| Reallocating Resources for School Improvement - Guiding Principles for Allocating Resources |
Planning Forms
Staff (Form 7B)
Review your School Improvement Plan (Form 5), then review the positions listed in the first column from Form 1. Study them carefully and decide if any of them can be redirected to become any of the new positions with only a few changes in responsibilities. What are the consequences of making those changes in the position responsibilities? List positions considered for elimination and the consequences of eliminating each one.
As you review your student learning goals as well as current staffing and scheduling allocation, you may want to consider the following questions:
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What positions must be added to implement your school improvement plan?
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What positions do you need to add to support any of the action plans in your school improvement plan? For example, you may want to reduce class size at
K–3. If so, how many more teachers does that require?
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Which teachers must have common planning time in order to implement your action plans?
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How much common planning time do they need on a weekly basis? (Ideally, teachers need blocks of ninety minutes of common planning time. Less time than that is usually not useful.)
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How many staff and what kind of staff is needed to provide common planning time?
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What is the cost of adding these positions?
Staff (Form 7B)
Description:
List any changes that you can make in purchasing materials or equipment.
Graph from Form 3 is displayed here as an informational resource.
Goal:
Determine what staff positions can be eliminated or redirected.
Column Description:
Positions – Bring in all positions from Form 1.
Positions to be Eliminated or Redirected – Decide what will happen to the position and write that in the corresponding cell.
Change Made – This is a comment box to describe the details about the position change.
Consequences of Change –List the consequences to the staff after making the change.
Cost Saved – List the amount of funding that is gained by eliminating or redirecting the funding for that position.
Positions |
Positions to be Eliminated or Redirected |
Change Made |
Consequences of Change |
Cost Saved |
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