Budgeting Through A Student-Centered Educational Leadership Lens

1. Strategic Planning Session
February 16th, 2008
5:30 PM Closed Session
7 PM, Middle School Media Center
Budgeting As a Vehicle for
Accomplishing Priorities
Kent City Community Schools provides a nurturing learning
environment and
educates all students to be lifelong learners.

2. Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll
II. Public Comment on
Agenda Items
III. Closed Session
IV. Public Comment on
Any Issue
V. Presentation and
Dialogue: “Budgeting
As a Vehicle for
Accomplishing
Priorities”
VI. Adjournment

3. Presentation Agenda
• Budgeting Factors(Mr. Smith)
– Balance the Budget
– Stabilize Enrollment
• High Impact Initiatives
– Computer Science (Mr. Smith & Mr.
Shafer)
– Health Science (Mr. Oxford)
– EL Spanish (Ms. Coxon & Ms. Rich)
– Music and Performing Arts (Mr. Davis)
– Credit Recovery/Credit Acceleration
(Mr. Thompson & Mr. Dailey)
– Cross-Curricular Art Delivery (Mr. Smith
& Mr. Greer)
– MS Core Content Electives Blending
Content with Careers Making Learning
Relevant (Mr. Apkarian)
• Small Group Discussion (Group)
– Feedback Forms
Kent City’s niche is our ability to provide
each student with the individualized
attention necessary to nurture their
social and academic growth; and now
we will be able to add to that a level
of instruction that will prepare our
graduates not only for the global
economy, but also provide them with
an opportunity to thrive locally
despite Michigan’s economic woes.

4. Your Input Makes A Difference!
• Please take advantage of the different
opportunities to become involved in our schools:
1. Be sure to pick up a feedback form and complete it
as we go through our presentation.
2. Sign in and provide an email address so that you can
be part of a list-serve for questions & answers
regarding budget and high impact initiatives.
3. A question and answer period will follow the
presentations; I am committed to staying as long as
you have questions, need answers, or want to share
ideas.

6. “Only in challenging times can we
achieve greatness”
HOPEHOPE
SUCCESSSUCCESS

7. Why Strategic Planning?
• To define what we hope Kent City Community
Schools will be in the future.
• To establish targets for the future
• To plan how we are going to move toward the
targets and vision of the future.
• To determine success …if we accomplished
the targets and/or vision
– 2008-09 priority for administration & Board

8. School Aid
Fund
Income Tax
Sales Tax
Lottery
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Federal Funds
School Finance 101

9. Kent City
Community
Schools
$12,700,000
School Aid
Fund
Real Estate Tax
Federal Funds
Property Tax
Lottery
Sales Tax
Income Tax
Stuff
15%
Salaries & Wages
Health Care
Retirement
FICA
85%
Foundation
Allowance
Categoricals
School Finance 101

10. Impact of Michigan’s Economy on the
School Aid Fund

11. Michigan’s Declining Enrollment

12. The Near Future…

13. The Near Future…

14. How Does This Translate at the
Classroom Level?

15. What We Face Next Year…
• Retirement: Kent City
Community Schools has
total payroll of $6.7 million,
it has been announce that
the retirement rate will
increase by 3 -6% or 1/2 –
1% in actual rate. The
current retirement rate is
16.54%. The proposed
increase is an added cost on
current wages of between
$33,000 and $67,000
• Utility Surcharge: On
October 6, 2008 Public Act
295, aka the Clean,
Renewable and Energy
Efficient Act was enacted.
How this affects the Kent
City Community Schools is
the monthly surcharge to
our electric bills will add at
least $5,000 annually to the
cost of our electricity for
2009-10 and beyond.

