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Since 1998, as mandated by the New York State Legislature, the NYC Department of Education established School Leadership Teams (SLT) in every one of its 1100+ elementary, middle, and high schools. SLT’s are comprised of 17 members consisting of parents (7), teachers (4), students (2), the principal, an assistant principal, one UFT representative, one non-teacher employee, and one alumnus, and are the primary vehicle for parents to work with teachers and the principal to establish school priorities, and evaluate a school’s progress.

The fundamental purpose of the SLT is to determine the school’s educational direction – that is its goals and priorities, the strategies that will be used to achieve that vision, and the alignment of resources to accomplish those strategies. The Comprehensive Education Plan (CEP) is the resulting document that, for Bronx Science at least, runs close to 100 pages long.
 
A school with a vision that includes high expectations for students and staff, and a commitment to finding the most effective instructional strategies for every classroom, helps all students meet high standards. When it works, the SLT can be the catalyst for creating this shared vision. Effective team members, while representing the concerns of their own constituencies, work closely with others to craft educational strategies that focus on students’ needs, and regularly communicate those strategies to their constituencies and the school community as a whole. It requires people to consider new approaches, rethink their priorities and most of all, reflect on and understand how they can best support the work of the school. It is extraordinarily hard work.

Our CEP addresses the educational goals and strategies of ten departments, including Biology, English, Foreign Languages, Library, Math, Physical Education, Physical Science, Pupil Personnel, and Technology, Music and Art. Recently there have been four key goals: 1) emphasize scholarly writing across the curriculum; 2) provide appropriate standards of assessment; 3) provide the highest quality academic and guidance services, and enhance and develop greater student, parent, and faculty awareness for the college admissions process; and, 4) facilitate efficient and timely communication among all constituencies in the Bronx Science community.

Meeting monthly, the SLT spends the first half of the school year assessing, department-by-department, the progress made on each of the CEP’s goals and the ongoing needs and challenges facing the school. During the spring term, findings become the foundation for next year’s CEP goals and strategies. SLT progress on the CEP is regularly reported at Parents’ Association meetings and in the Bronx Science PA Bulletin. Your comments are welcomed and can be e-mailed to: slt@bxsciencepa.org.


SLT Parent Members 2005-2006:

Paula Gannon, Chair
Susan Chang
Marta Rivera
Helen Keier
Kyle McCarthy
Darrell Gavrin
 Jon Roberts and Mike Strauss, PA Co-Presidents



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