This site based management committee is composed of staff, parents and community representatives. SAC meets at least once a month, makes decisions that most affect teaching and learning, and reviews goals and student data. SAC meetings are open to any parent or staff member. Decisions include budget, school goals, major purchases and staffing allocations.
SAC advises and recommends to the principal in the following areas:
- Recommend to the principal of its school priorities for spending school moneys—state, federal, local, grants discretionary money.
- Sends copy of recommendations to the District Accountability Committee (DAC).
- Advise regarding school improvement plan or performance plan (principal and school board).
- Quarterly discussions regarding school’s progress in implementing accreditation plan.
- Prepare School Improvement Plan (SIP) depending on rating.
- Advise and recommend.
SAC Results:
- Make plans available upon request of public.
- Development of funding priorities
- Plan minimum requirements include:
o Targets aligned with state-wide targets.
o Identify trends on performance indicators.
o Assess and prioritize issues and needs to raise levels of achievement.
o Identify specific research based strategies to address needs and issues.
o Identify local, state, and federal resources that will be used to support implementation.
o Submit priorities for spending and copy of recommendation to principal and DAC.
It also serves as an advisory group for the staff, sharing parent perspectives and ideas.
Membership on SAC is for two years and includes eight parent representatives composed of a co-chair (with the principal), two At Large, one District Advisory Board (DAB) Representative, three principal-appointed members, and one PTO Representative. The DAB and PTO reps are expected to attend these other meetings and facilitate communication between groups. The DAB parent represents Shepardson on district issues and may therefore request input from parents and staff in a variety of ways. All parent and staff positions are elected when there is more than one nomination; parents vote for parent reps and staff votes for staff reps. Parents are encouraged to contact any parent rep and share their thoughts and ideas.
Staff also has six representatives. These include one classified person as well as five teachers who represent classroom teachers, special teachers and special education. In addition, the principal and a community representative are voting members. The community member is selected by SAC if there is more than one person interested in serving in this capacity. One non-voting recorder position is included to allow members to focus on the agenda.
