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Budget 2006/2007

Budget 2006/2007. Upper Canada District School Board Board Room Wednesday, August 30 th , 2006. Part I System Drivers Global Picture Provincial Goals Where we are Financial EQAO. Part II Annual Rebalancing GSN’s 2006/2007 Issues Discussion / Recommendations. Agenda.

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Budget 2006/2007

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  1. Budget 2006/2007 Upper Canada District School Board Board Room Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

  2. Part I System Drivers Global Picture Provincial Goals Where we are Financial EQAO Part II Annual Rebalancing GSN’s 2006/2007 Issues Discussion / Recommendations Agenda

  3. System Drivers - Impact of Elementary Enrolments Actual Projected

  4. System Drivers - Impact of Secondary Enrolments Actual Projected

  5. System Drivers - Impact of Projected Enrolment Decline on UCDSB Surplus Capacity

  6. Global Picture Multi-Year Issues Strategic Plan Special Education Plan Quest 2020

  7. Global Picture CREW – Set Long Term Direction

  8. Global Picture Special Education Plan • Sets long term direction within CREW • R-11 Development of System-wide Student Support Services Model • C-23 Guidelines for School-Based Student Support Delivery Model • E-14 Exceptional Student and Program Guidelines • C-24 Student Support Services Communication Plan • E-15 Multi-year Professional development Plan to Serve Exceptional Students

  9. Global Picture Quest 2020 • Drives a rebalancing by larger increments • As Study of: • Administration • Transportation • Plant • Wellness/Human Resources • Focused on • Demographics • Revenue forecasts • Wellness • Sustainability • Outcome • Rebuilding Targets Established

  10. Provincial Goals • EQAO • 75% of students achieving at Levels 3/4 by 2007 • Primary Class Size • 90% of all Primary Class Sizes at or below 20 with all primary classes at or below 23 by 2007/2008 • Graduation Rates • 80% of all students graduating by 2010

  11. Where We Are Financial Situation

  12. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  13. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  14. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  15. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  16. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  17. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  18. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  19. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 1 CREW year 2

  20. % Students Achieving Levels 3/4 on the EQAO Assessments CREW year 1 CREW year 2

  21. Comparison with other area Boards – one example Grade 6 Math CREW year 2 CREW year 1

  22. Part II – Rebalance Agenda • Annual Rebalancing • GSN 2006/2007 • Issues • Discussion/Recommendation • Next Steps

  23. Grant Revenue Changes • Grants for Student Needs (GSN) Changes (+ $6 million over 2005/2006) • Realignment of Funding to address the salary gap in Teacher funding: Moving Local Priorities - $ 6.5 million Adjusting Q&E Grant + $ 4.1 million (Qualification and Experience Grant) Reducing LOG - $ 1.0 million (Learning Opportunities Grant)

  24. Grant Revenue Changes • Salary Benchmarks 2004/2005 = 2% 2005/2006 = 2% 2006/2007 = 2.5% 2007/2008 = 3% • Additional Elementary Teacher Specialists related to increased preparation time. 2005/2006 = 4.53/1000 ADE 2006/2007 = 5.3/1000 ADE • Total Additional Elementary Teachers = 14 • Secondary Student Success and Focus on Literacy • Total Additional Secondary Teachers = 5.8

  25. Grant Revenue Changes • Primary Class Size Max • JK to Gr. 3 in 2006/2007 = 23:1 • JK to Gr. 3 in 2007/2008 = 20:1 in 90% of classes • Adjusting School Capacity • School-by-school review of accommodation for Primary Class Size • UCDSB slated to receive $315,221 for additional student accommodation dependent on final criteria

  26. Grant Revenue Changes School Foundation • 1 FTE Principal (above 50 ADE) • 1 FTE Office Admin (above 50 ADE) • Updated Salary benchmarks by moving funds from other grants

  27. Grant Revenue Changes Capital Good Places To LearnUCDSB Share Stage 1 = $1 Billion $10,847,832 Stage 2 = $ 0.5 Billion 06/07 $ 8,902,213 Stage 3 = $ 0.5 Billion 07/08 $ TBD Does not include prohibitive to repair schools (will be announced in 2007/2008)…

  28. Grant Revenue Changes Prohibitive to Repair (PTR) • $50 million to support $700 million of identified need • 200 schools with a Facilities Condition Index of 65% or greater (Ministry B: memo to come) • $10 million to support $137 million of need for new schools in areas where New Pupil Places (NPP) is not sufficient

  29. Grant Revenue Changes Special Education • Salary Benchmarks changes • SEPPA – migration of students to secondary means fewer $/student each year • Convert ISA into a per pupil amount and then adjust as enrolment changes ($750.59/student) • Still more work to do by Ministry

  30. Grant Revenue Changes Transportation • 2% for fuel (UCDSB $494,936) • Will not have grant reduced due to declining enrolment • $ for CPR and 1st aid training for drivers • Consortium delivery to be a requirement

