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172 Included here are instructional staff members that support a school’s instructional program, but do not fit in the previous categories. Other instructional staff should be entered as full-time equivalents (FTEs), which may include decimals. Enter each staff member’s name that corresponds to the FTEs entered in the related fields. Indicate in parentheses if the staff member is not a 1.0 FTE in that category. A. Consultants (other than PD contracted services): Dollar amount for all other consultants other than professional development contracted services. B. Building Substitutes: Number of FTE permanent substitutes. C. Other Teachers: Number of FTE teachers who instruct, but were not included in previous categories. D. Other Instructional Aides: Number of FTE aides who assist instruction, but were not included in previous categories. E. Funds for Daily Subs: Daily rate for daily certified teacher substitutes who replace sick teachers. (This is not for substitutes who replace teachers who are participating in professional development.) XI. Professional Development Staff & Costs This expenditure element includes spending on the professional development of a school’s staff and the staffing resources necessary to support it. Professional development staff should be entered as full-time equivalents (FTEs), and cost figures should be entered as a dollar amount, both of which may include decimals. Enter each staff member’s name that corresponds to the FTEs entered in the related fields. Indicate in parentheses if the staff member is not a 1.0 FTE in that category. A. Number of Professional Development Days in the Teacher Contract: Number of days the teacher contract specifies for professional development. B. Substitutes and Stipends (teacher time): Dollar amount budgeted for substitutes and stipends that cover teacher time for professional development. For time outside the regular contract day when students are not present before or after school or on scheduled in-service days, half days or early release days, the dollar amount is calculated by multiplying the teachers’ hourly salary times the number of student-free hours used for professional development. For planning time within the regular contract, the dollar amount is calculated as the cost of the portion of the salary of the person used to cover the teachers’ class during planning time used for professional development. For other time during the regular school day, including release time provided by substitutes, cost is calculated with substitute wages. For time outside the regular school day, including time after school, on weekends, or for summer institutes, the dollar amount is calculated from the stipends or additional pay based on the hourly rate that the teachers receive to compensate them for their time.
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Title | Navigating troubled waters: case studies of three California high schools' resource allocation strategies in 2010-2011 |
Author | Landisi, Brian Anthony |
Author email | landisi@usc.edu; blandisi@charter.net |
Degree | Doctor of Education |
Document type | Dissertation |
Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
School | Rossier School of Education |
Date defended/completed | 2011-03-28 |
Date submitted | 2011 |
Restricted until | Unrestricted |
Date published | 2011-04-28 |
Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert C. Nelson, John L. |
Abstract | This study was conducted to examine instructional strategies and resource allocation in successful schools. The study was based on the analysis of three comprehensive high schools in one school district in Southern California. Each of the study schools increased students’ academic achievement over time as measured by sustained growth on California’s Academic Performance Index. The efforts of these study schools also contributed to narrowing the achievement gap.; Successful schools in this study were analyzed primarily through the lens of Odden’s (2009) 10 Strategies for Doubling Student Performance. In addition to effective organizational and instructional strategies, this study also analyzed human and fiscal resource allocation at the sample schools. The study used the Evidence-Based Model (Odden & Picus, 2008) to analyze how the schools allocated resources during 2010-2011, navigating a catastrophic economic crisis facing California and the rest of the nation. Interview data, student achievement data and information on school-level resource use were included in case studies on each of these successful schools.; The findings indicate that although the resource use patterns of the study schools were significantly fewer than what the Evidence-Based Model suggests, the improvement strategies showed many commonalities to those suggested in the body of literature on school improvement. Strong leadership from the district office supported the reform efforts at each of the school sites. This leadership came in the form of a single district focus combined with continuity of leadership, development and retention of talent within the district and a common school improvement framework.; A heavy investment of time and fiscal resources into professional development created a collaborative culture within and between the high schools in the study. The schools that were most successful in raising student achievement demonstrated a commitment to collaboration and embraced the role of teacher leaders. The most effective schools in the study had in place internal accountability structures to support the implementation of the school and district focus. It is the effective implementation of research-based strategies, not simply resource allocation that makes schools successful and contributes to further growth in student achievement. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. |
Keyword | education finance; secondary education; educational leadership; budget crisis; instructional leadership; Odden and Picus; resource allocation; school finance; school reform |
Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
Geographic subject (state) | California |
Geographic subject (country) | USA |
Coverage date | 2010/2011 |
Language | English |
Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
Type | texts |
Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3797 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Rights | Landisi, Brian Anthony |
Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Filename | etd-Landisi-4355 |
Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Landisi-4355.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 184 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Full text | 172 Included here are instructional staff members that support a school’s instructional program, but do not fit in the previous categories. Other instructional staff should be entered as full-time equivalents (FTEs), which may include decimals. Enter each staff member’s name that corresponds to the FTEs entered in the related fields. Indicate in parentheses if the staff member is not a 1.0 FTE in that category. A. Consultants (other than PD contracted services): Dollar amount for all other consultants other than professional development contracted services. B. Building Substitutes: Number of FTE permanent substitutes. C. Other Teachers: Number of FTE teachers who instruct, but were not included in previous categories. D. Other Instructional Aides: Number of FTE aides who assist instruction, but were not included in previous categories. E. Funds for Daily Subs: Daily rate for daily certified teacher substitutes who replace sick teachers. (This is not for substitutes who replace teachers who are participating in professional development.) XI. Professional Development Staff & Costs This expenditure element includes spending on the professional development of a school’s staff and the staffing resources necessary to support it. Professional development staff should be entered as full-time equivalents (FTEs), and cost figures should be entered as a dollar amount, both of which may include decimals. Enter each staff member’s name that corresponds to the FTEs entered in the related fields. Indicate in parentheses if the staff member is not a 1.0 FTE in that category. A. Number of Professional Development Days in the Teacher Contract: Number of days the teacher contract specifies for professional development. B. Substitutes and Stipends (teacher time): Dollar amount budgeted for substitutes and stipends that cover teacher time for professional development. For time outside the regular contract day when students are not present before or after school or on scheduled in-service days, half days or early release days, the dollar amount is calculated by multiplying the teachers’ hourly salary times the number of student-free hours used for professional development. For planning time within the regular contract, the dollar amount is calculated as the cost of the portion of the salary of the person used to cover the teachers’ class during planning time used for professional development. For other time during the regular school day, including release time provided by substitutes, cost is calculated with substitute wages. For time outside the regular school day, including time after school, on weekends, or for summer institutes, the dollar amount is calculated from the stipends or additional pay based on the hourly rate that the teachers receive to compensate them for their time. |