Roles & Responsibilities

PIE Director
The role of the school district's PIE Director is essentially advisory in nature. The PIE Director will:

• Produce materials which support and promote the program.
• Seek new business partners through individual contacts and appropriate organizations.
• Facilitate all kick-off celebrations.
• Facilitate the development of new partnerships and assist with existing ones.
• Monitor school needs to determine appropriate linkages with business.
• Collect data regarding partnerships.
• Ensure that equity exists among schools participating in the PIE program.
• Attend joint steering committee meetings.
• Provide in-service training for business and school partners.
• Monitor and evaluate program.

School Contact
The school contact (principal) will:

• Work closely with the steering committee to design a PIE program which addresses the needs and capitalizes upon the resources of both partners.
• Assign PIE responsibilities to individual teachers.
• Work with the business contact to become familiar with the business.
• Coordinate release time for teachers and students, schedule PIE activities, and allocate resources.
• Attend monthly steering committee meetings.
• Promote and publicize the PIE program.
• Keep the PIE director informed of the partnership's progress.
• Assign a person to record and disseminate notes of PIE steering committee meetings.
• Assist with dissemination of PIE information to the media.
• Communicate with the PIE office on a regular basis.
• Invite business employees for a tour of school.

Chief Executive Officer
This individual's role will be the same regardless of the size of the company. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will:

• Establish top level commitment to PIE.
• Authorize use of company resources.
• Designate a high-level representative as the business contact.
• Identify five employees who will serve on the steering committee.
• Release five employees one hour a month to attend the steering committee meeting.
• Promote participation by employees.
• Release employees to participate in the PIE program during the year.

Business Contact
The business contact will:

• Work closely with the steering committee to design a PIE program which addresses the needs and resources of both partners.
• Assign PIE responsibilities to individual employees.
• Work with the school contact to become familiar with the school.
• Coordinate release time for employees, schedule PIE activities, and allocate resources.
• Attend monthly steering committee meetings.
• Promote and publicize the program.
• Assign a person to record and disseminate notes of PIE steering committee meetings.
• Keep the CEO and PIE director informed of the partnership's progress.
• Assist with the dissemination of PIE information to the media.
• Communicate with the PIE office.
• Invite school employees for a tour of the facilities.