1. Simsbury Board of Education January 28, 2014

2. Simsbury Public Schools January 28, 2014 Responding to Educational & Organizational Needs

3. Responding to Educational & Organizational Needs
Technology Equipment and Staffing
Ready Set Go Program Facilitator
Ready Set Go Support Staff
Out of District Tuition
Estimated impact of budget requests
$750,000

4. TECHNOLOGY STATUS

5. Access to Technology Drivers Rationale Assessing
State Level - Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC)
Grades 3-8, & 11 {ALL STUDENTS}
District Level – Embedding technologies into pre-assessments, frequent on-the-spot assessments, and summative assessments in order to measure student growth
Learning
Providing students the media they need to engage in powerful, authentic learning experiences in a digital learning environment.
Promoting higher-order thinking skills; ensuring that all students have the skills they need to be successful in college and the workforce.
Teaching
Providing educators the media they need to create powerful, authentic learning experiences in a digital learning environment to engage students.
Supporting transformative classroom practice by effectively incorporating new technologies into classroom instruction.

6. Technology Rich Classrooms
A Technology Rich Classroom in the SPS:
Poised to seamlessly implement the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC)
Moving toward Ready-Access for instruction and student learning
Ensures that teacher instruction and instructional tasks provide students with powerful, engaging, and deep learning experiences

7. SPS Technology – Critical Elements
Technology that supports: Assessing, Learning, and Teaching
Assessing
Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC)
District / Local Assessments
Learning and Teaching: Increased Accessibility – Ready-Access
Student - actively engaged in powerful learning experiences and acquiring necessary digital skills
Educator - planning, instruction, and assessment
IT Infrastructure / Staffing
Virtualization – performance, speed
Wireless – performance, reliability
Staffing – Technician for technical support

8. ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

9. Enrollment Note: 2014-15 calculations are projected. Year K-6 7-8 9-12
Total
2507
838
1563
4908
2435
827
1576
4838
2348
805
1578
4731
2235
792
1620
4647
2188
748
1565
4501
2075
727
1528
4330
(P)
2049
1477
4253
Decline (projected)
-458
-111
-86
-655
Note: calculations are projected.

10. Historical Enrollment Trend.

11. STAFFING

12. Elementary Classroom Teacher Staffing
Year
K-6
Enrollment
Elementary Classroom Teachers
2507
109.5
2435
2348
106
2235
104
2188
108
2101
105
(P)
2049
100
Decline
-458
-9.5

13. Elementary Class Information
School
13/14 Sections
14/15 Enrollment (P)
14/15 Sections (P)
Sections +/-
14/15
Class Sizes
(P) K
(18-22)
19.7
Central 2 43 22 21
Latimer 3 55 18 19
Squadron 76 4 +1
Tariffville 40 20
Tootin’ 42 1
(18-22)
20.5
Central 3 41 2 -1 20 21
Latimer 63 +1
Squadron 4 78 19
Tariffville 42
Tootin’ 43 22 2
(18-22)
20.2
Central 67 4 +2 16 17
Latimer 3 43 -1 21 22
Squadron 74 18 19
Tariffville 40 20
Tootin’ 59

14. Elementary Enrollment
School
13/14 Sections
14/15 Enrollment (P)
14/15 Sections (P)
Sections +/-
14/15
Class Sizes
(P) 3
(21-25)
19.9
Central 43 2 -1 21 22
Latimer 56 18 19
Squadron 4 86
Tariffville 41 20
Tootin’ 53 +1 17 4
(21-25)
20.9
Central 3 57 19
Latimer 61 20 21
Squadron 5 89 -1 22 23
Tariffville 2 39
Tootin’ 47 24 5
(21-25)
21.9
Central 3 57 19
Latimer 4 64 -1 21 22
Squadron 98 24 25
Tariffville 2 42
Tootin’ 67 23 6
(21-25)
21.4
Central 3 57 19
Latimer 4 73 -1 24 25
Squadron 5
113 22 23
Tariffville 2 40 20
Tootin’ 60

15. Henry James Memorial Staffing
Year
7-8
Enrollment
HJMS Certified
Staffing
838
68.24
827
67.34
805
66.48
792
65.38
748
64.48 *
727
63.17
(P)
59.17
Decline
-111
-9.07
*Program Implementations:
: Instructional Coaches (Literacy & Shared Math)

16. Projected Enrollment Henry James Memorial School (3 teams)
Grade
14-15 Enrollment (P)
Average Team Size
Average Class Size
(Guideline: 21-25) 7
355
118.3
23.6 8
372
124
24.8

17. Simsbury High School Staffing
School Year
SHS Enrollment
SHS Certified Staffing
1563
128.86
1576
125.46
1578
123.76 *
1620
130.46
1565
131.66 *
1528
130.76
(P)
1477
127.76
Decline
-86
-1.1
*Program Implementations:
: 8-Period Day (6.0 FTE)
: Instructional Coach – English & Shared Math

18. Staffing Reductions Comparisons
School Year
Staffing Reduction
Enrollment
Decline to
-49.05
-578
% Decrease
- 7%
- 11.7%

19. Responding to Educational & Organizational Needs
Special Education Overview
Ready, Set, Go Growth
Out of District Tuition
Technology Staffing

20. Special Education paraprofessionals paraprofessionals
Programs and Services
Special Education
One:One
ABA /Discreet Trial
Highest Tier
of Special Education
Significant Supports
Students provided services individualized designed academic instruction within special education classrooms and are often removed from core general education content instruction.
Increasing Supports and Services
Students provided remediation and intervention within specialized resource rooms with some access to paraprofessional/special education teacher supports within general education classrooms
Lowest Tier of Special Education Intervention
Serving the greatest number of students with IEPs within general education and resource room settings
RSG
RSG
paraprofessionals
paraprofessionals
Functional Academic
Learning Program
Functional Academic
Learning Program
Specialized Resource Room
Specialized Resource Room

21. 33 RSG Students projected
Ready, Set, Go Growth
+6 RSG students
22% growth
February 15, 2014
33 RSG Students projected
December 31, 2013
31 RSG Students
October 1, 2013
27 RSG Students

25. Responding to Educational & Organizational Needs
Ready Set Go Program Facilitator
Ready Set Go Support Staff
Out of District Tuition
Technology Equipment and Staffing

26. Program Improvement Cost Drivers

27. Simsbury Board of Education January 28, 2014