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Middle School Task Force

• Charge:Develop three possible middle school schedules that reduce expenditures for middle school by $500,000 to $1,000,000 through a more efficient master schedule while seeking to offer students a wider choice of instructional experiences, both academic and exploratory.

• Completion Date: February 15, 2012

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Middle School Task Force Members

• Participants• Teachers (12)• Site Administrators (6)• District Support (2)• Facilitators (4)

• Participant ProfileParticipants should exhibit a commitment to look at modifications to the current middle school schedule from a logical, open-minded perspective without preconceptions, positions, or emotionalism.

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Middle School Task Force Process

Frame of Reference• History of Middle School in Kyrene• Student Achievement Data • Walk-Through Data• Challenges and Opportunities• Middle School Research• “Straw Man” Schedule Analysis

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Middle School Task Force Process

• Generated Possibilities• Evaluated Possibilities: Based on Rubric (Individual)

• Refined Possibilities • Identified Possibilities for Continued Consideration

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Next Steps

• Governing Board Study Session / Feedback

• K-8 Presentation February 21, 2012

• Budget Process / Community and Staff Feedback

• Other Suggestions?

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Possibilities

• Six possibilities identified• Current middle school schedule• Traditional junior high school schedule• Enrichment, exploratory, intervention block schedule (EEI)

• Zero hour schedule based on EEI schedule

• “Value added” schedule• Middle school (6th)/JHS schedule (7th & 8th)

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JHS Schedule

• Students have six instructional periods

• Intervention & Enrichment Opportunities

• Common plans by content rather than interdisciplinary

• Some student teaming possible • 60 minute periods• FTE reduced by approximately 12-18

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EEI Block Schedule

• Eliminates academic lab• Students have six instructional periods

• Academic Instructional periods 67 minutes exploratory/enrichment/ Intervention 49 minutes

• Team structure remains for students & teachers

• FTE reduced by approximately 6

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Zero Hour Schedule

• Same as EEI schedule• Flex exploratory teacher contracts

• Tuition based before and after school classes

• Potential revenue generation

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Value Added Schedule

• Eliminates academic lab• Students have six instructional periods

• Instructional periods 60 minutes in length

• Team structure remains for LA, SS, & science

• Math delivered off team• Exploratories remain • Academic enrichment and intervention classes added

• FTE reduced by six to eighteen

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Middle School/JHS Schedule

6th grade• Students have six instructional periods

• LA, SS, and Sci would have a common plan time and common group of students.

• Math teachers would be off the team and not necessarily have the same plan time as the teams.

7– 8th grade• Students have six instructional periods

• Intervention & Enrichment Opportunities

• Common plans by content rather than interdisciplinary

• Some student teaming possible

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Possibilities OverviewEEI ZERO VA MS/JH Current JH

Additional Period

Yes Yes Yes Yes Ac Lab Yes

Intervention or Enrichment

Yes Yes Yes Yes Pull Out Yes

Student Teams

Yes Yes Yes Some Yes No

Common Teacher Plan

Across Content

Across Content

Math by Content

Math by Content

Across Content

By Content

Revenue Generation

No Possible No No No No

Academic Lab

No No No No Yes No

Cost Reduction

Minimal MinimalModerate to High

Moderate NoModerate to High