BIA-1 - Checklist for New School Committee Members
Policy BIA-1
Adopted: January 10, 2019
Amended: N/A
Suggested checklist for newly sworn in School Committee members
- Familiarize yourself with Open Meeting Law
- Familiarize yourself with SC Norms of Communication
- Reach out to Superintendent to set-up official email, ID badge and key FOB (for access to schools), a guided tour of the buildings (if desired), an informational meeting with the business manager and the special education director
- Get access to SC Shared Folder with Meeting Packets and other supporting material
- Sign-up for MASC workshops
- Understand practices for adding an agenda item
- Understand practices for creating a new subcommittee
- Familiarize yourself with various sub-committees and the work involved
- Familiarize yourself with the types of Meetings:
Regular
Executive Session
Special
- Meet the district’s administrative assistant
School Committee Policies
- A - Foundations and Basic Commitments
- B - School Board Governance and Operations
- C - General School Administration
- D - Fiscal Management
- E - Support Services
- F - Facilities Development
- G - Personnel
- H - Negotiations
- I - Instructional Program
- J - Students
- K - School-Community Relations
- L - Education Agency Relations