M & M Elementary School

1. M & M Elementary School M & M School is a pre-K through 6th grade school located in Arizona City, AZ.

2. Vision • M & M’s vision is committed to delivering rigor and relevance through a challenging core academic program with high expectations for all learners. We strive to develop a safe learning environment with small class sizes. We are dedicated to creating a community of critical thinkers and lifelong learners. Through the leadership’s commitment to continually develop and improve our school and the staff we are able to support this vision.

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4. Instructional Expenditures • Academic Program: • Rigorous curriculum rooted in the CCSS • Singapore Math curriculum • Writer’s Workshop with students working through the writing process on narrative, argumentative, informative and research pieces • Reading class featuring guided reading and reading workshop utilizing popular, high-interest novels as well as literary classics • Inquiry-based science class • American and world history class • Spanish, Art, Music and PE

5. Instructional Expenditures • Enrollment figures: • 508 students • Pre-K: 18 K: 73 • 1st: 68 2nd: 74 • 3rd: 71 4th: 62 • 5th: 73 6th: 69

6. Instructional Expenditures • Core Academic Teachers: • Small classes: Average 1:19 student-to-teacher ratio • 2 half day sections of Prekindergarten (tuition based)  1 teacher • 4 sections of Kindergarten  4 teachers • 4 sections of 1st Grade  4 teachers • 4 sections of 2nd Grade 4 teachers • 4 sections of 3rd Grade  4 teachers • 3 sections of 4th Grade  3 teachers • 3 sections of 5th Grade 3 teachers • 3 sections of 6th Grade 3 teachers

7. Instructional Expenditures • Core Academic Teachers: • 26 core teachers are budgeted for a student body of 508. • Small classes help realize our school vision. • Research has shown that small classes have a positive impact on student achievement (Odden & Picus, 2008). • Having fewer students in a classroom allows more timely feedback and interaction within the classroom, which has been shown to increase student learning (“Class Size,” 2011).

8. Instructional Expenditures • Specialists: • Art – 1 teacher PE- 1 teacher • Music- 1 teacher Spanish- 2 teachers • Students rotate through Art, Music and PE and attend Spanish every day. • Specialist rotations provide students a break from the academic rigor of the classroom while also providing elements of culture that the classroom might not be able to provide. • Time spent in specialist classes provides teachers with collaborative plan time to analyze student data, plan lessons and create assessments to meet the needs of all of their students.

9. Instructional Expenditures • Extra Help: • 3 Special Education teachers budgeted to service students with IEPs. 3 teachers allow for push-out and pull-in services for all qualified students. • 1 Gifted Education teacher provides enrichment to qualified students an hour a day or one day a week.

10. Instructional Expenditures • Extra Help: • 1 Reading Specialist to provide remedial reading instruction to qualified struggling students. • 1 ELD teacher to work with the school’s 153 ELD students. • A Speech Pathologist, Occupational and Physical Therapist are budgeted by the district

11. Instructional Expenditures • Teacher Professional Development: • 2 staff professional development days are held during the school year with specialized consultants brought in to lead the staff. The topics are decided on based on the school’s focus area for that year. • Based on topics seen as needed on the beginning of year needs assessment, periodic development throughout the school year is also provided. Bi-weekly staff meetings will serve as an opportunity for development provided by content-area specialists on staff.

12. Instructional Expenditures • Teacher Professional Development: • Effective professional development results in a change of teacher behavior (Odden & Picus, 2008). District instructional coaches are available to assist probationary teachers in these changes. They are also available by request for non-probationary teachers to encourage change in their teaching as a result of professional development.

13. Instructional Expenditures • Non-classroom Instructional Staff: • Educational Aides: 5 aides are included in the budget, allowing Pre-K, and Kinder their own aide. 1 aide is then shared for every two grade levels • Aides are fill the following roles: • Instructional support/tutoring • Supervision • Before and after school playground monitoring • Lunch room monitoring and lunch recess supervision • Bus lines monitoring

14. Instructional Expenditures • Non-classroom Instructional Staff: • The budget includes 1 Technology Aide who is available to assist with technological issues the school might experience as well as help at times in the lab when a teacher visits with a class. • The budget does not include a school library or librarian; the PTO and family donations supply a large classroom library for each teacher. Research can be conducted in the computer lab using online database subscriptions and websites. The public library across the street is also available for classes to visit periodically if needed, although several articles have discussed libraries becoming obsolete with the growing use of digital texts.