16. What We Face Next Year…
• Health Insurance: The Kent City Community Schools
pays about $1.3 million in health insurance premiums
for its employees. MESSA will be implementing a
different pooling rate for Districts across the State. This
year the current plan caused a 5% variation in rates for
Kent City Community Schools over larger schools. With
the new pooling rates Districts could see reductions to
as high an estimated 30% increase in their rates. KCCS
will be pooled with all of the smaller districts from
across the State. A possible range of the increase in
health insurance premiums is $44,000 - $126,000 (3 ½
- 10%).

17. What We Face Next Year…
• Reduction in Student numbers:
This current year KCCS started
with 11 fewer students. That
amount to a reduction in School
Aid of just over $80,000. If we
have another reduction in
student numbers … plus there is
the possibility of at the maximum
a $0.00 increase in State Aid with
early preliminary figures of a
reduction by as much as $135 per
student. We (School Districts are
being advised to budget
optimistically at $0.00 or
conservatively a reduction $50.00
per student) a reduction of
$70,400
• Current Year Budget: During the
current year KCCS is dipping into
the Fund Balance by about
$200,000. This amount will not be
available in 2009-10. The Kent
City Community Schools since
2001-2002 has used over
$900,000 of its Fund Balance to
keep reductions to a minimum
each year.

18. Automatic Increases for 2009-10
Retirement Increase $67,000
Surcharge $5,000
Step Increase $112,000
Health Insurance $88,000
Student Numbers $80,000
State Aid $70,400
Carry Over $200,000
Est. Total $622,400

19. Other Challenges That We Face…
Aging Buildings… Impact of Upcoming Elections…
• Sinking Fund Tax Levy Renewal
Election on May 5th
– 1 Mil ($1 on each $1,000)
– $187,933 Budgetary Impact
• Operating Millage Renewal
Election on May
– Non-Homestead Property Only
– $18 on each $1,000 only on
property that is not a primary
residence
– $573,207 Budgetary Impact
•Replace Original Boilers with High
Efficiency Systems Leading to Cost
Savings
•Replace Roofs That No Longer Are
Under Warranty
•Replace Inefficient HVAC Systems
with High Efficiency Systems
Leading to Cost Savings

20. Budgeting As a Vehicle for
Accomplishing Priorities
• In difficult fiscal times, we must be very
innovative in the ways we chose to address the
two key concepts schools must get a handle on
immediately; 1) balancing the budget and 2)
stabilizing enrollment.
• As a district, we will need to cut $622,400 from
our budget and we must explore every option
available to us to reduce costs in areas outside of
student learning, depending on the rate of
increases to insurance and retirement costs that
must be paid by the district.

21. Keys to Fiscal Stability
1. Balance the Budget by
maximizing revenue
sources through
systemic policies and
programs that recapture
revenue sources prior to
cutting other expenses
that with the priority
being those sources that
will least impact student
achievement.
2. Stabilize enrollment in
order to retain existing
student counts while
expanding programs in a
cost-neutral format that
will increase the
marketability of our
district.

22. Step One: Balance the Budget
• Improve Food Service Program to recapture lost
revenue.
• Improve Specialized Instructional Programming to
improve expenditure efficiency.
• Improve Event Management and Facility Usage to
recapture and expand revenue.
• Improve Transportation Efficiency.
• Improve Energy Efficiency through Effective
Facility Usage Requirements.

23. Step Two: Stabilize Enrollment
Through Cost-Neutral Initiatives
• Add Spanish to the EL Program
leading to 2yrs of HS Credit by
the 7th Grade.
• Create a K-12 Computer
Science Program that will
provide students with
increased opportunities to
experience technology in all
core content areas including
the development of a
computer animation, digital
imagery, and other technology
driven art courses.
• Create a K-12 Health Science
class that will allow our
students to be exposed to the
fastest growing career in the
Grand Rapids Area allowing
this entire generation to resist
the trend of educated young
professionals leaving the state
of Michigan for employment;
including allowing students at
the HS level to intern locally
and provide training services
as part of an instruction
program at Kent City HS.

