School Improvement Team
North Carolina’s major educational reform “The
ABCs of Public Education” seeks to raise student
achievement through increasedAccountability, an
emphasis on the Basics, and local Control in decision
making. Mandated in this law is the formation
of School Improvement Teams (SITs) at all North
Carolina schools to devise plans to increase the
school’s student achievement. This is “local control
in action.”
The state law mandates the inclusion of parents on
the team, and North Carolina PTA is helping parents
learn exactly what part they play on the team
and how to participate. The recent Legislative
session resulted in some major changes to enhance
the role of School Improvement Teams and how
they function.
This brochure should be used in conjunction with
the NC State Department of Public Instruction’s
Parent Handbook on School Improvement Teams.
A School Improvement Team (SIT) is a group of
people who implement school-based management
at a local school by developing a plan to enhance
student achievement. It is a decentralized, shared
process that includes people such as administrators,
teachers, support staff, students, business
leaders, and parents who sincerely care about all
the students in that school and what they need to
learn to succeed.
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