15. Instructional Expenditures • Non-classroom Instructional Staff: • Certified Substitutes= 1.7 FTE • .05 of classroom teachers was determined. This number was then given a teacher’s salary to use in the budget for certified substitutes as recommended by Odden & Picus, 2008. • I budgeted for substitutes for PreK-6th classroom teachers, specialists and special education teachers

16. Instructional Expenditures • Instructional Materials and Equipment: • General Supplies Money • To cover: • Copier, maintenance and supplies • Teacher and classroom supplies • Work room supplies • PE, Art and Music equipment • Provides additional funds for capital outlay purchases

17. Instructional Expenditures • Instructional Materials and Equipment: • Technology: $750 per pupil budgeted, suggested by Odden & Picus, 2008 as the median annual costs. • Provides for initial purchase of and upkeep up • Computer lab with 30 P.C.s • 4 Clicker-Vote systems school wide • 3 student computers in each classroom • Document camera in each classroom

18. Instructional Expenditures • Instructional Materials and Equipment: • Technology planned for the future (through PTO fund-raising) • Interactive whiteboards in each classroom • Research has shown technology in education benefits students by increasing motivation and academic achievement , even leading to an increase in attendance (Homme, Asay, and Morgenstern, 2004; Marzano, 2009).

19. Instructional Expenditures • Instructional Materials and Equipment: • Capitol Outlay, $100 per pupil, supplemented by General Supplies Money • Textbooks and consumables • Computer lab electronic services • Replacement classroom furniture • Replacement classroom equipment • Reading Specialist Room leveled books • PE equipment • Music Equipment • Art Supplies

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22. Non-instructional Expenditures • Student Support: • 1 school nurse • Tends to health needs of students • Supplies medical materials for field trips • Educates staff on procedures for medical emergencies • 1 School Counselor shared with neighboring elementary (.5 FTE) • Provides whole group instruction throughout the year on bullying, confidence, leadership, etc… • Meets with students on an as-needed basis • Organizes CST

23. Non-instructional Expenditures • Student Support: • Student Activities • Teachers are provided a stipend for leading: • Student Council (1 meeting a week) • Band (2 meetings a week)

24. Non-instructional Expenditures • Administration • 1 school principal • Sets goals for school • Supervises teaching • Addresses student discipline issues • Fosters collaborative professional environment • 1 school secretary • Clerical work for principal and school • Maintains finances at the school level • Overtime provided for 3 hours of work at home a week • 1 attendance clerk • Maintains and reports attendance records • Communicates absences/tardies to parents • Registers/withdraws students • Assist secretary in answering phones

25. Non- instructional Expenditures • Operations and Maintenance • 1 Lead Custodian • Cleans and maintains grounds during school hours • Supervises support custodians' work • Sets up and takes down lunch tables • Overtime provided for after school activities • 2 Support Custodians • Clean and maintain school after hours • Maintenance and supplies at the school level • Custodial cleaning supplies and equipment • Items for student and staff restrooms • Building level maintenance (landscaping, building repairs…) managed by the district

26. Non- instructional Expenditures • Operations and Maintenance • School lunch services offered in cafeteria, served by 1 cafeteria supervisor and 1 cafeteria aide who work 5 hours a day • Prepare food prior to lunch hour • Set out food • Swipe students’ lunch cards during check out • Clean up lunch lines and kitchen after lunch hour

27. Non- instructional Expenditures • Transportation Slush Fund • If the 2% for transportations funds is not assessed by the end of the school year the funds will be used for putting interactive whiteboards and clicker vote systems in each classroom.

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29. Class Size. (July 1, 2011). Education Week. Retrieved from http:// www.edweek.org / ew/ issues/ class-size/. • Homme, J., Assay, G., & Morgenstern, B. (2004). Utilisation of an audience response system. Medical Education, 38 (5), 575. • Marzano, R. (2009). Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards. Multiple Measures. 67(3) , 80-82. • Odden, A., & Worden, L. (2008). School Finance: A Policy Perspective (4th. ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.