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How does this model address the current issues?
Having two teaching positions coordinating the training services ensures teachers are training teachers.
This also addresses the accessibility issues for most schools in that one per- son coordinating three schools will increase the frequency for support serv- ices.
Based on this model each school would have access to support services two full days in a six day rotation schedule. This far exceeds the current coordina- tor support services and lead teacher support time allocated at each school.
This is a more cost effective approach to provide this level of support in com- parison to increasing lead teacher time at the school level.
The .25 additional time requirement was the minimum time allocation identi- fied by the schools. Our current reviews have shown that most schools don’t even offer this at the moment.
Cost
The .5 additional time requirement was the ideal time recommendation identi- fied.
Cost
The cost of two full time ICT support teachers based on salaries of
$70 000.00, no coordinator fee and reduced mileage claims would amount to a
$ 23 000.00 to $25 000.00 incurred cost per school.
Cost
Currently the additional time given to lead teachers varies from school to school and most don’t even come close to the minimal .25 support time recommendation. Note the .25 support time recommendation is based on the current perceived ICT support requirements at each school.
Increasing administrative commitments the IPC has taken on over the last couple years has resulted in decreasing the ICT support services to the schools. Eg: (Monthly coordinator meetings, Librarian meetings, Technology Department meetings, Leadership meetings and conferences.) This year alone the IPC would have been out of the schools close to a month based on these commitments. In order to address the issues of accessibility and fre- quency of support, ICT support teachers would remain outside the district administrative coordinator team. The focus of these teachers would be to provide support at the school level under the direction of the Director of Tech- nology and school administration.
Essentially each ICT support teacher would be responsible for provid- ing support services to 60 teachers between the two communities. By hav- ing one person focus on elementary ICT outcomes and one person on high school ICT outcomes this would improve the possibility of developing consis- tent ICT expectations across the district. This model also provides an oppor- tunity for the ICT support teachers to interact more frequently with schools in each community.
The success of this model or any support model at this point in time is based on developing clearly identified expectations at each school. The more ownership the schools have in this process the more effective the dis- trict coordinated support services will become.
School
NDE
DBM
NDH
AJSH
MRE
SDE
Cost
23333.00
23333.00
23333.00
23333.00
23333.00
23333.00
Total
140 000.00
School
NDH
DBM
AJSH
6 Day Cycle
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
School
NDE
DBM
NDH
AJSH
MRE
SDE
Support Time
1 hr /week
120 mins /week
None
1/2 hr/week
2 hrs/week
50 mins/5 day cycle
School
NDE
DBM
NDH
AJSH
MRE
SDE
Time
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
Cost
17500.00
17500.00
17500.00
17500.00
17500.00
17500.00
Total
105 000.00
School
NDE
DBM
NDH
AJSH
MRE
SDE
Time
.5
.5
.5
.5
.5
.5
Cost
35000.00
35000.00
35000.00
35000.00
35000.00
35000.00
Total
210 000.00
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