Candidate Information Session November - December 2015 1
Essential Questions What does APS becoming a Charter System mean? What is the role of the Go Team (LSGT)? How can I get involved with a school’s Governance Team? 2
Charter System Basics Receive freedom Give stakeholders from many state a voice in rules to operate in decisions new ways Commit to change Try new ideas and meet goals for tailored to school improved student communities Charter outcomes System 3
Charter System Basics Being a Charter System gives APS and our schools freedom to try new ideas with flexibility from state education rules to student achievement. District-wide Innovations School Innovations Central office will work on Schools and Go Teams (Local School Governing Teams @APS) improving systems, resources, talent will work on designing solutions that fit the school’s management, support to schools, etc. specific needs. 4
Charter System Benefits Gives our communities a voice Ends the “One -Size-Fits- All” approach to meeting student needs Allows better use of our limited resources at the school and district level Provides freedom from many education rules 5
What is a Go Team (Local School Governance Team @APS)? The Go Team is a school-level council with the power to make certain kinds of decisions and provide input on school and district ideas. Membership is comprised of: 3 2 3 Principal & 1 Community Student Parents/ Instructional Swing Seat Members Guardians Staff Principal Ex Filled by P/G, Officio, Nominated by CM, or IS Elected by Student Select Principal and depending on Parents/ Elected by Voting at HS Approved by team needs Staff level Go Team Guardians Basic size is 9 voting members, and teams may decide to change to 7 or 11 members in Year 2. 6
Go Team & Principal Working Together to Raise Student Achievement Go Team Principal (Local School Governance Team @APS Focused on the big picture Focused on day-to-day operations Serves as the expert on the school Sets the school’s key improvement priorities Fleshes out strategies, implements Adopt strategies designed to and manages them at the school address priorities level Provide input about budget, Designs budget, proposes operational resources, & operations to raise changes that can raise student student achievement achievement 7
What Will Be the Work of the Go Team (LSGT@APS)? Domain Required Additional role in APS Personnel Input: Recommend the principal or school Input: Annual feedback on principal's leader for selection by the performance/interaction with LSGT Superintendent/BOE Input: Input into preferred qualifications for principal and for staff positions created through the school-based solutions process Input: Final recommendation for school Autonomy: Develop/manage requests for funding Finance & budget to support approved LSGT school-based solutions Resource Input: #/type of personnel, curriculum costs, Allocations supply, equipment, maintenance, operations costs Curriculum Input: Curriculum and accompanying Input/Autonomy: Align school's curriculum instructional materials offerings and modes of delivery to cluster theme Autonomy: Establish/monitor achievement of Autonomy: Develop and approve innovations School school improvement goals aligned with the school strategic improvement plan. Improvement Autonomy: Approval of school improvement plan and oversight of its implementation School Input: school operations that relate to school Autonomy: Develop school-community improvement goals and/or charter system communication strategies and creation of Operations goals Parent/community involvement/engagement plan Input: School system calendar to share at Cluster Advisory Team meetings 8
Go Team v. Parent Teacher Association Go Team PTA (Local School Governance Team @ APS) - Coordinates activities - Analyzes data and aligned with school helps set school goals plan & priorities - Communicates school - Approves strategic news plan, budget and - Builds community school-based solutions - Raises money - Conducts research - Enriches academics & - Advises principal student programs - Engages families - Provides supplies & - Funnels critical resources information to/from principal
Charter System Input Structure District Executive Committee Cluster Advisory Teams School Go Teams 10
Effective Go Team (LSGT@APS) Members Focus on student learning and school improvement Go Team Superstar
Running for Go Team (LSGT @APS) Membership Candidate Training Time Commitment Terms In each cluster and Meet monthly 2- and 3- year terms available online Nov- throughout the available Dec. entire year Elections Governance Training Held online* and at To be held in Feb- school sites in late March Jan * District is building an online voting platform for convenience. 12
Process for Prospective Go Team (LSGT@APS) Members Strategic planning Initial training retreat (May) (February - Elected March) members and Elections principals (late January) meet to select Declare intent community to run and 2/20 reps Complete submit (February) candidate brief 2/24 Receive survey candidate updates (early January) All team 3/1 Sign up in orientation about our candidate (Nov-Dec) 3/8 members progress bank* first 3/12 attend 1 semester day-long 3/15 3/23 session 3/29 3/30 *Note: signing up for the Candidate Bank is NOT required to run for Go Team 13
Ready to ? Let’s 14
Questions? noletha.high@atlanta.k12.ga.us | 404.802.2885 rkaye@atlanta.k12.ga.us | 404.802.2897 | 404.449.5567
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