Site-Based Governance

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Site-Based Governance Local and National
Models iDivision Los Angeles Unified School
DistrictJanuary 2008
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• Existing (SSC) school site council guidelines
  District Bulletin 1231 Advisory Committees
  School Site Councils

All members of SSC are elected by their peers.
Responsibilities Develop, monitor, evaluate
Single Plan for Student Achievement for
Consolidated programs to improve student
achievement. Advisory Committees may be
consolidated into single SSC through waiver
requests. CEAC advice on educational plan to
raise achievement of disadvantaged learners 51
parents ELAC advice on educational plan to raise
achievement of SEL/ELL 51 parents
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• iDivision (SGC) school governing council
  guidelines

• All members of SGC are elected by their peers.
• Total number of participants can vary as long as
  ratio of total group is maintained.
• All state federal requirements must be met.
• Required governance for school site council, CEAC
  and ELAC may be integrated into single council.
• Advisory committees may be established for CEAC,
  ELAC, and expanded authorities responsibilities
  of iDivision
• Staffing Hiring
• Instruction Assessment
• Budget
• Professional Development
• Election to Work Rules

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• iDivision (SGC) School Governing Council
  guidelines

Example 1 Expanded SGC (50 Educators 50
Students/Parents/Community Members) with ad hoc
Task Force Councils
Example 2 Executive SGC (50 Educators 50
Students/Parents/Community Members) with formal
Advisory Councils
Formal Advisory Council (Budget Resources)
Formal Advisory Council (Staffing, Recruiting,
Job Descriptions, Performance Objectives,
Professional Development)
Formal Advisory Council (Parent Community
Engagement)
Formal Advisory Council (Instruction, Assessment)
Ad Hoc Task Force Council convened per issue
Ad Hoc Task Force Council convened per issue
Ad Hoc Task Force Council convened per issue
Within 45-60 days school community decides
structure. Priority Skill Building Transition
to July 2008 Governance.
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Existing Models

• Single Plan for Student Achievement
• California State Education Code
• John H. Polytechnic High School
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Belmont Zone of Choice
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Shared Decision-Making Committee
• Houston Independent School District

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Single Plan for Student Achievement School Site
Council (Ed. Code 52012)

• Membership
• Principal
• Teachers (selected by teachers)
• School personnel (administrators, classified,
  pupil services personnel)
• Parents/community members (selected by parents)
• Students
• Parity between 1) school staff and 2) parents,
• community, and students

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Polytechnic Senior High School Governance Model

• Membership
• 50 UTLA chapter chair and certificated staff
• 50 principal, elected parent/community
  representatives, non-certificated employee, and a
  student representative
• Co-chairs UTLA chapter chair principal

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Polytechnic Senior High School Governance Model
(cont.)

• Responsibilities of Council
• Staff development
• Student discipline
• Schedule (school events and special schedules)
• Guidelines for use of school equipment
• Selected budgets

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Belmont Zone of Choice

• Steering Committee for all Pilot Schools
• 2 reps from LAUSD
• 2 reps from UTLA
• 2 reps from Belmont Education Collaborative
  (non-profits, community-based organizations)
• 1 rep from AALA
• School Site Governance (det. at school site)
  Recommended Practice
• 1 principal
• 4 teachers
• 1 other staff
• 3 students
• 3 parents/community

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Belmont Zone of Choice (cont.)

• Responsibilities of School Site
• Hiring/staffing
• Budget
• Curriculum/assessment
• Governance/policies
• School calendar
• http//www.ccebos.org/pilotschools/conditions.html

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Houston Independent School District Shared
Decision-Making Committees

• Principal determines committee size
• Membership must include
• At least 2 parents selected by school parents
• At least 2 community members
• At least one business representative
• Professional staff (at least 2/3 classroom
  teachers and 1/3 other campus-level professional
  staff)
• No more than 1 non-instructional staff
• Principal has authority to appoint additional
  parents, teachers, community members, business
  representatives
• (Houston Unified, Memo No. 2652.C)

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Houston Independent School District SDMC (cont.)

• Houston SDMC responsibilities
• Recommendations on budget
• Recommendations on curriculum
• Recommendations on staffing
• Staff Development
• School Based Improvement Plan (entire faculty
  approve through vote)

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What would be the best governance model for
Westchester?