3242 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LICENSURE

Perry Local School District

Bylaws & Policies

3242 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LICENSURE

The Board of Education directs the Superintendent to establish a Professional Development Committee that is in compliance with State law and applicable terms of the negotiated agreement with the Perry Classroom Teachers Association.

The Committee may be a District committee or one that is part of a consortium of school districts.

When a District committee is established, it shall consist of no more than four (4) members of the bargaining unit and three (3) District administrators.

The Committee shall be responsible for establishing the guidelines by which the Committee is to function. Among these guidelines should be:

	A.	the PCTA determines the selection process for teacher members, the replacement of members, the manner in which voting will occur, and the procedure the committee will use to hear appeals of its decisions of the selection process. The Superintendent appoints the administrative members.
	B.	the criteria that will be used to determine whether or not a professional development plan will be approved. This criteria will be developed with recommendations from the Perry Local Staff Development Council.
	C.	procedures for assessing the extent to which a staff member's professional development plan has been accomplished.

If the District will be part of a Professional Development Committee operated by a consortium, the Consortium shall negotiate with appropriate bargaining units the number of members of the District's bargaining unit shall be members of the Committee and the compensation arrangements for those members. The Superintendent, in concert with other superintendents in the consortium, shall determine which administrators from each district will serve on the Committee.

The Superintendent shall report periodically to the Board on the operation of the Professional Development Committee and the progress staff members are making in fulfilling their professional development plans.

All Professional Development Committee meetings will comply with the Sunshine Law.

R.C. 3319.22

Revised 1/27/98
Revised 6/98