A diverse group of stakeholders: the schools principal and
parents, teachers, support staff, students*, and community members
serving in an advisory role supporting the schools improvement.
*students only serve in secondary schools: required for high school
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A majority of the members of each school advisory council must
not be employed by the school district. The Principal, teachers and
support staff are the SAC members who are employees of the
district; they must be less than 50% of the membership. Parents and
community members are not employees of the school district in any
position or capacity; they are at least 51% of the membership. Next
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The teachers, support staff, students, parents, and community
members on the SAC must represent (within 10%) the ethnic, racial,
& economic groups in schools community (student enrollment).
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Teachers, support staff, students, and parents are elected by
their groups at the school in a fair and equitable manner 1.
Teachers elect teachers 2. Support staff elect support staff 3.
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SAC membership drives include public notices. School leaders
distribute nomination requests to members of each group: Parents,
teachers, students. The Principal appoints community members; SAC
votes to approve the appointments. Electing alternates during the
election process helps replace members in a timely manner and
increase public participation. Records of the notices, nominations,
and voting, are important documentation to retain. Next slide
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Many stakeholders may be SAC participants in
meetings/discussions who are not voting members. Public support for
school leaders, teachers, staff and students in the school
improvement process is valuable to the students and the community.
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The SAC assists schools leadership with Annual evaluation of
the schools improvement (review school report card) Annual
preparation & approval of the school improvement plan
Evaluation of improvement progress during the year (quarterly
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The SAC Determines & approves the use of SAC funds, a
portion of which are to be used to implement the school improvement
plan Reaches agreement with staff and approves the use of the A+
Recognition funds (if awarded) Next slide Previous slide First
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School Improvement Funds The state auditor advises that school
improvement funds should be spent in the year awarded to improve
the school for the students enrolled in the year of award A+
Recognition Funds Florida statute designates what Recognition Funds
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Fund use determined jointly by staff and SAC: a) Nonrecurring
bonuses to faculty and staff; b) Nonrecurring expenditures for
educational equipment or materials; (and/or) c) Temporary school
personnel to maintain and improve student performance If staff and
SAC cannot agree by February 1, funds are equally distributed to
all classroom teachers currently teaching in the school. Next slide
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By Laws Operations Manuals Required Developed, updated by SAC
Guidelines Membership Procedures Responsibilities Next slide
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Schools SAC By-laws/Operations Manuals should be reviewed and
updated annually. What are the duties and functions of the council
members? What are the procedures for nominating and electing
council members and selecting community representatives? Next slide
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continued Do the (nomination) procedures reference at least two
(2) notifications in languages as determined by the needs of the
school and occur at least two (2) weeks prior to elections? Do
notifications reference election timelines, scheduled orientation
meetings, and proposed scheduled SAC meeting times? Next slide
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continued Identify procedure for electing officers:
chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary; set position terms
(consider across school years) Establish membership terms (consider
across school years) Establish SAC size, ratio of peer groups Next
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continued Establish at least 8 regular meetings each year
Determine meeting dates, times, places Schedule at least half of
meetings outside Mon. Fri., 9 5 p.m. Provide at least five (5) days
advance notice in writing to all members of matters scheduled to
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continued Assure SAC meetings are open to the public Assure
reasonable notice of meetings Encourage parent participation
Establish a quorum Provide for an orientation to cover statutes,
election procedures, and member responsibilities during a regular
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1.Prior School Performance a.Achievement scores and Gain scores
(usually FCAT) b.Subject Areas c.Grade Levels d.Student Groups 2.
Improvement strategies planned 3. Progress through year CCPS
Data/School Reports available: (Principals will identify most
appropriate reports for school/grade levels/subjects) School
Improvement Focus Plan, Progress & Challenges FCAT Scores,
subject area test scores Grade levels, subject areas, student
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Select School Improvement Plan http://www.flbsi.org Select READ
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The use of parliamentary procedures is required for all SAC
meetings. Roberts Rules of Order one form of parliamentary
procedure Learn more about Roberts Rules of Order in the ANGEL SAC
Community Group. Next slide Previous slide First slide End
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SAC Materials for Schools to Use 2011-2012 Agenda Minutes
(guide) Member ListAttendance Record Funds Request Important
Deadlines Auditor Reports Robert's Rules of Order Educational
AcronymsBy-Laws/Operations Manual Board Policy & State Statutes
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Schools submit SAC records to: ANGEL- SAC Group:
http://angel.collierschools.com http://angel.collierschools.com
Agendas/Minutes Date, notice, time (min. 8 per year, 4 in the
evening) Business: agenda topics, open item topics Membership:
members present, quorum Voting: procedures, decisions, expenditures
SAC Budget: balance/expenditures By-Laws Membership list, Officers
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Call or write for answers and support: Synthia LaFontaine
Coordinator of School Improvement 239-377-0028
[email protected] Previous slide First slide End Show
Thank You