Continuing Our Journey…..Agenda

Administrative Staff MeetingDecember 14, 2006

1. Rumor Control 4. Budget

2. Goals 5. SBM Survey

3. TSTT 6. ROP

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Rumor Control1. We plan to implement the final phase of

full-day kindergarten 2. No plan to eliminate CMS3. Payments for the Edward L. Kelly

Leadership Center are like a home mortgage

4. The school day5. You were invited to this meeting in the

“Leader”

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2006-07 Goals(Our Instructional Focus)

• Literacy – Building background knowledge and academic vocabulary and a constructivist approach to mathematics

• Inclusion – A continuum of collaboration

• A healthy and safe environment that promotes equity

• Professional learning communities

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Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers

• Founded over 12 years ago

• Goal of recruiting, training, and mentoring culturally diverse and economically challenged students become teachers

• Students tutor, job shadow, visit colleges, and intern for 20 hours in the summer

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Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers

• Students attend workshops to learn the college application process, prepare for the SAT, and develop teaching skills

• Working to develop partnerships with area colleges to provide tuition scholarships

• 50 PWCS students from six high schools– Battlefield, Freedom, Gar-Field, Hylton,

Potomac, and Stonewall

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Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers

• Each school will have a teacher mentor to meet with students and arrange tutoring assignments and summer internships

• Northern Virginia Regional Program Manager– Andrea Falden– faldenam@pwcs.edu – 703.580.4562 (Freedom High School office)

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Changing Economic Climate• Increasing expenditures

– Growing student enrollment (new schools & renovations)

– External funding pressures (VRS, GASB 45, health insurance, inflation)

– Competitive wages and benefits

– Complete implementation of full-day kindergarten

– Technology improvements – update old technology

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Changing Economic Climate

• Shrinking property tax revenues

– Slowdown in new building projects

– Lower property assessments

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School-Based Management (SBM) Survey

• Survey of all school-based staff conducted in collaboration with PWEA and PWFT in May 2006– 30% response rate – 2307 completed surveys– Asked general questions and series of school-

level questions

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School-Based Management (SBM) Survey

• Overall Results– 69% reported good understanding of SBM– 71% of respondents indicated having experience

with SBM– Awareness/Participation Gap

• Majority (50-65%) knowledgeable about school advisory councils

• Smaller numbers (30-43%) participated on advisory councils or in decision-making process

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School-Based Management (SBM) Survey

• School-Level Findings– Positive overall – majority of items rated at 3.5

or higher on 5 point scale– Strengths

• Availability of school’s strategic plan • Consistency of plan with Division’s strategic plan

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School-Based Management (SBM) Survey

• School-Level Findings continued…..– Areas of concern

• Input into budget development• Communication at school being too top-down• Important needs not funded because of other

budget priorities

– School-level variation

found

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ROP

• Mr. Kris Pedersen will review changes to the ROP Regulation – no reduction in benefits– Accountability, forms, and protocols

• PowerPoint slides posted to the Intranet

• Further discussion at Area meetings– January 22, Areas I and II– January 23, Areas III and IV

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