December 6, 2007 Site-Based Governance Local and National Models iDivision Los Angeles Unified School District January 2008

December 6, 2007 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

December 6, 2007 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

December 6, 2007 iDivision (SGC) School Governing Council guidelines Ad Hoc Task Force Council convened per issue Example 1 Expanded SGC (50% Educators – 50% Students/Parents/Community Members) with ad hoc Task Force Councils Formal Advisory Council (Staffing, Recruiting, Job Descriptions, Performance Objectives, Professional Development) Formal Advisory Council (Instruction, Assessment) Formal Advisory Council (Parent & Community Engagement) Formal Advisory Council (Budget & Resources) Example 2 Executive SGC (50% Educators – 50% Students/Parents/Community Members) with formal Advisory Councils Within days school community decides structure. Priority: Skill Building & Transition to July 2008 Governance.

December 6, 2007  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 Existing Models

December 6, 2007  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 Single Plan for Student Achievement School Site Council (Ed. Code 52012)

December 6, 2007  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 Polytechnic Senior High School Governance Model

December 6, 2007  Responsibilities of Council:  Staff development  Student discipline  Schedule (school events and special schedules)  Guidelines for use of school equipment  Selected budgets Polytechnic Senior High School Governance Model (cont.)

December 6, 2007  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 Belmont Zone of Choice

December 6, 2007  Responsibilities of School Site  Hiring/staffing  Budget  Curriculum/assessment  Governance/policies  School calendar Belmont Zone of Choice (cont.)

December 6, 2007  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 C) Houston Independent School District Shared Decision-Making Committees

December 6, 2007  Houston SDMC responsibilities:  Recommendations on budget  Recommendations on curriculum  Recommendations on staffing  Staff Development  School Based Improvement Plan (entire faculty approve through vote) Houston Independent School District SDMC (cont.)

December 6, 2007 What would be the best governance model for Westchester?