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Title: School Site Councils


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School Site Councils
  • Focus on School Improvement and Student
    Achievement

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The Subjects of this Workshop are
  • Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities of the
    SSC
  • Historical PerspectiveA Theme of Collaboration
  • Orientation/Elections
  • Council Composition (definitions)
  • Duties of Officers/members
  • Tools for a Successful SSC
  • Areas Outside the Scope of the SSC
  • Conducting the Meeting
  • Linking Student Achievement and Expenditures
  • Actions Required of the SSC
  • Show Me the Money

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities of the SSC
  • Develop a comprehensive Single Plan for Student
    Achievement
  • Ensure that the school is continually engaged in
    identifying and implementing curriculum and
    instructional practices
  • Develop a budget aligned to consolidated
    application funds and other categorical funds
    requiring decisions from the School Site Council

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities
of the SSC
  • Recommend Single Plan for Student Achievement to
    local School Board
  • Recommend plan for targeting use of other
    categorical or supplemental funds to local School
    Board
  • Continuous planning, monitoring, and review of
    effectiveness
  • Annual review and revision of plan

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities of the SSC
  • The SPSA must be developed with the advice,
    review and certification of any applicable school
    advisory committees
  • English Learner Advisory Committee
  • State Compensatory Education Advisory Committee
  • Special Education Advisory Committee
  • Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Committee
  • All required advisory committees have a
    responsibility to advise the school on the
    special needs of students and on ways the school
    may meet those needs

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities
of the SSC
  • Review district policies
  • Develop training program for SSC members
  • Review meeting and operating procedures
  • Develop annual meeting calendar
  • Review bylaws annually

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Roles and Responsibilities of the SSC
  • Legislative roleSSC writes plan/budget
  • Executive roleprincipal/school staff implement
    school plan
  • Judicial rolelocal governing board makes and
    interprets policy and approves plan
  • Advisory committeesadvise the SSC

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Roles and Responsibilities of the SSC
  • Function
  • The SSC is not to be viewed as an advisory body
    whose advice may be accepted or rejected
  • Instead, the actions of the SSC constitute the
    first step in a formal process for developing
    improvement strategies and for allocating
    resources to support these efforts

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Federal and State Improvement Efforts
  • Whats Driving Improved Student Academic
    Achievement?
  • Federal
  • Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in Elementary
    Secondary Education Act (ESEA)/No Child Left
    Behind (NCLB)
  • State
  • Public School Accountability Act (PSAA)
  • Assessment, Standards, Rewards and Sanctions
  • Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming School
    Program (II/USP)
  • High Priority School Grant Program (HPSGP)
  • Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA)

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Historical PerspectiveA Theme of Collaboration
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School Site CouncilsAfter 2001
Consolidated Application
School Site Council Single Plan for Student Achie
vement (SPSA)
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Orientation/Elections
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Selection/Election of Teachers
  • Notify teachers of the nomination process
  • Allow teachers to nominate self/other teachers
  • Place name(s) on a ballot
  • Provide an opportunity for a write-in
    candidate
  • Establish a process to assure that all teachers
    receive a ballot
  • Utilize teachers or an election committee to
    count ballots
  • Maintain ballots for 5 years

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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The Principal
  • The law is very clear that the principal is an
    active, voting member of the council
  • SSC attendance and responsibilities CANNOT be
    assigned to a vice principal or other designee
  • He/she has no administrative authority over the
    council
  • In addition, the principal may not veto a
    decision of the council or make plan or budget
    changes without SSC approval

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
Source other than CISI
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Definition of Other School Personnel
  • INCLUDES
  • Classified personnel (e.g., clerical,
    instructional, custodial and food services
    staff)
  • Administrative personnel (e.g., vice principals,
    certificated administrative assistants)
  • Certificated support staff-not assigned as a
    classroom teacher of record (e.g., counselors,
    resource teachers)
  • Itinerant staff (e.g., translators, nurse,
    psychologist)

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Election of Parents
  • School Site Council should reflect the school
    community, including all socio-economic, ethnic
    and program groups.

