ARTICLE XV DEPARTMENT HEADS

East Greenwich School District

15-1 Beginning in 2024-2025, there will be 16 elementary grade level leaders (1 per grade/ UA per school) at $1,500 per grade level leader, Cole team leaders will stay the same, and all department chairs at the high school currently in the position as of the 2022- 2023 school year will be grandfathered and capped into a stipend of$10.000 for the 2022-2023 school year and for the remainder of their tenure in the position. The
Superintendent or their designee will meet with the Association at times convenient and sufficiently in advance of the commencement of the 2024-2025 school year to discuss, collaborate and develop job descriptions, duties and responsibilities of such grade level leaders, as well as the process for the appointment/renewal/removal for such grade level leaders and the time within the school day under which the work will be performed, all of which shall be aligned and consistent with the District's strategic plan for development of leadership positions. Such appointments will be made in accordance with the agreed upon procedure no later than July 1, 2024 and thereafter no later than July 1 of each succeeding year.

15-2 Department Heads shall have a class load of two (2) or three (3) classes at the secondary level.

15-3 Department Heads shall not be assigned any supervisory duties, other than the duties of Department Head.

15-4 An initial term for Department Heads will be for three (3) years, after which the position will be open to all in the department who wish to be considered. If after consideration, the incumbent department head remains, such successive term shall be for two (2) years. Removal from the position during any term will be for just cause based on an evaluation by the building principal(s) and/or Superintendent.
Department Heads may not succeed themselves, unless no other eligible teacher expresses interest in becoming a Department Head and is otherwise preapproved by the building principal(s) and Superintendent. Such decision to renew an individual Department Head's term for a successive 2-year term will be made on or before June 1 of the last year of the term

15-5 The evaluation procedure for Department Heads will be separate from the teacher evaluation process. A committee of (4) individuals, consisting of the high and middle school Principals, Assistant Superintendent, and a teacher appointed by the EGEA President, shall develop an evaluation model to recommend to the members of the Association and the School Committee, which recommendation shall be subject to ratification by each body. Department Heads will be subject to both processes.