Accountability

What is Accountability?

The School-level Accountability Committee (SAC) serves in an advisory role to the school principal. The school’s principal is ultimately responsible for ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and district requirements and meeting the academic performance expectations defined by JeffCo Public Schools.

SAC Chair

To preside and facilitate all meetings
To set meeting agendas in collaboration with the principal
To guide the team in reviewing goals and other elements of the school improvement plan
To guide the team in making budgetary recommendations
To develop and implement plans to increase membership
To serve as a communication link between the SAC and the SPAC’s Articulation Rep

Principal

To collaboratively construct the meeting agenda with the Chair
To provide the school data and school improvement plan to the SAC for review and input
To provide budgetary information to the SAC for review and input
To secure approval of school fees for the following school year
To oversee elections for SAC membership (if needed), and to recruit likely candidates for SAC and to championing the committee’s plan to increase parent involvement
To provide various reports, raw data, and specific information requested by SAC members
To provide timely progress monitoring data to assist the team in reviewing implementation of the school improvement plan
To act as a liaison between SAC and the school community and Jeffco Schools

Teacher Members

At least one teacher who provides instruction in the school
To act as a liaison between SAC and the faculty at large
To bring faculty concerns to SAC meetings
To facilitate communication with parents on SAC matters and to assist in raising parent interest in participating on SAC
To help bring parent concerns to SAC meetings

Parent Members

At least three parents of students enrolled in the school
To bring parent concerns to SAC meetings
To provide parents’ perspectives on school issues
To help communicate school concerns to the broader community

Community Members

At least one member of the community
To help raise awareness of neighborhood/community issues
To help communicate school concerns to the broader community