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Selection/Election of Parents
  • The term parent includes a guardian
  • A parent CAN be an employee in the district,
    but CANNOT be employed at the school in any
    capacity (e.g., noon-duty, recreational
    assistant, substitute)
  • A community member may serve in the parent
    position as long as the person has been selected
    by parents of children in the school
  • Goal It is the hope of the legislature that the
    School Site Council reflect the school community,
    including all socioeconomic, ethnic, racial
    groups
  • Make attempts to assure that parents of students
    participating in various programs are included

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
Source other than CISI
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Sample Election Process
  • Each group utilizes an election committee
  • Notify group of election process
  • Allow group to nominate self/others
  • Place name on ballot
  • Provide opportunity for write-in candidate
  • Establish process to assure that everyone in that
    group receives a ballot
  • Election Committee counts the ballots
  • Maintain ballots for 5 years

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CouncilCompositionSEE BULLETIN 4148 Advisory
committees and School Site Councils
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Composition of the SSCElementary
  • Any school which has two or more grades in the
    K-6 grade span
  • 10 member minimum
  • One half staff and one half parents/community
    members
  • Staff includes principal, majority of classroom
    teachers, other staff

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Elementary Configuration
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Other Elementary School Site Council Sizes
Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Composition of the SSCSecondary
  • Any school which has two or more grades in the
    7-12 grade span
  • 12 member minimum, if all categories are to be
    represented
  • One half staff and one half parents/community and
    students elected by their peers
  • Staff includes principal, majority of classroom
    teachers, other staff

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Other Secondary School Site Council Sizes
Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Middle Schools
  • A School Site Council at the middle school level
    may, but is not required to, include pupil
    representation. EC, Section 33133(c)
  • This permits local Boards of Education to choose
    whether a middle school follows the elementary or
    secondary composition requirements

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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School Site Council Composition
  • Exceptions
  • SPAN
  • Span schools will form their councils based on
    the Districts classification of their school
    (elementary, middle, or high school).
  • Special Education Centers
  • Special education schools and centers with
    secondary students may use the same composition
    as elementary schools, or they may choose to
    follow the same composition as comprehensive high
    schools.
  • Middle Schools
  • Middle schools may, but are not required to,
    include student representatives.
  • (Education Code Section 33133-c)

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School Site Council Composition
  • Exceptions (continued)
  • Continuation Schools
  • In continuation schools, the membership of the
    SSC shall be no fewer then eight members and
    shall be constituted to ensure parity. Half the
    membership shall be (a) the principal, two
    teachers, and one other school personnel (staff
    side) and half shall be (b) two parents or
    community members elected by parents and two
    students representatives elected by the entire
    student body.

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Parent/Community Eligibility
  • Parent is defined as the parent or guardian of a
    student at a school, unless that parent is a paid
    employee of the school district at that site
  • Community is defined as any person having an
    interest in the local school process and is
    elected by parents to take one of their slots

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School Site Council Composition
  • Other staff may include
  • Assistant Principals
  • School Nurse
  • Counselors
  • Clerical Staff
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Custodial Staff
  • Food Service Staff
  • Resource Teachers
  • Coordinators
  • Instructional Coaches
  • Library Media Teachers
  • Community Representatives
  • Non-classroom teachers refers to those full-time
    employees whose classroom teaching assignment, if
    any, is fewer than three (3) periods per day in
    secondary, or less than half-time in elementary.

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The School Principal
  • Is a voting member of the council.
  • Provides information and leadership.
  • Is responsible for staff and student elections of
    the SSC.
  • Is responsible for the proper functioning and
    implementation of the SSC.
  • Is responsible for any program and/or fiscal
    implications due to non-compliance with
    federal/state policies, rules, and regulations.
  • Directs staff to implement the approved Student
    Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) and monitors
    in conjunction with SSC.
  • Note The principal may not delegate any of these
    responsibilities.
  • (Refer to LAUSD Bulletin 4148)

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Duties of Officers/Members
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Duties of Officers/Members
  • The council shall elect officers, including
  • Chairperson to organize, convene, and lead
    meetings of the council
  • Vice-Chairperson to serve in the absence of the
    chairperson
  • Secretary to record events and actions taken at
    council meetings
  • Parliamentarian to resolve questions of
    procedure, often with the help of Roberts Rules
    of Order or similar guide
  • Other officers as needed to perform stated duties
    in support of the work of the council
  • The principal may assign someone to take notes
    (in their absence) however that person may not
    vote or participate in the discussions unless it
    is to make a comment on an agenda item just as
    any other member of the public.

