Socorro Independent School District

EPAC & SIT

Roles and

Responsibilities

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COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE

Educator’s Professional

Advisory Committee

(EPAC)•2/3 Classroom Teachers

•1/3 Professionals non teaching District and Campus-level staff

•Parents

•Community Members

•Business Representatives

Professional

Staff• One District-level non-

teaching professional

• One teacher from each

campus

• Two elementary non-

teaching professionals

• Two secondary non-

teaching professionals

• One librarian

• One counselor

Business

Representatives

(2)

Community

Members

(2)

Parents

(2)

TERMS: Representatives shall serve staggered

two-year terms and shall be limited to two

consecutive terms on the committee.

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COMPOSITION OF TEAM

School Improvement Team

(SIT)•2/3 Classroom Teachers

•1/3 Professionals non teaching District and Campus-level staff

•Parents

•Community Members

•Business Representatives

Business

Representative(s)

(1)

Community

Member(s)

(1)

Parent(s)

(1)

TERMS: Representatives shall serve staggered

two-year terms and shall be limited to two

consecutive terms on the committee.

Professional

Staff• Classroom Teachers

• Campus based non -

teaching professionals

• District-level personnel

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Definitions

For purposes of establishing the composition of committees:

1. A person who stands in parental relation to a student is considered a

parent.

2. A parent who is an employee of the District is not considered a parent

representative on the committee.

3. A parent is not considered a representative of community members

on the committee.

4. Community members must reside in the District and must be at least

18 years of age.

Education Code 11.251(c)

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EPAC and SIT in Conjunction

EPACMembers

SITMembers

Two-Way

Communication

School Improvement Team

Policies

BQB(Legal)

BQB(Local)

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SIT Roles and ResponsibilitiesIn compliance with Education Code 11.251(b)-(e), Education Code 11.253(b) and

Policies BQB Legal and Local, the campus-level planning and decision-making

committee shall:

• Assist the Principal on a regular basis in the planning, operation, supervision, and

evaluations of the campus educational program. Education Code 11.253(L)

• Be involved in decisions in the areas of:

1. Planning: Campus Improvement Plan and all its components

2. Budgeting: Planning priorities and strategies

3. Curriculum: Instructional methods; alignment of curriculum; early childhood

program;

instructional technology; violence prevention

4. Staffing Patterns: Block scheduling teams, instructional departments,

interdisciplinary

teams-to allow for effective flow of communications across teams for planning

purposes

5. Staff Development: Predominantly campus based, related to achieving campus

performance

objectives established by the principal with the assistance of the campus-level

committee

6. School Organization: Coordination among special programs and regular

programs; physical organization of the building

Education Code 11.253(e)

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SIT Roles and Responsibilities (cont.)• Assist the Principal of the school campus in developing, reviewing, and revising the

campus improvement plan for the purpose of improving student performance for all

student populations with respect to the student achievement indicators and any other

appropriate performance measures for special needs populations. Education Code

11.25(c)

• Approve the positions of the campus plan addressing campus staff development

needs.

Goal 2 of CIP. Education Code 11.253(e), (f)

• Analyze information related to dropout prevention for a junior, middle, or high school

campus, i.e. graduation records, dropout rates, credits earned, retention rates,

placements in DAEP, and expulsions under Chapter 37. Education Code 11.255

• Use the information reviewed in developing campus improvement plans. Goal 1 of

CIP. Education Code 11.255

• Hold meetings regularly that include representative professional staff, parents of

students enrolled in District, business representative, and community members.

Education Code 11.251(b)

Note: Establish calendar for SIT meetings, i.e., 1st Tuesday of the month, 3rd

Wednesday of the month.

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Current SIT Non-negotiables

At each SIT meeting, campuses may cover whatever they

need to, but at some point during the meeting, the following

should be discussed. Ideally, these topics should also

appear on the agenda:

• A discussion of current campus safety issues

• A review of the last EPAC meeting by the EPAC

representative

• A discussion of at least one of the 6 decision-making

areas (planning, budgeting, curriculum, etc.)

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Templates available to

help campuses organize

the SIT Committee

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Templates available to

help campuses organize

the SIT Committee

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Templates available to

help campuses organize

the SIT Committee

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The Campus Improvement Plan

SIT members (and ideally all campus faculty) should be

familiar with the campus improvement plan. Administrators

should be sharing it and getting feedback about it from SIT

members.

At key points during the year (January & April), SIT

members should contribute to both the Formative

Evaluation (MOY) and Summative Evaluation (EOY).

These are campus-specific documents provided by the

Department of State and Federal Programs.

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15 Summative Evaluation Sample

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Thank you!