TEACHER CENTER GUIDELINES

WHEREAS, teachers are concerned with and responsible for their own professional development; and

WHEREAS, teacher centers are recognized as one of the most effective means of providing opportunities for professional development:

RESOLVED, that the following guidelines be considered when establishing a teacher center:

The federal guidelines for teacher centers which are not federally funded be followed where possible;

That be a policy board including teachers, administrators, higher education members and members-at-large, to be responsible for the teacher center, and that teachers shall be a majority of such policy board;

That the teacher members of the policy board be appointed by the bargaining unit;

That the higher education member(s) of the policy board represent a higher education institution where the staff is represented by AFT where possible; and