Outside Expert. The Association reserves the right to assign an independent evaluator to assist and assess a probationer's progress.
Outside Expert. The employee representatives may utilize two (2) ouside experts, (1) one senior official from the European Mine, Chemical & Energy Workers Federation (EMCEF), and (1) one from the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) to all meetings. However, only one expert will be required to attend meetings other than the annual meeting.
Outside Expert. By January 1, 2014, the District will hire an expert with expertise in addressing the overrepresentation of minority students in special education. The expert will review the District’s procedures for screening, identification, evaluation and placement of students with regard to special education and/or the provision of related aids and services. The expert will examine the root cause(s) of the racial disparity in the overrepresentation of minority student in special education. The expert will make recommendations as to what measures the District should take to ensure that it is making appropriate determinations as to its students’ eligibility for special education and/or related aids and services and to address the overrepresentation of minorities in special education and the root causes of this overrepresentation. The expert may be an independent contractor(s) for the District and/or an employee(s) of the District. The District, after retaining its expert, shall promptly provide the expert with all appropriate information the consultant(s) believes is necessary to engage in this process. As part of the expert’s review and assessment, the following may be considered: Access to, awareness and participation (or lack of participation) of students in early intervention programs and activities; Parent involvement and awareness of regular education interventions and the building team procedures; The effectiveness of regular education interventions available to students at all schools and of the training provided to teachers regarding use of these interventions; these interventions may include informal classroom interventions, building team interventions and interventions outside of the classroom and/or after school hours, such as after school programs, tutoring, mentoring or other programs designed to help students succeed. Availability of high quality reading programs for all elementary school students that are focused on improving the reading performance of such students. REPORTING REQUIREMENT: By January 1, 2014, the District will submit documentation that it has hired an expert to OCR. By May 1, 2014, the District will submit the expert’s recommendations to OCR, along with the District’s reason(s) for accepting or rejecting each recommendation and a description of changes the District plans to make to implement the recommendations. By July 30, 2014, July 30, 2015, and July 30, 2016, the District will provide OCR documentation of its implementation of the re...