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Roles and Responsibilities of SSC Members
  • Regularly attend SSC meetings
  • Become knowledgeable of state and local
    educational issues related to assessment,
    curriculum and instruction
  • Communicate SSC business internally and
    externally
  • May appoint committees to perform tasks to assist
    the council in developing, monitoring, or
    evaluating the SPSA

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Roles and Responsibilities of SSC Members (cont.
)
  • Review district policies
  • Develop training program for SSC members
  • Review meeting and operating procedures
  • Develop annual meeting calendar
  • Review bylaws annually

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Tools for a Successful SSC
  • Member roster and phone numbers/email addresses
  • Copy of School Site Plan
  • Copy of most recent Categorical Program
    Monitoring (CPM) or Western Association of
    Schools and Colleges (WASC)
  • Copy of School Site Council budget
  • List of all revenue sources and expenditures
  • Student achievement data (STAR, API scores,
    Reading and Math benchmark assessment result,
    CELDT result, attendance rates, suspension rates,
    etc.).

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Tools for a Successful SSC
  • Knowledge of the implementation of the various
    components of the SPSA.
  • Information regarding the effectiveness of the
    strategies contained within the SPSA and an
    understanding of the SSCs ability to make
    modifications as needed.
  • Local board policies.
  • State and federal requirements.
  • The core instructional program.
  • The SPSA Budget including proposed expenditures.

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Tools for a Successful SSC
  • Access to state content/performance standards,
    state frameworks, CDE publications Its
    Elementary Taking Center Stage Aiming High
  • Student achievement data
  • District assessments
  • State assessments
  • API and AYP results
  • Attendance
  • Grades

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Areas Outside the Scope of School Site Councils
  • A school management committee
  • A policy-making body
  • A political organization
  • A personnel committee
  • A grievance committee
  • A fund-raising organization
  • An extension of the PTSA
  • A social group

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Conducting the School Site Council Meeting
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MeetingRequirements
  • Be open to the public
  • Allow the public to address the council on any
    matter within the jurisdiction of the council
  • Post a meeting notice 72 hours in advance,
    specifying date, time and location, and agenda
    describing each item of business
  • Make any meeting materials available to the
    public upon request

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Conducting the Meeting
  • Create a sign-in sheet for all who attend. The
    sign-in sheet should designate the various
    constituencies (admin, teacher, classified,
    parent/community)
  • Provide copies of agenda and all materials to SSC
    members and the public

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Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Conducting the Meeting
  • Notify alternates for members that they may not
    vote and are not counted toward a quorum, unless
    the voting member is no longer able to serve on
    the SSC
  • Follow the posted agenda

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Conducting the Meeting
  • Use an agreed upon procedure (e.g., Roberts
    Rules of Order-10th edition) for conducting
    business
  • Provide opportunities for discussion of items on
    agenda
  • Maintain minutes, agendas and sign-ins of the
    meeting for 5 years

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Conducting the Meeting(Greene Act)
  • The council cannot act on any item that was not
    included on the posted agenda
  • Exception If an action is needed and was not
    known at the time the agenda was posted, the SSC
    may, by unanimous vote, add the item on the
    agenda for action
  • Questions and brief statements for clarification
    may be made as long as there is no impact on
    students or staff
  • If these procedures are violated, upon demand of
    any person, the council must reconsider the item
    at its next meeting after allowing for public
    comment on the item

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Bylaws
  • Are not required by law however, are recommended
    for all committees and councils per Bulletin
    4148.
  • Can serve as a guide for the councils actions
  • Should be reviewed annually by a Bylaws
    subcommittee acting on behalf of the SSC
  • The Bylaws subcommittee should bring the
    recommended changes to the SSC

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Content of Bylaws
  • Name of Organization
  • Role of the Council Purpose roles of council
    (job description)
  • Members Size of council, procedures, for
    election of members, terms of office, filling
    vacancies, termination transfer of membership.
  • Officers Methods for officer nomination, voting,
    election, filling officer vacancies, terms of
    office and duties

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Content of Bylaws (contd)
  • CommitteesDescription of standing or special
    committee
  • MeetingsDescription of date, time place of
    meetings
  • Conduct of the Meeting/Parliamentary
    AuthorityDescribes the procedures for conducting
    the meeting
  • Amendment of BylawsDescribe the procedures for
    amending the bylaws

