Class Size Committee. The Class Size Committee shall be a committee made up of two administrators selected by the Vice President of Instruction and two faculty appointed by the Faculty Association President.
Class Size Committee. When a unit member has a concern regarding the unequal distribution of general or special education students in classes in his/her grade level or department, the unit member may request a “site class-size committee” meeting. This committee will be composed of the affected unit member, the grade level representative or department chair and the principal. This committee will meet to propose a recommendation to resolve the concerns. If mutually agreed upon, this recommendation will be immediately implemented. If this committee is unable to resolve the concerns, the matter will be referred to the Superintendent or designee for resolution.
Class Size Committee. 1. A joint class size committee shall be established within four (4) weeks after the execution date of this Agreement. The committee shall consist of two (2) representatives appointed by the Employer and two (2) representatives appointed by the Association.
Class Size Committee. A committee not to exceed six (6) persons in number shall be appointed, one-half (1/2) by the Superintendent and one-half (1/2) by the Union President, to examine any assertions by a teacher that the teacher’s class load is unreasonably excessive. Further, upon request of one-half (1/2) of the committee membership, the Committee shall be convened to consider any matter related to class size, provided such request for a meeting from the same persons need not be honored within ninety (90) calendar days of the previous request. Specific recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent based upon the findings of the Committee.
Class Size Committee. A committee comprised of three (3) members appointed by the Union President and three (3) members appointed by the Superintendent shall meet to review any class size issues. Available materials shall be provided to Committee members in an appropriate format and in a timely manner. The Committee’s report, including any recommendations and any minority report(s) supported by two (2) or more Committee members, will be forwarded to the Board of Education and will be an agenda item at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting. An author or designee of a minority report may address the Board. The Committee shall meet at additional times at the request of either the Union President or the Superintendent. The report contents and recommendations or Board action on the report or recommendations are not subject to the grievance or arbitration process.
Class Size Committee. A joint District and Federation class size subcommittee will be formed to address issues, including but not limited to, a long-range phased plan to address district- wide class size issues, including mainstreaming, inclusion, combination classes, and students with diverse needs. The District and Federation agree to the reconstitution of the class size sub- committee, the purpose of which will be to study and recommend contract language to address the issues of special needs students.
Class Size Committee. The District Class Size Committee shall monitor class sizes as per the Staffing Standards set out in this section. Class size ratios and class sizes will be reviewed as part of the staffing of the district, in August prior to school beginning, the third week after the start of school, and monthly thereafter (monthly meetings will only be held if either the Association committee members or District committee members feel it is needed in that month) by the District Class Size Committee, which will recommend solutions for any significant class size problems to the Superintendent or designee. The District Class Size Committee will consist of five to six (5-6) members to be appointed by the Association and five to six (5-6) members to be appointed by the Superintendent or designee. In considering any class size problem, representatives of the Committee shall first meet with the Principal of the affected building and review such problem. By consensus, the Committee will make whatever recommendation it sees as desirable. The District will provide in-service training for members as appropriate to deal with the effective use of paraprofessionals and/or part-time members.
Class Size Committee. The District Class Size Committee shall monitor class sizes as per the Staffing Standards set out in this section. Class size ratios and class sizes will be reviewed as part of the staffing of the district, the third week after the start of school, the beginning of November, the third week of January, the beginning of March by the District Class Size Committee, which will recommend solutions for any significant class size problems to the Superintendent. The District Class Size Committee will consist of four (4) members to be appointed by the Association and four (4) members to be appointed by the Superintendent. In considering any class size problem, representatives of the Committee shall first meet with the Principal of the affected building and review such problem. By consensus, the Committee will make whatever recommendation it sees as desirable. The Board of Education will review the recommendations via the same procedures it has followed in considering revision of other sections of Board policy. The District will provide inservice training for members as appropriate to deal with the effective use of paraprofessionals and/or part-time members.
Class Size Committee. A. The District Class Size Committee shall monitor class sizes as per the Staffing Standards set out in section 8.2 and section 8.3. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the District Class Size Committee will meet at least three (3) times per year: (1) before the first student attendance day of the school year; (2) the second Monday in September; and (3) the third Tuesday in January. The District Class Size Committee will be charged with recommending solutions for any significant class size problems to the Superintendent or designee. The District Class Size Committee will consist of five to six (5-6) members to be appointed by the Association and five to six (5-6) members to be appointed by the Superintendent or designee.
Class Size Committee. The parties acknowledge that circumstances could arise where exceptions to the above class size averages or caps may be made. Such cases may include efforts to keep families together, enrollment patterns, population shifts, a decrease in state or federal funding, an unusual variation between school enrollments at different grade levels or to allow the district to avoid creating split grade level classes. Teachers will not be asked to exceed these limits individually. The issue must be brought to the class size committee for resolution. All schools will form a class size committee. The committee shall be composed of the following voting members: • School Principal • Assistant Superintendent (if not able to attend, the Asst. Supt. will appoint a proxy) • A teacher from an affected classroom or other staff member in the affected license area. This person will be chosen by the SPFE xxxxxxx. • A building xxxxxxx OR another licensed staff person appointed by the Federation. Two (2) parents, to be appointed by the school’s PTA or PTO (If there is no active PTA or PTO, the parents will be appointed by the principal and the building xxxxxxx. If the principal and xxxxxxx are unable to agree on two parents to appoint, the principal will appoint one parent and the xxxxxxx will appoint the other.) Lack of parent involvement will not preclude the committee from developing recommendations. Prior to the first week of school the SPFE stewards and principal shall examine an enrollment report describing the enrollment of each section being offered at the school. The stewards and principal will try to eliminate as many issues as they can prior to convening the Class Size Committee. All affected teachers will be invited to attend the Class Size Committee to participate in the discussion of possible solutions. If called to convene, the committee shall meet before the first day of students attending in the fall. The committee will review class size data for the classes approaching or exceeding class size averages and/or caps. The committee will develop a plan on what to do about each potential class, or grade level in elementary, with a class size issue. Possible solutions will be presented to the affected teachers for their feedback and/or possible approval. The Federation agrees not to grieve such an exception, when approved by a majority of the committee, for the remainder of the school year for which the exception is made only if the committee’s recommended remedies are impl...
