Joint Commitment to Collaboration Clause Samples

Joint Commitment to Collaboration. 1. The SEA and SEZP are committed to working together to mitigate the impact of the historical and institutional structures that affect our students’ education, close the consequential gaps that exist and improve our students’ academic achievement. We believe that this requires strong, consistent, and sustained collaboration at all levels of SEZP, especially between educators and school administrators. 2. SEZP and SEA believe that the process of working together collaboratively can only occur in an environment where there is trust that allows for taking risks, brainstorming, sharing, raising questions, listening intensively, offering alternatives, refining and implementing new ideas, acknowledging and learning from different perspectives, behaving as equal partners and co-developing and co-owning a shared ambitious agenda in pursuit of a shared vision. 3. We recognize that collaboration cannot simply be declared but requires a commitment to the process and must be valued by all parties. Therefore, SEZP and SEA agree to maintain structures and processes that solidify the collaborative relationships and establish a culture of collaboration in each school and the Zone. 4. SEZP and SEA are committed to helping all members of the Zone develop the mindset that supports the implementation of the collaborative structures outlined in this agreement and in the jointly-created guidance documents that support and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ a culture of collaboration in each school and at the Zone level 5. We believe strong, consistent and sustained collaboration at all levels in SEZP, including between SEZP and SEA leadership; and between teachers, school building reps, and school administrators results in better student performance outcomes and increases workplace satisfaction for educators and administrators. 6. SEA and SEZP agree that one role of SEA and SEZP leadership is to support and guide school teams to build strong cultures of collaboration in support of student achievement. 7. When there is sustained evidence that the culture of collaboration at a SEZP school has broken down, SEA and SEZP agree to implement a “collaborative support partnership team” process to work with members of the school faculty and administration. While either party can trigger a collaborative support partnership team process, the SEA and SEZP will jointly agree upon a process for such support before beginning work with an individual school. The support process will be time-bound and customized based on t...