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Establishing a School's ELAC and SSC - English

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no one knows our schools more so than the staff working them each day our parents who send their children to our schools and our students themselves who spend the majority of their day in school all School communities are provided the opportunity to bring together these important stakeholder groups in order align their school's academic goals it's highlighted and they're single School plan with a physical resources that are needed to ensure that our students graduate college and career-ready the vehicle and all of our schools to ensure this occurs is full site Council elected members of the school site Council are provided an opportunity to be a part of this important decision making process however with that opportunity comes great responsibility to ensure that decisions made are based upon a number of variables which include a good understanding of the school single plan for student achievement and ongoing review of the school's data and ensuring that the schools budget supports the academic goal that are outlined in the single scull plan it takes time effort and commitment but the benefit of an effectively run School site council is immediately experienced by students and the staff would support them each day stations affect the classroom on a daily basis but it's a stakeholders or in our schools each day no one is better prepared than youth to take on this responsibility remember our students are counting on you you have made a commitment take on this important role knowing that your decisions do matter and make a difference we thank you for your involvement and look forward to supporting you throughout the school year hello I'm okay with you staying or director of instructional television for the Los Angeles fight School District the right to a free public education is a Cornerstone of our country being involved in your school is encouraged and supported by research studies schools need support to make decisions result problems and make improvements English learner advisory committee elac and the School site Council FSC are part of how School functions and operates the members elected to serve can make a difference and how programs and services are used to meet the needs of students the comp mission of each Committee in Council ensures that there is a way for all stakeholders to provide input this video provides a district approve orientation for elac nssc the purpose of this presentation is to show how to navigate the committee and count election process this process includes the parameters District policies and procedures in accordance with State guidelines were applicable eligible members of this committee or Council our parents students School staff and members of the community the parent Center at your local school is a resource for parents to be involved these centres will always have the latest information about what is currently happening at the school including upcoming orientation and elections if you are not involved as a member alack and SSE you could still be part of the election at your school in this presentation you will learn about the English learner advisory committee which may consist of parents of English Learners School staff community members and parents of English Learners student you'll also learn about the School site Council which consists of the principal teachers were elected by teachers at the school and other school Personnel such as non classroom teachers who are elected by their peers rights of students attending the school secondary students were elected by the entire student body and community members who do not fall under any of the previous categories who are elected by parents of students attending the school it is necessary to know that all members or elected have equal voting rights is important to understand how these two groups alike and SSE interact the English learner advisory committee is a committee that advises the School site Council on the instructional programs and services to meet the needs of English learners. as a parent student or School staff or a member of the community you get to vote for the representative you feel will make positive contributions to the educational program at your child School the composition of the committee and the council is different as we'll see later but for now. take a closer look at the groups who make up the eligible membership apparent is an individual who is the mother father or legal guardian of the child attending a particular School parents and legal Guardians who are employed by the district may not serve on the elac as a parent however the rules are different for the FSC parents and legal Guardians employed at the school attended by the child cannot participate as a parent on the SS see but are able to participate as a staff member on the FSC a student find an individual who is verifiably enrolled at the LAUSD School in which afsc is established all secondary schools with high school students must have student members on their SSC middle schools have the option to include students however it must be in the bylaws students under 18 must have parental consent to participate a teacher is defined as an employee of the school who provides direct instruction to pupils on a full-time basis teachers must be represented on the SSE in accordance with the fornia Education Code School staff who does not provide direct instruction to students example include specialist coordinators and instructional coaches a Community member is defined as an adult who resides or Works full-time with the attendance boundary of the school this person is neither a student attending the school a parent nor a member of the school staff to participate as a community member one of the following documents is required a current California driver's license California identification card property tax receipts rent payment receipts utility payment receipts or