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Curriculum & InstructionTechnologyTerry Duggan, Dir. of Program DevelopmentDeb Gammerman, Dir. of Technology & Innovation

FY’15Budget

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+Curriculum & Instruction Goals

Curriculum Aligned to Common Core (ELA & Math) Reading and Writing taught within disciplines Articulated curriculum maps

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+Curriculum & Instruction:

Curriculum Requests Common Core Alignment

Non-Fiction Reading Materials K-5 Reading Instruction: Leveled non-fiction books

$20,000 Grade 6-8 ELA/SS: Class sets of non-fiction texts

$15,600

Content Area Texts & Materials Grade 7-8 SS:

Online textbook subscription renewal & subscription increase due to enrollment $17,631

Reference materials $ 2,490 High School Math: Text book adoption $12,000

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+Curriculum & Instruction Goals

Assessment Diagnostic benchmark assessments in place for ELA

& Math Data analyzed and used to inform instruction for

differentiation, intervention, and extension

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+Curriculum & Instruction:

Assessment Requests Diagnostic Benchmark Assessment

Systems Elementary: Math grades 1-5 (iReady)

$17,805 MS: Math 6-8/ELA 6-8 GRADE/GMADE $

9,960

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+Curriculum & Instruction Goals

Instruction An inquiry/hands-on approach Differentiated small group instruction to meet student

needs (including limited English speakers) Safety net for struggling students based on assessed

needs Teacher teams engaged in process of looking at

assessment data and modifying practice accordingly Ongoing, job-embedded professional development to

ensure effective use of data and differentiated instruction

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+Curriculum & Instruction:

Instruction Requests Instructional Intervention (Safety Net) Materials

K-5 Reading/ELA: Leveled intervention materials $19,800

Differentiation, Intervention, Extension & Job Embedded PD Expanded High Rock Reading Teacher (0.2 FTE) $11,000 Pollard Literacy Specialist (0.5 FTE) $27,500 K-12 ELL Additional Staffing (0.65 FTE) $30,200

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+ELL Enrollment 2001-2014

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+Curriculum & Instruction:

Instruction Requests Differentiation, Intervention, Extension & Job Embedded PD

Reconfigure MS Program Coordination

$174,432 Existing Math/Science Coordinator becomes:

Math Coordinator (0.8 FTE); Intervention Instruction (0.2 FTE) Science Coordinator (0.8 FTE); Engineering Instruction (0.2 FTE)

Existing ELA/Social Studies Coordinator becomes: ELA Coordinator (0.8 FTE); Reading for Research Instruction (0.2 FTE) SS Coordinator (0.8 FTE); Reading for Research Instruction (0.2 FTE)

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The Needham Public Schools’ 1 to 1 Initiative

+Interest in a 1 to 1 Initiative

Original Impetus: Economic Sustainability for the Town

Impact of increased technology purchases through building projects

Outcome of the 2007 – 2008 Technology Program Review Grade eight student interest in having access to a

laptop for daily in class use

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+Where We Are Now

Piloting iPads at the secondary level

Educational Goals: To transform the current instructional model

so that teachers are better able to help students master concepts that are frequently challenging for them to learn

Personalized learning Empower students Prepare students as 21st century learners

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+Where We Are Now

1 to 1 Personalized Learning CommitteeAdvisory and support team to craft and

communicate our recommended implementation plan to School Committee Includes:

Financial options Participation threshold Insurance

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+Project Timeline

Date Action• End of January 2014 • Committee recommendation to School

Committee

• February 2014 • School Committee reviews program information, votes implementation policies

• January-February 2014 • Begin sharing information about program with parents

• February-March 2014 • Preparation for documents for parent packets

• March 2014 • Informational packets sent to parents

• April-May 2014 • Receive parent commitment letters and initial payments

• June 2014 • District enters into lease purchase agreement, receives equipment

• July-August 2014 • ETC configures devices

• August-September 2014

• Student devices distributed 04/19/23

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+iPads Elsewhere

What is the appropriate device for our High School students?

How are iPads best used at the elementary level?

Hillside NEF Grant Newman NEF Grant

Other individual requests

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+Technology and Innovation Goals

Infrastructure Continue development of a robust infrastructure

to accommodate administrative and instructional information systems and resources

Implement systems that facilitate communication and collaboration for staff and students

Expand personnel resources to support infrastructure and systems growth

Meet increased demand and cost of technology resources

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+Technology and Innovation:

Infrastructure Requests Develop infrastructure

Increased Internet bandwidth capacity$15,941

Wireless access point annual licensing fees$10,750

Facilitate communication and collaboration Allow for the seamless integration of Google Apps

and Gmail for staff and students Purchase Google Vault Gmail archiving services

$3,600

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+Technology and Innovation:

Infrastructure Requests Expand personnel resources to support infrastructure growth

Respond to previously identified need for redundancy of the network engineer Addition of a 0.5 FTE network administrator $33,500

Support escalating demand for district-wide administrative technology services Addition of a 0.5 FTE data specialist $32,500

Expand ETC bookkeeper hours to support ongoing increases in technology capital and operating budgets $6,577

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+Technology and Innovation:

Infrastructure Requests

Support increased demand and cost of technology resources Increased annual cost of PowerSchool

$1,300 Increased cost of online curriculum resources

$1,106 Cost of technology supplies $3,000

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+Technology and Innovation:

Instructional Goals

Media and technology instructional staff coach teachers in the development and integration of information and digital literacy skills

Explore instructional software “apps” to support effective use of iPads throughout the district

Meet changing programmatic and enrollment needs

Support planning and implementation of 1 to 1 initiative at the secondary level

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+Technology and Innovation:

Instructional Goals Support professional development of instructional

staff Professional development opportunities for:

media teachers$1,750

instructional technology teachers$1,750

Exploration and purchase of iPad “apps”$3,100

Meet changing programmatic and enrollment needs Increase NHS TV Communications Teacher to 0.6 FTE

$4,984

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+Technology and Innovation:

Instructional RequestsProvide resources for the planning and implementation of a 1 to 1 personalized learning initiative at the secondary level Continue professional development for teachers

$30,000 Temporary computer technician services to

prepare devices for the first phase of the anticipated 1 to 1 rollout $9,000

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