APPENDIX B STIPENDS FOR CURRICULM COORDINATORS, COACHES AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSONS

North Kingstown School District

Curriculum and Assessment Coordinators' Stipends

Level and Area of Instruction

(6-8)       Davisville Middle School ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Special Education
(6-8)       Wickford Middle School ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Special Education
(6-12)     Reading
(K-5)      Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Special Education
(K-8)      PE/ Health, Art, Music
(K-12)  Library, Nurse, ESL

Career And Technical Education (CTE) and Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Stipends

For internship coordinators, stipend will increase to $5,000 for more than 20 students or an additional coordinator will be added.

IT internship and Music Internship to be added when/if needed.

1. Selection:

A. Positions will be posted every two years.

B. Applicants must be full-time staff members teaching the discipline of coordination at the assigned level.

C. If applicants with these qualifications do not apply or are not chosen, Administration may then open the position to others.

D. All non-teaching related stipends may be posted outside of the bargaining unit, after being posted internally for 1 week.

2. Duties:

A. Report to the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, the assigned level principal(s) and the Director of Pupil Personnel (Special Education and Nurses).

B. Provide leadership in areas of curriculum development.

C. Facilitate content-area common assessments.

D. Advise and assist the Administration with content-area professional development.

DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSON STIPENDS

1. Selection:

A. Positions will be posted every two years.

B. Only teachers with appropriate certification and five (5) years teaching experience (at least one (1) in the North Kingstown School System) may apply for department chairperson or Career Technical Education Director positions. Others will be considered if no one with the above qualifications applies or if no one with the above qualifications is chosen by the selection committee.

C. The selection of department chairpersons and career technical education director positions are the responsibility of Administration. The selection committee will be made up of the Superintendent or designee, the High School Principal, and the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning. The Director of Pupil Personnel will be included in this group when considering the Special Education department chairperson. A current department chairperson or career technical education employee from another department, chosen by the Principal, will be included on this committee.

2. Evaluations:

A. The department chairperson or career technical education director will complete one announced observation of each depatiment member before the end of January.

1. Department chairpersons and career technical education director will be trained in the Rhode Island Model Teacher Evaluation and Support System and these observations will be aligned to the criteria of RIMTESS.

B. The department chairperson and career technical education director will submit written observation notes to the teacher and the administrator in charge of the evaluation within five (5) days of the observation and will meet with the administrator to review all aspects of the teachers' job pe1formance related to curriculum, instruction and assessment (see Evaluations, Section D herein). These notes may be stored in a temporary file until the yearly evaluation and any appeals are completed, but will not be included in personnel files that are maintained both at the central Administration and school building levels.
C. No observation comments submitted by a department chair or career technical education director will be included in the current electronic evaluation system. However, these observation comments may be used to conference with the teacher and in evaluation appeals.

D. The notes submitted by department chairpersons or the career technical education director for the purpose of evaluation will include those based on observations of at least twenty minutes, or of whole class periods if requested by the teacher (see Evaluations, Section A herein) as well as formal and informal observation of all aspects of the teachers' job performance related to curriculum, instruction and assessment. These aspects include the teachers' classroom instruction, collaboration with other school staff, communication with parents, and adherence to the established North Kingstown curriculum and federal and state guidelines such as IDEA and 504 (where applicable under the evaluation instrument).

3. Duties:

A. All efforts will be made to conduct department chairperson business during non­ teaching periods.

B. Department chairpersons will serve as teacher leaders of their department and will assist the principal in the leadership of departmental faculty concerning all aspects of the departmental goals relating to curriculum, instruction and assessment.

C. Department chairpersons will assist the principal in providing leadership in areas of curriculum, instruction and assessment (see Evaluations, Section D herein and current job description).

D. Department chairpersons will facilitate department needs concermng textbooks, supplies and budget requests.

E. If schedule permits, department chairpersons will attend parent meetings if requested by the classroom teacher.

F. The department chairperson may conduct observations for the purpose of mentoring a teacher, if requested by the teacher

4. Release Time (for Department Chairpersons only):

A. Department chairpersons of medium departments will be assigned one (1) additional unassigned period.

B. Department chairpersons of large departments will be assigned two (2) additional unassigned periods.

Coaches' Stipends

A. INTERSCHOLASTIC  COACHES

Members of NEANK shall be guaranteed an interview for all newly opened vacant interscholastic coaching positions. Only vacant positions need to be reposted.

Each of the following sports will be paid at the tiered rate listed if the sport runs in any given year.

High School