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                            Governing Board

Governing Board

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Governing Board

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Current Board Members

Purpose

The Governing Board serves as the major policy body of the Center.  The overall responsibility of the Board is to insure that the Center is responsive to the professional learning needs of the faculty, administrators, and school boards of the following school systems and one charter school:  Choctaw County, Demopolis City, Fayette County, Greene County, Hale County, Lamar County, Linden City, Marengo County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Tuscaloosa City, Tuscaloosa County, and University Charter School.

Composition

The Board will comply with the following schedule of membership categories and specific numerical representations:

8 Classroom Teachers  
4 Administrators           
2 IHE Representatives
1 State Department of Education 
1 Local School Board Member  
16 Total                    

Each of the twelve systems served by the Center shall be represented on the Board by either a teacher, an administrator, or a school board member.


Appointment to Board Membership

Initial appointments to board membership and/or reappointments to board membership shall be made by official resolution(s) of incumbent Governing Boards in duly constituted meetings.

Nominations for board membership shall be solicited from, but not limited to, local education associations, local superintendents, and the Center director.


Terms of Office

 Board members shall serve staggered terms of three years and shall be eligible for one reappointment term.


Responsibilities of the Governing Board 

The Governing Board shall:

  1. Conduct a minimum of three (3) meetings per calendar year.  
  2. Review and approve board meeting minutes.
  3. Participate in an orientation session (new members).
  4.  In cooperation with the ALSDE and host institution, determine the policies for the operation of the center, including days and hours of operation.
  5.  Approve programs and activities that address needs as identified by needs assessments and/or student achievement data, and the plan to access the center’s programs and services by its constituent schools and districts.
  6.  Approve the inservice center’s annual budget.
  7. Delegate to the inservice center director the authority and responsibility for the daily operation of the center, including the development maintenance of necessary records (financial and programmatic) and the coordination of programs and activities.
  8. Approve the center’s official report of the trainings offered. 
  9. Approve and present to the SDE by December 1 of each year an annual report of programs and activities including the components detailed in the Accountability Standards (2003).
  10. Develop and approve, along with the appropriate University of Alabama official, a position description for the Center director which includes the following minimum qualifications:
    Three years experience in a position of instructional leadership
    Master’s Degree
    Demonstrated competence in oral and written communication
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