The Building Leadership Team (BLT) is a completely separate group from FOSB, but we are including information about it here for reference.
Each Seattle public school, including Salmon Bay, has a BLT that maintains two-way communication with their represented groups and makes decisions regarding the school’s Continuous School Improvement Plan (CSIP), professional development plan, and school budget. The teachers’ contract defines the BLT as: “The primary function of the BLT is to promote and facilitate the collaborative decision–making process which affects academic achievement and to identify how to support the needs of students and staff in buildings. The more specific responsibilities of the BLT are to oversee the facilitation and development of a Continuous School Improvement Plan (CSIP), including the configuration and structure of the school’s classes and/or program offerings; a school–wide professional development plan to support the CSIP; and the school’s budget.”
At Salmon Bay, the BLT meets 2–3 times each month before school. Although not required, Salmon Bay feels strongly that all parts of the community should be represented in the BLT. Each parent representative (currently, one for elementary school and one for middle school) serves as a conduit of communication between parents and the BLT. BLT representatives must be able to represent the larger community that includes a wide range of ideas. The key word is “representative.” BLT representatives must be comfortable with respecting confidentiality when matters requiring it arise. In addition, at least one of the two BLT reps should attend the monthly FOSB meetings to provide a brief update on BLT matters as part of the two-way communication expectation.
Any openings on the BLT will be communicated in the Weekly Bulletin or through other updates from school administration.