Intermediate School 8Period Block Schedule FollowUp

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Intermediate School 8-Period Block
Schedule Follow-Up
May 12, 2009
Jane A. Russo, Superintendent Alex Ayala,
Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Division Dawn
Miller, Director, Secondary Education Tony Wold,
Ed.D., Director, Program Quality Analysis
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Overview

• Board Requested Follow-up Information
• Staffing
• Fiscal Impact
• Training

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Student Performance levels

• Students are placed into Math and ELA courses
  based upon multiple measures to ensure the
  appropriate instructional delivery.
• There are 3 levels
• Benchmark student is capable of performing at
  grade level standards
• Strategic student is up to 2 years below grade
  level standards and needs additional support in
  the core materials
• Intensive student is more than 2 years below
  grade level standards and requires supplemental
  support in place of the core materials

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Student Placement Needs

• The Middle Grades Courses of Study and
  Instructional Time state framework guidelines
  were posted September 19, 2007 recommending
  instruction that is at least
• 1 hour, and up to 2 hours, daily in ELA
• 1 hour daily in Mathematics
• 1 hour daily in Social Studies
• 1 hour daily in Science with alternating labs
• 400 minutes every 10 days for PE (required)
• Research supports daily education in the arts for
  all students

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Student Placement Needs
7 period schedule with 2 Math periods Offered at
Carr, McFadden (50), Spurgeon, Willard in 2008-09
Not all students take Science and Social
Science daily (or the full year) Note For a
student to receive an elective an extended school
day was required.
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Student Placement Needs
7 period schedule with 1 Math period Offered at
MacArthur and Villa in 2008-09
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Student Placement Needs
8 period block schedule with 2 Math
periods Offered at Lathrop, Mendez Sierra in
2008-09
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Staffing

• No additional Staffing Cost for 8 Period Block
  Schedule
• Teaching FTE is based upon enrollment
• A school with 1340 students is allocated 40
  teachers
• There will be an adjustment of staff based on
  subject credentials needed

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Staffing Example
Spurgeon Intermediate 2009-10 Enrollment
Projection 1340 40 FTE
No change in the number of staff. The
distribution of credentials is now balanced to
student need
Math is a hard-to-find area with vacancies. More
current SAUSD staff are retained in the 8-period
block
TOTAL FTE 40
40
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ELECTIVE CHOICES

• Current electives offered at SAUSD intermediate
  schools
• AVID
• Instrumental Music
• Choral Music
• Exploratory and Career Tech Type courses
• Reading/Math Intervention
• Technology
• Art
• Foreign Language
• Yearbook
• MESA
• PAL
• Leadership
• Journalism
• Communication

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Categorical Funding

• Sites have used Categorical funding to provide
  Interventions and additional sections outside of
  the school day to expose student to electives in
  the 7 period day
• These funds have been reduced / eliminated by the
  State
• Categorical funds are for at-risk students only
  and can not support most benchmark students
• Funds must supplement the core program

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Training

• Additional teacher staff development will be
  offered to support teachers to teach in the
  extended block
• District and Site level content experts will be
  identified to work with teachers
• Through staff in-service time prior to the first
  day of school
• Ongoing during Wednesday staff development days
• The Federal Stimulus funding and State
  Categorical Funds (if received) can support
  teacher training

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Next Steps

• Continue Meeting with Santa Ana Educators
  Association
• Continue meeting with teachers at school sites