West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-011B - Learning At A High Level For All Students (2001) › Section 3.0 - School Responsibility and Accountability

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1
Introduction
The West Virginia Board of Education detennines that schools
				  and school systems must be the key unit of change for the successful
				  implementation of this policy. Further, the Board recognizes that many persons
				  are responsible for effecting the changes needed in the public schools. Thus,
				  the education of children in West Virginia must be a shared responsibility
				  among the entire school community, particularly parents through their personal
				  and/or organized involvement and support of schools and interest expressed in
				  the education of their children.
3.2
Responsibility of the Local School
				and School System
The ultimate responsibility for providing successful learning
				  experiences for each student rests with each county system and school. To
				  effectively carry out this responsibility requires the commitment and
				  involvement of board members, teachers and administrators through curriculum
				  teams, local school improvement councils, and faculty senates. Staff
				  involvement must also be accompanied by the involvement of students, families,
				  businesses, labor and the community served by the school.
Therefore, the personnel of each school, in concert with
				  school system personnel, and with the assistance and involvement of students,
				  families, businesses, labor and the community, shall:
* Review and revise the school curriculum based on the
				  programs of study and curriculum frameworks so that learning experiences are
				  developed and delivered in a manner that ensures a high level of learning for
				  all students.
* Establish and maintain a school climate that ensures
				  excellence in teaching and learning and that maintains high expectations for
				  student performance.
* Promote proficiency in the basic skills and computer
				  literacy as the prerequisite for learning at a high level.
* Evaluate and modify, if necessary, the school
				  organizational structure to facilitate a high level of student learning.
* Monitor programs, personnel, student performance, and use
				  of resources and then utilize the results of such monitoring to improve student
				  learning.
3.3
School
				Organization and Decision-Making
Schools must create and utilize methods for organizing time,
				  personnel, and resources for the benefit of students. Each school, Within the
				  context of this policy, shall organize itself in a manner that will result in
				  success for the particular students in that school.
3.4
County Boards of Education
To encourage further restructuring, the West Virginia Board
				  of Education and county boards of education will continue to identify and
				  implement supportive policies and practices. Such initiatives will ensure that
				  as many decisions as possible regarding the operation of the school are made at
				  the school system and school level.
3.5
School Accountability
The West Virginia Board of Education will revise Policy 2320,
Performance Based Accreditation System: High Quality
				  Standards-Annual Performance Measures. Annual improvement Plan. On-Site
				  Review
, so that the two most critical components of the
				  accreditation review process are (1) access for all students to the full range
				  of the programs of study and (2) curricular and instructional revisions and
				  practices that ensure that ail students will learn at a high level. The Board
				  will, in addition, explore methods for recognizing and rewarding county school
				  systems and schools that significantly increase learning opportunities and
				  student learning.