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Bylaws
  • A copy of the SSC bylaws should be provided to
    all members
  • The Chairperson of the SSC should annually review
    the bylaws with the council members
  • Each member of the council should take time to
    review the bylaws
  • Any material provided to a school site council
    should be made available to any member of the
    public who requests the materials pursuant to the
    California Public Records Act Chapter 3.5
    (commencing with section 6250) of Division 7 of
    Title I

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Check Bylaws First
  • Schools are encouraged to have procedures for the
    selection/election of members written into the
    SSCs bylaws.
  • The following are suggested provisions.
  • Means of electing members and officers
  • Terms of office of members and officers
  • Notice of elections for each peer group
  • Responsibilities of the council
  • A policy on non-discrimination
  • Note Schools may elect non-voting alternate
    members who become voting members in the event of
    a mid-year vacancy.

Refer to LAUSD Bulletin 4148 Advisory Committees
and School Site Councils
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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
  • Be respectful every member will have an
    opportunity to speak at an appropriate time
  • Disagreement and respectful debate between
    Committee members at Committee meetings is
    appropriate personalized disagreement can be
    divisive and damaging

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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
  • Remember that you and every other Committee
    member generally owe a duty to act in the best
    interest of the entire community
  • If you have a point that you wish to make to one
    or more Committee members, address the point to
    the Committee chairperson

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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
  • Dont let personality conflicts or prior policy
    disagreements spill over into Committee meetings
    or public comments
  • Address the issues

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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC
  • When possible, deal with persons making comments
    that the Committee finds inappropriate or
    offensive by simply letting the person have their
    say, within a reasonable time limit
  • Do not use communications with the public or
    school district as a means of communicating with
    other Committee members that is the role of a
    public meeting
  • Be respectful of Committee decisions if you
    disagree with the position taken by the
    Committee, the time to express that opinion is
    prior to when that position is adopted

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Holding the Gavel What it Means to be
Committee Chairperson
  • The Committee elects a chairperson from among its
    members to provide leadership on behalf of the
    Committee and the community it serves

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Running an Effective Meeting
  • Call the meeting to order at the appointed time
  • Announce the business to come before the
    Committee in its proper order
  • Enforce the Committees policies relating to the
    conduct of meetings and help ensure compliance
    with the Bylaws
  • Recognize people who desire to speak, and protect
    the speaker who has the floor from disturbance or
    interference
  • Explain what the effect of a motion would be if
    it is not clear to every member
  • Restrict discussion to the question when a motion
    is before the Committee

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Running an Effective Meeting, cont
  • Rule on issues of parliamentary procedure
  • Put motions to a vote, and state clearly the
    results of the vote
  • Be responsible for the orderly conduct of all
    Committee meetings
  • Always have antennae out, be aware of the
    dynamics of the Committee, audience and staff

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Sticking Together Through Good Times and Bad
  • Committees take collective responsibility for
    their performance
  • If you vote in favor of an action that passes,
    you consent to that action, and are expected to
    support it
  • If you vote against an action that nevertheless
    passes, you are expected to support the majority
    and not attempt to sabotage or subvert the
    action
  • Committees operate by consensus
  • If you are not in the room when the vote is
    taken, you nevertheless consent to the action

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Roberts Rules of Order Parliamentary Procedure
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Quorum
  • Number of members that must be present to legally
    transact business
  • Why? We dont want small unrepresentative groups
    making decisions for entire body

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Right of Minority
  • Right to be heard and to voice their dissent
  • Right to have their dissent noted in the record
  • But, once dissent is given and vote taken, it is
    the decision of the collective body, even those
    who objected

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Individual Member Rights
  • To receive notice and attend all meetings
  • To introduce and second motions
  • To speak on agenda items after first seeking
    recognition of chair
  • To vote

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Call to Order
  • Before the presiding officer calls the meeting to
    order it is his duty to determine if quorum is
    established,.
  • If a quorum is not present, the chair waits
    until there is one, or until after a reasonable
    time, there appears to be no prospect that a
    quorum will assemble
  • If quorum cannot be obtained, the chair calls the
    meeting to order, announces the absence of a
    quorum and entertains a motion to adjourn or
    recess.

