Press
Release
October 21,
2008
School
Committee Seeks Community Subcommittee Members
The
South Kingstown School Committee is accepting applications from community
members to serve on two subcommittees.
The School Committee recently revised its by-laws to include community
members on its two standing subcommittees: Accountability and Professional
Development. The by-laws now
call for each subcommittee to include three members of the School Committee and
two members of the community. The
charge of each subcommittee is described below.
The school committee shall
have a professional development
subcommittee. The subcommittee shall be charged with the
responsibility to:
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Design, initiate, and evaluate professional development plans and
practices including coaching and mentoring.
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Engage the community in determining the professional development needs
of the School Committee.
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Share the learning of the School Committee with the community.
The Accountability
Sub-Committee shall report to the School Committee on performance,
oversight and evaluation of the school district. The sub-committee shall:
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Attend to performance reports and evaluations of educational
effectiveness.
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Engage the community in assessing the appropriateness of the goals and
measures of the accountability system.
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Share the results of the accountability system with the community.
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In addition, the sub-committee shall serve as the audit committee.
The work of the sub-committee will focus on
developing answers to three key questions:
1.
How well are students in the school system doing?
2.
How well is the school district supporting learning and achievement?
3.
How well is the school district managed?
Applications
may be sent to the office of the superintendent up until Friday, November 14 at
307 Curtis Corner Road or emailed to rhicks@skschools.net,
and will be reviewed by the School Committee once the newly elected members
begin service. Questions may be
directed to the superintendent.