EESAC Committee

Education Excellence School Advisory Council (EESAC)

The Educational Excellence School Advisory Council's (EESAC) function is to bring together all stakeholders and involve them in an authentic role in decisions which affect instruction and the delivery of programs.

Purpose
The purpose of the Miami Arts EESAC is to work to ensure improved student achievement. The goal of the Council will be to achieve consensus in decision making. The focus of the goal is in the preparation and evaluation of the School Performance Excellence Plan (SPEP) as it directly impacts the delivery of the educational program and services required by Florida’s High Quality Educational System and the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Strategic Planning Goals.

Meetings
Regular meetings of the EESAC are scheduled for the second Wednesday of every month.

Membership
Membership Requirements:

• Must be composed of the Executive Director, teachers, education support employees, students, parents, and business/community representatives.
• Must be representative of the ethnic, racial, linguistic, disabled, and economic community served by the school.
• Must have a majority of members who do not work at the school.
• ESE must be represented.
• LEP parents should be included when possible.
• PTA/PTSA representative may be a named member.

Selection of EESAC Members:

• Teachers elect teachers.
• Parents elect parents.
• Students elect students.
• Educational support employees elect educational support employee.
• Executive Director appoints business/community representative -- to ensure council diversity.
• Executive Director is an automatic member.