Another restless night. Very little sleep. People perceive integrators as "useless". Possible job loss. How am I going to pay the bills? I need to convert that DVD to WMV and no software to do it. Would I be allowed to use a blog with the students? OMG, I'm scheduled to run 3 miles today, after missing two trainings while sick. Didn't have much time to practice the music for choir. Do I have enough points for dinner?
Meanwhile, God laughs....
Worked a 10 hour day. Screw perception, I was too busy! Money was "found" in the budget, maybe some jobs saved. Got an e-mail request to cover for another church organist (grocery money for a week). Got another e-mail about another possible part-time job. Went to the main tech. center and lo and behold, there's a piece of software there that converted my videos. Blog might be approved for student use. Survived my sniffly, snotty 3 mile run, under 38 minutes, with no lung capacity whatsoever! Got through choir rehearsal, thanks to guitar chords! Dinner is over and I still have 4 points left over.
When will I learn?
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Non-instructional?
Let the cuts begin....
Non-instructional staffing
$11,939,250 reduction
22.8% of total reduction
30 deans/AAs
$1,902,200 • eliminate all deans at high schools and all administrative
assistants at middle schools
35 integrators/MCAs
$2,478,800 • reduce integrators from
55 to 30 and eliminate
10 microcomputer analysts
11 math/literacy coaches
$806,000 • eliminate the 8 math coaches
and 3 literacy coaches
7 support services
$490,900 • eliminate 2 social workers,
4 psychologists and
1 educational diagnostician
38 elementary secretaries
$1,235,000 • eliminate an 11-month secretary from each elementary school
31 facilities positions
$1,955,350 • eliminate 31 positions and custodial/trades overtime
3 library clerks
$408,700 • convert all library clerks to lib-rary aides, providing 1 at each elementary
3 elementary APs
$232,200 • eliminate additional assistant principal at schools with 900 students
5 special education coordinators
$323,600 • eliminate special education coordinators at 5 elementary schools
23.5 administration
$2,106,500 • eliminate 23.5 positions
and cut $389,000 more from administrative departments
Classroom resources
$1,358,400 reduction
2.6% of total reduction
School allocations
$875,000 • reduce all budgets by 20%
Special education
$150,000 • reduce special education
per teacher allocation
Specialty centers
$118,200 • reduce specialty center
per student allocation
Program changes
$215,200 • eliminate elementary
IB program, delay elementary world language expansion, reduce music equipment purchase and repair
Then the hatchet came down on the "instructional" areas:
Instructional staffing
$15,724,600 reduction
30.1% of total reduction
111.4 teachers in grades K-12
$6,036,400 • an increase of 1 student per teacher in grades K-12
64 instructional aides
$1,233,700 • provide an average of 4 instructional aides per elementary school
58.5 reading teachers
$3,755,500 • eliminate additional reading teacher initiative begun in FY 2008
47 pool positions
$2,215,300 • eliminate 37 general education teachers, 5 special education teachers and 5 special education aides from the vacancy pool
12.8 ESOL teachers
$646,400 • reduce ESOL staffing to required SOQ levels
28.1 instructional positions
$840,600 • eliminate differentiated funding at 5 schools (21.5 aides, 3.6 teachers, 3 other positions) and materials
17 instructional positions
$996,700 • eliminate some exceptions to staffing standards (3 assistant principals,
2 administrative assistants,
11.6 teachers, 0.4 librarian)
Non-classroom programs
$5,987,300 reduction
11.5% of total reduction
Support programs
$1,771,500 • reduce funding for safety net programs, eliminate central specialty center funds, eliminate grants to high schools for vending loss, eliminate playground equipment funding, reduce freshman transition funding, eliminate
K-2 math workbooks, reduce secondary field trip allocations
Testing
$514,700 • eliminate AP tests funding and majority of funding for industry certification tests
Stipends
$511,100 • eliminate elementary lead teacher stipend and reduce summer secondary stipends
Department budgets
$2,340,000 • reduce by 20 percent, eliminate funding for policy support
Tuition reimbursement
$850,000 • eliminate tuition reimbursement
Since when did I become "Non-instructional"? I spend my early mornings and late afternoons training teachers on what's available on the technological front and in between these sessions I'm working with students and teachers, integrating technology into the learning process.
I don't know which is the most insulting: being deemed "non-instructional" or possibly losing my 21st century job in this, the 21st century.
