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ARTICLE XIX
SITE BASED DECISION MAKING
19.1 Purpose
The Pasadena Unified School District and the United Teachers of Pasadena encourage full and active participation of all members of the school community in the decision-making process. The Board of Education cannot make the best decisions without active input from those who are involved in the day-to-day operation of individual schools. In order to facilitate the process by which school site personnel, parents and students are able to initiate creative ideas and bring them to the Board of Education's decision-making process, the parties recognize the need to establish a school-site and District-wide Site-Based Decision-Making process.
The purpose of site-based decision-making in the Pasadena Unified School District is to create a process which focuses on the improvement of student achievement in a climate which is based on trust, communication and the involvement of all stakeholders. It is designed to serve as the channel for a clear, simple process by which site-generated proposals are brought to the attention of the Board of Education for consideration and approval.
19.2 Implementation Process
19.2.1 Prior to initiating site-based decision-making at a school, all members of the school faculty shall be provided training regarding the District's site-based decision-making process, consensus building, conflict resolution and related skills.
19.2.2 For a school to be designated a "Site-Based Decision-Making School" two-thirds (66.667%) of the certificated staff at the site must agree to participate. Such determination shall be made by a secret ballot vote of the bargaining unit at that site on a ballot jointly developed by the District and the Association.
19.2.3 By May 1 of each school year a school site may determine whether to initiate or discontinue site-based decision-making for the following school year by repeating the steps in 19.2.2 above.
19.3 School Site-Based Decision-Making Team
19.3.1 A School Site-Based Decision-Making Team shall be established at each site-based decision-making school for the purpose of developing a school site-based decision-making plan. The School Site-Based Decision-Making Team shall consist of ten (10) or more persons representing different components of the school community. It typically will include bargaining unit members, classified staff, administrator(s), parents, community members, and students (secondary). Sites are encouraged to explore avenues to consolidate existing school committees.
19.3.2 Unit members shall make up fifty percent (50%) or at least half of the membership of the School Site-Based Decision-Making Team and shall include a designated United Teachers of Pasadena representative. Except for the designated United Teachers of
Pasadena representative, bargaining unit members shall be elected by the bargaining unit members at the school site. Members shall serve a staggered two-year term.
19.3.3 School Site-Based Decision-Making Team meetings shall be held at times mutually agreeable for members of the committees. Schools are not precluded from utilizing local school site funds for such release time.
19.3.4 The parties agree that consensus is the most effective means to reach decisions in the site-based decision-making process. However, if after efforts of reaching consensus have failed, in no event shall a decision be implemented with less than a ninety percent (90%) vote of the School Site-Based Decision-Making Team.
19.3.5 Suggested examples of topics that the School Site-Based Decision-Making Team may wish to consider include but are not limited to: student discipline policy, staff development opportunities, school site schedules, instructional programs, support programs, community programs, communication networks, and creative and innovative site programs.
Areas that are outside the scope of School Site-Based Decision-Making Team decisions include topics such as: employment personnel decisions, employee discipline, District leave policies, etc.
19.4 Waiver of the Collective Bargaining Agreement
It is not the intent of the site-based decision-making process to violate the contractual rights of a bargaining unit member. However, if a school site requests a waiver of any provision(s) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the following procedures shall be followed:
19.4.1 There shall be a separate consensus approval of the affected bargaining unit members at the site, as determined by the Association President; and of the site administration, as determined by the Superintendent. However, if after efforts of reaching consensus have failed, in no event shall a decision be forwarded with less than a ninety percent (90%) secret ballot vote of the affected bargaining unit as conducted by the Association.
19.4.2 After such decision in 19.5.1 above is determined, the proposed waiver of the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be submitted in writing to the District's Superintendent and Board of Education and the Association's Board of Directors for final approval. If a waiver is approved by the Association and adopted by the District, contract waiver language shall be drafted by the parties and the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be deemed amended accordingly.
19.4.3 Such waiver of the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be for a specified period of time and shall be limited to a specific work site or location. Waivers shall not be construed as precedent setting.
19.4.4 Such waiver to the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be subject to Article V (Grievance Procedure) of the Agreement.
19.5 Final approval for school site-based decision-making plans shall rest with the Superintendent and the Board of Education. |
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