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WJUSD SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL

Join the School Site Council (SSC) to shape the academic instructional program at Woodland Schools. The SSC collaborates to improve student learning. Principals, sign up your representative today!

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WJUSD SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL

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  1. WJUSD SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL Presented by: Danielle Sharp, Coordinator of State and Federal Programs September 24 & 25, 2018

  2. Thank you! • You will serve as the school community’s representative body for determining the focus of the school’s academic instructional program

  3. LCAP Collaborative • Each SSC is required to provide one member, at the minimum, for the LCAP Collaborative meetings. • The LCAP Collaborative works to improve student learning in Woodland Schools. • We want your input! • Next meeting November 26th 6:00 • Principals- sign up your Representative Today!

  4. WHAT IS A SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL, AND WHO ARE MEMBERS? The School Site Council (SSC) is an elected group representative of a school’s staff, parents, and in secondary schools, students.

  5. HOW ARE SSC MEMBERS CHOSEN? All members, with the exception of the principal, are elected or selected by their peer group. The principal is assigned to serve as a permanent, voting member on the council. (This responsibility may not be delegated to someone else.) Documentation of the process must be maintained for 3 years.

  6. MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION OF AN ELEMENTARY SSC • The SSC shall ensure parity (equal representation) • between (a) the principal, classroom teachers, and other school personnel; and (b) parents or other community members selected or elected by parents.

  7. SAMPLE ELEMENTARY SSC

  8. MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION OF A SECONDARY SSC The SSC shall be constituted to ensure parity between (a) the principal, classroom teachers, and other school personnel, and (b) equal numbers of parents or other community members selected by parents, and students.

  9. SAMPLE SECONDARY SSC

  10. If you have 6 staff members on an elementary SSC, how many community members should be elected? • 6 • If you have 3 community members on a high school SSC, how many students must be on the committee? • 3 • What happens if the principal doesn’t want to be on the SSC? Can the VP be assigned? Too bad! It’s a legal requirement…

  11. COMPOSITION OF THE SSC In both the elementary and secondary SSC, classroom teachers shall comprise the majority of persons represented under subdivision (a) of this section. • Parent or community members, representing that group, may notbe employed at the school site. • “Other school personnel” refers to classified and/or certificated staff; i.e., school nurse, resource teacher, vice principal, instructional aide, secretary, etc.

  12. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SSC ARE TO: • Annually facilitate the revision/update of the school goals, improvement strategies and planned expenditures which are outlined in the School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA). • Ensure the school goals and improvement strategies are measurable and based on an analysis of verifiable state and local data.

  13. RESPONSIBILITIES • Ensure the goals, improvement strategies, and proposed expenditures are legally compliant and support the district’s goals and LEA (Local Educational Agency) plan. • Seek input from all advisory committees. • Input and planning with ELAC are now required!

  14. RESPONSIBILITIES • Approve and recommend the updated School Plan to the local governing board for their approval. • Monitor the implementation of the approved School Plan, making modifications as necessary. • Measure the effectiveness of the improvement strategies and expenditures by reviewing data.

  15. Responsibilities The SSC Chairperson and Principal develop the agenda for each meeting. The SSC agenda is publicly posted 72 hours in advance of each meeting. SSC actions are limited to the publicly posted agenda items. Review and approve the school’s parent involvement policy and parent compact Review the district’s policy on parent involvement and federal requirements

  16. SSC Cycle

  17. Are SSC members required to monitor the implementation of the school plan? • Yes! • True or False? • School goals don’t have to be measurable. • False: school goals and improvement strategies are measurable and based on an analysis of verifiable state and local data. • SSC are open meetings. • True • Agendas must be posted 84 hours in advance. • False- The SSC agenda is publicly posted 72 hours in advance of each meeting.

  18. Sample Agenda: • Call to order • Roll Call (quorum established) • Call for additions/deletions to agenda * • Read/approve/correct minutes • Report of standing and special committees • Public comment (required agenda item) • Unfinished Business • New Business • Adjournment

  19. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) and School Plan Changes School plans require a comprehensive needs assessment. School site councils are charged with examining data and consulting with stakeholders to identify pressing needs of the school’s students. School site councils and stakeholders then determine root causes of these needs. The SPSA is written to address how the school community will improve the academic achievement of students, especially, low achieving students. The SPSA is to be updated and evaluated at least annually. Data should be reviewed through out the year so that student need is monitored.

  20. SPSA (School Plan for Student Achievement) The SPSA must include : A description of the strategies being used to improve student learning. How these strategies will strengthen the academic program and provide an enriched and accelerated curriculum. Benchmarks to measure the effectiveness of the strategies being used.

  21. What must the SPSA include? • A. description of the strategies • B. how these strategies will strengthen the academic program • C. benchmarks to measure the effectiveness • D. all of the above • D • The SPSA should be updated- • Annually

  22. SPSA strategies • ESSA requires that all strategies used to improve student achievement be evidence based interventions. • ESSA details the following tiers of evidence based interventions: • Tier 1: strong experimental evidence of effectiveness • Tier 2: moderate experimental evidence of effectiveness (quasi- experimental) • Tier 3: promising correlational evidence • The “What Works Clearinghouse” is a great source of evidence based educational strategies. • ESSA requires a minimum of Tier 3. Tier 1 is highly encouraged, being the most evidence based.

  23. Title One Requirements for Actions • Strategy must be aligned to the content standards (CCSS) • Related to need identified during the needs assessment • Evidence based • Reasonable, necessary, and allocable • In the SPSA • SSC approved • SPSA is board approved • SPSA is evaluated at least annually

  24. Monitoring • The use of Title I funds must be adequately described in the SPSA • All expenditures must be allowable in accordance with program regulations and meet federal cost principles such as “necessary” and “reasonable”. • Ed Services routinely monitors all Title I expenditures throughout the year. • Expenses that are questionable may require additional documentation (i.e., Lesson plan, purpose and intent, who will be attending? How the expenditure will benefit students academically? How does the expenditure support your academic program? What data was used to determine the need? How will the effectiveness of this strategy be monitored?). • In instances where expenditures are deemed unallowable, schools will be required to use non-federal funds to pay back the Title I program.

  25. SSC Tips • The SSC can assign subcommittees, comprised of non SSC members, to assist with the work of analyzing data, and evaluating/revising the school plan. • A successful SSC involves the various represented groups by regularly seeking input and providing information.

  26. References • A Guide and Template for The Single Plan for Student Achievement, A Handbook for School Site Councils, CDE, March 2006, www.kern.org • Designing a Needs Assessment for Title I Schoolwide Programs : Non-Regulatory Guidance for Federally Required Comprehensive Needs Assessments, August 2017, Office of the State Superintendent of Education https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Conducting%20a%20Title%20I%20Schoolwide%20Program%20Needs%20Assessment%20Webinar%20PowerPoint.pdf

  27. Questions? Danielle Sharp State and Federal Programs Coordinator (530) 406-3245  danielle.sharp@wjusd.org

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