Long Range Plan 200607

1
Long Range Plan 2006-07

• Middle School
• and
• High School Proposals

2
Every Day Foreign Language in Grade 7

• Enable students to complete proficiency exam by
  the end of grade 8
• Better prepare students for foreign language
  study at the high school level
• Raise percentage of students at the mastery level
  on foreign language regents exam
• Budgeted - 19,482

3
Health Program Shift from Grade 7 to Grade 6

• Provide new health curriculum at a more
  appropriate grade level
• Align K-5 health program students entering middle
  school
• Health would be offered at grades 6, 7, and 8 for
  one year to accommodate change in program
• Budgeted - transfer of present resource to cover
  one year program cost in grade 7, if GOAL
  proposal adopted

4
Acceleration in Studio Art Opportunity in Grade 8

• Students able to begin art sequence for high
  school in grade 8, allowing for more elective
  opportunities in grades 9-12
• Provides acceleration opportunity for students
  who are highly able in art
• Enhances opportunity for AP art course being
  offered at the high school in the future
• Budgeted - use of present art staff from the
  middle school

5
SAIL Coach Shift from Grade 6 to Grade 7

• Consolidates program in grades 7 and 8, where
  more success has been shown
• Grade 6 students would continue to receive
  services through homework club
• Budgeted - use of present MS SAIL resources

6
Increased Social Work ( .2)

• Address increased social and emotional needs of
  students in the general education program at the
  middle school
• Positively affect academic performance of
  students served
• Build capacity for mandated social work IEP
  frequencies from the building
• Budgeted - 10,812 (Grant funded )

7
MSP 8

• Continues approach of building capacity for
  students with special needs to be educated in
  their home district
• Completes continuum of MSP 6-8
• Staffed by teacher, teacher assistant, teacher
  aide ( all 1.0), speech and social worker ( .2
  each)
• Addresses achievement of State standards with
  in-house program created and monitored by
  district
• Budgeted - 130,509 (we believe this to be a
  cost-avoidance proposal)

8
Young Scholars Opportunity at Grade 6

• Extends Young Scholars program to grade 4-6
  continuum
• Offers enrichment opportunity in humanities,
  complementing grade 6 Scotia Scholars program in
  science and math
• Students eligible for either half-day program (or
  both if qualified)
• Planned to include consulting/collaboration
  component for other 1/2 day of Young Scholar
  teacher
• Budgeted - 20,200

9
ELA honors Opportunity in Grade 7

• Grade 7 students who are highly able in
  humanities meet every other day during tutorial
  in enriched reader/writer workshop
• Honors designation offered on MS report card for
  students attending workshop and their regular ELA
  class
• Coordinate workshop with regular class
  activities, with ability to supplant some
  assignments
• Extends continuum of Middle School ELA enrichment
  through grade 7, and ultimately to grade 9 ELA
  honors course.
• Preserves features of Middle School philosophy,
  including teaming and heterogeneity
• Budgeted - use of present staff

10
Teaching Assistant Time for Co-Teaching Model

• Enables co-teaching model to be fully implemented
  in grade 6
• Enables compliance in grade 6 resource rooms of
  mandated 51 ratio
• Supports our MS co-teaching staffing needs
• Budgeted - 2.75 hours /day 7,200 ( 60
  grant funded)

11
Change in Title of Dean of Students

• Current Dean position has responsibilities
  consistent with that of AP
• Present State certification categories do not
  include Dean position
• Improves competitiveness of application pool
• Budgeted - no cost

12
Change in Goal Staffing

• Add .4 English position
• Creates GOAL Program with grade 9 and 10 ELA and
  math capacity
• Satisfy NCLB highly qualified certification
  requirement for English
• Provide certificated math and English teachers in
  GOAL Program
• Enables transfer of present staffing to fill
  grade 7 one-year health need
• Budgeted - 18,466

13
Expansion of Life Skills Program

• Increase capacity from 9 to 12 students, creating
  home district opportunity for three additional
  students
• Initial program two years ago was staffed for a
  capacity of 5 students
• Additional staffing includes .1 social work, .3
  speech and 1.0 job coach teaching assistant
  (-1.0 aide)
• Fully utilize 12 student capacity
• Budgeted - 50,793 ( we believe this to be a
  cost avoidance proposal)