Collaboration of Services for the Purpose of Enhanced Student Achievement

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Collaboration of Services for the Purpose of
Enhanced Student Achievement
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Hillsdale County Educational Leadership Initiative
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Introduction

• Total number of students
  6,922
• Total dollars spent county wide
  50,682,844
• Total dollars spent on average per student
  7,322
• Foundation allowance
  6,875
• Total number of teachers
  409

Note Foundation allowance based on Michigan
Department of Education 2005 data
Student count based on 2005 data provided by
Hillsdale County ISD
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Introduction
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Introduction
State Average 8,327
Source Hillsdale County ISD and MDE 2004-2005
1014 Bulletin
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Service Delivery Model

• Total Average General Fund Revenue per Student

Source 2004-2005 Bulletin 1014
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Service Delivery Model
Source 2004-2005 Bulletin 1014
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Service Delivery Model
Source 2004-2005 Bulletin 1014
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Service Delivery Model
Source Hillsdale County ISD
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Student Achievement
2007 Graduates
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Student Achievement

Percent attending college?
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Student Achievement

• What are the odds of our students successfully
• passing the 4th / 5th Grade MEAP?

Source Michigan Department of Education based on
2005 tests Top 10 includes average of the 10
highest scoring districts.
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Student Achievement

• Asset Survey Net Results

31/2 times as likely to succeed in school Twice
as likely to succeed in school
Source The Survey of Student Resources and
Assts prepared by Search Institute for the
Jackson County ISD. March 2006
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Student Achievement

• Selected Results of Asset Survey

Source The Survey of Student Resources and
Assts prepared by Search Institute for the
Jackson County ISD. March 2006
Survey administered to 6th, 8th, 10th graders
bi-annually
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Conclusions

• Improve breadth and depth of High School
  curriculum offerings
• Align service delivery with research, (i.e., K-3
  class size, optimal High School size, etc.)
• Increase Advanced Placement participation
• Examine revenues
• Federal Grants
• Local sources, special education millage
• Economies of scale
• Collaboration/ cooperation

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But, we must have a goal AND a plan!
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Ground Rules
Hillsdale Prep
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• One goal should be to have a common county-wide
  school calendar and a county-wide high school
  schedule in place by the start of the 2008-2009
  school year.
• Meeting this and other goals of the Hillsdale
  County Leadership Initiative will require an
  understanding that we can either impact the
  future or wait for it to happen!
• Which option will be more painful????

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Thinking Outside the BoxCurriculum
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Why Have 10 Different Attempts at Finding
Success.
SUCCESS
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Common Calendar

• County Common Calendar Should Specify
• Vacation Periods
• Professional Development Days
• Semester Start/End
• Grade Periods
• Parent/Teacher Conference Dates

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The Schedule Dilemma
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Rationale for Common Calendar and Schedule

• Individually, we cannot continue to provide for
  ALL the needs of ALL our students. Collectively,
  maybe we can!
• We could expand the quantity, nature, and
  availability of class offerings through best use
  of existing teaching assets.
• It would significantly ease the transition for
  those students who change schools during the
  school year if the schedule, calendar, and
  curriculum were the same.
• It could reduce the number of students changing
  schools to find an easier way to graduate.
• We could expand the possibilities for effective
  use of Interactive Television (ITV) assets.
• We could open opportunities for shared classes or
  shared teachers thus expanding offerings.
• We could allow for the maximization of existing
  vocational program contact time.
• We could simplify scheduling of extracurricular
  programs.
• We could increase collaboration and coordination
  between districts down to the classroom, grade-
  and subject-matter level.
• We could maximize professional development
  opportunities in specific subjects, grade levels
  or areas of need.

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WHAT HAVE WE LOST ALREADY?
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Unemployment and Mobility
District Enrollments
Source Hillsdale ISD
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Michigan Employer Survey

• 28 percent of employers project that their
  companies will reduce hiring of new entrants with
  only a high school diploma over the next five
  years. 
• 49.5 percent said the percentages of two-year
  college graduates they hire would increase.
• Almost 60 percent said their hires of four-year
  college graduates would increase.
• 42 percent said their hires of post-graduates
  would increase over the next five years.
• "This study should serve as an alert to
  educators, policy makers and those concerned with
  U.S. economic competitiveness that we may be
  facing a skills shortage," said Susan R.
  Meisinger, President and CEO of the Society for
  Human Resource Management.  In a knowledge based
  economy a talented workforce with communication
  and critical thinking skills is necessary for
  organizations and the U.S. to be successful."

Source Lansing Journal
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The World Has Changed Around Us!
Loss of Businesses
"No Child Left Behind"
"Education, YES!"
Funding
Outsourcing
Media Focus
Unemployment
Dissatisfaction with Schools
Accountability
Family Instability
Mobility
Economy
Technology
Expectations
Lack of Work Skills
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Collaboration of Academic Resources
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One High SchoolMultiple Sites
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Shared Facilities / Faculty
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Community College InvolvementandDistance
Learning
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