School District of Washington

Superintendent Advisory Teams advise the Superintendent and District leadership staff on topics related to the strategic goals of the District.

Partnership with parents, staff, and student representatives provides an important voice in the District’s decision-making, planning, and implementation process while continuing to be transparent in the current and future work of the District.

The purpose of these teams is to provide two-way communication between the Superintendent and the schools. The teams will serve in an advisory capacity to the Superintendent and will not have the authority to take action on behalf of the school District or make direct recommendations to the Board of Education.

Parent Advisory Team
Purpose:

The Parent Advisory Team to the Superintendent consists of parents and guardian representatives from each of our schools. The team will meet four times per year during the school year to discuss a variety of topics aligned to the goals of the District, share information, and broaden understanding of school-related issues.

Members work together to:

Discuss family perspectives on topics impacting their child’s school and the District.
Identify common needs and goals among the parents of students enrolled in the School District of Washington.
Provide the Superintendent with feedback and insight from each family’s perspective on school processes, policies, and initiatives to ensure that the needs of families are included as decisions are made in the District.
Bring to the Superintendent’s attention existing and emerging issues expressed by families at the school they represent.
Facilitate communication between and among the families and family organizations from District schools and serve as a forum for sharing innovations and best practices from around the District.

Responsibilities

Members will attend and actively participate in all meetings. It is understood that circumstances occasionally arise where a member will be unable to attend a meeting; however, members who miss more than two meetings in a single year will not be reappointed in the following year.
Members will embrace and adhere to the mission, vision, and values of the District.
Members will pledge to interact with professionalism, courtesy, and respect to fellow members of the team and District staff.
Members work together to be solutions-oriented in discussing a topic.
Overall notes from the meeting will be taken, shared with the Board of Education, and posted online, generally within two weeks of the meeting.

Meeting Dates:

The Parent Advisory Team will meet at the Technology and Learning Center from 5:30-7:00 pm on the following nights:

Thursday, October 5, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Application and Selection:

All parents may apply for the Parent Advisory Team; the applications are not limited to one parent or guardian per student.
If you are interested in joining the Parent Advisory Team, please click on this LINK and apply by September 15, 2023.
Members will be notified by September 22, 2023.
Depending on the size of the applicant pool, there may be a randomized selection process. If more than one parent is applying from a school site, there will be a randomized selection process to determine the representative from that school. *Please note the middle school and high school will have two representatives due to the size of the programming.
If a parent on the team elects to remove their student from the instruction provided by the District, their position on the panel will be forfeited and an alternate parent will be selected.
Parents are selected annually to serve one school year. Parents may reapply to the team annually if desired.

Staff Advisory Team

Purpose:

The Staff Advisory Team to the Superintendent consists of teachers and staff representatives from each of our schools and spans a variety of roles. The team will meet four times per year during the school year to discuss a variety of topics aligned to the goals of the District, share information, and broaden understanding of school-related issues. Please see the information below or apply here

Members work together to:

Discuss staff perspectives on topics impacting the climate and culture of the District.
Identify common needs and goals among staff in the School District of Washington.
Provide the Superintendent with feedback and insight from a staff member’s perspective on school processes, policies, and initiatives to ensure that the needs of staff are included as decisions are made in the District.
Bring to the Superintendent’s attention existing and emerging issues expressed by staff at their workplace.
Facilitate communication between and among staff from different workplaces and serve as a forum for sharing innovations and best practices from around the District.

Responsibilities

Members will attend and actively participate in all meetings. It is understood that circumstances occasionally arise where a member will be unable to attend a meeting; however, members who miss more than two meetings in a single year will not be reappointed in the following year.
Members will embrace and adhere to the mission, vision, and values of the District.
Members will pledge to interact with professionalism, courtesy, and respect to fellow members of the team and District staff.
Members work together to be solutions-oriented in discussing a topic.
Overall notes from the meeting will be taken, shared with the Board of Education, and posted online, generally within two weeks of the meeting.

Meeting Dates:

The Staff Advisory Team will meet at the new Technology and Learning Center from 4:00-5:30 pm on the following nights:

Thursday, September 26, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Application and Selection:

Staff will be selected based on representation from various grade levels, schools, and roles in the District.
If you are interested in joining the Staff Advisory Team, please click on this LINK and apply by September 18, 2024.
Members will be notified by September 22, 2023.
Staff are selected annually to serve one school year. Staff may reapply to the team annually if desired.