Your Voice Matters: Advising on the School Plan

Session Overview

This session fulfills one of ELAC’s core responsibilities required by the California Department of Education (CDE):

• Advising the principal and school staff on the development of the School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) and sharing recommendations with the School Site Council (SSC).

While this is a required role, the deeper purpose is to ensure that family voice and lived experience help shape school decisions.

In this session, families review school data and family input, reflect on what matters most, and work together to develop recommendations to support multilingual learners.

Purpose

To use both school data and family voice to develop recommendations that inform the SPSA.

This Meeting Covers:

• ELAC’s advisory role in the SPSA

• The role of the School Site Council (SSC)

• School data for multilingual learners

• Family input (surveys or Listening Sessions)

• Identifying priorities and making recommendations

Planning for This Meeting

This session requires preparation and administrator participation.

• Share and explain the SPSA

• Prepare key Dashboard data (clear and accessible)

• Bring family input (survey results and/or Listening Sessions)

Includes: 

• Bilingual Slide Deck (Canva – English/Spanish)

• Sign-In Sheet

• Outreach Flyer Template

• Topic-Specific Activities & Family Handouts

  • • • Data Reflection Tool

      • Recommendation Reflection Template 

      • Ways to Participate and Lead in ELAC

      • ELAC Exit Ticket

Need a language beyond English and Spanish? Use the Canva editable files and Canva’s translation tool to create additional versions. You’re welcome to co-brand. Please keep Santa Cruz County Office of Education credited. 

• • Your Child's Multilingual Learner Journey