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School Board
Policy
333.9 Operations
333.91 Management
The Academic Policy Committee
(1) The Academic Policy
Committee shall consist of parents of students attending the charter school,
teachers at the charter school, and employees of the charter school. It may
also include other adult community members and students enrolled in the school
in grades 9 through 12. A list of the members of the Academic Policy Committee
shall be submitted during each annual review as described in section 333.10,
below. The Superintendent or designee must be notified in writing within 10
working/school days of changes in the committee membership.
(2) The Academic Policy
Committee of the charter school shall supervise the operation of the charter
school and ensure the fulfillment of its mission.
(3) The Academic Policy
Committee shall be responsible for ensuring that the charter school preserves
the confidentiality of records relating to charter school students and
personnel. Student records are confidential and may not be disclosed absent
parental consent under federal and state law and the Anchorage School
District’s student records policies (School Board Policy 343.3 - 343.38).
Personnel records are confidential under state law and applicable provisions of
the negotiated agreements governing charter school employees.
(4) The Academic Policy
Committee shall select and supervise the principal/administrator of the charter
school. The principal/administrator shall select, appoint, and otherwise
supervise employees of the charter school. The principal/administrator may hold
another position in the school concurrently, such as a teacher, or may be a
contract employee.
(5) Personnel issues
must be coordinated with the Human Resources office to insure compliance with
administrative and statutory requirements with respect to the selection,
hiring, termination, or non-retention of either a tenured or non-tenured
charter school teacher or administrator.
(6) The Academic Policy
Committee shall select a District principal – which may be the Charter School
principal, a retired District principal, or a person on the District’s eligible
for hire list for administrators – with a current Alaska Type B certificate, to
evaluate certificated staff. The evaluator must be available to do on-site
observations of the staff in order to monitor compliance with required
Performance Standards. If a contract evaluator is currently employed as a
principal within the District, the Superintendent’s approval is required prior
to entering into the contract.
Note: See 333.96(a) -
Evaluation of Charter School Personnel
The Charter School Principal/Administrator
(1) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall keep financial records of the charter school and
submit appropriate information as required by the District and/or the charter
school Academic Policy Committee.
(2) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall oversee the operation of the charter school to
ensure that the terms of the contract are being met.
(3) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall meet regularly with charter school parents and
with teachers/staff and students, where appropriate, to review, evaluate, and
improve operations of the charter school.
(4) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall provide to the District the names of the students
who have pre-registered for the charter school prior to the starting date of
the charter school each year, and shall provide waiting list information to the
District on request. Membership information will be monitored on a monthly
basis and reported on the District’s monthly membership report.
(5) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall meet with the Academic Policy Committee at least
quarterly each year to monitor progress in achieving the Committee’s policies
and goals.
(6) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall evaluate staff according to District approved
practices and applicable bargaining agreements; certificated staff may be
evaluated only by an administrator with a Type B certificate and according to
District approved practices and in conformance with AS 14.20.149 and the State
Board of Education and Early Development and Anchorage School District
Performance Standards.
(7) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall select, appoint, or otherwise supervise employees
of the charter school.
(8) The Charter School
Principal/Administrator shall perform other duties as assigned by the Academic
Policy Committee.
The Charter School Lead
Teacher/ Headmaster
(1) The Academic Policy
Committee may designate specific activities which will be the purview of a lead
teacher/headmaster of the charter school.
(2) Under no
circumstances will the charter school lead teacher/headmaster evaluate
certificated staff unless a waiver has been approved by the School Board
consistent with applicable terms of any agreement with the Anchorage Education
Association.
Charter School Teachers
All teachers in the charter school shall be selected from current teachers employed in the District, from the District’s eligible to hire list of approved teacher candidates, or from retired District teachers who left the District in good standing, had satisfactory performance evaluations, and maintained a current Type A certificate.