official identification documentation from a foreign Consular Office in the United States for community who works but does not live within the boundaries of the school the documents required for verification of community employment are the following a signed affidavit from an employer on their letterhead indicating the address of the business or a pay stub including the business you can be a bug documentation schools must verify the status of the elected members and the required documentation must be kept on file for five years members May participate pending verification of their documents here's a quick overview procedures for each group to conduct their meetings the agenda for the orientation and election must be posted in a location visible to the public 72 hours in advance of the election in orientation must have her for all stakeholder groups prior to an election SSC and elac operate under the California open-meeting law provisions of the green at school most also distribute the election ground rules and operating Norms at the orientation and election these documents are available from parent community and Services also known as pcss the Eli can SSC members receive training throughout the year training topics include the development of the single plan for student achievement parent involvement policy homeschool compact medical programs the school safety plan and school budgeting these trainings help the committee and Council support academic achievement for all students let's take a closer look at elac all schools with 21 or more English learner Oriel students not who did reclassified fluent English proficiency students are required to establish an English learner advisory committee according to California Education Code the electrified written recommendations to the FSD regarding programs and services for English Learners to recommendation should be based on student performance and parental involvement data the function of the English learner advisory committee consists of the following advice on the development of the single plan for student achievement assist in the development of the schools and you language census needs assessment and develop ways to make parents aware of the importance of regular School attendance include on the agenda all aspects of the district's master plan for English learners for how the delegation of authority work for elac and the car must be in place the percentage of English learner Oriel students cannot exceed 50% and elementary schools and 25% and secondary schools the SSC must have a pre-existing alike subcommittee co-parents on SSD must reflect at least the same percentage as a eel students enrolled in the school that you lack must first be established and duly informed of his legal rights and responsibilities before unanimous vote takes place the SSC must be in formed and a unanimous vote is needed to accept the delegation of authority delegation of authority by Eli to SSC cannot Exceed 2 years please report to the current bulletin on committees and councils for more information on the process for delegate now let's take a closer look at the school site Council or the SSC the FSB is the decision-making Council for categorical fun programs operated at the school to improve student achievement one of the most important functions of the SS is to develop an approved a single plan for student achievement in consultation with all stakeholders at the elementary school level the membership of the council shall be no fewer than 10 members and be comprised of the stakeholders from the following categories teachers and other school Personnel keeping in mind that teachers must be the majority half of the membership shall be from the school staff the other half of the membership shall consist of parents in some schools community members is important to note that I'm a member of community may serve on the SSE only when parents have voted to give up a seat to the community and the Community member has been elected by parents for more information please refer to current District policy on committees and councils at the SEC High School level of membership of the council shall be no fewer than 12 members have the membership shall be comprised of school staff the principal a minimum of four teachers and other school Personnel keeping in mind the teachers must be the majority the other half the membership shall be made up of students parents and in some schools community members remember a Community member may serve on the SSC only when elected by parents who voted to assign estate to a community member also keep in mind student members are mandatory in secondary schools with high school students but optional at the middle school level any high school student is eligible to be elected on the School site Council and must be elected by their peers parity between the number of elected parents and students must be met on the FSC in elementary and secondary schools the SS email a non-voting alternate members in all categories to ensure a continuously functioning Council these non-voting members become voting members in the event of midterm vacancies the council teacher elections are to be overseen by the bargaining unit representative and the principal other staff elections are to be held by the designee or the principle the principle make count the ballots of any election election guidelines first membership on the committee or Council must be established have an established area set aside for guests and members of the public to ensure they are separate from stakeholders who will be casting their ballots during the election voting stakeholders must remain in their seats during the vote if a stakeholder leave the room they must turn in all ballots if a stakeholder returns during the voting process they will not be seated in the designated area until the Voting is complete nominees be physically present to be nominated and elected anybody stakeholder who arrived after voting has begun may not participate in that election No Electronic communication