Membership Responsibilities

Due Dates The Handbook

SIC Others

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200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

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minimum minimum number of number of

parentsparentselected by elected by parents parents

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What is 2?

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the group the group that that

elects elects teachersteachers

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What are “teachers

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the elected the elected members must members must be this fraction be this fraction

of the of the membershipmembership

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What is 2/3?

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this this determines determines how many how many members members

participate participate on the SICon the SIC

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What are the “SIC

bylaws?”

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Membership ratio Membership ratio must have twice as must have twice as

many elected many elected members as members as appointed appointed members, members,

excluding ex-excluding ex-officio members, in officio members, in

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What is “IN

COMPLIANCE?”

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the SIC is the SIC is required to required to help write help write this school this school

planplanFall 2009 FCSD #3

What is the School

Renewal Plan or 5 year

Strategic Plan?Fall 2009 FCSD #3

every member every member on the council on the council

should should participate on participate on one of theseone of these

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What is a committee?

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the SIC writes the SIC writes this about the this about the progress the progress the

school is school is making to making to achieve its achieve its

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What is the Report to Parents?

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the SIC assists the SIC assists the principal in the principal in writing this 425 writing this 425 word narrative word narrative

for this for this documentdocument

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What is the School Report

Card?

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these are the two these are the two awards that the SIC awards that the SIC will provide advice will provide advice

to the principal/staff to the principal/staff about how the funds about how the funds will be spent if they will be spent if they

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What are the Palmetto Gold and the Palmetto Silver

awards?

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this is the date this is the date when the SIC when the SIC

Online Online Membership Membership

must be must be completedcompleted

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What is November

15?

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this is the date this is the date when the when the

annual Report annual Report to the Parents to the Parents

is dueis due

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What is April 30?

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the School the School Report Card Report Card narrative is narrative is

completed by completed by this datethis date

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What is June 15?

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hard copies of hard copies of all all

documentation documentation must be must be

submitted to submitted to the SC-SIC the SC-SIC

State Office by State Office by this datethis date

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What is June 15th?

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this is when all this is when all SIC elections SIC elections

should be should be completedcompleted

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What is October 15th?

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SIC stands SIC stands for this for this

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What is School

Improvement Council?

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this is the this is the name of the name of the

SIC SIC handbookhandbook

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What is The Basics?

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this is the this is the officer that officer that directs the directs the

SIC meetingsSIC meetingsFall 2009 FCSD #3

Who is the Chair?

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this is the this is the officer that officer that assists the assists the

ChairChairFall 2009 FCSD #3

Who is the Vice Chair?

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this is the this is the officer who officer who maintains maintains

the recordsthe recordsFall 2009 FCSD #3

Who is the Secretary?

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this is an officer that is not part of the SIC

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What is a treasurer?

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this is this is another place another place you can find you can find

the SIC the SIC handbookhandbook

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What is online at www.sic.sc.gov?

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these are these are mandated by mandated by

law law

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What are School

Improvement Councils?

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these are five these are five groups of people groups of people who should be on who should be on

your SICsyour SICs

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What are parents, teachers,

community members, ex-officios, and

students at the high school?

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this is what this is what happens when happens when

parents are parents are involved in their involved in their

children’s children’s educationeducation

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What is “the quality of the

school improves and children do

better in school?”

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