Agenda Workshop 04-08-02CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA
CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING
APRIL 8, 2002 - 8:00 A.M
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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Charter of the City of Delray Beach, Mayor David W. Schmidt
has instructed me to announce a Special Meeting of the City Commission to be held for the
following purposes:
(1) Replacement of Pine Grove Elementary School Magnet Program.
(2) Commission Comments.
Barbara Garito
City Clerk
Please be advised that if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission
with respect to any matter considered at this meeting, such person will need to ensure that a
verbatim record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. The City
neither provides nor prepares such record.
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Board Meeting Date: April 8, 2002
Agenda Item:
SCHOOL D/STRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
BOARD AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PINE GROVE PILOT PROGRAM
I recommend that the School Board approve a proposal to convert Pine Grove
Elementary School from a fine arts magnet school to a fine arts theme school, it
would be a "choice" school. ! further recommend that funds currently allocated to the
magnet program be utilized to provide a $7,000 supplement-to teachers selected to
teach at Pine Grove. A pilot program of four years duration would be implemented in
order to determine the effect on student acl~ievement of providing a high quality
teacher in each classroor~. Along with the selection of teachers, the pilot program
would provide targeted in-service training, collaborative planning and administrative
supporf. A proposed Memorandum of Understanding (attached) addresses issues
related to the current contract with the Classroom Teachers Association.
To summarize the proposed pilot program:
The most impotent ingredient in improving student achievement is a quality
teacher in the classroom.
For purposes of this pilot program, "quality teacher~ is defined as: 1. A,teacher who chooses to work at Pine Grove.
2. A teacher who can demonstrate an ability to significantly improve
student performance among a high-risk population.
3. A teacher who is willing to commit additional time and energy toward the
improvement of student performance.
Teachers who elect to and are selected to teach at Pine Grove will receive a
supplement of $7,000 per year.
Additional duty hours for parent meetings, collaborative planning, professional
training, student tutorials and/or home visits will not exceed 175 hours per
school year. Every effort will be made to complete most of these activities
within the regular 7.5 day contract.
Teachers, parents and children will be required to sign an agreement to be part
of the Pine Grove Program.
Children who violate the student agreement and/or children of parents who
violate the parent agreement will be placed on probationary status. Violation of
probation may result in a change in placement within the school or a change in
placement outside the school
Professional training for teachers Will be focused primarily in three areas: 1. Reading Strategies
2. Mathematics Strategies
~S. Single School Culture (Discipline)
Current Magnet Funds in the amount of $723,248 will be utilized as follows:
57 teacher supplements & benel~s $48t,593
3 arts integration teachers 176,115
Mat~-ials & suppliea 1 S,540
Staff t~ining~ 50,000
TOTAL $723,248
Teachers will be asked to make a one-year commitment the first year. At the
end of the firstyear teachers may choose to leave. At the end of the first year
the Principal may ask the teacher to leave. In either case a position will be
found for the teacher based on the District's UAT Procedures. Teachers, who
elect to stay and are asked to stay atthe end of the first year, will be asked to
make a 3-year oommitmenL The ill;st year of the Pilot Program teachers will be
evaluated using th~ Accomplished Educator's Assessment (AEA). Following
the first year the CTAS or AEA may be utilized for evaluation.
BOARD GOAl:S: ~,~2,#~,#4,#5, & #~
LEGAL SIGN-OFF YESD. NOD N/AD
KEY RESULTS::g3, ~4
CONTACTS: Dr. Joseph Orr, Carole R. Shefler (CSHETLE), Dr. Janice Cover
FINANCIAL IMPACT ' ' '
The financial impact to the General Fund is a decrease of $723,248 from the
Magnet Budget of Pine Grove School of the Arts. The $723,248 will be utilized
to pay a supplement of $7,000 plus benefits per teacher to 57 teachers and add
three arts integration teachers, materials, supplies and staff training. Since
these funds are already budgeted .for Pine Grove, there is no additional
finanoial impaot to the district_
PINE GROvE'ELEMENTArY SCHOOL
FY~ - FY01 PCAT StOne State ~landards: Acc~untability Students
% scoa_ag 3 a
Black WMtm ~p,'mic To~l
62 100 ' 72 72
NOm.' Tile FDOE m ~'~mum school grading crite~ ~r Readiag and Maffi is 60% ofthe students ~3r~3 at tevel 2 or abova.
ami the higher m'itoria for Read'~j a~ Ma~, is 50% scoring at 18v81 3or above. The FDOE minimum scl~ol gradi~ c~da
for Wdtir~ ~s 50% of StudeAIs scoring 3.0 or a~ove, and ~ higher criteria for Writing Ls 67% scoring 3 or al~3ve.
