The Final Report - Malcolm Shabazz City High School, Madison WI

Decision Item #26:Student Impact:REDUCE FUNDING FOR SUMMER INSTITUTES (cont.)The summer institutes have an indirect impact on students as theyprovide curriculum and staff development. Reductions in funding forinstitutes would likely mean more staff would obtain professionaldevelopment from outside sources. It is impossible to determine whateffect this could have on student learning, since there is no Districtspecific data demonstrating the effectiveness of these institutes. It islikely, however, that outside sources of staff development may not beconsistent with the District’s approach or philosophy.Strategic Priorities: The institutes support the strategic priority of staff development. (3)Board Priorities:Effectiveness:Redundancies orAvailability of theService Elsewhere:Service delivery:NAThe summer institutes vary greatly in subject matter, which is based onneeds identified by Teaching and Learning (75%), Educational Services(20%) and Student Services (5%), with one institute (the PrincipalInstitute) offered by Staff and Organizational Development. Institutescan be based on curriculum development or staff development. There isno overall mechanism to measure the effectiveness of the offerings, norwere data on attendance readily available. Reductions in funding forinstitutes would likely result in a need to prioritize offerings. Also, theinstitutes are a primary mechanism used to facilitate District sponsoredstaff develop to protect investments in standards based curriculumdevelopment and facilitate a common philosophy and approach. Fewerinstitutes would likely mean more staff would obtain professionaldevelopment from outside sources that could negatively impact theDistrict’s ability to train on MMSD specific instructional philosophies andmethods.There is limited other funding available for summer institutes. Summerinstitutes are one of the primary vehicles used to deliver instructionspecific to the District’s philosophies and methods. The District doesprovide staff development course offerings during the fall/winter/springas well, which are supported within various department budgets andallocations. In 2001, 333 courses were offered, for 4,881 course hoursand 3,940 enrolled for fall/winter/spring offerings.NA.Virchow, Krause & Co. LLP Page 125March 11, 2002