is the exclusive function of the Hospital to: (a) maintain order, discipline and efficiency; (b) hire, assign, retire, discharge, direct, promote, demote, classify, transfer, lay- off, recall, and suspend or otherwise discipline nurses, provided that a claim of discharge or discipline without just cause may be the subject of a grievance and dealt with as hereinafter provided; (c) determine, in the interest of efficient operation and high standards of service, job rating and classification, the hours of work, work assignments, methods of doing the work, and the working establishment for the service; (d) generally to manage the operation that the Hospital is engaged in and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, to determine the number of personnel required, methods, procedures, and equipment in connection therewith; (e) make, enforce, and alter from time to time reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by the nurses which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. B.2 These rights shall not be exercised in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

  • Local Professional Development Committee A. There shall be a Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC) to oversee, review, and approve individual professional development plans (IPDP) for course work, continuing education units and/or other equivalent activities. 1. The LPDC shall be responsible to recommend for the Superintendent’s approval, all in-service activities and workshops offered in the district during the school year for staff professional development. 2. Recommendations for District Workshops and In-Service activities should be submitted to the LPDC for approval and recommendation no later than the last school day of the year prior to the year it will be implemented. 3. The LPDC chair shall review and approve all “Professional Growth Reimbursement Application” forms. B. The LPDC shall consist of three (3) teachers appointed by the Association President and two (2) members appointed by the Superintendent. One of the Superintendent's appointees will be a Principal employed by the district. C. Appointments shall be for two (2) years with half of the committee members being appointed every other year. 1. Appointments shall be made on or before May 1. 2. The Appointments shall be made by each party outlined above, notifying the other of those appointed. 3. In the event of a vacancy, the committee members shall be replaced in accordance with "B." above. 4. The Association shall name a fourth teacher member and the Superintendent shall name a third administrative member to serve as alternates and attend trainings. These two (2) people shall act as substitutes when a committee member is absent. D. This committee shall meet monthly. 1. The committee may also be convened by the request of two sitting members. 2. A quorum shall consist of five (5) members. When administrative licenses/certificates are reviewed, two (2) sitting teacher members will abstain and the decision will be decided by three (3) members. 3. If the committee determines it is needed, they will be provided two (2) professional release days to meet during regular school hours. Substitutes will be provided for the committee members on these release days. 4. Committee members shall be provided an additional annual stipend of $1,000 for meetings beyond the normal work day or year. This stipend shall be paid in two (2) semi-annual payments. Any member who fails to serve the full year shall have the above compensation prorated on a monthly basis for each month served. 5. Decisions of the LPDC will be made by consensus of the committee members present. 6. The committee minutes shall be prepared and maintained in compliance with the laws governing the operation of committees of public bodies.

  • Operating Committee the Consortium’s managing body, composed of representatives of the Manager and the Contractors, pursuant to Annex XI.

  • Professional Development Funds 23.1.1 Two Professional Development Funds, a Professional Development Support Fund and an Education Leave Fund, shall be established to support professional development activities as defined in 23.2. On April 1st of each year, the College will allocate an amount equal to no less than 0.9% of total faculty salary (exclusive of severance payments) to the Professional Development Support Fund, and an amount equal to no less than 0.6% of total faculty salary to the Educational Leave Fund. Any unused balances in these funds shall carry over to the next budget year. 23.1.2 The College agrees to provide the Association with the authority to administer the program on behalf of the College for those activities approved by the College in accordance with 23.2, 23.4 and 23.5. 23.1.3 Nothing in this Agreement prevents the College from funding professional development activities in addition to those activities supported through the Professional Development Funds (23.1.1) in accordance with the procedures described in this Article.

  • Committee Operation a. The committee shall be chaired jointly by a committee member from the Association and a committee member appointed by the Superintendent and/or his/her designee. b. Members of the committee shall receive training in all aspects of OTES, the state adopted evaluation framework, the standards for the teaching profession, teacher of record, shared attribution, and teacher-student data linkage prior to service on the committee. c. The committee shall establish, by mutual agreement, a meeting calendar, tasks for the committee to complete, and timelines for the completion of specific tasks. d. Committee agendas shall be developed jointly by the co-chairpersons of the committee. e. All decisions of the committee shall be achieved by consensus. f. At the initial committee meeting, the committee will develop the ground rules by which the committee will operate. These ground rules will be read aloud at the commencement of every meeting and will be reviewed annually. g. At each meeting, the committee shall select an individual to act as the official scribe for that meeting. h. Members of the committee shall receive release time for committee work and training. i. Minutes of meetings shall be distributed to committee members, SSLTA President, and District Superintendent within seven (7) days following meetings of the committee. j. The committee may establish sub-committees to assist with their work. k. Sub-committees shall be jointly appointed by the Superintendent/designee and the Association President/designee. l. The committee shall be authorized to utilize a consultant(s) (examples include, but are not limited to, educational consultants, software consultants, credentialing trainers, etc.) as it deems appropriate. The cost, if any, shall be borne by the Board.