Hillsborough County Public Schools Student Services and Federal Programs
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Technical Services Agreement with Noreen Rodriguez, to Review Reading Data with Reading Teachers at Middleton High School. (Student Services and Federal Programs)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Ms. Rodriguez will work sixteen hours a week for nineteen weeks, totaling 304 hours beginning October 22, 2008, through February 27, 2009, at Middleton High School. She will review the reading data with reading teachers and identify specific needs in the reading classrooms; provide ongoing weekly support of the implementation of curriculum guidelines based on the Sunshine State Standards, along with support in lesson planning, co-teaching, demonstrating, and observation of the reading teachers; and provide staff development, based on identified teacher and student need, related to the site's School Improvement Plan goals, including Project CRISS follow-up training, cooperative learning training, and any identified literacy support training.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

* Demonstrate consistent and effective teaching methods

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

The project is supported by FOCUS dollars in the amount of $11,807.36.

EVALUATION

The students' reading performance at Middleton High School will show an average of 25% improvement on the FCAT.

SUBMITTED BY: Carl Green, Principal, Middleton High School

Gwendolyn L. Luney
Assistant Superintendent, Student Services and Federal Programs
(813) 272-4879
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
A 5.04
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20081021_302 * Section A Item# 5.04