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Watertown Public Schools School Committee Joint Budget & Finance, and Curriculum Subcommittees Secondary Programming January 25, 2010 Kimo Carter, Middle School Principal Michael Noftsker, High School Principal Curriculum Coordinators. Presentation Overview. Ongoing Implementations
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Watertown Public SchoolsSchool CommitteeJoint Budget & Finance, and Curriculum SubcommitteesSecondary ProgrammingJanuary 25, 2010Kimo Carter, Middle School PrincipalMichael Noftsker, High School PrincipalCurriculum Coordinators
Presentation Overview • Ongoing Implementations • Staffing Needs • Materials & Supplies Needs • Questions
Ongoing Implementations • Cohesive Programming • 6-12 Coordinators • Curriculum continuity • Professional development • Curriculum & Technology Integration • "Geek of the Week" • Presentations at Faculty Meetings • Student Support Systems • Academic Assistance / Academic Learning Center • Language-based Instruction • Reading Program • Social-Emotional Programming • CAP Program • IES Program • Autism Program
Ongoing Implementations • Expanded Opportunities for Students • Engineering by Design • Virtual High School • MS and HS Robotics • Foreign Language: Rosetta Stone • ArMedia • MS and HS Journalism • MS Enrichment • Drama • “Fun, Fit for Life” • Academic Support After School
Current Realities • Increased enrollments • Decrease in staffing and larger class sizes • Increase in specialized instruction needs • English Language Learners • Language-Based Learners • Learning Support Students • Emotionally Challenged Students • Autism Spectrum • Decrease in Minuteman enrollment • Increase in quantities and costs of materials and supplies
Staffing Needs • High School Special Education • Expanded HS Language-based program. Staff needed: 0.8 FTE (Dual certification – SPED/Math) • Social-emotional programs for students with emotional needs • Program for anxious students • Program for behavioral students • Attendance tracking • Additional staff needed: 1.0 teacher FTE, 2.0 IA FTEs, 0.75 social worker • Vocational coach for school-to-work transitions program: 1.0 IA FTE • Middle School Special Education • Expanded Autism Program. Staff needed: 3.5 IA FTEs
Staffing Needs(cont.) • High School ESL • HS Intermediate English for ELLs: 0.2 FTE • 0.5 ESL tutor to replace current volunteer • High School Math • Four-year math requirement • Need a 0.2 FTE for an ELL sheltered math class • Middle School English/Reading • 1.0 FTE for English and Reading that was cut in FY2010 • Helps to reduce reading class sizes • Special Education and ESL departments • Middle School SRO • Explore cost-share with the Police Department for part-time school resource officer for the middle school. (Cut by Police Dept. in FY10)
School-Wide Needs • Furniture for high and middle schools: $10,000 yearly line-item to upgrade furniture on a year-to-year basis • Increase in school-based materials and supplies budgets: $15,000 per school • Student Laptops and peripherals • To be discussed with Tech/Teaching & Learning plan • Instructional Technology and Learning Commons • To be discussed with Tech/Teaching & Learning plan
English • English Department becomes English & Communications Department • Updated technology for new Web 2.0 Communications course: (To be discussed with Tech/Teaching & Learning plan.) • Updated technology for journalism (To be discussed with Tech/Teaching & Learning plan.) • Social Studies • Geography Alive textbooks for grade 6: $10,500 • US History textbooks for grades 9 and 10: $3,200 • Additional materials for HS courses: $2,200 Materials & Supplies Needs
Materials & Supplies Needs (cont.) • Math • Complete Impact Math textbook purchase: $3,500 • Technology for math: document cameras, smartboards, (To be discussed with Tech/Teaching & Learning plan.) • Science • Transportation for HS Science League: $3,200 • Lab equipment for middle and high schools: $15,000 (could be done in a multi-year plan) • MS Enrichment Robotics materials: $2,000
Materials & Supplies Needs (cont.) • Foreign Language • HS Rosetta Stone software: $3,000 • HS Spanish Textbooks: $8,000 • Updated technology for HS language lab: Plan under construction • Fine and Performing Arts • Share HS and MS instrument repair costs • PE and Health • MS and HS fitness center maintenance: $3,000 • High School Intramurals: $2,000 from the PEP grant • Open MS fitness center after school 2 additional days: $2,700
Materials & Supplies Needs (cont.) • Assessment & Guidance • Measures of Academic Progress, Grades 6-11: To be discussed with Teaching & Learning plan • Special Education • Assistive technology/Universal Design • MS Language-based: Language! curriculum with Kurzweil software: $10,000 • MS Learning Support: specialized math curriculum: $2,000 • Expanded MS Autism: specialized curriculum: $4,000 • New HS Social-Emotional Program: specialized curriclum: $5,000