1. Ch. 9 Organizing and Paying for Schools

2. School District Organization
Local Board of Education
Superintendent
Central Office Staff
Intermediate Units – Special School District

3. Powers & Duties of School Boards
Obtain revenue
Maintain schools
Purchase sites and build buildings
Purchase materials and supplies
Organize and provide programs of study
Employ necessary workers and regulate their services
Admit and assign pupils to schools and control their conduct

4. School Organization Principal Assistant Principal
Think about principals you knew when you were a student. How would feel about having one of them as your principal when you are a teacher? What do you think those principals would expect from you as a teacher?
Assistant Principal
Department Heads and Team Leaders
Teachers
School Support Staff
See Figure 9.3 on page 231

5. Sources of Revenue for Schools
Property Taxes and Local Revenue
Advantages and Limitations to Property Taxes
Stability
Discourages rehabilitation and upkeep, assessment issues
Progressive (ability) or Regressive (use)
Look at the figure on p. 246

6. State Sources of Revenue & Differences
Sales and Income Tax
Gambling
Differences Fig. 9.7

7. MO – 2011 Proposed B udget

8. State Foundation Programs
Concept implies equity for taxpayers and students
See Figure 9.8 Page 246
Limited Effectiveness:
Frequently far below actual expenditure
Does not provide for different needs (special ed and vocational)

9. Federal Government’s Role
US Department of Education
Leadership
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center
NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
HQT (Highly Qualified Teachers)
Licensed and degreed
AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) Disaggregated test scores
Economically disadvantaged
Racial or ethnic groups
Students with disabilities
ELL

10. School Improvement Schools that fail to meet AYP…
2 consecutive years
Identified “Needing Improvement
3 consecutive years
Must offer supplemental services to low-income
4 consecutive years
Must replace school staff, implement new curriculum, decrease management, appoint outside expert, extend school day or year, or change school structure
5 consecutive years
Must be restructured

11. Politics in Education School Board Politics Superintendent Politics
School Politics
How do you feel about the suggestion that education is political and that you should develop your political knowledge and skill? In what ways do you see this being important to you, your teaching, your students, your school? Or, do you think that you can avoid politics as a teacher?

12. School Accountability
Teacher Accountability
Rewards for being accountable
Merit Pay
School and district report cards