of any kind of permit and all electronic devices including tablets laptops and cell phones must be on silent mode during the election Auburn stakeholders must pay attention to the person facilitated the election sidebar conversations are not permitted no campaigning or soliciting a vote will be permitted during the if a stakeholder chooses not to about their ballot must still be submitted each candidate will have the opportunity to speak before the election any irregularities during the process may result in the participant being disqualified from voting parent legal Guardians and community members will be seated on the committee or Council once their status as a parent legal guardian or Community member has been verified by the school next will present a reenactment of the election process for the English learner advisory committee we'll see how typical school election might unfold welcome and thank you for coming today my name is Diane panosian on the principal here at wonderful elementary school and I'm excited about forming our English learner advisory committee this morning are you a great okay well the purpose of the English learner advisory committee is to provide advice to the school site Council programs and services for English learner students before we get into electing for today I'd like to tell you that this is a very important committee at our school a few people are going to be helping us election for today and I'd like to introduce them to you we have Glenda Castro she'll be translating for us if you need translation would you please raise your hand and she'll bring you a headset we also have Stella Contreras morning she's our community representative here wonderful and she'll be writing notes on the board for us we have Danny Gonzalez who's our secretary here and she'll be taking notes and last we have Lisa Houston will be serving as our electioneer today she'll be reviewing the operating Norms are election guidelines and actually conducting the election so we can get right to it let me give the Florida Lisa good morning my name is Lisa for the Houston and I will be conducting the election for the English learner advisory committee also referred to as the elac when you arrived this morning you receive and agenda you receive the election guidelines in your packet and you also receive the operating Norms which is the code of conduct okay now if you choose to become a member you will be asked to sign the code conduct and submitted back to us okay now prior to the election you received an orientation on the roles and responsibilities of the English learner advisory committee now any parents not employed by the District of an English learner student are reclassified fluent English for fishing student within two years is eligible to serve as a parent member on the elac not only e l and our parents are eligible to elect parent members okay so at this time I'd like to declare all seats vacant you may nominate yourself or you may nominate someone else please raise your hand and I will recognize you yes and I also would like to nominate Evelyn. yes Miss Aleman do you accept accept innominate Nations please yes I love you in a minute. excellent mr. Any more nominations please yes sir I'd like to nominate myself yes ma'am I'm very nice stuff dumb and yes Miss lie anymore nominations please anymore that's why I'm running now and I would like to nominate myself okay yes nations would like to know okay I'm going to ask three times just to make sure that there are no more nominations after the third time I will entertain a motion to close navigation and accept the nominee any more nominations are there any more nominations are there any more nominations hearing none at this time I'll entertain a motion to close nominations and accept the nominee yes I am blind except a list of English learner Karen Avenue I need a second yes sir yes it is second all those in favor please raise your hand want to 7 thank you and your post please raise your hand one and if sent him please raise your hand once the motion passed congratulations to the newly elected co-parent members now in addition to the parent members of the committee may be composed of the following groups parents of non e l students School staff community community-based organizations PTA pcsa and booster club all these fall under the 49% now is there anyone present from these groups interested in participating as a member hearing none I'd like for the newly elected parent members to take a seat in this designated area here now these members will be electing the officer for the English learner advisory committee any one of you is eligible to serve as the officer the officers that we will be elected they will be the chairperson the vice chairperson the secretary and the parliamentarian now the chairperson presides at all meanings of the elac signs all letters reports and communication that person will serve as School delegates for the English learner advisory committee delicate convening participates in agenda planning perform all duties relevant to the office of chairperson now if there is only one candidate running for the office we will close the floor for nomination and accept the nominee by acclamation I will ask a member to cast a ballot of acclimation if there is more than one can ignominy will have the opportunity to give a brief speech with the use of a timer this what happened prior to just giving the ballots and allowing the members the opportunity to vote all ballots must remain in the room count it in front of you the candidate with the most votes will be elected to the vacant position all right now the floor is over for nomination for the position of chairperson remember you can nominate yourself or not it's someone else the floor is open yes I'm here uni nominate Khalid volume Miss Darlene did you accept mr. Hernandez do you accept are there any more nominees okay I'm going to ask three times to make sure that there are no more nominations and after the third time I'll entertain the motion to close