Common use of PAR PANEL: COMPOSITION AND SELECTION Clause in Contracts

PAR PANEL: COMPOSITION AND SELECTION. 1. The Peer Assistance Program will be administered by a PAR Panel. The Panel will consist of three (3) members, one (1) of whom will represent the Superintendent and two (2) of whom will be appointed by the BCTA Board. The Panel will be chaired in the first year by a Teacher Representative and in the following year by a member selected by Administration. The chair will thereafter rotate on an annual basis between Association and Administration members. 2. The Panel will meet a minimum of two times a year. To meet, a majority of the members of the PAR Panel must be present. The time and place of meeting will be set by the PAR Panel and should occur outside the teacher’s workday. 3. Each certified member will receive their hourly rate for duties performed as a member of the PAR Panel. 4. All decisions made by the PAR Panel will attempt to be made with 100% consensus. The philosophy of Win-Win decision making shall be the model practiced by the PAR Panel. In the advent that consensus cannot be reached the PAR Panel will revert to a simple majority vote to reach a decision.