Teachers are empowered to participate in decision making, collaboration, and articulation through a variety of means. School Site Council, High School Special Needs Committee, Planning Committee, District Modernization Committee, AP and Developmental Teachers' Committees, Modified Grade Committee, Student Job Description Committee, Library Advisory Committee, and Flexible Scheduling Committee meetings that include teachers and administrators are also called as needed. These meetings allow teachers to make decisions and offer input on schoolwide issues. Teachers also have the opportunity to collaborate with each other at department meetings, at the BHEA representative council meetings, on staff development days, and during conference periods. Collaboration frequently includes sharing information from conferences, creating new course offerings, sharing teaching materials or modeling lessons, and exchanging classroom management techniques.
Teachers frequently make presentations at the monthly staff meetings.
A representative from Santa Monica College is on campus weekly for conferences with staff and students. Middle school articulation is available the first day of school, during some staff development days, and through special interest meetings after school. The middle school English teachers had 2 meetings last year with the high school English department on issues of general concern. At least once a year 8th grade English teachers meet with the department chair and the honors coordinator regarding honors placement at the high school. Teachers have access to representatives from other post-secondary entities through the approximately 70 conferences held on campus during the school day and the Independent College Night program.