School Partners : Participation Requirements
Participation in the SMART Partnership is not a legal process and no contract exists between the school and SMART. However, funds are required to participate and because of that there is a Letter of Commitment required that assures that the school agrees to formal participation according to the stated requirements including:
- Providing top level administrative support for a three year commitment to the project
- Board and Superintendent are aware of the project and agree to participate
- Identifying an administrative liaison to the project
- Each middle school Principal will meet with his/her project staff as necessary
- Principal will communicate with Business/Community Partners as necessary
- Principal will communicate with other participating school administrators as required to maintain collaboration
- Selecting enthusiastic staff dedicated to innovation, problem based approaches and technology in education
- Providing release time and expense reimbursement for staff participating in the project
- Substitute teachers for approximately 4-5 development days during the project year
- Mileage and meals to any project-wide meetings off site
- Support for student visits to business/community partner locations and final presentations
- Participation on project committees and in project promotion and publicity
- Contributing curriculum information and lessons to the project database
- Contributing student data (with appropriate releases and confidentiality assurances) for project
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