West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-126 - Procedures for Designated Hiring and Transfer of School Personnel (5000) › Section 126-126-7 - Faculty Senate Recommendation Process

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
7.1. A faculty senate may establish a process
				for members to interview or otherwise obtain information regarding applicants
				for classroom teaching vacancies that will enable the faculty senate to submit
				recommendations regarding employment to the principal. A faculty senate wishing
				to submit hiring recommendations to the principal shall utilize one of the
				processes set forth below. These processes and procedures are designed to be
				effective and consistent among schools and counties and are designed to avoid
				litigation or grievance. At the conclusion of each school semester a faculty
				senate may vote to change its adopted process for the next ensuing semester.
				Additionally, if a faculty senate desires to make hiring recommendations over
				the summer break, it may use the process then in place, if any, or it may vote
				to adopt a different process to be used only during the summer break. Nothing
				herein shall be construed to require a faculty senate to participate in the
				recommendation process, however, failure to participate as provided below will
				cause the right of the faculty senate to make employment recommendations to be
				forfeited.
7.1.a. Hiring Committee
7.1.a.1. The majority of the faculty senate
				may elect a committee, including a committee chair, which will be responsible
				for making hiring recommendations regarding classroom teachers. Committees and
				chairs shall be elected by the faculty senate according to one of the following
				models:
7.1.a.1.A. Three individuals, which
				shall include a chair, elected by the majority of the members of the faculty
				senate; or
7.1.a.1.B. Not less than
				seven nor more than eleven individuals, which shall include a chair, elected by
				a majority of the faculty senate.
7.1.a.1.B.1. When electing the committee
				members, the faculty senate should give consideration to selecting individuals
				who represent the spectrum of curriculum and content areas taught at the
				school, provided that the failure of the faculty senate to select individuals
				who represent the spectrum of curriculum and content areas at the school shall
				not invalidate their election or any subsequent recommendation they
				render.
7.1.a.1.B.2. When utilizing
				this option, the committee chair shall select three members from the larger
				committee to form a panel which will make a recommendation for each classroom
				teacher to be hired. The selection of the three members shall be based, as far
				as is practical, on the subject matter to be taught by the teacher to be hired
				as determined on a case by case basis. The failure of the committee chair to
				select three members based on the subject matter to be taught by the new
				teacher will not invalidate the faculty senate's selection or be the basis for
				objection by any prospective employee or any other person. The committee chair
				shall be responsible for ensuring that the hiring recommendation made by the
				three person panel is delivered to the principal in a timely manner.