Osborn District endorses shared decision making contingent
upon a school council fulfilling the following elements:
- Curricular and instructional implementation
strategies/ designs must fulfill the mission statement
and adopted beliefs of the District.
- The school council should carefully follow the
processes, including brainstorming, consensus building,
and pyramiding. This is "vision" creation, as opposed to
a problem-solving process.
- The school council must fully analyze and explore
current resources and assess options for reaching their
vision of excellence.
- The school council, with approval by the principal,
will, at scheduled intervals, monitor and evaluate
implementation based on a written evaluation plan. The
evaluation plan must include some demonstrably valid,
quantifiable measures of progress.
Role and Responsibility
of the School Council
The council:
- Is advisory to the school administration staff.
- Is a representative group that solicits input from
parents, community, and staff members.
- Reviews literature and data.
- Makes recommendations for school improvement.
- Monitors implementation structure for new
instructional designs.
- Provides local leadership and representation in the
school decision-making structure.
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