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Innovation Labs 2009

Innovation Labs 2009. Board Goals Maintain a quality education program for all students Operate in the most efficient manner possible. Maintain a school in every community. Welcome to 2008 Innovation Labs. Develop a sustainable administrative model to manage our districts.

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Innovation Labs 2009

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  1. Innovation Labs 2009 • Board Goals • Maintain a quality education program for all students • Operate in the most efficient manner possible. • Maintain a school in every community.

  2. Welcome to 2008 Innovation Labs • Develop a sustainable administrative model to manage our districts. • Create equal opportunities for students in our four school districts • Create a communication model that supports collaboration.

  3. Characteristics of a complex system • Learning is a typically a "complex" activity. Most learning systems contain a number of separate parts that must work together for learning to occur.

  4. Characteristics of a complex system • A complex system is emergent. • In an emergent system, smaller parts comprise a larger system. This larger system has properties the smaller units lack. Therefore, together they become more than they could be in isolation.

  5. Administration of a complex system • A complex system is unpredictable. • Decision-making is decentralized. • Innovation flourishes in complex learning environments.

  6. Characteristics of a complex system • A complex learning environment contains many iterations and feedback/feedforward loops. • People learn by trial and error--in other words, they learn from their mistakes.

  7. Characteristics of a complex system • It's quite possible that learning occurs BEST on the "edge of chaos," where order and chaos meet.

  8. Complex System • The education system we grew up in is still necessary, just not adequate to guarantee our children the same opportunities we have enjoyed. Daniel Pink

  9. Distance Education • Expand distance education/online classes (27 distance education rooms) • (Currently offering 72 distance education courses to over 1030 students in Allen, Coleridge, Laurel, Newcastle, Prague, Humphrey, Winside, Wynot) • 2007-08 State Incentives: $215,000.00 • 2008-09 State Incentives: $320,000.00 (Estimate)

  10. Certificated Staff • Reduce administration and teachers • 2007-08: Reduced ½ time administrator and 4 teaching positions, while expanding course offerings to students. • 2008-09: Reduced ½ time administrator and 2 teaching positions, while expanding course offerings to students. • 2009-10: Reduce ½ time administrator and ____ teaching positions while expanding course offerings to students.

  11. Property Tax Reduction • Operated in 2007-08 without overrides in all four school districts. 06-07 07-08 Levy Tax • School Levy Levy Decrease Decrease • Coleridge 1.171223 1.102294 .067706 $79,128.38 • Laurel 1.174556 1.096038 .078518 $178,842.14 • Newcastle 1.298252 1.085068 .213184 $178,940.00 • Wynot 1.200000 1.060436 .139564 $84,908.38 • Total Decrease.498972 $521,818.90

  12. Property Tax Reduction • Operated in 2008-09 without overrides in all four school districts. 07-08 08-09 Levy Property • School Levy Levy Decrease Valuation • Coleridge 1.102294 1.096104 .006190 $127,609,225 • Laurel 1.096038 1.080794 .015235 $250,674,858 • Newcastle 1.085068 1.102168 -.213184 $98,051,131 • Wynot 1.060436 1.049966 .010470 $65,300,244 • Total -.181289 $541,635,458

  13. Innovation Labs Considerations • Budget and Finance • Reduce Expenditures by $500,000 • Increase Revenue by $500,000 • What are your recommendations for saving money or generating income?

  14. Innovation Labs Considerations • Program Considerations • Should we Increase sharing of teachers/staff? • If so, what academic areas should we consider?

  15. Innovation Labs Considerations • Program Considerations • Is distance education a viable way to support your learning? • What makes the class good and how can we improve this process?

  16. Innovation Labs Considerations • Program Considerations • Would you enroll in more college credit classes if available? • If so, what classes would you like us to make available?

  17. Innovation Labs Considerations • Athletic/Activity/Club Cooperatives • What programs should we continue coop sponsorships for 2009-10? • Laurel & Coleridge share cross country, wrestling, and golf • All 4 schools share FFA • What additional programs should we consider for 2009-10?

  18. Innovation Labs Considerations • Should we consider combing junior high athletic programs for practice/games to allow elementary students the same opportunities you benefited from? • If yes, when and how?

  19. Innovation Labs Considerations • Administrative Structure/Additional Schools • What support do you need from your administrators? • Can/should we expand number of schools in our partnership? • What schools should we consider working with?

  20. Innovation Labs 2009 “Evolution” It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin

  21. 2007-08 Successes

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