Instruction
Instruction includes activities that deal directly with the interaction between teachers, aides, or classroom assistants and students. Instruction may be provided for students in a classroom, in another location such as a home or hospital, or in other learning situations such as those involving co-curricular activities.
Budget Summary
Instruction Position Summary
Notable Changes
- 5% across the board salary adjustment for non-licensed (service) scale employees.
- Increase of $259k in school site allocations based on growth.
Classroom Instruction
- An additional 36 teachers are proposed (20 to address the increase in student enrollment - 609 students).
- An addition of 17 paraprofessionals are proposed.
- Salary increases due to teacher scale investment. $20.6M total investment to fix the teacher scale resulting in teacher raises between 5.0 and 19.5%.
- $500k increase to offer premium pay for substitutes.
- Materials and Supplies has a decrease exceeding 1.0 million. This is due to a decrease in textbook purchases as the school division shifts to better utilize existing and digital resources.
Alternative Education
- Salary increases due to teacher scale investment. $20.6M total investment to fix the teacher scale resulting in teacher raises between 5.0 and 19.5%.
- Increase in the lease cost to maintain the classroom space at Phoenix Center.
Guidance Services
- Addition of 4.0 counselors for compliance (2.6 FTEs) and to prevent itinerants (1.4 FTEs)
- Salary increases due to teacher scale investment. $20.6M total investment to fix the teacher scale resulting in teacher raises between 5.0 and 19.5%. Counselor salaries are based on the teacher scale.
Improvement of Instruction
- Salary increases due to teacher scale investment. $20.6M total investment to fix the teacher scale resulting in teacher raises between 5.0 and 19.5%.