nomination and except the two nominees okay are there any more Nations are there any more nominations are there any more nominations hearing none I'd like to entertain a motion to close on the nomination except the nominees yes ma'am accept the nomination for cheer Force yes I need a second yes I join is Dow second Mulligan thank you it has been moved and second all those in favor of the motion please raise your hand 123456789 okay it's unanimous so I don't need to go through poles or extension everyone voted in favor of the motion okay now I would like to ask our nominees. come forward and give a brief speech stating why they would like to be the chairperson please come in this order Killeen and Edgar please come forward mr. Cali good morning everyone thank you for your support again my name is kaliah calalini and I would like to be the chairperson for the evening. good morning thank you for the nomination and I'm very honored to if you get you both to represent you for the English learner student thank you you may take your seat now that you have heard from our nominees it's time to vote each one of you will receive a ballot please write down one name from the list of Na Google collect the ballast and count for the most votes the results are in Mister Eileen with six tiger with three Stella write that on the board for us congratulations clean you are the new chair of the English learner advisory committee process will be repeated for the remaining three officers position to our principal Miss Diane panosian thank you now that our election is complete I'd like to thank you all for coming out and for your attendance and your involvement in electing re-elected a I look forward to working in partnership with you over the course of this year to help all of our become college and career-ready so I give you a hand thank you so much the chairperson principal and election-year must complete and sign the certificate Asian form is to be completed on the principals portal no later than five business days following the completion of the election be like documentation must be maintained at the school site for five years the operating Norms are presented to the members for review and signature next step in our orientation video is a reenactment of the election process for School site Council here you'll see how a typical secondary school election might unfold and the people involved good afternoon welcome and thank you for coming today my name is Diane panosian I'm the principal here at wonderful high school and I'm really excited about forming our School site Council today who played council is a decision-making Council and its responsible for developing revising and adopting both of the single plan for student achievement and the comprehensive safe School plan it's a very important Council for our school so before we get to election I'd like to introduce you to a few people who are going to be helping us today first I'd like to introduce you to Glenda Castro Peter translator if any of you need translation please raise your hand Glenda will come by give you a headset I also have Danny Gonzalez she's our secretary here at wonderful high school and she'll be up at the board writing down what we talked about today thanks Manny and then we have Contreras he's our community representative here and she'll be taking notes for a tear in the corner unless you'd like to introduce you to Lisa Houston you don't like to hear she's going to be reviewing the operating norms she's going to be reviewing our election guidelines and she will actually be conducting the election for us so I'm going to give her the floor and let her take this show on the road good afternoon my name is least the Houston and I will be conducting the election for the School site Council also known as the this afternoon when you arrived you received an agenda this is Jen double guide us through the order of the day you also receive election guidelines which will guide us through the election process and you receive the operating Norm now these Norms are the code of conduct if you choose to become a member of the school site Council you will be asked to sign and submit those operating on prior to the election you receiving orientation on the roles and responsibilities of School site Council we will be electing three parent you voted not to give up any seats to any parent not employed by this school is eligible to serve as a parent member at this time I declare all seats vacant the floor is now open for nomination for School site Council Memphis you may self-nominate or you may nominate someone else please raise your hand and I will recognize you yes my name is Rob and Anita Evans yes I am 1150 thank you anymore all right I'm Kathleen yeah it was breaking them lays herself Kathleen yes anymore nominations my name is Ricardo Martinez and I would like to be nominated for the impulse I called kung fu any more nominations anymore nominee yes I would like to nominate myself Rosalind right for the School site Council as well thank you are there anymore nomination I'm going to ask three times if there are any more nomination in a motion to close nominations and accept the nominee okay here we go are there any more nomination are there any more nomination are there any more nominations I'd like to entertain a motion to close nomination and accept the nominees for the asse parent members yes I I need Evans movies except the list a nominees for School site Council yes I have Libra key second emotion thank you it has been moved as not only the parents with the red tag are to vote at this time okay all those in favor please raise your hand send any opposed raise your hand any abstentions raise your hand the motion passed its nominee will have the opportunity to give a brief speech with the use of a timer as to why they would like to be a member of the SS this will happen prior to Distributing the valid and allow parents the opportunity to vote we will start with Anita Evans and then we'll have Kathy Griselda and Roslyn please come