School Leadership Team (SLT)
What is a School Leadership Team?
The School Leadership Team (SLT) is a group of people who develop educational policies for their school. They also make sure there are resources to support those policies.
A SLT:
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.
Who are the 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.
A SLT can also include students (a minimum of two students is required in high school SLTs) and representatives from community-based organizations (CBOs) that work with the school. Students and CBO representatives do not count when determining whether a team has an equal number of parents and staff. The exact composition of a school’s SLT is stated in the team’s bylaws.
All information listed above is from the SLT page of the NYC DOE website.
Want to learn more?
Contact: Principal Finn at pfinn3@schools.nyc.gov
