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McDonald Elementary School Fundraising Past, Present and Future
McDonald Elementary School
FundraisingPast, Present and Future
McDonald Elementary PTA Fundraising
How Our PTA Supports Our School
• Acknowledging what is and what is not provided by the School District
• How we are choosing to supplement and enhance those offerings
• Developing a plan and strategies to support our growth as we move forward
Graphic of stretching money
What the School District Provides for McDonald: • ½ Kindergarten School Day• Core curriculum of Math, Science and Reading & Wri?ng• Basic Supplies• 1 Gym teacher• ½ Librarian• 1.5 Secretary
What we need to pay for:•Fieldtrips•Addi?onal supplies •Arts Programs •Music before 4th grade •Tutoring•Before/ALer School Programs•Web-‐site
Where Our Funding Comes From:
Immersion Support:
• Immersion Assistants• Interns and related expenses• Immersion support materials
What Our Fundraising Efforts Have Accomplished Thus Far in 2011-‐2012
• Move-‐a-‐Thon: $37,498.04• Family Dance: $5,898• Murphy’s Trivia Night: $590• Direct DonaUons: $1,050• Membership Dues: $653
• 2011-‐2012 IA Fund: $96,354.50 • Corporate Match DonaUons:
$20,203.82 (part of the above total)
Why Two? PTA General Fund vs.
Immersion Support Fund
• PTA General Fund -‐ Whole School
• Immersion Support Fund -‐ Immersion Programs
What Your PTA Pays For : Filling in the Gaps -‐ the General Fund
• 1:1 literacy/phonics tutors• Classroom educaUonal materials & supplies
• Field trips• Website & E-‐newsle^er• Student Directory• OrientaUon and ProspecUve family events
• Community Building events• Teacher appreciaUon efforts • Insurance• PTA Board member training • Local, state and naUonal PTA membership dues
What Your 2011-‐2012 PTAImmersion Support Fund Paid For:Immersion Assistants and Interns
Spanish -‐ Immersion Assistants
Japanese -‐ Intern
Mayra CastanaGuadalajara, Mexico
Enedina McGoughChihuahua, Mexico
Ai YamamotoKagoshima,Japan
What Is The Difference between Immersion Assistants (IA) and Immersion Interns (II)?
• IAs are experienced teachers hired and salaried by the Sea^le School District.
• IIs are teacher assistants who come to us through internaUonal programs (like the Japanese Government, Amity) that are created to give naUve language speakers the chance to work/teach abroad.
An Immersion Assistant (IA) or an Immersion Intern (II) is a teacher assistant that is naUve speaker in the foreign language being taught by the primary teacher.
•ReducUon of the student-‐teacher raUo by one-‐half.•Increase in the opportunity for students to hear and have conversaUons in the foreign language being taught.•Availability of addiUonal support for all students, regardless of ability.•AddiUon of depth and breadth of classroom cultural enrichment.
Benefits Of This Kind of Classroom Support Include:
14:1 Student to Instructor ra?o with an Immersion Assistant/Intern
28:1 Student to Instructor ra?o without an Immersion Assistant/Intern
Language Immersion InstrucUon without an Immersion Assistant or Intern
With Without
The CriUcal Importance of Immersion Assistants and Interns
Other SeaRle School District language immersion schools and many na?onwide have employed
Immersion Assistants (IAs) and Immersion Interns (IIs) with great success.
“ Having a an IA is invaluable… the extra support provides me with more time to plan, reflect, and design more effective lessons. “
- Diane Einmo, McDonald Spanish Immersion Teacher
How Much Do Immersion Assistants and Interns Cost Us?
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• The cost for the SeaRle Public Schools to hire each Assistant is $50,000
• This breaks down to approximately $25,000 per class.
• The approximate cost for each Intern is projected to be around $5,000
“The McDonald Immersion Model”
While our program is “modeled” aLer the John Stanford Interna?onal School Model, our school is unique in the challenges we face today in launching our Immersion Programs.
Ø No “seed” funding available from the School District to support the teachers as they execute their curriculum in large classrooms.
ØStruggling School District unable to stretch more to assist our launch.
ØNew zoning and area boundaries mean less na?ve language speaking students to enhance the classroom experience.
ØTeachers and Staff mostly new to the model.
INTERNS and GRANTSYour PTA Hard At
Work To Find External Funding
AMITY INTERNATIONAL -‐ INTERNS:
Amity is a nonprofit organiza?on that sponsors interna?onal educators to teach in U.S. schools.
U.S.-‐JAPAN FOUNDATION PRE-‐COLLEGE EDUCATION GRANT:
Since 1980, USJF has supported projects that have involved more than 5,000 pre-‐college teachers in the US and Japan in mutual study and learning on topics related to the US-‐Japan rela?onship, including in-‐depth study of the culture, society and history of both countries.
We Need Your Help!Our goal for our 2012-‐2013 Immersion Support Fund is:
$300,000Based on projected classroom
needs for 2012 -‐ 2013:Ø2 full-‐?me Japanese IAs -‐ $100,000Ø3 full-‐?me Spanish IAs -‐ $150,000Ø2 Japanese IIs -‐ $10,000Ø2 Spanish IIs -‐ $10,000ØAddi?onal costs related to Immersion Support -‐ $30,000
Other Op?ons? Technology? Hybrid models?
Other ideas?
Your McDonald PTA Fundraising Team
needs you… TODAY!!
General Fund Immersion Support Fund
September January July
McDonald Fundraising Calendar
• Move-‐ A-‐Thon• T-‐Shirt and Sweatshirt sales• Box Tops, other small
• Year round grant applica?ons• “P.A.Th. To Success” -‐ Spring Phone-‐
a-‐thon (direct ask campaign)
Timeline for the IA Fund Drive
Jan 2012
April 2012
May 2012
June 2012
July 2012
Aug 2012
Sept 2012
Mar 2012
P.A.Th. To Success!
IS Fund Kick-‐off, Intern search, Grant wriUng
Start School!
EsUmate IS needs – more?Recruit Fundraising Volunteers
Hire more IAs , Welcome IIs
It is anUcipated that $1,000 needs to be raised per student to adequately fund our schools Immersion Support needs
P.A.TH. To Success!In May, 2012 every McDonald School Family parUcipaUng in the immersion program will be contacted to request a contribuUon to the Schools Immersion Support Fund.
All contribuUons tax deducUble.
