Responsiblity Grid:  A sample
Sometimes called a Decison Making Grid
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This is how a school's responsiblity grid might look.  Each school is different, so use this samnple only for ideas.  Most grids include many more decisions than are shown here. The columns vary from school to school.  For example, some include additonal columns labeled "Board Committees," "Teacher committees," or "Community."

Decison (examples)	Board	Admin.	Teachers in groups such as grade levels, depts, or teams	Individual Teachers	Support Staff	Students/ parents
Hiring of staff	yes	input	input	input
School calendar	yes	input	input	input	input	input
Scheduling of students		yes		input
Assignment of teachers to classes	inform	yes		input
Textbook selection		yes	input (curr. teams)	input
Major curriculum changes  (e.g. new programs, such as German)	yes	input	input	input		input
Daily curriculum (e.g., lesson plans)		approval		yes
Curriculum alignment issues (e.g., scope & sequence)		approval	yes  (K-12 committees)	input
"Staff Development Day" agenda		yes (a Staff Dev. Team, including teachers, staff, and admin.)
School health, safety & climate issues	inform	yes	input from "Community" Task Force
Notes:      approval means that decison making has been delegated but that the adminstration retains rights of approval.      inform means that the Board expects to be informed of the decison.      input means that advice is sought, but decison making is not delegated.      other decison areas might include staff benefits, student discipline, graduation requirements, a new Mission Statement, etc. etc.