Past, Present, and a Possible Future

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Past, Present, and a Possible Future

• A Look At
• Westfield Academy and Central School
• Ripley Central School
• Elementary Programs
• Presented by
• Mrs. Karen D. Krause, PK-6 Principal, RCS
• Mrs. Suzette D. Benson, K-5 Principal, WACS

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What Programs and Practices Have Been Eliminated
Due to Cuts?

• WACS
• SPARK/Gifted Talented Program
• Teaching Positions
• Decreased Staff Development Opportunities
• Administrators Assuming Multiple Duties

• RCS
• Teaching Positions
• Decreased Staff Development Opportunities
• Administrators Assuming Multiple Duties
• Gifted Talented Program

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What Programs and Practices Have Been Eliminated
Due to Cuts?

• WACS
• SRO(Resource Officer)
• Teachers Have to be Shared K-12

• RCS
• Teachers Have to be Shared K-12
• Part-time Elementary Computer Teacher

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What Do Our Programs Currently Look Like?

• WACS
• Ongoing Analysis of the Curriculum
• Excellent K-12 Music Program
• -skills-based development in the primary
  intermediate grades
• Veteran Staff

• RCS
• Cross Curricular Planning Instruction
• Consistent Faculty Staff
• District Committees/Teams
• -Shared Decision Making
• -Technology
• -Wellness (and more)

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What Do Our Programs Currently Look Like?

• WACS
• Curriculum Collaboration
• -Across Grade Levels
• -Between Buildings
• District Committees/Teams
• -Shared Decision Making
• -Technology
• -Wellness (and more)
• AIMSweb K-3/Intiating RtI

• RCS
• RtI (Response to Intervention)
• Three Tier Instruction Model
• AIMSweb K-6
• -Benchmarking
• -Progress Monitoring
• -Strategic Monitoring
• -Intensive Intervention

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What Do Our Programs Currently Look Like?

• WACS
• MSAT (Masonic Student Assistance Team)
• Step Up to Writing
• Foreign Language Introduction (Grade 5)
• On-site Speech/OT/PT
• Full-time School Psychologist K-12
• Part-time Elementary Social Worker

• RCS
• CASS (Creating a Safe School) Character Education
  Program
• Step Up to Writing
• Ripley Writes Program (3-8 Creative Writing)
• AIE (Arts in Education) Field Trips
  Presentations
• On-site Speech/OT

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What Do Our Programs Currently Look Like?

• WACS
• Headstart Program
• Off-site UPK Program
• PARP
• ELL Teacher/Services

• RCS
• Full-time, On-site Social Worker
• Full-time School Psychologist PK-12
• On-site UPK Program
• Homework Study Hall (Grade 6)

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What Do We Worry About if Current Trends Persist?

• WACS
• Decreased Staffing
• Declining Enrollment
• Larger Classes with Diverse Needs
• Lack of Funding for Programs
• Difficulty Recruiting Quality Teachers/
  Administrators

• RCS
• Decreased Staffing
• Declining Enrollment
• Larger Classes with Diverse Needs
• Lack of Funding for Programs
• Difficulty Recruiting Quality Teachers/
  Administrators

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What Do We Worry About if Current Trends Persist?

• WACS
• Decreased Funding for Equipment Supplies
• Loss of More Non- Mandated Instructional Programs
• Building Maintenance /Improvements
• Too Many Shared Duties Resulting in Increased
  District Liability

• RCS
• Decreased Funding for Equipment Supplies
• Loss of More Non- Mandated Instructional Programs
• Building Maintenance /Improvements
• Too Many Shared Duties Resulting in Increased
  District Liability

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If Money Were No Object, What Changes Would We
Recommend For Our Programs?

• WACS
• Full-Time Curriculum Coordinator
• Reading Coordinator to Oversee Instruction
• Realignment of Special Education
• Increased Quality Professional Development

• RCS
• Introduction of Second Language(s)
• ELL Teacher/Services
• Full-Time Curriculum Coordinator
• Full-time CSE/CPSE Chairperson
• Full-time CSE/CPSE Secretary

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If Money Were No Object, What Changes Would We
Recommend For Our Programs?

• WACS
• Increased Technology/ Supplies Equipment
• Dedicated Elementary Technician Training
• Building Improvements
• Reinstate Gifted Talented Program

• RCS
• Reading Coordinator to Oversee Instruction
• Realignment of Special Education
• LGI (Large Group Instruction Room)
• Increased Quality Professional Development

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If Money Were No Object, What Changes Would We
Recommend For Our Programs?

• WACS
• Expansion of Non- Mandated Programs
• Elementary Guidance Counselor

• RCS
• Increased Technology
• Dedicated Elementary Technician Training
• Building Improvements
• Gifted Talented Program

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A Merger of Ideas. . . And a Commonality of Needs.

• WACS/RCS
• Enhanced Curriculum
• State-of-the-Art Technology
• Expansion of Existing Programs
• Specialized Teachers
• Improved Buildings Grounds
• Realigned Adminstration/Staff
• Efficient Use of Resources Across the Board

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• People with goals succeed because they know
  where they are going.

Earl Nightingale