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SLT Toolkit (Select and click on the chapter you want to view or download)

The SLT Toolkit is designed to help you ensure that your team is playing a significant role in creating and fostering a structure that supports school-based decision making and helps to shape the path to a collaborative school culture.It includes schedules, logs, checklists, regulations a glossary of terms and acronyms that every SLT will find useful.

SLT Toolkit en español.

40 Minutes of Parent Engagement

40 Minutes offers ideas for many creative ways to involve families in schools and in their child's education. Principals and SLTs should meet at the beginning of the school year to discuss ideas and a plan for using the 40 Minutes.

Resource Materials

The School Leadership Teams Roles and Responsibilities Presentation and Workbook is a review of basic information on the Purpose, Practice and Responsibilities of School Leadership Teams for team members and non-team members who may be interested in knowing more about SLTs. NYC DOE workshop facilitators can download presentations here. 

The Shared Decision-Making Presentation and Workbook is a review of basics for Shared Decision-Making as prescribed in Chancellor’s Regulation A-655.  The activities illustrate the practice behind building consensus as a decision-making tool. NYC DOE workshop facilitators can download presentations here.

The Making Participation Meaningful training module and Workbook are the third in a series of workshops designed to support the ongoing work and functionality of an SLT. This training module looks at participation as an engagement strategy to strengthen the collaborative work of SLTs and discusses positive group dynamics. NYC DOE workshop facilitators can download presentations here.

The School Leadership Team FAQ offers basic answers to basic questions about SLTs. Want more information? View one of the informative Webinars below.

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions.

SLT members should use this form for submission record of attendance at team activities (combination of meeting, service hours and training on the CEP and budget.) Team members will complete the information in the first 3 sections of this claim form and before June 1st of each school year, forward the original form to the team's Liaison for Financial Matters, who will confirm the attendance. Remuneration is pro-rated $10.00 per service hour up to 30 hours.

PTALink.org is a great additional resource for SLT members and all parent leaders. It has easy to understand explanations about everything regarding parent leadership from PA/PTA structures, regualtions and activities to CPAC and Education Councils.