The Georgia School Council Institute is a nonprofit
organization created to help school councils, the school community and the
public understand their roles and responsibilities in public education.
Founded in 2000, GSCI is focused on improving student achievement in public
schools across Georgia.
The mission of GSCI is to involve parents, educators,
and members of the business community in a collaborative effort to improve
public education in Georgia.
- www.GeorgiaEducation.org - GSCI has created an extensive website that provides easy analysis of student achievement data, school council training and resources, education news and links to education information resources.
- School Performance Analysis - GSCI helps a community understand how well a school is performing by showing how to analyze student achievement data in a variety of meaningful ways, including the comparisons of schools to similar schools based on student demographics and to system, state and national averages.
- Research - GSCI has selected schools that are demonstrating outstanding student achievement across the state of Georgia in order to identify their "Effective Practices".
- Speaker's Bureau - GSCI staff can speak from experience on a variety of educational topics including school councils, education reform, the No Child Left Behind legislation, accountability and assessment, and involving the business community in improving student achievement.
- School Council Training - GSCI has developed and delivered over 20,000 training manuals to school council members, in addition to the hands-on training of over 5,000 school council members.