B--Black. H=Hispani~ W=White, T=-'rom[, and NR=Not Reported. FY98-00 data source: Gold Repa~ 1"~ 9 Weeks SY01.
FY0~ ~ats source for To/~C 200~2001 SchooI,N:~untab~ty Repo~ The FDOE I~s not released FY01 disagg~egated
ct~a at ~ tmle.
F"Y00 FEAT Norm Referenced Test: Ali Curriculum Groups
e---3te~.. HaHis panic, W=White, T=To~ai. an~ H.R = No! Repofl~. FYO0 clala Smurce: Gold F~po~ 1= 9 Weeks S¥01
FYO0 - FYO¶ Norm Referenced Test: All Curriculum Groups
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S~'tions A, 15 1 and 2, C a~ a~lioable provisions o£ 1~ of the C~tl~-xiv¢ Bar'gaming Agreem~t
a~ waiv~i fcr~ ~h¢ School/or th~ duration of the ProEram. Any imstru, cdonal vacmmci~s rim~ may
oo~ur d~i~g lhe four (4) ~ tmon of th: Program v~ll 5~ posted and fill~d ~S provided ~bove.
Th~ ~ lm'~l~l and smm~,,~y ~r~ ine~~l by refex~aa~ into Tids Mmmor~dum of
Un/~mn~ (Moro.
THR ~CI-IOOL DISTRICT OF
PAI~ I~P. ACH
PALM BP. ACH C0Ulq'fY CLASSKOOM
TEA~ ASSOCIATION:
Tom LyncI~ Sch~l Board Cha/~an
~d A Winiams, Chi~f'N~otlatar
T~ I.eon~r~ N6gotiations Chah~on
Pine Grove Proposal
SUIt, fII~ARY
The Magnet Program at Pine Grove has been judged to be not effective as
a magnet.
The School Board supports allowing magnet resources to remain in the
school.
The most important ingredient in improving student achievement is a
quality teacher in the classroom.
Although there are currently many quality teachers at Pine Grove, for
purposes of this proposal, we define ~quality teacher" as:
A teacher who chooses to work at Pine Grove.
A teacher who can demonstrate an ability to improve
student performance among a high risk population.
A teacher who is willing to commit additional time and
energy toward the improvement of student performance.
Teachers who elect to and are selected to teach at Pine Grove will receive
a stipend of $7,000 per year.
Additional duty hours for parent meetings, collaborative planning,
professional training, student tutorials and/or home visits will not exceed
175 hours per school year. Every effort will be made to complete most of
these activities within the regular 7.5 day contract.
Teachers who participate in home visits are protected by the School
Board's regular liability coverage.
Teachers, parents and children will be required to sign an agreement to be
part of the Pine Grove Program.
Pine Grove Proposal/Summary
' Page.,2
Children who violate the student agreement and/or children of parents
who violate the Parent agreement will be placed on probationary status.
Violation of probation may result in a change in placement within the
school or a change in placement outside the school.
Professional training for teachers will be foc. used primarily in three areas:
·
·
Reading Strategies
Mathematics Strategies
Single School Culture (Discipline)
Teachers will be asked to make a one-year commitment the firstyear. At
the end of the first year teachers may choose to leave or the Principal may
UAT the teacher. In either case a position will be found based on UAT
Procedures. Teachers who elect to stay and are asked to stay at the end
of the first year, will be required to make a three-year commitment. The
evaluation will be the regular AEA evaluation. After the first year in the
program, teachers will continue to be evaluated using the AEA instrument
unless they fail to meet their goals, in which case they will be evaluated
using the CTAS instrument.
Pursuant to Article IV, Section C of the District/CTA Contract, the
Voluntary Transfer Period will be extended.
PINE GROVE PROPOSAL
The overall goal for this proposal is to improve student achievement. The
budget report will show that a large amount of funds have been allocated
to Pine Grove over the past few years, with few significant changes in
student achievement. However, the implementation of the Fine Arts
Program has made a difference, both in academic and social behaviors.
