District Leadership Team (DLT)

Site-Based Decision Making

Hays CISD has an established site-based decision-making committee at the district level to advise the superintendent on educational goals and objectives. This committee is known as the District Leadership Team (DLT). The committee includes representatives professional staff, parents of students enrolled in the district, business representatives, and community members.  Two levels of site-based decision making teams function within the district:

  • District-level: District Leadership Team [DLT]

  • Campus-level: Campus Leadership Team [CLT]

The construct and utilization of the District Leadership Team and Campus Leadership Teams, are in accordance to the Texas Education Code, Legal/Local Policy, and written administrative procedure (Sec. 11.251, Sec. 11.252, Sec. 11.253, Sec. 11.254, BQ Legal, BQ Local, BQA Legal, BQA Local, BQB Legal, BQB Local and Administrative Procedures as found in the 2018-2019 Hays CISD Plan for SBDM)

DLT Facilitator

Stephanie Norris
Director - Federal Programs
Email Stephanie Norris

 If you are interested in serving on the District Leadership Committee, feel free to contact the DLT Facilitator
-or- submit this form. 

Campus Leadership Teams (CLT)

The Campus Leadership Team (CLT) shall be established on each campus to serve in an advisory role to the principal in the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation of the campus educational program. The CLT serves exclusively in an advisory role in decisions in the areas of planning, budgeting, curriculum, staffing patterns, and school organization except that each committee shall approve staff development of a campus nature. Principals are encouraged to have an ad-hoc committee develop the campus improvement plan which is then reviewed, revised, and approved by the campus leadership team. The campus improvement plan is the guide to improving student performance for all student populations with respect to the academic excellence indicators and any other appropriate performance measures for special needs populations.

CLT members should consist of representatives from the teachers, support staff, parents, community, and businesses. Two-thirds of the members are required to be classroom teachers and at least one parent, community member, and business representative are to be included. The principal should also be on the committee, but is encouraged to select a chairperson to facilitate the meetings or have the committee elect a chair. Staff positions may be designated by grade level, department, team, or whatever unit the campus decides. The principal will establish the nomination process for staff positions and parent/community/business positions may be filled by appointment by the principal. Members from these different groups may volunteer to serve.