School Site Council

The purpose of the Kaiser School Site Council (SSC)

The School Site Council is the vehicle by which the school community comes together to chart the school's path to improvement. The SSC is uniquely suited to carry out this function since it is representative of all segments of the school community. Being composed of the principal, teachers, other school personnel and parents, it provides a forum for all of the major players in the school to come together to identify common goals and establish a plan to achieve these goals. The SSC's success depends upon both the ability and the willingness of all those involved in the process to work together in a cooperative manner to develop an effective curricular and instructional program in which all students may attain higher levels of academic competence.

The SSC allocates the supplemental resources and strives to keep its focus on establishing and maintaining a comprehensive and ongoing strategy to improve curriculum and instruction. The SSC should establish and maintain a vision of the skills and knowledge students will need as adults in our society, and then use the available supplemental resources, along with the existing base resources of the school, to make this vision possible for all students at the school.

Our School Site Council has been influential in helping focus our restructuring, more fully implement the arts as a vital part of the core curriculum and has been an excellent example of the teamwork that makes for a successful school. The meetings are open to all parents and we definitely want to invite everyone to participate.

In practice, the SSC addresses policy and administrative issues inappropriate for the PTA. Typically, SSC and PTA meetings are held together, with any SSC matters being considered at the end of the PTA meeting.

Membership is composed of:

• Principal of the school
• Four teachers from the school
• PTA President
• PTA First Vice President
• PTA Third Vice-President
• Twelve parents of Kaiser school children

A separate Chairperson is elected by the SSC membership.

SSC membership will be determined in September. At the same time the calendar of meetings will be established. Typically the SCC meets on a late afternoon in midweek.