24. Step Two: Stabilize Enrollment
• Create a Musical Performing Arts course at the K-8
program that will allow students to continue the
creativity aspects of 2 and 3 dimensional art concepts
in the overall program of a course that enables
students to read, write, and perform music as
evidenced by bi-annual performances (Drama &
Musical) in all grade levels K-8 supporting the research
that indicates that students that learn to read, write
and perform music will have an increased capacity to
learn a 2nd or 3rd foreign language and develop the
necessary foundations to become successful in
advanced mathematics in HS (Statistics).

25. Step Two: Stabilize Enrollment
• HS Advisory Period (Mentorship
Program), Senior Capstone
(Tutorial for K-8 and Internships),
MS/HS Seminar (Teachers
Teaching In Non-Core Areas of
Passion to Promote and Model
Life Long Learning), Embedded
Honors Programs through Anchor
Activities Leading to Honors
Credentialing K-12, MS/HS 1st and
6th Period Blended Classes in
Math and Social Studies.
• After School/Delayed Start K-8
Clubs and Organizations to
Promote Unique Learning
Opportunities in Non-Core
subject areas (Enrichment).
• Two-Week Summer Credit
Acceleration, Credit Recovery,
and K-8 Science and Math Camp.
• Create a Core Content Program of
Electives in the MS that link the
Standards and Benchmarks of
ELA, Social Studies, Math, and
Science to careers through the
adoption of Career Clustering
making learning relevant.

26. Estimated Results of Two Part Plan…
Balance Budget
• Improve Food Service Program to
recapture lost revenue (Up to $200,000
over 3 years)
• Improve Specialize Instructional
Programming to improve expenditure
efficiency (Up to $75,000 yearly).
• Improve Event Management and
Facility Usage to recapture and expand
revenue (Up to $75,000 Yearly).
• Improve Transportation Efficiency (Up
to $50,000 yearly).
• Improve Energy Efficiency through
Effective Facility Usage Requirements
(Up to $50,000 Yearly).
• Total Savings of Up To $266,667 Yearly
Stabilize Enrollment
• High Impact Initiatives
– Keep Enrollment Stable Over
Next 3 Years ($653,883)
– Add 5 Students Per Grade
Through High Impact
Initiatives ($477,555)
• Total Budgetary Impact of
Up To $695,516 Yearly

27. The Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
2009-10 Automatic Increases
Retirement Increase $67,000
Surcharge $5,000
Step Increase $112,000
Health Insurance $88,000
Student Numbers $80,000
State Aid $70,400
Carry Over $200,000
Est. Total $622,400
Two Step Approach Potential
Budgetary Impact
Step One Est. $266,667
Step Two Est. $695,516
Est. Total $962,183
For Every 5 Students we Retain
or Gain, that is one less
program/staff member/or
opportunity that does not
need to be eliminated!

28. “Every day we can see the
glass half full or half empty”
“Kent City Community
Schools Uses State’s
Economic Woes to Evolve
into a Premiere
Community School
District; Fluency by 6th
Grade, Internships, Health
Science Employability
Skills Keep Graduates In
State”
The detailed and methodical
approach is the best way to
move a district forward. We
have the advantage in that
this economy leaves us with
very few options to sit back
and wait. Our community
supports our school district;
they have a voice in who we
are and what we will become
as a school system. We have
a foundation for the steps
that need to be taken but we
must get the input of our
community, our students, and
our parents before we can
effectively move forward.
How would you like the head line to read?

29. Teaching Digital Learners…

30. COMPUTER SCIENCE
Bill Shafer, Kent City Community Schools Technology Director &
Jeremy Smith, Kent City Community Schools Technology Instructor

31. HEALTH SCIENCE
Frank Oxford, Kent City Community Schools Health Science Instructor

32. Anything Worth Doing
Is Difficult

33. Kent City Community
• Community members are moving out of the
school district.
• Homes are foreclosing.
• Free and reduced lunches are on the rise.
• Student population is stagnant.
• Careers in the area are becoming harder to
obtain.

