1. North Penn School District, Lansdale, PA 2017-18
Curriculum Budget
North Penn School District, Lansdale, PA

2. “A guaranteed and viable curriculum (GVC) ensures that all students have an equal opportunity to learn (OTL). Each student will have access to an effective or highly effective teacher, and access to the same content, knowledge and skills in each section or class.”
What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Practice, Dr. Robert Marzano, 2003

3. Curriculum Budget
Expenditures

4. Curriculum Budget Costs Include the Following...
Student Summer Programs
Department Chair Stipends
Digital Technology Tools for Learning
Software for Managing Professional Development
Interpretation and Translation Services for Parents and Community Members
Planetarium Services and Repairs
Musical Instrument Replacement Costs
Student Textbooks, Books and Workbooks
Teacher Resources for Instruction
Specialized Field Trips
Federal Programs (Title 1, 2 and 3)
Student Activities - Rube Goldberg
Specialized Tools - TI Nspire Calculators, Robotics Equipment, etc.
Intervention Curriculum and Resources
Curriculum and Assessment Development Costs
Teacher and Admin Professional Development - Examples include...
Advanced Placement Trainings
Literacy and Learning
Carnegie Mathematics
Specialized Trainings (READ 180U, Wilson, etc.)
Admin and Leadership

5. Proposed New Program Costs
Rationale
Estimated Cost
Online Assessment and Data Analytics Tool
Student Achievement Data Driven Decision Making
$ 240,000
Naviance, Grades 7-12
Guidance Software for More Effective and Engaging Career and College Pathways
$ 32,830
DIBELS Math Screener
Assessment Tool at Elementary for Math
$ 10,000
Total
$ 282,830

6. How does professional development benefit my student?
Good teaching is not an accident. While some teachers are more naturally gifted than others, all effective teaching is the result of study, reflection, practice, and hard work. A teacher can never know enough about how a student learns, what impedes the student’s learning, and how the teacher’s instruction can increase the student’s learning. Professional development is the only means for teachers to gain such knowledge. Whether students are high, low, or average achievers, they will learn more if their teachers regularly engage in high-quality professional development.
School leaders too improve with study, reflection, practice, and hard work. Their learning supports not only teachers’ learning, but students’ as well. When leaders know how to engage teachers, support staff , and students in effective learning, the school becomes the center of learning for all adults and students.
Forward, 2016.

7. District Vs. Grant Funded Professional Development
Sample of PD Trainings . . .
5 Day Intense Google and Technology Training (2 cohorts)
Carnegie Mathematics Training (Multiple Day, Specific Content and Pedagogy)
SIOP Trainings for English as a Second Language
Literacy Trainings
Concrete Representational Abstract (CRA) for Math
Meeting the Needs of All Learners Day on March 27
Technology Day on May 16
Inclusionary and Behavioral Trainings