  31. Grant Revenue Changes Utilities • 2% increase Trustee Remuneration, information to be released separately • $3.5 million provincially

  32. Grant Revenue Changes Reporting Rules • Primary Class Size major initiative (Ministry B:7 memo) • Student Success • Elementary Specialists • Unspent Classroom Funds Reserve restrictions to be removed • Board Administration and Governance maximum spending = 15% above grant amount • Distant and Rural School Funding restructured • More information to come Link to Spreadsheet

  33. 2006/2007 CREW Project Activities

  34. Communications Cycle Good Idea Board Committees New Direction Board Sub Committees Board of Trustees Provincial Mandate Implementation System Needs Priority

  35. Early Years Committee • Formed as a follow-up to Fraser Mustard's visit in 2003: representation from our community health and day care partners throughout the jurisdiction • Focus on sharing data, resources and best practices related to meeting the needs of our youngsters from birth to age 4 • Linking program delivery between our Early Years partners and our JK/SK classrooms • Significant expansion of Summer Programs

  36. Character Education • Communities of Character recognition • Character Always Student Film Festival • Extend Elementary Character Education curriculum to Core French and French Immersion • Phase II of ECO schools program (JK- Grade 12) • Student Senate/Governance

  37. Critical Incident Response Team • Critical Incident Response Team introduced during 2005/2006 • Next phase to provide training for selected school staff • Critical Incident Response Teams formed in each region

  38. Bullying Prevention • Funds for support materials to assist in enhancing bullying prevention programs • Enhanced bullying prevention training for principals/vice principals and school staffs • An implementation process ensuring schools provide a safe, secure learning environment

  39. Music and Arts Funding in Elementary Schools • Funds provided for arts programs in our elementary schools • Positive effect on the development of the arts in our elementary classrooms • Partnerships have been created with community artists • Students produce quality results from the instructional experiences

  40. Michelangelo Project • The Michelangelo Project commits to ensuring each and every student is successful in achieving their aspirations for learning and opportunities • Is a call for the rigorous commitment to ensure that student failure is not considered an option • Is a call for rigorous care, to take students “to the line and over the bar” • Is not a recipe but a conceptual framework to identify and use the many best practices that are found within the system • To ensure each student realizes their true potential

  41. Multi-year PD plan to serve exceptional students • A comprehensive training schedule developed to support: • Teachers • Educational Assistants • Principals, and • Psychological services staff in meeting special education needs.

  42. Development of System wide student support service model • 87 Learning Resource Coaches hired to: • Support classroom teachers in using differentiated instruction • Work with student support teams • Support students with special education needs

  43. Quality Daily Physical Education (QDPE) • Physical activity vs. Physical Education • Physical activity “Movement of the body that expends energy” • Physical education “Planned program of instruction and physical activity that is balanced, inclusive, participatory and developmentally appropriate. It will provide the knowledge, skills and competencies so that learners have the commitment and capacity to lead healthy, active lives.”

  44. Quality Daily Physical Education (QDPE) UCDSB Vision • Every elementary school will provide 30 minutes of daily physical education • Every secondary school will implement an active, healthy living program that involves innovative and flexible delivery models and opportunities for daily physical activity

  45. Quality Daily Physical Education (QDPE) Benefits of QDPE • Reduces • Anxiety • Depression and tension • Obesity • Osteoporosis • Bullying • Inactivity • Heart disease and high blood pressure • Diabetes • Increases self-esteem which in turn affects academic improvement • Less likely to smoke or consume alcohol • Enhances academic achievement particularly in mathematics, reading, memorization and categorization

  46. Web-Centric • Almost 3000 new PCs deployed to schools for student and staff use • Over 3000 old PCs retired, 600 refurbished and donated to needy families • 120 School Servers ready to be decommissioned, saving about $300,000 over five years • Payment to occur over a 3 year period

  47. Board Website • New Board website delivered: winner of Apex Grand Award for Communications • New Insite Portal & over 100 school ‘team sites’ delivered and in use • 38 schools have new external websites with consistent branding and navigation • System for building teacher websites delivered, in use and growing

  48. Dashboard Metrics • All principals and vice-principals have received training on the dashboard • “Dashboard Lite” scorecard tool delivered so all staff have access to Board wide indicators • Significant evidence of data being used to drive school improvement strategies • Special funding for this project from Ministry of Education MISA initiative • HR Module in development for October

  49. Streamline Technical Supports • Workflow system deployed and functional • Offense declaration form completed electronically for first time • Electronic timesheet targeted for launch in November • Combined savings ~$100,000 per year • “Self Serve” area on portal for electronic pay stubs coming online in September – savings about $20,000per year

  50. Education Roadmap • Education and Career information to assist students and parents with choosing career destinations • Highlighting different Career Pathways, Apprenticeship, College, University, and the World of Work

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