Reading Recovery Council of North

“The organization's membership is open to anyone interested in reading recovery and early literacy. Members include reading recovery teachers, teacher leaders, site coordinators, university trainers, and partners who are classroom teachers, early literacy educators, title 1 teachers, school principals and administrators, school board members, researchers, parents, and community members. Membership shall consist of two membership classes. The sole member of class a membership shall be reading recovery and early literacy, inc. (rreli). Class b membership shall be composed of individual members. Membership in good standing for class b shall be defined as all members current in the payment of dues. The categories of membership and the annual dues shall be determined by the board of trustees. Members in good standing shall be responsible for; voting for officers, participating in membership meetings, voting within a service category for representatives of the board, and participating in other business of rrcna. Any person who wishes to support the purposes or rrcna and to share in its work shall be eligible for membership. Any member may be removed with cause by a majority vote of the board at any meeting of the board.”

“A person can be elected or appointed as a member of the board shall have held membership in rrcna for at least one year prior to his/her nomination. The number of directors of the corporation shall not exceed twenty-eight. Board members shall include: the officers of the corporation. Up to two special members serving by presidential appointment with majority approval of the board, the following officers of the north american trainers group-president, vice president, and past president, the canadian representative in the natg executive committee, a representative of the canadian institute of reading recovery designated by cirr and a representative of any entity which receives a trademark designation in north america, representative members from each of the following reading recovery service categories- trainers, teacher leaders, teachers, and site coordinators, representative member from the descubriendo la lectura collaborative, representative member from the deans of reading recovery university training centers, up to two partner representatives and gay su pinnell as founding director. A partner is a person who does not qualify for membership under any other category and has demonstrated a commitment to the mission of rrcna. The board shall determine the number of board members elected from each service category.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an outside public accounting firm and then it is reviewed by the senior accountant and executive director. The finance committee then reviews the return and then the return is provided to the full board for approval prior to filing.”

“Each board member fills out a conflict of interest disclosure statement annually and it is the responsibility of the board member to inform the board of changes to their conflict of interest status. If there is any question that a board action or vote would result in a conflict of interest, that board member must remove himself or herself from the discussion and/or vote on that matter per board policy 3.07.”

“To maximize the reliability of our market wage surveys, rrcna benchmarks or "matches" positions to those that are comparable in terms of functional duties, scope of responsibility, and level of experience necessary to meet the job's requirements. This includes surveying organizations in the same or similar geographic regions and industries, and with similar revenues and numbers of employees. Specifically, salary data from 1) comparable state societies of association executives, 2) the american society of association executives, 3) the personnel employer organization contracted by rrcna, and 4) the osu hr staff comparison to market data (including data from companies such as mercer, watson/wyatt-ecs, and/or cupa-hr) will be utilized to determine appropriate salary ranges for rrcna staff positions. Data are also collected on prevailing salary increase practices and are considered in light of rrcna goals and budget priorities. The rrcna board of directors annually establishes a salary increase pool for rrcna employees based on organizational goals, budget priorities and market data. These agency guidelines are submitted annually to the osu's school of teaching and learning in the college of education and human ecology prior to the july 1 start of rrcna's fiscal year. Salary decisions relative to new hires will be made based upon the compensation principles in this document, recognizing that compensation varies with work experience and education. Promotion, demotions, or equity situations (such as counter offers) arising outside of the annual process will be guided by these principles, but addressed throughout the year as necessary. Staff performance is the primary criteria for determining salary increases along with relevant markets and considerations of equity within the rrcna staff. Each staff member's performance is reviewed annually and salary increases are awarded after the review is complete. Staff receive their salary increase in the payroll following their anniversary date. Salary increases for peo employees are determined by the executive director. Salary increases for osu employees are recommended by the executive director and provided to the school of teaching and learning for university approval. If the executive director is an osu employee, the rrcna executive committee recommends the executive director's increase in collaboration with the osu faculty member with supervisory responsibility and provides the salary increase to the school of teaching and learning for university approval. Individual increases in excess of 10% require the approval of the rrcna board of directors for peo employees and approval by the rrcna board of directors with approval by osu for osu employees. All staff will receive written notification of their salary increase. Any staff member receiving no salary increase must be notified in writing with supporting rationale. One-time cash payments to individuals (bonuses) may be made in conjunction with the annual salary process to reflect truly outstanding staff achievement on time-bound projects and/or to supplement the staff salary increase process in recognizing unusually outstanding performance. Bonuses will not be used as a substitute for a permanent salary increase when the latter is justified. A bonus may be provided up to $2,500 or 5% of the individual's base rate, whichever is greater. A summary of the rationale for a bonus will be documented and distributed to the rrcna executive committee (for all employees) and osu (for osu employees). If the executive director is an osu employee, a bonus will be recommended by the rrcna executive committee and the osu faculty member with supervisory responsibility for the executive director and processed through the appropriate university and college compensation and reward and recognition process. Bonuses for osu employees are recommended by the executive director within the parameters of the rrcna budget and will be processed through the appropriate”

“The organization's financial statements, conflict of interest policy, and governing documents are all made available for public inspection via the organization's website in limited form and in full detail through a formal request.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 25,625. Management and general expenses 21,193. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 46,818. Consulting: program service expenses 230,769. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 230,769.”

“The organization's finance committee is responsible for overseeing the audit. The process used for oversight of the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant has not changed from the previous year.”