Purpose
The Alisal Labor Management Accord (ALMA) Team, comprised of District Staff, focuses on collaboration and communication by all stakeholders to create a culture of “we” that will teach the whole child and close the achievement gap for our students. The ALMA Team will model and support a culture of collaboration where all stakeholders are a part of supporting AUSD initiatives that will lead to continuous improvement in our district as a system.
Function
- Focus on creating a school system rather than a system of schools
- Build a system-wide capacity focused on listening and learning together -- a culture of “we”
- Increase student achievement through empowerment and support of School Leadership Teams
- Using agreed upon data, identifies and diagnoses needs and targeted supports; then monitors the progress of the supports to empower students through learning
- Communicates results of system wide accomplishments, challenges, and opportunities for improvement with internal and external communities in the learning system
Composition
Approximately 50% of the ALMA District Learning Team is comprised of labor and 50% of management and includes the following:
- Representative from school and district community (teachers, paraeducators, maintenance, etc.)
- AUSD Board Members
- AUSD Superintendent
- AUSD Associate Superintendents
- ATA Leadership
- CSEA Leadership
- AUSD Directors
- AUSD Principals
