The administration shall have the responsibility to seek out available resources for use by the certified staff in the development of District-wide curriculum.
The Superintendent may budget for educational research and evaluation programs, accelerate implementation of such programs, encourage evaluation of technological advances in education, support the use of tools or techniques to enhance the teacher’s effectiveness or productivity, and develop a reasonably detailed budgeting system that includes periodic reviews designed to assist the Board in policy planning and general oversight of the operation of the curriculum in the District.
The Superintendent is encouraged to investigate the availability of outside funds to be used in financing any pilot project in the District.
Where feasible, and prior to the full-scale adoption of such programs, innovative instructional programs may undergo pilot testing so that it may be understood how they may function fully.
The administration will develop evaluation instruments to be used in any pilot project. Such instruments may include, but shall not be limited to, the following areas: type and form of data to be gathered; personnel to be used in the project; anticipated costs of the project; anticipated input in terms of hardware and software; anticipated outcomes in terms of student productivity, student achievement, teacher utilization and productivity, building use, non-certified staff use; and standard tests to be administered, if any.
The administration shall submit plans for changes in the curriculum, to an appropriate Board committee for study, and any recommendations of said committee shall be presented to the Board for action.