Did you know that more than half of all schools throughout the city are co-located on campuses with other schools and programs?
Sharing facilities requires collaboration and flexibility. When campuses are managed effectively, student achievement improves and members of the school community are more satisfied.
There are three governance structures that guide decisions on campuses: Building Council (BC): where NYCDOE principals, charter and D75 school leaders share administrative responsibility and accountability for building a safe, coherent campus culture for the students they serve. The Campus Policy Memo 2010 gives direction to BCs. Shared Space Committee (SSC): where parents, teachers and principals serve as reviewers of the building utilization plan, which defines co-located space and the use of that space on the campus. Revisions to Chancellor’s Regulation A-190 will soon give direction to SCCs. School Leadership Team (SLT): where parents, teachers, and principals assist in the evaluation and assessment of a school’s educational programs and their affect on student achievement. In campuses that house multiple schools, the SLTs are encouraged to meet at least twice a year to discuss issues of mutual concern. Chancellor’s Regulation A-655 gives direction to SLTs. All three governance structures call for:
All Building Councils should have filed their Audit Template and meeting minutes to your campus folder. Send to XXXXcampus@schools.nyc.gov where XXXX represents your campus building locator. Minimally 10 sets of minutes must be filed annually between September 1st and June 30th. (Chancellor's Regulation A-190)
All campuses with co-located existing charters must establish a shared space committee with parent, teacher and principal representatives from each DOE school and charter co-located on the campus. The SLT recommends teachers and parents for DOE schools; charter leaders recommend teachers and parents for charter schools. Four SSC meetings must be held annually in order to comply with A-190 regulations. Minutes must be sent to the campus folder XXXXcampus@schools.nyc.gov where XXXX represents your campus building locator. (Chancellor's Regulation A-190)
School Leadership Teams must send up-to-date member contact info to their District DLT, reach consensus agreement on the alignment of the school-based budget and the CEP, complete the annual assessment of the principal’s record of shared decision-making with the SLT, address parent grievances and disputes regarding the principal’s decisions that are inconsistent with school’s CEP goals to the superintendent. (Chancellor's Regulation A-655)
All updates made February 25, 2011.