Shared-Decision Making Committee (SDMC)

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education established and approved the campus-level planning and decision-making process in 1992. This process includes the creation and maintenance of a Shared Decision-Making Committee (SDMC) at each school to review the district’s educational goals, objectives, and major district wide classroom instructional programs. Each committee is designed to involve professional and non-professional staff, parents, community members, and business representatives in establishing academic and other performance objectives of the school for each academic excellence indicator adopted in the Texas Education Code (TEC §11.253, TEC §39.051). The SDMC was authorized to fulfill the following responsibilities:

The SDMC is required to meet at least once a year to discuss the performance of the school and the school’s objectives. A record of all decisions and significant discussion items must be maintained by the committee. This information should be disseminated to appropriate school and district personnel as well as be available upon request for public review.

1. Implement all pertinent campus-level planning processes;
2. Develop recommendations for the school budget;
3. Submit recommendations for the school curriculum;
4. Recommend changes in the school’s staffing patterns;
5. Develop and approve the campus staff development plans;
6. Develop, review, and revise the School Improvement Plan (SIP) for the purpose of improving student performance for all student populations (after principal approval of the SIP, the SDMC presents the plan to staff for approval);
7. Review and make recommendations regarding the school’s organizational structure, and
8. Establish procedures to periodically obtain broad-based community, parent, and staff input.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Member Name	Role	Email
Stephanie Square	Principal	ssquare@houstonisd.org
Rachele Jones	Special Education Representative	Rjones33@houstonisd.org
Emmanuel Ajiodo	Classroom Teacher	EAJIODO@houstonisd.org
Arleita Myers	Classroom Teacher	arleita.myers@houstonisd.org
Charles Walton	Professional Staff – Other School Based Professional	chalres.walton@houstonisd.org
Heather Lopez	Non-Instructional Staff	heather.lopez@houstonisd.org
Sister Mama Sonya Roberts	Community Representative	whatzthestory1@gmail.com
Courtnie Riley	Parent Representative – PTO	courtnieriley@yahoo.com
Darrell Barrett	Parent Representative
William Saunders	Community Representative	william.saunders@tsu.edu
Pamela Boveland	Business Representative	drpjae@sbcglobal.net

 

SDMC Composition of NEWLY ELECTED members

• 2 x Classroom Teachers
  • Arlieta Myers
  • Emmanuel Ajiodo
• 1 x Other School-Based Professional
  • Charles Walton
• 1x Non-instructional Staff Member
  • Heather Lopez

 

Meeting Dates

Q1: August, September, October – OCTOBER 13^TH 5PM

Q2: November, December, January – DECEMBER 1^ST 5PM

Q3: February, March, April – APRIL 6^TH 5PM

Q4: May, June, and July – JUNE 8^TH 5PM