Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia

IV. Communication, Consultation and Cooperation
In the event that members of other bargaining units represented by the Federation
are members of the Building Committee, such persons shall be released
to attend Building Committee meetings held during common preparation periods
and the Principal shall provide such coverage as he/she shall deem appropriate
for the assignment of such members. In the event an emergency requires
that a meeting between the Principal and the Building Committee shall be held
at some time other than that specified above, the Principal shall provide such
coverage as he/she shall deem appropriate for the assignments of the members
of the Building Committee.
7. In off-site Pre-K Centers, members of the Building Committee shall be
allowed common meeting time not to exceed three (3) hours per month. Meetings
shall be scheduled so as not to disrupt the program.
E. Focus Groups and Work teams
1. The School District shall be free to select from among all employees covered
by this Agreement, as members of other committees, agencies, or bodies
such as research groups, curriculum committees and the like, those employees
who have special skills, expertise and experience and who have demonstrated
their competence in the appropriate area. Employees serving on such bodies
shall in no way be considered to represent the Federation or any employees
represented by it.
2. An employee who, on any committee, agency, or other such body in the
School District is to represent any employees to whom this Agreement is applicable,
shall be selected from nominees named by the Federation by reason of
their special skills, expertise, experience and demonstrated competence in the
appropriate area.
F. Data, reports and Statistics
Each party agrees to make available to the other, upon its written request,
information and statistics compiled and records it customarily maintains when
such material is readily available and is reasonably relevant to negotiations or
necessary for the proper enforcement of the terms of this Agreement. This provision
shall not be construed to require either party to produce to the other
surveys or other documents created to inform policy deliberations.
G. Site-based Management-educational compacts
1. During the term of this Agreement, both the Federation and the School
District agree to pursue an orderly process for empowering individual school
administrators, teachers and staff to make programmatic and operating decisions
best suited to their mission and the needs of their students and staff to the
extent that these decisions may impact upon employees’ working conditions.
2. In addition, the parties agree to the following contract waiver procedures
whereby working conditions expressed in Articles XVIII-XXVI of this Agreement
may be modified in their application to a particular school or Academy:
(a) Upon approval of the Principal, a proposed waiver will be submitted for
ratification by the affected staff in the school or Academy. Ratification shall be
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