This supports the research on the positive effects of the arts on student
achievement, hence the desire to continue an arts theme. Additionally,
space, mater'Mis and equipment are available to continue a fine arts
focus. We believe that for the success of this proposal, there needs to be
a match between the instructional staff and the school. It is essential that
we choose teachers who would like to be at Pine Grove. who wish to grow
professionally and demonstrate an ability to improve achievement among
high-risk students.
Pro,_ram Desert
The school would be classified, not as a "magneV' school, but as a
"Fine Arts Theme" (a "choice" school).
The proposed program will be implemented using a compilation of
funds from the following budgets:
1. General Operating
2. ESE
3: ESOL
Magnet
5. TrUe t
Approximately 57 regular educaUon, ESE, ESOt and Resource
teachers, plus 3 Arts Integration teachers would be needed.
Class size will be a t 5:1 ratio during the literacy block
In order to achieve lower overall class size, the K-2 Reading
Initiative teachers, Reading Coach, and SAI teachers will be regular
classroom teachers.
The master schedule would provide daily opportuniUes for grade
level collaboration.
A 'Block Schedule," making it possible to lower class size during
the literacy block.
Kindergarten through Fifth Grade will implement a balanced literacy
program centered around school wide or grade level themes, and
meeting the requirements of the Sunshine Stete Standards.
Teachers with a proven record for improving academic
achievement in at-risk populations will be recruited. All tea=hers
will receive a supplement of $7,000 per year.
Students will be assessed in the following ways:
1. Palm Beach County State Assessment Systems
2. Performance Measures designed at school center
;3. Teacher Evaluations
(1)
Hlsto. ry of Pine Grove. Elementarj~ $choo/
Administrative and Staff CtYan. qes
Prior to the appointment of the current principal in t 999, Pine
Grove Elementary School of the Arts experienced numerous
administrative and staff changes. For example, over the period
from 1995 to 1999, there were three principals appointed to the
school. There had been as many changes in the assistant
principal's position as well. When the current principal was
appointed, there were twenty-two new teachers to Pine Grove.
In 2000, approximately twelve new teachers joined the Pine
Grove staff. This year, 2001 there are eighteen new teachers. It
must be painted out that this addition includes new positions, as
well as teachers transferring, retiring, as well as additional staff
due to growth in population or new program initiatives. There
has also been a high rate of turnover in the noninstrucfional
staff. There has been a change in confidential secretary, school
treasurer, magnet secretary, and cafeteria manager, as well as
several paraprofessionals. For obvious reasons, any personnel
affects the school climate and consistency for students.
Student Achievement Profile 1995- 200f
CTB$ SCORES - READING
[ Quartile I -- Quartile II Quartile III QUartile IV I
995 44% 29% 16% 1t % ..
996 47% 29% 13% 11%
997 49% 31% 16% 4%
998 47% 32% 14% 7%
999 41% 26% 18% 15%
FCAT SCORES - READING
Level I Level I! Level Iii Level IV Level V
1998 62% 14% 19% 4% 1%
1999 63% 16%
2000 I 55% 13%
2001I. 58% 17% t 1% 11% 3%
WRITING SCORES
Narrative Expository
1995 1.9 1.6
1996 2.2 1.6
1997 1.8 1.6
1998 2.9 2.5
1999 2.9 2.§ .....
2000 3.0 3.0
2001 3.3 3.3
(2)
CTB$ SORES - MATHEMATICS
Quartile I Quartile II Quartile III Quartile IV
1995 39"/0 23% 18% 20%
1996 47% 1 im,~ 20% 17%
1997 46/o 24% 18% 14%
1998 43% 21% 21% 16%
1999 38% 20% 20% 22%
FCAT SCORES - MATHEMATICS
Level I Level II Level Iii Level IV Level V
1998 76% 17% 6% 1% 0%
1999 49% 40% 7% 4% 0%
2000 33% 34% 19% 9% 5%
2001 35% :S2% 17% 13% 2%
FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH
March 1997 92%
March 1998 90%
March t 999 80%
March 2000 81%
March 2001 82%
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION
March 1997 11%
March 1998 9%
March 1999 9%
March 2000 9%
'March 2001 ~ 9%
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT
March 1997
March 1998
iLEP)
38%
March 1999 37%
March 2000 37%
March 2001 40%
($)
p~..ofes~onaI Devel_o~_ ment
In-service and collaborative planning will be concentrated in:
),- Readin9
Mathematics
Single School Culture (Discipline)
Necessa~ Chan_;es for the Effective Implementation of the Pine
Grove
Flexibility to realign the General Operating, Magnet and Title I
Budgets
Aggressive recruitment of quality instructional staff to fit the
school's program needs.