and go ahead me 7 then I would love to represent School psych him and I'm Kathleen Bradley and I like to present because I'm not Kenneth and I would like to be in the school site Council thank you for voting for me on Roslyn right and I'm the best person to pee thank you okay thank you now that we have heard from our candidates okay we are going to vote I'm going to ask that you only write down three names on your ballot and you will receive your ballot momentarily if you write more than three names the ballot will be marked void after you have voted we will collect your ballot and count for the most votes only parents will be voting at this time when you are finished raise up your balance and we will collect thank you all for going and you will count your ballots and will announce the results the election results are as follows Anita Evans with nine Kathleen with eight Griselda was six and Roslyn with five congratulations to Anita Evan Kathy Kathleen and Griselda you are the new parent members of The Suicide Squad as you may know there are additional stakeholders that must participate on the School site Council and they have been elected prior to the parent election no I would like to introduce them to you we have our students three students please say your name thank you yes yeah good afternoon my name is say thank you those of our students now we also have teachers that provide direct instructions to our students and they are yes good afternoon I am break my disc thank you good afternoon thank you good afternoon my name is Mia Bracken thank you good afternoon my name is one other that do not provide direct instructions to our student and that young man is thank you now in addition to that we have our wonderful principal Miss. and panosian who is the only automatic member of the school site Council thank you now that's comprised the School site Council these are our members okay now all members have equal voting rights and you all are eligible to serve as an officer at this time I would like to do clear officer seats vacant the officers that we will be electing today are the chairperson the vice chairperson the secretary and the parliamentarian the duties of the chairperson is to preside at all meetings of the school site Council sign all letters reports in communication participates in agenda planning perform all duties relevant to the office of chairperson now if there is only one candidate running for the office we will close the floor for nomination and accept the nominee by acclamation I will ask the member to cast a ballot of acclimation the in the event that there is more than one candidate which is fine its nominee will have an opportunity to give a brief speech with the use of a timer this will happen prior to Distributing the ballots in allowing members the opportunity to vote all ballots must stay in the room and be counted in front of you now the candidate with the most votes will be elected to the position are we ready great the floor is now open for nomination chairperson raise your hand and I will recognize you yeston Disney gray Sydney gray do you accept the nomination I send a thank you are there any more nominee yes I Leah bracken's would like to nominate teacher spot removed except thank you are there any more nominations 787 self-nominate excellent are there any I will ask three times to make sure that there are no more nominations after the third what time I'd like to entertain a motion to close nominations and accept the nominee all right are there any more nominations are there any more nominations are there any more nomination hearing none I'd like to entertain the motion close on nomination and accept our nominees yeah I ripped my Superman entertain the motion to close the nominations for cheer thank you I need a second thank you it has been properly moved in second all those in favor please raise your hand 7 8 9 10 11 thank you India polls why any of sentience sing the motion path and now I would like to ask the nominees to come forward and give a brief speech stating why they would be the person for the mission of chairperson what kind of start with Sydney gray good afternoon my name is Sydney gray and I'm running for your chairperson for School site Council farha good afternoon I'm a teacher at the school my name is Farhad Mahmood and I know this will very well and please work for me good afternoon my name is and I have a daughter and it's not at the school I'm very involved every meeting anytime I called at 1 and all I do is volunteer because I'm running payment please hold for me baby poop a performer nominees it's time to vote each one of you will be distributed a ballot please write down only one name from the list of nominees here after you finish will collect your balance and we will count the ballast to get the results all right we'll collect the ballots okay the results are in Sydney gray forvo Farhat to vote Anita Evans 6 volt congratulations Miss Evans you are the new school psychologist will be repeated for the remaining three positions I'd like to turn the meeting back over to our wonderful principal Miss Diane panosian thank you now that our elections complete I'd like to take a moment thank you for your attendance and involvement today and helping us select the members of our School site Council I really look forward to this year partnering with you to help all of our students become college and career-ready so I did hand and thank you for your volunteer the Jefferson principal an election year must complete and sign the certificate in form an online form is to be completed to the principal portal in 5 business days following the completion of the election all SSE documentation must be maintained at the school site for five years the operating Norms are presented to the members for review and signature this wraps up the training video for elac and SSE thank you for watching and we wish you success with your interest in participating in these important school activities

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