34. Kent City Statistics

35. Where Do I Go?
What Do I Do?
• Students say that they are most worried about
failing in the real world.
• Students are asked to graduate from high
school and go to college with the grim view of
what lies ahead of them.
• Students need to be exposed to the
workplace, while in high school.
– Internships and work study programs help to
bridge the classroom to career gap.
Nolan Finley, Michigan Students Have Grim View of Future, 2009, MyMASSP

36. Keeping The Community
Keeping Kent City students viable economically in our
community.
• Having a program that has a selling point that will
attract families to stay/come to Kent City Community
Schools.
• A school that has a long term mission/goal.
• Guide the students and community members to
recognize that there are employment opportunities
and that students can experience a great education.
• Give students an abundance of options for
employment.

37. Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise
Physiology
Medical Social Work
CPR and First Aid
Certified
AED Certified
Nursing Opportunities
Medical Research
and Lab Work
Medical Sales
Health/human services rodent inspection/control
Salmonella

38. Overall Health Sciences
• Students would go through a progressive k-12 health science
curriculum that is incorporated throughout the students career at
Kent City Community Schools.
• Increase student achievement by providing opportunities to study
and participate in learning activities related to health sciences.
• As the program progresses the students will experience the world of
health sciences through hands-on activities, guest speakers, field
trips, and job shadows.
• Ultimately the students will gain college credit and be placed in an
internship.
• A prescribed sequence of traditional academic courses that infuse
health and medical content and applications into the curriculum over
a three or four-year period (At least one special project that
incorporates health sciences into the core classes in the middle/high
school).

39. Elementary School
• Health Science class/special
• Michigan Model (Mapped out curriculum)
• Building block approach (building on skills and knowledge).
• Human reproductive unit
• Swimming/safety unit
• Implement aspects of health careers
– Bring health careers to the classroom
• Guest speakers
• Students can role play health careers in class
– Give the students the concept that they can have a
career and stay in this area.

40. Middle School
6th and 7th Grade
– Jen Olson’s curriculum
– Combine the two grade levels (Opens more electives for
students)
– Need to cover human reproductive unit
– Career component
• Nutrition/weight management
• Start to build a career pathway (salary, benefits,
duties, schooling, and availability)
• Research different health careers (career pathways
program).
– 1 semester

41. – Cover most of the material that health 9 covered.
– Go further into the aspects of the health careers.
– Bring health career to the classroom.
• Guest speakers
• Act out/role play different careers.
• Field trips to various health/medical facilities.
• Finish building a career pathway in health sciences
(revise/adjust/complete).
– Continue to give the students the concept that they can
have a career and stay in this area.
– Need to cover human reproductive unit.
– 1 semester
Middle School
8th Grade

42. Middle School
Previous
9th grade health course outline

43. High School Health Sciences
• Most people would never consider buying a
car before test driving it, this should be the
same for the career they are considering to
commit their life to?
• Students can take their contemplated career
in health care out for a spin before they
commit to years of training.

44. High School
Highlights/Outline
• Classroom: Students take required core classes along with
health science classes to prepare themselves for a career in
the health field.
• Clinical: Students engage in hands-on clinical work (majority
during internship)
– Therapeutic services --Diagnostic services
– Health informatics --Support services
– Biotechnology research/development
• Health tours: Tours of hospitals, colleges, health departments,
etc.
• Job Shadowing: Students participate in job shadows in the
health field.
• Internships: Students in 12th grade will participate in
internships at hospitals, colleges, and in the ancillary health
sector.

