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Download a form or document to use at your School Site Council
 
 SSC Handbook
 
This is a huge powerpoint featured on this site's page "What's is a School Site Council"
It is a "work in progress" Feel free to send it back to us at SAC City DAC  with your ideas, improvements and suggestions. It takes all of us parents to polish the apple!
send your ideas to email: parentideas@sacdac.org
 
 
 It takes a while to download!

SPSA Guide
 
This Document SPSA Guide is from the California Department of Education. It is the basis of the PowerPoint directly above. The CDE (California Department of Education) site has a wealth of informtion if you need more go here http://www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/
 
 

SSC Self-assessment Form
 
Assessing your School Site Council can be challengeing. Our web page, "How is your SSC doing?" has used this document to show how  measure your School Site Council performance. Remember, even a low score on this self-test, means you are all ready a winner: you have a SSC, The idea is to make a better School Site Council. Improvement is what we do. That's why our slogan is "Parents polishing the apple daily"
 
 

SSC Composition Worksheet
 
Not quite sure if you have the right number of members on your SSC from the various parts  of your campus community. Download the composition worksheet for Elementary or Seconday School Site Council.
 
 
 

Sample Sign-in Sheet for Seconday SSC
 
Here is a  Sample Sign-in Sheet for Seconday SSC. SSC records including sign-in sheets, agendas  and meeting minutes should be maintained in your SSC Notebook, and should be available for public review upon request. Forward a copy of these records to State and Federal Programs after each meeting. Categorical Program Monitoring (requires 3 years of records)

Sample Sign-in Sheet for Seconday SSC
 

 

And remember: The SAC City DAC is a "work in progress" Feel free to send  SAC City DAC  your ideas, improvements and suggestions. It takes all of us parents to polish the apple! Check back with us often, we have just begun to roll...
send your ideas to email: parentideas@sacdac.org