School Oversight Committee A. 1. School improvement planning is a continuous process which provides direction and parameters for school operations. More important, school improvement planning is a process that allows key stakeholders the opportunity to collaborate on the mission, philosophy, goals, and strategies for improved management, teaching, and learning at the school site. 2. To fully exercise the instructional and management decision-making authority inherent in the current school improvement process, each school must involve a School Oversight Committee in the development and implementation of the school improvement plan. Each committee must have core membership which shall include at least two teachers, one of which will be the Building Representative. 3. The School Oversight Committee shall also include a minimum of one paraprofessional. Teachers who serve in the school improvement process shall be given an opportunity to interact and collaborate without fear of reprisals. 4. No teachers shall be transferred solely on the basis of their involvement in the School Oversight Committee process. 1. School Oversight Committees shall choose from the approved system-wide menu those activities which they determine best meet the needs of both students and teachers at each school. The Executive Director of Partnerships, Communications and Community Engagement shall ensure that the School Oversight Committees are properly constituted and are functioning appropriately. Each School Oversight Committee’s recommendation of Professional Development Activities must be reduced to writing and submitted simultaneously to both the principal and the Executive Director by September 15. Included in the School Oversight Committee’s report shall be its recommendation about when Professional Development activities would occur, guided by the instructional needs of the students. Options include: before the school day begins, after the school day ends, or on weekends. If the School Oversight Committees recommendation on any of these matters is rejected or modified, the principal and the Executive Director shall jointly provide the reasons, in writing, to the School Oversight Committee. 2. At the end of each semester, each School Oversight Committee must provide a report to the principal and to the Executive Director stating when and how each Professional Development activity was implemented.
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