N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:10-3.1 - School Improvement Panel membership

(a) The School Improvement Panel shall include the principal, a vice principal, and a teacher who is chosen in accordance with (b) below by the principal in consultation with the majority representative. If an assistant principal or vice principal is not available to serve on the panel, the principal shall appoint an additional member who is employed in the school district in a supervisory role and capacity, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:6-120.a. The principal may appoint additional members to the School Improvement Panel as long as all members meet the criteria outlined in this section and N.J.S.A. 18A:6-120.a and the teacher(s) on the panel represents at least one-third of its total membership.

(b) The principal annually shall choose the teacher(s) on the School Improvement Panel through the following process:

1. The teacher member shall be a person with a demonstrated record of success in the classroom. Beginning in school year 2015-2016, a demonstrated record of success in the classroom means the teacher member shall have been rated effective or highly effective in the most recent available annual summative rating.

2. The majority representative, in accordance with (a) above, may submit to the principal teacher member nominees for consideration.

3. The principal shall have final decision-making authority and is not bound by the majority representative's list of nominees.

(c) The teacher member shall serve a full school year, except in case of illness or authorized leave, but may not be appointed more than three consecutive school years.

(d) All members of the School Improvement Panel shall be chosen by August 31 of each year.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:10-3.1

Amended by R.2017 d.025, effective 2/6/2017.
See: 48 N.J.R. 1727(a), 49 N.J.R. 251(a).
In (a), inserted the second sentence; in (b)1,substituted "school" for "academic"; and in (c), substituted the first occurrence of "school" for "academic", and inserted the second occurrence of "school".