Officer Roles

School Principal Responsibilities

  • Constructs the meeting agenda with the Chair

  • Provides the school data and school improvement plan to the SAC for review and input

  • Provides information to the SAC for review and input on spending priorities

  • Oversees elections for SAC membership and to recruit likely candidates for SAC

  • Provides timely data to assist the team in reviewing the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP)

  • Acts as liaison between DCSD, the school community, and the SAC

  • Assures the SAC complies with DCSD Bylaws

SAC Elected Officer Roles and Responsibilities

Chair

  • Shall be a parent representative or a parent from the PTA

  • Serves a one-year term and may be re-elected for one additional one-year term

  • Sets agenda in collaboration with the principal and vice-chairperson and sends to SAC members at least three days in advance of the meeting

  • Presides over the meeting

  • Assures the SAC compiles with the Bylaws

  • Works in collaboration with DAC Liaison and principal to create and monitor the UIP

  • Authors process for SAC involvement on UIP

Vice Chair

  • Shall be a parent representative or a parent from the PTA

  • Serves a one-year term, may be re-elected for one additional one-year term, and may be elected such that the vice chairperson will assume the chairperson's role the following year

  • Participates in setting the agendas with the chairperson and principal

  • Assumes duties of the chairperson when the chairperson is absent

  • Assumes the duties of the chairperson in the event of a resignation and until a successor chairperson is elected

  • Assures the SAC complies with the Bylaws

Recorder

  • An elected or rotating position in which members volunteer to fulfill the responsibilities for a single meeting

  • Distributes meeting minutes to all SAC members prior to the next meeting for feedback

  • Maintains a file containing all committee business

  • Assures the SAC complies with the Bylaws

DAC Liaison

  • Serves as communication liaison between the District Accountability Committee and the SAC

  • Works in collaboration with the principal and the SAC Chair to create and monitor the UIP

  • Is an elected or appointed position

  • Is a parent representative, a parent from the PTA, or the community member

  • Attends all scheduled Forums and gathers information from DAC meetings to report back to the SAC

  • The DAC report should be listed on the SACs agenda and included in the SACs scheduled meeting dates. The DAC Liaison is the communication link (feedback, concerns, questions) between SAC and DAC

  • Works in collaboration with the principal and SAC Chair to create and monitor the UIP