Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

ight to designate one (1) member of each textbook
committee.
504.02 The present Test Selection Committee will be continued.
However, the Association will have the right to
appointfifty (50) percent of the representatives to the
committee.
504.03 All committees included in this article, including
textbook selection committees, shall adhere to the provisions
of the article entitled “Committee Procedures.”
Article 505
Integrated Textbooks
In conformance with previous policy statements made by
the Columbus Board of Education, a concerted effort will
continue to be made in the selection process to provide textbooks
and other teaching materials which avoid male and
female role stereotyping, which reflect an integrated society
and which portray both in printed text and illustrations the
contributions made to American society by all elements of
the society.
Article 506
Committee Procedures
506.01 Committees formed or continued asaresultofthis
Agreement shall function in a democratic fashion with
chairpersons elected by the committee members.
506.02 Thereshall be no ex-officio members. The times,
places, agenda and all other procedural or substantive
decisions or recommendations of these committees shall
be made by vote of the members.
506.03 Such committees may call upon the Association or
the Board for consultants as needed, but the composition
of the committees may not be changed without mutual
consent of the Association and the Board.
506.04 The term “joint committee” as used in this
Agreement shall mean, unless it is otherwise stipulated, a
committee composed of equal numbers of Boardappointed
and Association-appointed members. Such
committees shall adhere to the procedures set forth in
Sections 506.01, 506.02, and 506.03.
Article 507
Professional Development
507.01 The parties believe that professional development is
an ongoing process that promotes and supports both
professional and personal growth for all teachers and is
aimed at increasing student progress/growth. The parties
agree to examine strategies and mechanisms that will
increase training time of teachers other than the workdays
set forth in Section 1401.03. Strategies and mechanismsshall
include, but not limited to, courses offered by
the District and CEA, customized courses developed in
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