Student Achievement Committee. The Board and Association shall establish a Student Achievement Committee whose purpose is to recommend to the Board programs, methodologies or strategies for improving student achievement after it measures the current level of student achievement, monitors student achievement, and researches ways of improving student achievement. Student achievement will be measured by: Improvement on state or federal testing programs Yearly individual improvement in the District Testing programs Student attendance ACT test scores Other measurements that the steering committee and the Board of Education may determine The Committee will be composed of a central steering committee and two (2) school achievement committees, one for ACHS and one for LCHS. The purpose of the central steering committee is to provide direction and coordination to the school achievement committees to ensure that the District’s achievement goals are coordinated and communicated. The steering committee will also serve as a liaison between the Board and the school achievement committees. The steering committee will be composed of the following personnel, with chairmanship of the steering committee rotating among the various members: District administrator in charge of curriculum Two teachers from each school achievement committee One administrator from each school achievement committee Principals of ACHS and LCHS Each school achievement committee will be composed of the school principal, two other school administrators, a teacher from each academic area chosen by the members in that academic area and the school Association President.
Student Achievement Committee. In a continuing effort to streamline the School Improvement Planning process, Pekin Community High School District No. 303 Board of Education and the Pekin Education Alliance, IEA-NEA has established a Student Achievement Committee (SAC) that shall meet monthly throughout the course of the school year. The purpose of this committee is to address issues related to student achievement and the learning community. The Pekin Education Alliance shall appoint a minimum of 3-4 bargaining unit members to attend all SAC meetings. The Superintendent shall appoint two administrators and one department chairperson as representatives to attend all SAC meetings. In addition, the Superintendent will serve on the SAC. Additional employees and administrators or department chairpersons shall attend SAC meetings when they have information that would help the parties address issues before SAC. At least one member of the Board of Education would generally be expected to attend SAC meetings. The SAC will discuss issues related to student achievement which may include but not be limited to curricular alignment with state standards, student performance, grading issues, curricular and extracurricular concerns, school day schedule and structure, graduation/drop-out rates, etc. The SAC will not be a forum for collective bargaining, capital improvements or financial/budgetary matters. Agenda items shall be presented by committee members to the Superintendent’s Secretary one week before the scheduled meeting and the agenda shall be made available to committee members at least 72 hours before a meeting. It is recognized that some issues might need to be discussed by the Superintendent and Alliance President to determine whether they are more appropriate for the LMRC or the SAC. By mutual consent of employee representatives and administrative representatives, non-agenda items may be discussed. An administrative representative and an employee representative shall chair SAC meetings on a rotating basis. Whenever it may appear to the parties that it might be helpful, the parties shall utilize the services of a trained facilitator. It is expected that the SAC will develop operating guidelines similar to those developed by LMRC. Article III