45. 9th and 10th Grade
Pathway To Health Sciences
• This course provides students an opportunity to learn more about career opportunities in
the health care/medical field.
• Students will get to practice mock situation that health care provides will have to handle.
• Pathway students visit college campuses for program-specific tours and demonstrations.
• Job shadowing at hospitals or ancillary facilities.
• Occasional public speakers and hands on experience in the field.
• Students can earn college credit and certification, because of the mixture of college-level
coursework in subjects like medical terminology and CPR.
• Research—Experimental design (with proper citing of references/resources)
Major Units of Study:
•Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
•Employability Skills
•Exploration in health science careers
•Anatomy and Physiology
•CPR/First Aid---certification/college credit
•World Health Issues
•Health Care Industry
•Safety and Infection Control
•Medical Terminology----college credit

46. Pathway To Health Sciences
Hands-on Experience
• Long-term care experience at nursing homes.
– Recreational therapy(Wii-Fit/Bowling)
– Social Work
– Medicine distribution (pouring)
– Nutritionist (meal planning and diets)
Long term patients are active with Wii and their recreational therapist.

47. Life 101

48. Senior Year Internships
• Discover Potential Healthcare Careers
• Leadership Experience
• Apply Knowledge and Employability Skills Within The
Healthcare System (clinical work experience).
1. Medical Explorers
– There is a rotation through several different units and
departments. Rotations include clinical care sites and
related areas.
2. Hospital Site – Specific Unit
3. Long-Term Care
4. Community and Ancillary Healthcare
– Dental, social work, physical therapy, and technology

49. Internship Example
• Athletic Trainer-Working with a sports team
(summer sports camps).
– Students can work as an assistant trainer at school
athletic events (counts as high school credit and life
experience/practice)

50. Future Partnerships
Medical Industry
Businesses That Support The Medical Industry
Universities
• Spectrum Health
• Grand Valley State University
• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
• Grand Rapids Community College
• Van Andel Institute
• Saint Mary’s Health Care
• Ferris State University
• Physical therapy centers

51. Other Benefits
• Internships also help with teacher to student ratio in
the classroom.
• Internships can involve students that have excelled in
Spanish to immerse themselves into the health
science field, where there is a great need for bi-
lingual employees.
• There could be more openings for students to take
electives with the changes in the classes.

52. Other Benefits
• Work-based learning activities connect
classroom learning to real world applications
through hands-on experiences in the world of
work.

54. Global Competence is
CORE Competence because
• Globalization is driving demand for an
internationally competent workforce.
– One in Five jobs is tied to international trade.
– China, India and Japan expected to be 50% of
world GDP within 30 years – up from 18% in 2004
– Most future business growth will be in overseas
markets
• Online: Wiring of world from 1998 on means
that much work can be done anywhere via the
internet (24/7 global production teams).

55. Global Competence is
CORE Competence because
Top 3 native
languages spoken by
online users:
1. English
2. Chinese
3. Spanish
Note: Non-English represented by
nearly 2/3 of internet population

56. Michigan High School
Graduation Requirements
• English (4 years)
• Mathematics (4 years)
• Science (3 years)
• Social Studies (3 years)
• World Languages (Languages Other Than
English - LOTE) – beginning with Class of 2016
– 2 years (or their equivalent in K-8)
• Visual, Performing, or Applied Art (1 year)
• Physical Education (1 year)
• On-line Learning Experience

57. Maple Valley Schools
Pilot Program Year Two
Sra. Mindy Otto,
Maestra de español
Coach Tony & Don Chemo Rodriguez
Cultural Consultants

58. Maple Valley Program Vision
Grades Sessions per week & length of
sessions
Annual instructional
hours
Total program
hours
K – 4 Minimum TWO times per week at 20
minutes per session
Including minimum ONE Culture
Focus session per month at 40
minutes per session[1]
27 hours 135 hours
5-6 Minimum TWO times per week at 30
minutes per session
Including minimum TWO Culture
Focus session per month at 30
minutes per session
36 hours 72 hours
7-8 Integrated 9-week Exploratories:
Minimum FIVE times per week @
40-60 minutes per session,
including cross curricular
studies and TWO Culture Focus
sessions per month
@ 40 -60 minutes per session
30-45 hours 60-90 hours
267-297 hours
Developing School Skills
and
Target World Language & Cultural Foundations
Reinforcing Standard Curriculum
via Target World Language
Exploring & Learning
via Target World
Language

