Garfield Re-2 Policies

(And Vocational Program Advisory Committees)

The Board of Education shall appoint a vocational advisory council which shall assist the Board and administration in overall promotion, planning, coordination, and evaluation of all district vocational education programs.  The council shall study issues, offer advice, and make recommendations regarding:

1. Current job needs

2. Relevance of current training programs

3. Reduction, deletion, or expansion of programs

4. Initiation of new programs

5. Financial and legislative support

6. Promotion of vocational education in the schools and in the community

7. Review goals and objectives of vocational programs

8. Assure programs are up-to-date with all aspects of the industry and are technologically current

 

The advisory council shall provide for input from vocational program advisory committees.

The council shall represent a cross-section of the community in terms of sex, race, age, occupation, socioeconomic status, geographical location, and other appropriate factors.  The district accountability committee may fulfill this function.

The vocational director and vocational instructors also shall appoint an advisory committee for each vocational education program provided by the district.  Program advisory committees shall assist vocational instructors and administrators in establishing, operating, and evaluating programs to serve the needs of students, businesses, and industry and shall provide expertise pertaining to technological change.

Each program advisory committee shall be representative of the occupations in the community for which training is provided.  The vocational instructor shall serve as an ex officio member of the committee.  Each program advisory committee is required to conduct at least two meetings per calendar year.

The vocational director shall approve written guidelines or operational procedures

(by-laws) for each program committee, which shall specify its composition, length of terms, responsibilities, and rules for conducting business.  Copies of the written guidelines (by-laws) shall be kept on file by the program instructor and the vocational director.

Each advisory committee shall provide written copies of all meeting minutes to the vocational director and the program instructor.

Adopted: August 1994

Revised: May 26, 1998

Revised:  September 25, 2007

Reviewed: January 9, 2018

LEGAL REFS: C.R.S. 23-8-103 (2)(c)

C.R.S. 23-60-303

 

CROSSREFS.: AE, Accountability/Commitment to Accomplishment

IHAI, Vocational-Technical Education

Garfield School District No. Re-2, Rifle, Colorado