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The Right to Move a Motion
  • Matters considered one at a time
  • To be in order, the motion must be directly
    related to the question under consideration
  • Frivolous, vague, incoherent, and duplicative
    motions are out of order (ruling by chair)

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The Right to Move a Motion cont
  • Subsidiary motions, i.e., motions to postpone,
    refer to committee, table, etc. must directly
    relate to the main motion
  • All motions need a second
  • If no second, then the motion fails from lack of
    support
  • After a motions first reading, Chair should
    inquire, Is there any discussion?
  • Maker of a motion has the first right to speak
    and to amend it

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Amending Motions
  • Amendment must be germane to main question
  • Must be offered before, not after, vote
  • Includes adding words or phrases striking out
    words or phrases and substituting words or
    phrases

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Point of Order
  • To correct a breach in the rules
  • Only used for major infractions
  • Made at the time of the infraction
  • Second not required
  • Not debatable
  • Ruled upon by the chair

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Voting
  • Voting
  • Chair should announce minority votes, i.e.,
    Hearing one nay and no others.
  • If vote requires more than a majority, Chair
    should announce before the vote the supermajority
    that is required
  • Tie vote is a lost vote because no majority was
    obtained

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Meeting Minutes
  • Contents
  • A record of what was done at the meeting, not
    what was said by the members. Should never
    reflect the secretarys opinion, on anything said
    or done
  • Important motions a) the wording in which each
    motion was adopted or disposed of, whether motion
    was debated or amended b) the disposition of the
    motion, any primary or secondary amendments
  • The name of the seconder of the motion should not
    be entered in the minutes unless ordered by the
    assembly
  • When a count is taken or ordered, the number of
    votes on each side should be entered
  • If vote is by roll call, the names of those
    voting on each side and those answering present
    should be entered
  • All notices of motions instance of bylaw
    amendments,
  • All points of order and appeals
  • The name and subject of a guest speaker can be
    given, but no effort should be made to summarize
    his remarks
  • The hour of adjournment
  • The signature minutes should be signed by the
    secretary and can also be signed, if the assembly
    wishes, by the president. The words Respectfully
    submitted although occasionally used-represent
    an older practice that is not essential in
    signing the minutes
  • Access
  • Any member has a right to examine the minutes of
    the society at a reasonable time and place. The
    same principle applies to the minutes of boards
    of a committee

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Linking Student Achievement and Expenditures
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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
  • The intent of the Single Plan for Student
    Achievement (SPSA) is to create a cycle of
    continuous improvement of student performance,
    and to ensure that all students succeed in
    reaching state academic standards.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
  • The school plan serves as an official document
    in audits to determine appropriate expenditures
    of categorical funds, including equipment
    purchases, and personnel responsible to complete
    multifunded and semiannual certifications.

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student
Achievement
  • School districts must assure that Site Councils
    have developed and approved a Single Plan for
    Student Achievement for schools participating in
    programs funded through the consolidated
    application process, and any other school program
    they choose to include . . .
  • EC, Section 64001(a)

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student Ach
ievement
  • Must be developed with the review, certification
    and advice of any applicable school advisory
    committees . . . EC, Section 64001(a)
  • Plans required to be consolidated into a single
    plan
  • Consolidated Application
  • School and Library Improvement Block Grant
  • Pupil Retention Block Grant
  • ESEA/NCLB Program Improvement

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student Ach
ievement
  • Must be aligned with school goals for improving
    student achievement
  • Must be based upon an analysis of verifiable
    state data, including the API, ELD . . . and may
    include any data voluntarily developed by
    districts to measure student achievement . . .
  • EC, Section 64001(d)

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student
Achievement
  • Must address how funds will be used to improve
    the academic performance of all students to the
    level of the performance goals, as established by
    the API index . . . EC, Section 64001(d)
  • Must be reviewed annually and updated
  • Must be reviewed and approved by the governing
    board

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Integrating Plans
  • Most categorical programs have planning
    requirements
  • Integrating or merging two or more planning
    processes does not eliminate any of these
    requirements
  • The combined process must include the
    requirements of all the programs involved

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Integrating Plans
  • Immediate Intervention for Underperforming
    Schools Program (II/USP)
  • High Priority School Grant Program (HPSG)
  • Program Improvement (PI)
  • Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA)
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