59. We learned the jarocho
song “La Bamba” and
Don Chemo taught us
the dance to go with it!

60. Program Year One

61. We have gotten
really good at
reading and
understanding
Spanish this year!

62. PROGRAM YEAR TWO

63. We used our passports to
travel to the Spanish-speaking
countries of Cuba, Mexico, and
Colombia.

64. 3rd Grade
Mexico & Spain
Indigenous Peoples
Colonization
Leaders & Activists
Solar System
5th Grade
Central America (Guatemala, Honduras,
El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama)
Explorers/Empires
Weather
Friction/Resistance

65. We learned quite
a few dances
from Don Chemo
this year. Here,
we are doing the
Cumbia.

66. Michigan Dept. of Educ.
World Language Vision
• Learners acquire knowledge of
– the structure and function of
languages and society
• Studying languages provides learners
with access to
– knowledge and skills necessary
to function in a global
• community
• marketplace
• workplace
• World Languages is the study of
– Languages
– Cultures
• Learners
– develop the ability to communicate
• interlinguistically
• interculturally
– gain insight into
• themselves and others
MiDoE, Draft Standards for World
Languages, July 1997

67. • Children, before the age of ten, are able to master the pronun-
ciation of a world language in addition to the mother tongue
– use a language acquisition area of the brain
– those who begin later use a different area of the brain
• Children who have studied a world language show greater
cognitive thinking in such areas as
– Flexibility
– Creativity
– Divergent thinking
• Children who have studied a
world language develop a sense of
– openness to different people
– appreciation of other cultures
1 Adapted from Lipton, G. 2004. Practical Handbook to Elementary FL Programs (FLES*). Blueprints
for Learning, PO Box 2632, Kensington, MD 20891, 4th Edition.
Why should Kent City start
in the Elementary?

68. • Integrated & developmental studies translate to life-long learning
• Children who study a world language have
– a positive self-image
– an impression of success at school
• Children who studied a world language have better
results than those who have not studied a WL
on standardized tests (in English) in
• reading
• language arts
• mathematics
• Continuation of WL study into secondary school
and beyond, brings favorable results
– on AP examinations
– at the university level
Adapted from Lipton, G. 2004. Practical Handbook to Elementary FL Programs (FLES*).
Blueprints for Learning, PO Box 2632, Kensington, MD 20891, 4th Edition.
Why should Kent City start
in the Elementary?

69. Kent City World Language
Vision Kdg. – 6th Grade
• 2009-10 Students enrolled K-5 at Kent City
Elementary will receive:
– Spanish 1 – 2 days per week for a total of 50 – 60 minutes
of instruction per week (annually 37 – 45 hours)
– Cultural focus aligned with the Michigan Department of
Education for High School World Languages.
– Primary focus will be on 2 of the remaining 4 components
of world languages: Speaking and Listening. 6th grade will
contain the Reading and Writing components for High
School credit(s).
– Proficiency Test will be given at the end of 5th grade to
determine placement in a MS program. Most likely the
test will resemble the HS Spanish 1 cumulative exam.

70. Kent City World Language
Vision Kdg. – 6th Grade
• 5th Grade Proficiency Test will determine three
groups of students:
– Group A: Highly proficient, earning 1 HS credit in Spanish
– Group B: Benchmark, indicating readiness for an
accelerated Spanish 1 & 2 combination class in 6th grade
(earning 2 HS credits by the end of 6th grade)
– Group C: Does not meet standards, indicating the
traditional full year of Spanish 1 will be needed or an
alternative form of support.
• 6th grade (2009-10): “B” = Zero; “C” = 3-4 sections
• 6th grade (2012-13): “B” = 1-2 sections; “C” = 1-2
• 6th grade (2015-16): “B” = 3-4 sections; “C” = 0-1
section; “A” = ? a few kids or an entire section ?

