SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM MEMBERS

Christopher Ashley, Principal

Diana Siliezar-Shields, Science Dept. Chair

Co-Chairperson

Cynthia Navarro, World Language Dept. Chair

Co-Chairperson

Elliott LeFaiver, Special Education Teacher

Gina Bae, Grade 9 Parent

Amy Pettine, Grade 10 Parent

Margarita Robledo Guedes, Grade 11 Parent

Liz Henderson, Grade 12 Parent

Ela Er, Grade 9 Student

Alexandra Smuk, Grade 10 Student

Eilidh Thomson, Grade 11 Student

Siddarth Gupta, Grade 11 Student

Kendal Bazerman, Grade 12 Student

Colleen Pickford, Community Member

Elizabeth Sturla, Support Staff Member

Rebecca White, Student Representative to the School Committee

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM MEETING DATES

September 11, 2024

October 9, 2024

November 13, 2024

December 11, 2024

January 9, 2025

February 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

April 9 , 2025

May 14 2025

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School Improvement Team Policy

School Improvement Team Policy

Barrington Public Schools

Purpose of the School Improvement Team (SIT)

The purpose of the SIT is to provide input on and monitoring of SMART Goals (School Improvement Plan) for continuous improvement based on the District Strategic

Goals (Scorecard), data, and feedback provided by the school and district-based teams such as the data teams, the Health and Wellness Committee, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) teams, and the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support teams. Teams will provide voice and an avenue for communication from each building to their school community and the larger district community regarding progress toward our strategic goals and objectives. Teams will also be integral to the participatory governance of the school, serving in an advisory capacity to the principal.

Membership

Each SIT shall be composed of the principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers, education support employees, special educators, students, family members, and other business and community citizens who are representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school. The high school and middle school SIT shall include students.

For the purposes of SIT, the term "teacher" includes classroom teachers, certified teachers, certified student services personnel, and media specialists. For purposes of this subsection, "education support employee" means any person employed by a school who is not defined as instructional or administrative personnel pursuant to law and whose duties require twenty (20) or more hours in each normal working week.

1. Who: 5 Students (high school only, one from each grade and one from a representative student group), 4 Students (middle school only, one from each grade and one from a representative student group), One Family Member representing each grade and each neighborhood, 1 Community Member, 3 Teachers (at least one representing special education), 1 Administrator, 1 Support Personnel, when possible, 1 teacher of Multilingual Learners (MLL).

2. Chaired by a Teacher (Principal can facilitate and organize).

3. One Family Member, Educator, or Administrator needs to be the liaison to the Health and Wellness Committee.

4. In schools with 20% MLL students, one family member must be the family member or guardian of an MLL student.

5. High schools and middle schools, shall include at least one department head from a humanities core subject area and at least one department head from one of the sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics subject areas.

6. Two members from the same family may not be on a team at the same time. Family membership cannot exceed the number of years served by the school for t