Who Should Be on the
School Improvement Leadership Team?

A school improvement leadership team should be a small but representative group. Members should plan to meet regularly, at least once every four to six weeks. The role of this team is to gather feedback from all interested parties and bring those perspectives back to the leadership team to make improvement decisions.

Suggested leadership team members include:

• The building principal
• Teachers representing different grade levels or disciplines
• Special education representative
• Parent and/or community representatives
• Pupil services representative
• Curriculum and assessment leader from the school or district

The diverse membership of effective leadership teams encourages the team to:

• Gather important data from multiple perspectives.
• Diffuse leadership across stakeholder groups.
• Engage in rich and fruitful discussion that represents a wide variety of viewpoints within the school community.
• Sustain the effort during the school year.
• Successfully carry out targeted goals and activities.

What are the benefits of using the School Improvement Planning Tool?

What are some team-building activities?

Reminders for Team Facilitators

Sample Calendar for Using the School Improvement Planning Tool Process