71. 21st Century Learners

72. MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS
James Davis, Kent City Community Schools, Music Instructor

80. CREDIT RECOVERY/CREDIT
ACCELERATION/BLENDED CLASSES
Mark Thompson, Kent City Community School, Sec. Math Instructor &
Chad Dailey, Kent City Community School, Sec. Math Instructor

81. Summer 2-Week Credit Recovery
• Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same
thing over and over again but expecting a different
outcome.
• For students that have fallen behind academically, give
8th-11th grade students the opportunity to earn credits
in a two-week intensive instructional program.
• Allow students to take a summative exam to determine
exactly what benchmarks they have not learned as of
yet, then they will receive instruction focused only on
what they do not know, allowing for quicker recovery
leading to completion of the courses necessary to
graduate.

82. Summer 2-Week Credit Acceleration
• Give 8th-11th grade students the opportunity to
earn credits in a two-week intensive instructional
program.
• Students that take advantage of this program will
benefit through increased learning opportunities,
a flexible schedule in later grade levels, and
increased opportunities to reach their individual
potential as a learner through more time
available for internships and other relevant
learning experiences.

83. Blended Courses
• Blended courses offer a choice from traditional courses
in that a portion of the course is taught online and a
portion is face-to-face with the instructor.
• These courses are offered first and last periods to
accommodate students' schedules.
• Blended learning combines the best elements of online
and classroom education and is an excellent way to
prepare students for university coursework.
• Students can accelerate learning and complete blended
courses early than a traditional class providing more
opportunities for students to explore careers,
internships, and create flexible start/end times.

84. MS CORE CONTENT ELECTIVES
FOCUSED ON CAREERS & CONTENT
RELEVANCE
Greg Apkarian, Kent City Community School, MS Principal

90. ART DELIVERY FORMATS
William Smith, Kent City Community School, Superintendent

91. Art Programming
• K-12 Enrichment
Activities
– MS Enrichment 30 minutes
every two weeks
– HS Enrichment 30 minutes
every two weeks
– “Art All Day Friday’s”
Rotational EL Art Delivery
• Art Instructional
Coordinator
– Ensure that 2 and 3
dimensional art
benchmarks are included
in instruction
– Coordinate with Music Fine
Performing Arts Program
for Artistic Development
– Provide consulting to staff,
parents, and students

92. Art Programming
• Summer Camp
Enrichment Program
– Coordinate Community
Art Opportunities
– Travel Art Day Camp
– Art Portfolio
Development
• Expand 9-12 Art
Program Offerings to
Include Digital Art
Courses
– Computer Animation &
Digital Production
Supported by Computer
Science Program
– AP Art Independent
Study Using Portfolios
– Careers in Art Linked to
Advertising & Marketing

93. Art Programming
• K-5 After School Art Academy
– Coordinate and Develop a Web-Based Art Home
Based Activity Program (Support Portfolio
Development)
– Adult/Community Art Enrichment Classes in
Evenings
– Plan and Implement Four 2-week After School Art
Academy for students and parents to share in
instruction

95. It is Their World We Are Preparing
Them For…
Don’t Forget To
Complete Your
Handout…

96. Stakeholder Feedback…
• Please Complete and Turn
In Your Stakeholder
Feedback Forms
• If you have questions
regarding this presentation,
or have comments/ideas,
please e-mail me at:
smithw@kent-city.k12.mi.us
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The bottom line for us in Kent
City is that we must continue
to grow our programs,
remember what makes us
special, and meet the needs
of a difficult economy head
on. Improved programs with
an emphasis in locally
marketable job skills, the
ability to provide instruction
at an elite level, all while
keeping the focus on the
individual child’s social and
academic growth; these are
the keys to success now and
in the future.

97. Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Thank you for your time and commitment to Kent City Community
Schools