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Please take a note card to record your questions and public input. Collaborative School Committee February 6, 2018. Agenda. Agenda/Introductions CSC Roles 18.19 SY Budget Rationale: Review Data and Goals Small Group Instruction Carson School Priorities Questions Q & A
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Please take a note card to record your questions and public input.
Collaborative School Committee February 6, 2018
Agenda Agenda/Introductions CSC Roles 18.19 SY Budget Rationale: Review Data and Goals Small Group Instruction Carson School Priorities Questions Q & A Public Input
Collaborative School Committee: Roles CSC Does Not: • Participate in the day to day operations of the school • Get involved in issues relating to individuals (staff, students, or parents) within the school • Get involved in personnel issues (the School Personnel committee will stand alone according to the current DPS/DCTA contract) CSC Does: • Act as the school accountability committee for the school • Provide guidance, evaluation, and recommendations • Advise the principal and IS concerning the preparation of the UIP and if applicable submit recommendations concerning the contents • Provide input and recommendations on an advisory basis to the IS concerning principal evaluation
Student based budgeting (sbb) A school funding system where dollars follow students, with incentives for schools to grow enrollment and serve all students Recognizing that students with different needs may require higher costs to serve them, SBB provides a base per pupil funding amount for all students and then additional per pupil weights. Some include: • English Language Learners • Students with Special Needs (Mild/Moderate disabilities) • Low-income students (Free and Reduced Lunch) • Gifted & Talented students
Student based budgeting (sbb) • School leadership is able to determine how to spend their funds to best meet their student’s educational needs and improve student outcomes • Although SBB gives some autonomy to school leaders, some funding sources and state laws require some allocations to be spent in a specific way • Traditional schools budget for and hire full-time positions based on the average salary and benefit cost • For FY19, the average total cost for a 1.0 FTE teacher is $71,479
General Funds: Operational Budget-- YTD 2017 • Paper copies -- $34,340 • Eon Office Supplies--$30,615 • Curriculum--$11,825 • Internal Charges--$10,840 • Non-capital Equipment Services--$10,309 • Transportation--$13,352 • Classroom Supplies--$24,429 • Lease of Equipment--$2,493 • Community/Character Ed--$7,704 TOTAL: $145,907
Unified Improvement Plan-Major Improvement Strategies • Small Group Instruction- Differentiation • ALL students will participate in small group instruction in both math and literacy • Students will receive interventions and extensions based on need • Specialists will work with small needs based groups during this time • Student progress will be reviewed every 6 weeks • Advantage Teaching • Teachers will utilize pre-assessment data to identify prerequisite skills for mastering grade level content during collaborative unit planning • Teachers will pre-teach prerequisite skills prior to whole group instruction on a daily/weekly basis • Weekly data teams will be utilized to analyze the success of the pre-teach and to plan needed reteach • Professional Development • Teachers will effectively plan and implement all components of early literacy instruction • Small group instruction will be present in 100% of classrooms
ELA & Math Achievement Data Goal: 80%
Small Group Instruction for Student Success • Research supports small group instruction: • The results of instruction in groups of 3-6 were comparable to the results of one-on-one instruction • Students with and without disabilities experience high-yield gains in overall academics as a result of receiving instruction in a small group setting • Instructional conversations are easier to conduct and support in smaller groups
18.19 SY Impact: Small Group Instructional Position • Grades 1-5 will gain small group instructional hours (Kindergarten already has full-time small group instructional hours) • Per grade level: • 20 kids/day - 20 min./group - 4 groups/day - 100 min./week • 20 min. X 174.5 student contact days • 3,490 min./year of extra small group instructional time with a highly qualified teacher
Staffing Plan: Changing Roles 18.19 SY Staffing Plan 1 FTE Intervention Teacher (.5 literacy & .5 Math) .5 FTE ESL Teacher 1 General Para II-8 Hours (Library Services) .5 School Technology Partner 3 Specials Rotations Current 17.18 Staffing Plan 3 Tutor Paraprofessional Positions 1 FTE Librarian 1.0 FTE ESL Teacher 4 Specials Rotations
18.19 SY Unfunded Priorities • Additional funding for the operational budget -- $48K • Increase .5 FTE Gifted & Talented Specialist Teacher to 1.0 -- $37K • Seek staff and community feedback on top priorities in alignment with student data and the school Unified Improvement Plan.