School Leadership Team (SLT)
The School Leadership Team (SLT) is a group of people who develop educational policies for their school. They also make sure there are resources in place to support those policies.
SLTs:
- Provide ongoing evaluations of a school’s educational programs and their impact on student achievement.
- Play an important role in school-based decision-making
- Help to make school cultures more collaborative.
SLT Members:
There are three members of the school community who must be members of the SLT:
- Principal
- Parent Association/Parent-Teacher Association President
- United Federation of Teachers Chapter Leader
The other members are elected parents and staff members. The SLT must have an equal number of parents and staff.
The SLT meets every month, from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM before the PTA meeting, generally the third Thursday of each month. Visit the school calendar for specific dates.
All New York City public schools are required to have an SLT as stated in New York State Education Law Section 2590-h. Chancellor’s Regulation A-655 (CR A-655) also provides guidelines to ensure the formation of effective SLTs in every New York City public school.
All members of the HSMSE community are welcome to attend and observe the public portion of the SLT meeting. Non-SLT members are encouraged to bring issues of school-wide concern to their respective SLT student/parent/faculty member representative(s) prior to these monthly meetings so that the issue may be added to the agenda to be discussed. Non-SLT members may request speaking time to address the SLT body about a matter of school-wide concern during a designated portion of the monthly meeting. Please be mindful that all such requests must be submitted in writing and one week in advance of the scheduled monthly meeting to the SLT Chairperson by email to [email protected].
To learn more about the SLT, please visit: NYCDOE: School Leadership Team