Selecting colleagues
Tenure policy
Choosing school leader
Professional development
Determining Assessments
Schedule
Compensation
Learning program
Budget
Broadening Assessments
School-level policy
Staff Pattern
Teacher work hours
Evaluating colleagues
Terminating/Transferring colleagues
Determining teacher pay scale, benefits, stipends or award bonuses
Being able to make the final decision on who is the best fit for the teacher team
The ability to hire and dismiss a principal, lead teacher or department head
The autonomy to decide on the topics, methods, and implementation of adult learning
Deciding whether to take, when to take, and how much to count non-state required tests.
Deciding the school calendar, start and end dates and instructional minutes
Choice of educational philosophy, teaching methods, and curriculum.
The autonomy to add work days to school calendar and determine specified work hours.
The autonomy to determine the mix of teachers and other positions and to decide if each position is full or part time.
Determining items such as homework, discipline and dress-code.
Deciding what system will be used to establish a teacher's at will status
Determining the process and methods for teacher assessment
Being able to determine alternative or multiple measures of student success
Choice in how to allocate categorical as well as discretionary monies
The autonomy to propose reassignment of staff to other positions.