Minimal transportation from outside of SAC areas
Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Arts/Technology with
A~ademic Integration
In-service Training
Elimination of the Extended Day
Negotiations with CTA regarding personnel changes
Additional Reading Recovery trained teachers
Implementation of a School wide Discipline Plan based on
Single School Culture
pisciplJne
An integral part of the School wide Reform Initiative is an effective
discipline program. The Single School Culture will be utilized for
collaborative planning and consistent enforcement of the rules on
campus and in the classrooms.
Parent Involvement
Research shows that one major determinant for children's
academic achievement is the involvement of parents in the
education process.
Parents will be expected to sign the Parent Agreement.
Parents will be expected to attend at least two parent
conferences at school.
Parents will be expected to sign the Student Agenda Book
nightly.
(4)
Proposed Instructional Staff Criteria
= Willingness to commit to the vision of Pine Grove Elementary
[] Willingness to implement a curriculum that aligns teaching
strategies and learning activities, instructional support and
resources, and assessments of student learning with the
curriculum.
[] Willingness to implement a systematic process for
monitoring, evaluating, and reviewing instructional strategies
that reflects a commitment to continuous improvement.
[] Willingness to implement instructional strategies and learning
activities that are aligned with the goals and expectations for
student learning.
~ Demonstrate the ability to integrate the instructional and
assessment functions of the teaching process to support
data-driven instructional decision-making.
= Demonstrate the ability to employ effective classroom
management and organizational strategies, which establishes
a positive academic climate.
= Willingness to provide students with a variety of opportunities
to receive additional assistance to improve their learning
beyond initial classroom instruction.
a Willingness to sign a mutual agreement to stay at Pine Grove
for a trial period of one year, followed by the opportunity for a
three-year commitment.
[] Willingness to provide assessments of student learning which
are aligned with available achievement data for all students.
= Willingness to provide instructional leadership and
mentoring.
Total Magnet Funds allocated to Pine Grove Elementary School of
the Arts are $723,248. In the Pilot Program funds will be utilized as
follows:
57 teacher supplements & benefits
3 arts integration teachers
Materials and supplies
Staff training
TOTAL
$481,593
176,115
15,540
5O,000
$723,248
Commitment to Excellence At Pine Grove El~.mentary School
· tud.~..nVs Oomrni ..b~nent:
I will arrive at Pine Grove everyday by 8:00 A.M. (Monday -
Friday)
I will leave the campus at dismissal time, unless I am
involved in an approved afl. er-school activity
I will work, think and behave in the best way I know how
and I will do whatever it takes for me and my fellow
students to learn. This also means that i will complete my
homework every night, and I will ask questJons in class if l
do not understand something.
I will behave so as to protect the safety, interest, and
rights of all individuals in the classroom.
I will treat everyone on campus with respect_
I will follow the uniform dress code.
Signature of Student
Date
Parents'/Guardians' Commitmenf~
o:o We will make sure our child arrives at Pine Grove everyday by
8:00 A.M. (Monday- Friday).
· ~ We will sign the Student Agenda Book every night.
· **o We will help our child in the best way we know how and will do
whatever it takes for him/her to learn. This also means that
we will check our child's homework every night, provide a
quiet place during homework time and limit the amount of
television they watch.
<, We will make ourselves available to our children, the school
and any concerns they might have. This also means that if
our child is going to miss school, we will notify the teacher as
soon as possible and we will read carefully all the papers that
the school sends home to us.
o*.o We will allow our child to go on approved field trips.
¢- We will make sure our child follows the Pine Grove
Elementary dress code.
-:- We understand that our child must follow the Pine Grove
Elementary rules so as to protect the safety, interests, and
rights of all individuals in the classroom.
o:o Failure to adhere to these commitments may cause my child
t~ lose various privileges and may lead to transfer to another
program or school.
Signature of Parent/Guardian
(6)
Date
Teac. t~er's Comm/fme~,t
I will arrive at Pine Grove by 7:30 A.M. (Monday - Friday),
I will stay at Pine Grove through the first year with a possible
commitment for another three years.
I will always tea(3h in the best way I know how and I will do
whatever it takes for my students to learn.
I will maintain effective classroom management.
Signature of Teacher
Date
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