Non-instructional staffing
$11,939,250 reduction
22.8% of total reduction
30 deans/AAs
$1,902,200 • eliminate all deans at high schools and all administrative
assistants at middle schools
35 integrators/MCAs
$2,478,800 • reduce integrators from
55 to 30 and eliminate
10 microcomputer analysts
11 math/literacy coaches
$806,000 • eliminate the 8 math coaches
and 3 literacy coaches
7 support services
$490,900 • eliminate 2 social workers,
4 psychologists and
1 educational diagnostician
38 elementary secretaries
$1,235,000 • eliminate an 11-month secretary from each elementary school
31 facilities positions
$1,955,350 • eliminate 31 positions and custodial/trades overtime
3 library clerks
$408,700 • convert all library clerks to lib-rary aides, providing 1 at each elementary
3 elementary APs
$232,200 • eliminate additional assistant principal at schools with 900 students
5 special education coordinators
$323,600 • eliminate special education coordinators at 5 elementary schools
23.5 administration
$2,106,500 • eliminate 23.5 positions
and cut $389,000 more from administrative departments
Classroom resources
$1,358,400 reduction
2.6% of total reduction
School allocations
$875,000 • reduce all budgets by 20%
Special education
$150,000 • reduce special education
per teacher allocation
Specialty centers
$118,200 • reduce specialty center
per student allocation
Program changes
$215,200 • eliminate elementary
IB program, delay elementary world language expansion, reduce music equipment purchase and repair
Then the hatchet came down on the "instructional" areas:
Instructional staffing
$15,724,600 reduction
30.1% of total reduction
111.4 teachers in grades K-12
$6,036,400 • an increase of 1 student per teacher in grades K-12
64 instructional aides
$1,233,700 • provide an average of 4 instructional aides per elementary school
58.5 reading teachers
$3,755,500 • eliminate additional reading teacher initiative begun in FY 2008
47 pool positions
$2,215,300 • eliminate 37 general education teachers, 5 special education teachers and 5 special education aides from the vacancy pool
12.8 ESOL teachers
$646,400 • reduce ESOL staffing to required SOQ levels
28.1 instructional positions
$840,600 • eliminate differentiated funding at 5 schools (21.5 aides, 3.6 teachers, 3 other positions) and materials
17 instructional positions
$996,700 • eliminate some exceptions to staffing standards (3 assistant principals,
2 administrative assistants,
11.6 teachers, 0.4 librarian)
Non-classroom programs
$5,987,300 reduction
11.5% of total reduction
Support programs
$1,771,500 • reduce funding for safety net programs, eliminate central specialty center funds, eliminate grants to high schools for vending loss, eliminate playground equipment funding, reduce freshman transition funding, eliminate
K-2 math workbooks, reduce secondary field trip allocations
Testing
$514,700 • eliminate AP tests funding and majority of funding for industry certification tests
Stipends
$511,100 • eliminate elementary lead teacher stipend and reduce summer secondary stipends
Department budgets
$2,340,000 • reduce by 20 percent, eliminate funding for policy support
Tuition reimbursement
$850,000 • eliminate tuition reimbursement
Since when did I become "Non-instructional"? I spend my early mornings and late afternoons training teachers on what's available on the technological front and in between these sessions I'm working with students and teachers, integrating technology into the learning process.
I don't know which is the most insulting: being deemed "non-instructional" or possibly losing my 21st century job in this, the 21st century.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Runner's High and Eater's Low....
Kudos to J & E for their stunning accomplishment in the WDW half-marathon today!!! They are an inspiration to me....
Meanwhile, I smell onion rings. Time to go.....
Meanwhile, I smell onion rings. Time to go.....
Monday, December 29, 2008
Holidays are Happy-days....but then what?
Guilty as charged! I had a wonderful Christmas! A spiritual Christmas Eve, playing Mass (decently I may add), mother to two "stars" in the Nativity pageant, dinner with family. Decent planning allowed "Santa" to turn in early! Pax!
Christmas morning greeted me with a beautiful movie made by my three boys. Their love for Wifey and Mommy, whether faked or not, turned me into puddles!!! It will be a gift I'll cherish forever! Christmas dinner, simple yet tasty, was enjoyed by dear friends (A & S) and family.
Our New Year's celebration is anticipated to be a wonderful event as well! Our dear friends from FL (J, E & I) are coming up for a short, but sweet, visit!!! We haven't been together in forever!!! A & C (their last New Year's as single people) will be joining us as well!! I cannot wait!! I am looking forward to the friendship, food and fun!!
The nail biting will begin after the guests have left and we begin to prepare for school. How many positions will be cut? Which positions will be cut? Will I be able to go back to the classroom, or will the music positions be cut as well? Am I going to be able to pay down my debt, the bills, etc.? My faith is wrestling with reality, hence the sleepless nights! My faith is saying that God will get us through, as He always does. My sense of reality, along with the gloom and doom messages from our superintendent, is saying, "The End is Near!"
I'm trying to remain positive, yet productive. I hope to start my trainer training in April. I'm also putting my family on day-to-day austerity. We need to pay down our debts and start saving for that rainy day. President Obama (forget the "elect" part) is banking on hope. I guess if he can do it, so can I...... Dona Nobis Pacem!
Christmas morning greeted me with a beautiful movie made by my three boys. Their love for Wifey and Mommy, whether faked or not, turned me into puddles!!! It will be a gift I'll cherish forever! Christmas dinner, simple yet tasty, was enjoyed by dear friends (A & S) and family.
Our New Year's celebration is anticipated to be a wonderful event as well! Our dear friends from FL (J, E & I) are coming up for a short, but sweet, visit!!! We haven't been together in forever!!! A & C (their last New Year's as single people) will be joining us as well!! I cannot wait!! I am looking forward to the friendship, food and fun!!
The nail biting will begin after the guests have left and we begin to prepare for school. How many positions will be cut? Which positions will be cut? Will I be able to go back to the classroom, or will the music positions be cut as well? Am I going to be able to pay down my debt, the bills, etc.? My faith is wrestling with reality, hence the sleepless nights! My faith is saying that God will get us through, as He always does. My sense of reality, along with the gloom and doom messages from our superintendent, is saying, "The End is Near!"
I'm trying to remain positive, yet productive. I hope to start my trainer training in April. I'm also putting my family on day-to-day austerity. We need to pay down our debts and start saving for that rainy day. President Obama (forget the "elect" part) is banking on hope. I guess if he can do it, so can I...... Dona Nobis Pacem!
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