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Title: Recommendation: I recommend approval of the District’s partnership with College Board’s submission of the Picower Foundation Grant to provide professional development for SpringBoard, Pre Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement to continue and expand Single School Culture for Academics. Description: · College Board applied to the Picower Foundation for a grant to provide a two-fold initiative for the · The grant will fund a total of 2.25 resource teachers. The FY05 grant currently funds one resource teacher. The FY06 grant will fund 1.25 additional resource teachers. School-within-a-School · Using SpringBoard, the School-within-a-School Program will work to increase academic rigor and address the needs of 2,162 students whose schools did not meet adequate yearly progress. · SpringBoard is a comprehensive program that integrates rigorous standards, instructional materials, professional development, and diagnostic assessments. · Seventeen secondary schools may not meet adequate yearly progress. SpringBoard will be implemented in these 17 School-within-a-School Programs and will serve 46 students per grade in each school, grades 6-10. · · With parallel curricula and an understanding of cross-curricular needs, more students will be better directed toward college preparation and post-secondary success. This initiative will: o Offer instructional leadership and content area teacher professional development workshops to support this emphasis on rigor; o Develop district professional development leaders to promote the Single School Culture goal of all teachers working to enhance students' higher order thinking skills; and o Provide district and school administrators with another opportunity to see the power of rigorous curriculum that focuses on critical thinking. · Teachers from 12 high schools and 20 middle schools (3,720 teachers)—the highest priority schools, with the largest population of minority students, low FCAT scores and low graduation/passing rates—will be served. · The participating schools will be: o Current Middle Schools FY05: Bear Lakes, Christa McAuliffe, Congress, Conniston, Crestwood, H.L. Watkins, Jefferson Davis, John F. Kennedy, Lakeshore, Lake Worth, Lantana, Pahokee, Roosevelt, Western Pines, Woodlands o Additional Middle Schools FY06: Carver, Don Estridge High Tech, Jeaga, Jupiter, Watson B. Duncan o Current High Schools FY05: Boynton Beach, Forest Hill, Glades Central, John I. Leonard, Lake Worth, Pahokee, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Lakes, Santaluces o Additional High Schools FY06: Atlantic, Olympic Heights, William T. Dwyer Financial Impact: The financial impact to the Special Revenue – Other Funds Budget, via a contract with College Board, is an increase of $342,166. For Additional Information, contact: Attachments (list):
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