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Actions Required of the SSC
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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
Steps for Developing the Single Plan for Student
Achievement The graphic represents the cycle of a
ctions required by the SSC in the development,
implementation and revision of the SPSA.
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Developing The Single Plan for Student
Achievement (SPSA)
  • Step 1 Measure the Effectiveness of Current
    Improvement Strategies
  • Analyze Student Performance
  • Analyze the Instructional Program
  • Education Code Section 64001(g)

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Certification of Advisory Committee Input
  • Step 2 Seek Input from School Advisory
    Committees
  • Compensatory Education Advisory Committee (CEAC)
  • English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)
  • Gifted Talented Education Program Advisory
    Committee
  • The SSC must document the following actions
  • Written recommendations from advisory
    committee(s)
  • Consideration of recommendations at SSC meeting
  • Dissemination of information regarding the SPSA
    to advisory committee(s)
  • Share final draft with advisory committee(s)
  • Recommendation for approval of the SPSA to Local
    District
  • Note If the SSC chairperson refuses to certify
    input, the minutes and sign-in sheets from the
    meeting where the approval was granted must be
    submitted with the SPSA. The local district
    superintendent or designee will decide whether to
    approve or send SPSA back to SSC for revision.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
  • Step 3 Reaffirm or Revise School Goals
  • School goals must be based on comprehensive
    assessment of student academic achievement, using
    multiple measures of student performance.
  • Step 4 Revise Improvement Strategies and
    Expenditures
  • The SSC will adopt specific actions to reach
    each goal, specify dates by which actions are to
    be started and completed, identify expenditures
    needed to implement the action, and identify the
    funding source.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
  • Step 5 Approve and Recommend the SPSA to the
    Governing Board
  • After appropriate advisory committees have
    reviewed the proposed SPSA, the SSC must approve
    it at a meeting for which a public notice has
    been posted.
  • The Board of Education has delegated to the
    general superintendent and the local district
    superintendents responsibility for budget and
    program decisions related to SBIX and Title I
    Program Improvement schools, which includes
    schools in corrective action and restructuring.
  • Restructuring Plans must be approved by the local
    district superintendent before implementation.
  • Note For schools identified as Program
    Improvement (PI), the SSC remains in place.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
  • Step 6 Monitor Implementation
  • Once the plan is approved, the responsibility of
    the SSC is to monitor the effectiveness of
    planned activities and modify those that prove
    ineffective.
  • Monitoring should follow the calendar of events
    established by the SPSA to verify timely
    implementation and achievement of objectives
    critical to the success of the plan.

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SHOW ME THE MONEY2008-09 Is Not Business As
Usual with the
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Budget Highlights 2008-09
  • COLA 5.66
  • Growth Funded
  • Categoricals -6.50
  • Growth Funded

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State Programs Under the Purview of the SSC
Reported in the Consolidated Application
  • State-funded Programs
  • Economic Impact Aid
  • Limited English Proficient (LEP)
  • State Compensatory Education (SCE)

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Federal Programs Under the Purview of the SSC
Reported in the Consolidated Application
  • Federally-funded NCLB Programs
  • Title I, Part A - Basic and Neglected
  • Title III, Part A LEP Students

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Federal Funding Source School Services of
CA
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Other Grants Under the Purview of the SSC
  • QEIA Quality Education Investment Act
  • School Library Improvement Block Grant
  • Gifted Talented
  • HPSG/SAIT High Priority
    Schools Grant/School Assistance and Intervention
    Team

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Allowable Expenditures for the SSC
  • District guidelines for the expenditure of
    supplemental funds
  • Must supplement, not supplant District resources
  • Must meet intent of the funding source
  • Must be data driven and intended to serve the
    population that generated the funds
  • Must be reasonable and appropriate to the school
    plan and program
  • Must be specified in the SPSA

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Allowable Expenditures - Item Numbers
  • Resources pre-approved by the appropriate
    categorical program staff
  • Focus on direct services to students
  • Non-item number resources must be approved by the
    appropriate categorical program administrator

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Approval Process
  • The school plan and budget must be
  • developed by the School Site Council with the
    appropriate input from the applicable advisory
    committees
  • approved by the Board of Education, who has
    delegated authority to approve each schools SPSA
    to the Associate Superintendent of Federal
    State Educational Programs, after review and
    recommendation for approval by the Local District
    Superintendent, Language Acquisition Branch and
    other appropriate categorical staff

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