Draft policy would let a building administrator mandate one schoolwide collaboration with one month�notice

A staff member presenting revisions to the collaboration-time section of the draft policy said the document now separates teacher-driven collaboration from administrator-driven collaboration and clarifies when an administrator may require a schoolwide session. "Once per year, one administrator for a building may mandate a school wide collaboration. The administrator must provide at least a month's notice to staff prior to the scheduled collaboration," the staff member said.

The change was offered to reduce broad district-level intervention and give building administrators limited authority to convene staff for specified purposes. The presenter said mandated collaboration must meet at least one of the purposes outlined in the collaboration-time section and that the language tightens oversight by directing requests to a building administrator rather than the district.

Members agreed the revision reflected previous discussion and recommended moving the draft to "wood" design for another review. The Chair said the group will add the collaboration-time item to the next meeting's wood-design agenda for further consideration.

The draft's separation of teacher-driven and administrator-driven collaboration addresses concerns that the same term had been used in two sections with different expectations. The staff member noted minor formatting changes were made to clarify the structure, and other participants asked only for clarity on numbering and the presentation format.

Next steps: the item was moved to the wood-design queue for the May 22 meeting; no formal vote was taken during the session.