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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Memorandum of Understanding with The College Board as a Partnership for the College & Career Readiness Reform Model, 2011/2012 Through 2013/2014 (Deputy Superintendent)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
We request approval of the Memorandum of Understanding with the College Board as a partnership extension for the College & Career Readiness Reform Model (also known as EXCELerator) to begin in the 2011/2012 school year through the 2013/2014 school year.  Through a collaborative process, the program components were chosen and implementation approaches were optimized for Hillsborough County Public Schools which resulted in:

  • Discounts on College Board products due to the whole district, multi-year nature of the project
  • Optimized implementation approaches that saved Hillsborough County more than $4M
  • The College Board has agreed to provide their College & Career Readiness services for Leadership Development, Counselor Development, Instructional Support, and Guidance Support

The mission of the College & Career Reform Model is to dramatically increase the number of traditionally underserved students who are prepared to enter and complete postsecondary programs, such as college, upon high school graduation.

The District will be responsible for:

  • Maintaining a project management oversight committee to ensure successful implementation of the project and provide a structure for evaluation.
  • Integrating and aligning SpringBoard instructional goals to those of the district, specifically in Language Arts and Math.
  • Establishing clear goals in each school focused on high expectations for students and teachers.
  • Conducting continuous assessments of student learning at the site.
  • Collecting data from each site and providing accurate and complete documentation to College Board.
  • Providing access to monitoring teams assigned by College Board.

This Memorandum of Understanding has been reviewed and approved by the School Board Attorney, Tom Gonzalez.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates • Demonstrate consistent and effective teaching methods • Motivate students to become responsible learners • Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Annual funds of $3,420,746 which include College & Career Readiness and fees ($1,097,791) as well as products including PSAT, SAT, advanced placement, SpringBoard, and staff development consulting ($2,322,955) are available through the following sources:

College & Career Readiness funds from additional weighted FTE generated from Advanced Placement exams ($2,124,468), Smaller Learning Communities Grant funds ($739,668), Choice funds ($468,334), and GEARUP Grant funds ($88,276).

EVALUATION
Data will be collected from each site on a quarterly basis and sent to the College Board for review.  The College Board monitoring teams will work with site-based monitoring teams to ensure that programs are implemented.
SUBMITTED BY:  Linda Fernandez
Eric Bergholm   Kenneth R. Otero
General Director of Advanced Acedemic Access
(813) 272-4842
  Deputy Superintendent
(813) 272-4101
    A 8.04
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20110614_461 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 8.04