Benavidez Elementary School
6262 Gulfton Houston, TX 77081
Phone: 713 778 3350
Principal: Kimberly Valera
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Shared Decision-Making
The shared decision-making committee shall be named Shared Decision-Making Council.
Organizational Structure
Meetings - Meeting of the Council will be held on the second Wednesday of the month. All meetings will be held in the conference room. Any agenda items not discussed at the current meeting will be discussed at the next scheduled meeting. Minutes will be taken by the secretary and distributed by Monday of the following week.
Agendas - Any faculty/staff member, parent, or community advisory member may place an item on the agenda to be discussed at the meeting. An Input Form (IF) must be turned in to the chairperson one (1) day prior to the next scheduled meeting where it will be placed on the agenda. Input Forms will be available in the office. Faculty/Staff members will volunteer or be appointed to serve on Sub-Committees at the beginning of the school year. The chairperson of each sub-committee will also serve on the SDMC. All Sub-Committee Chairpersons will turn in a Record of Meeting Minutes to the Shared Decision-Making Council after each meeting. Sub-committees will be as follows:
Student Recognition/ Attendance
Discipline/Campus Placement Review
School Plant and Safety/ Energy Consumption
Staff Recognition
Courtesy Committee
Fall Festival
Field Day/ Fun Day
Curriculum/ Textbooks
LPAC
Budget
Staffing
Professional Development
Promotion/Retention
The Shared Decision-Making Council will review and approve all decisions.
The Principal will serve as chairperson and as a member of the Shared Decision-Making Council and will determine the size of the committee. In addition,
Two-thirds of the professional staff members elected to the school’s Shared Decision-Making Council must be classroom teachers, nominated and elected by classroom teachers.
The other one-third must be school-based professional staff, nominated and elected by the school’s professional staff, including classroom teachers.
The school’s non-instructional staff member will be nominated and elected by the school’s non-instructional staff as the representative to serve on the Shared Decision-Making Council.
The Shared Decision-Making Council must have at least two parents selected by the school’s PTA/PTO and at least two community residents appointed by the Principal.
The Principal has the authority to appoint additional community residents or business representatives to the committee with consciousness toward representation of the greater Houston community.
Decision-making Process
Anyone may request to be on the agenda for a given meeting or request an agenda item to be discussed at the meeting. An Input Form (IF) must be turned in to the chairperson one (1) day prior to the next scheduled meeting in order to be placed on the agenda.
Consensus will be reached by the voting members of the appropriate body. Consensus is met after discussion and input has been given on a specific issue. If consensus is not reached a majority vote will constitute consensus.
Method of Communication
PTO/PAC Meetings
Newsletters
Faculty Meetings
Grade Chairperson Meeting and Minutes
SDMC Meeting Minutes
Bulletins
Calendars
Membership
| # of Classroom Teachers (2/3) | 6 | # of Parents | 2 |
| # of School-based Staff (1/3) | 3 | # of Community Members | 2 |
| # of Non-instructional Staff (no more than one) | 1 | # of Business Members | 2 |
