2007-08 Adopted Plan - Wake County Public School System

Growth RequestsInitiative: Special Education Teacher Assistants, Transition Training FacilitatorsEstablish 45.4 teacher assistant and transition training facilitatorpositions.Special Education teacher assistants are required for self-containedclasses as established by state law. Additionally, teacher assistants arerequired to meet a student’s unique needs as established by the student’sIndividual Education Plans(IEPs). Transition Training Facilitators assistwith Occupational Course of Study students and job training. Currentlywe have 25 Transition Training Facilitators.Projected Special Education Growth:• 8,014 WCPSS student growth projection x 15.2% (based onthe April 1, 2006 percentage of WCPSS students in specialeducation) = 1,218Establish 45.4 teacher assistant and transition training facilitatorpositions. Projections for 2008-09 and 2009-10 are based on the samerate of continued growth.Current Funding Formula:• Elementary: 13 new separate classes = 13 teacher assistantpositions plus 45 for anticipated growth during the year basedon number needed for 2006-07 growth during the year. As ofNovember 2006, thirty (30) additional positions have beenadded. We anticipate, based on the number of positions addedin 2005-06, we will add 15 positions before the end of the 2006-07 school year.• Secondary: 8 new separate classes = 8 teacher assistants plus10 for anticipated growth during the year plus 14 for resourceclasses (ratio of 1:50). [Of the 1216 projected new students,59% or 717 will be secondary (717 / 50 = 14)].• Additional transition-training facilitators are needed to work withstudents in the Occupational Course of Study. Program growth,since the Occupational Course of Study Program began in 2000,has increased the need to one position per high school andone additional position for our largest job sites to ensure propersupervision of students. We have added four large sites resultingin the need for four additional Transition Training Facilitator (TTF)positions.• Total teacher assistants and transition training facilitators=45.4Implementation Timeline & Budget Needed:2007- 08 MOE Amount CodeTeacher AssistantsTransition TrainingFacilitators8,014 (new students) x15.2%= 1,218divided by 50(student ratio)=244 monthsplus 210(new classrooms)=454 months226.00 $ 404,02230,90828,84791,462Subtotal: 226.00 $555,239 State228.00 $ 5,243407,59831,18129,10292,2725,290Subtotal: 228.00 $ 570,686 LocalTotal 454.00 $1,125,925Base 01.5200.027.142.0136.0000SS 01.5910.027.211.0136.0000Ret 01.5910.027.221.0136.0000Hosp 01.5910.027.231.0136.0000Base 02.5910.027.234.0136.0000Supp 02.5200.032.142.0136.0000SS 02.5910.032.211.0136.0000Ret 02.5910.032.221.0136.0000Hosp 02.5910.032.231.0136.0000Dental 02.5910.032.234.0136.0000185 FY 2007-08 Plan for Student Success