Common use of Master Teacher Program Clause in Contracts

Master Teacher Program. 23.1 A. To encourage the professional growth of teachers and to comply with the requirements of House Bill 1, passed by the Legislature in 2009, the Association and the Board agree that: 1. A Master Teach Committee shall be created in the 2010-2011 school year for the purpose of establishing procedures whereby Board employees may become and/or maintain the designation of “master teacher” according to standards set forth by the State of Ohio. 2. The committee shall be clothes with all authority afforded it under Ohio law and under the Ohio Educator Standards Board in order to carry out its mission and to make decisions as to how it shall function. 3. Important functions of the committee shall include, but not be limited to constructing district timelines to oversee and verify candidate eligibility, using state designated forms to properly process candidates, providing “master teacher” program information to employees, communicating the compilation of candidates’ scores to appropriate individuals, maintaining required records, and submitting required information to the EMIS Coordinator. 4. The committee shall consist of a total of seven (7) Board employees as follows: two (2) elementary teachers, two (2) middle school teachers, two (2) high school teachers and one (1) administrator. Said committee teachers shall be chosen by the current Association President with approval by its Executive Committee. The committee administrator shall be chosen by the Superintendent. 5. Not withstanding paragraph four in this subsection, the Association President shall invite any National Board Certified bargaining unit member to serve on the committee, though such members shall not be required to serve on the committee. Furthermore, for the 2010-11 school year only, the Committee members shall be appointed to staggered terms of one (1) year, two (2) years, and three (3) years to the appointed teacher members of the committee so that an equal number (two) of them shall fill said terms. Upon the expiration of these staggered terms, teacher members of the committee shall thereafter be appointed for a term of three (3) years. The term for the administrator serving on the committee shall be determined by the Superintendent, but in no case shall exceed three (3) years. Furthermore, it shall be the goal of the committee that in subsequent years, teacher member appointments shall consist of “master teachers” who have achieved “master teacher” status through the committee. 6. The committee shall choose a chairperson annually by a simple majority vote. The duties of the chairperson shall include, but not be limited to, attending all meetings and facilitating them, maintaining a written record of meeting attendees, receiving all candidate applications, preparing candidate applications for blind readings by committee members, taking notes during meetings, or assigning note taking to another member, maintaining and storing all records and forms, sending application results to appropriate individuals, receiving written correspondence, including appeals by candidates and remaining impartial by not scoring applicant documents. 7. Two (2) teacher members of the committee shall read and score each application solely according to the scoring guide based on the criteria in the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession, and the committee shall assign such members by attempting to closely match the candidate to these committee members by either grade level and/or subject. If the two (2) assigned committee members disagree regarding the recommendation of an applicant, then the committee shall assign a third teacher member to read and score the application. Applicants will receive recommendations by a majority vote of the assigned teacher members. 8. An applicant may submit to the committee chair an appeal in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving any written decision to deny the status of “master teacher” to the applicant. Upon receiving such appeal the committee chairperson shall set an appeal meeting for the applicant to meet with members of the committee. Said meeting shall be held no late than sixty (60) calendar days from receipt by the chairperson of the written appeal. Within thirty (30) days of this appeal meeting, the committee shall render a final decision to the applicant. No decision by the committee shall be subject to the grievance procedure in Article II*. 9. There shall be at least four (4) required meetings of the Committee during each school year. Committee members shall be paid fifteen ($15.00) dollars per hour for work performed outside the regular workday or work year. However, it is the intent that the meetings be scheduled on a mix of release time and time beyond the workday or work year. The Committee Chairperson shall receive an additional Ten Dollars ($10.00) per hour beyond the committee members’ hourly rate to compensate for additional duties as specified in Paragraph 6 above.