The Collaborative School Committee brings together families, staff and community members to create and implement a plan to promote high achievement within a school. The committee meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. and is an opportunity for key stakeholders to have a voice in their school. Colorado law requires all schools to have a CSC to increase the amount of accountability and family involvement in our schools. The group works with school leaders to provide feedback on important school decisions. These decisions may include ways to improve academic performance, budgets, and the school’s program. CSC meetings are open to the school community, so we’d love to invite you to join us!
The Isabella Bird Collaborative School Committee (CSC) is comprised of:
Principal Rebecca Mercer
Tara Bracker, Parent
Brian Eschbacher, Parent
Rebekkah Goodman-Williams, Parent
Nate Paul, Parent
Megan Tortorelli, Parent
William Jones, Teacher
Our role as a committee is to provide guidance, strategic support, and recommendations to the principal regarding resources to support the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) and school programs.
Our meetings are usually held on the following dates:
We ask that CSC members participate in the meetings and commit to being a member for two years, or one year where it applies.
In accordance with state statute, the CSC shall:
Act as the School Accountability Committee (SAC) for the building.
Provide guidance, evaluation, and recommendations to the Principal and/or the Instructional Superintendent as to the following:
priorities for spending school moneys;
preparation of a school improvement plan;
preparation of a school priority improvement or turnaround plan, if either is required;
discuss whether school leadership, personnel, and infrastructure are advancing or impeding the implementation of the public school’s improvement, priority improvement, or turnaround plan, whichever is applicable, or other progress pertinent to the public school’s accreditation contract with the Board or the institute;
provision of feedback for principal evaluations;
Increase the level of parent engagement in the school, especially the engagement of parents of students in the populations described in C.R.S. 22-11-401 (1) (d). The committee’s activities to increase parent engagement must include, but need not be limited to:
Publicizing opportunities to serve and soliciting parents to serve on the CSC. In soliciting parents to serve on the CSC, the CSC shall direct the outreach efforts to help ensure that the parents who serve on the CSC reflect the student populations that are significantly represented within the school.
Assisting the school district in implementing at the school the parent engagement policy; and
Assisting school personnel to increase parents’ engagement with teachers.
The CSC will not:
participate in the day-to-day operations of the school;
be involved in issues relating to individuals (staff, students, or parents) within the school;
be involved in personnel issues (the School Personnel Committee will stand alone according to the current DPS/DCTA contract).
25-26 Collaborative School Committee Agenda/Minutes
