Transcript Horizon School Division No. 205 A Community of Learning

HORIZON SCHOOL DIVISION #205
A Community of Learning and Achieving
Annual Ratepayer’s
Meeting
February 25, 2009
HORIZON SCHOOL DIVISION #205
A Community of Learning and Achieving
Part 1:
Horizon School Division
Board Goals, Vision, Mission
Board of Education Goals
2007-2008
• Benchmarks of student success form the basis of
continuous improvement, accountable decision making
and positive outcomes.
• Effective partnerships are established to support student
learning.
• Effective administrative policies and procedures are
established and guide the Horizon School Division
community.
• The school division has a sustainable fiscal plan.
• Technology is effectively used within the context of the
school division plan.
• Common collective agreements are established with
staff.
Our Mission …
• To educate the whole student to become a
positive community contributor by adapting
opportunities to provide for personal
growth and measurable success.
Our Vision …..
• To build a community of learning and
achieving.
Our Commitment to Achieving
our Vision…
We value:
• success for all students.
• focused leadership that is creative, pro-active
and accountable.
• productive and principled working partnerships.
• and model lifelong learning.
• optimism for a positive approach and the
celebration of success.
• effective communication.
HORIZON SCHOOL DIVISION #205
A Community of Learning and Achieving
Part 2:
Horizon School Division
Programs & Services
Continuous Improvement
Framework Highlights
• Board commitment to keeping small schools
open – average class size 16.91 versus 20.66
provincially.
• Horizon students exhibit a much greater
persistence to complete Grade 12 (89%) than
their provincial peers (73%) persistence.
• Persistence from Grade 8 to Grade 9 or 10 is
97.41% for Horizon students compared to only
96.5% for provincial students.
CIF Highlights (Continued)
• Horizon students earn more credits than their
provincial peers (27.94 vs 27.47)
• Horizon has a significantly higher ratio of First
Nations and Métis staff to First Nations and
Métis students (1:2) compared to the provincial
number (approximately 1:4).
• Horizon students receive a quality education
regardless of whether an accredited or nonaccredited teacher instructs the class.
Results for Self-Declared
Students
• Unfortunately persistence and credit
completion results for self-declared
students are significantly lower than their
Horizon peers.
• A number of interventions are being put
into place to attempt to address these
differences and afford these students with
increased opportunities to experience
success.
CIF Highlights (Continued)
• In the CAT 3, Horizon students’ reading scores
exceeded the Canadian norm of 77% in three of
the four grade levels tested.
• Grade 9 reading scores were only 1% below the
Canadian norm.
• Horizon students outperform provincial and
regional students in Grades 7 and 10 but not
Grade 4.
• Horizon has embarked on an ambitious reading
improvement plan
CIF Highlights (Continued)
• Horizon students did not achieve as well on the
CAT 3 Math tests. Our students scored below
the Canadian norms in math.
• As a result, we have developed a Division Math
Plan to improve student learning outcomes in
math.
• Individual school staffs, under the leadership of
their principals, have created individual math
action plans designed to improve math results.
Other Student Success
• Horizon students exhibit excellence in their
extracurricular pursuits in 2007-2008:
• Six gold medals in team sports
• Five silver medals in team sports
• Five bronze medals in team sports
• Seven gold medals in individual
sports/track and field
Other Student Success (Continued)
• Seven silver medals in individual
sports/track and field
• Three bronze medals in individual
sports/track and field
• Three Horizon schools were presented
Saskatchewan High Schools Athletics
Association awards for Sportsmanship for
their outstanding conduct at their
provincial championships.
Technology Infusion
• We believe that by improving the engagement of
students in the learning process, students
learning outcomes will improve.
• We need to use digital tools to engage students
in learning. To this end, we have hired two
Learning Technologists (LT’s) to work with
teachers and students and literally transform the
way our classrooms operate.
• Two infusion pilots were initiated in the latter part
of the 2007-2008 school year
Student Services
We have expanded services by:
• Increasing the number of Speech Language
Pathologists
• Hiring an Occupational Therapist
• Hiring an additional Student Services
Coordinator
• Staffing schools with Learning Resource
Teachers
• Achieving outstanding Ministry Review results
Effective Partnerships
• Horizon has a signed partnership agreement
with three First Nations:
 Muskowekwan First Nation
 Day Star First Nation
 George Gordon First Nation
• Horizon moved forward with the Punnichy
Career Transitions Initiative through strategic
meetings and the careful collection and
consideration of survey feedback from parents
and students.
Effective Partnerships (Continued)
• Co-management agreement with St. Paul’s
Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionHumboldt Collegiate Institute.
• Partnerships with Carlton Trail Regional College
and the Buddies Programs in Kelvington and
Wadena.
• Establishment of a Before and After School
Program at Humboldt Public School.
• Effective Pre-K programs
Other Student Initiatives
• Itinerant career counsellors visit all of our
high schools on a regular basis
• SCCs were elected in all Horizon schools
• Horizon continues to provide support and
guidance to SCCs
• All schools, with the exception of the two
Hutterite schools and St. Peter’s High
School, have Learning Improvement
Plans.
Staff Agreements
• We have a single CUPE agreement that
was signed during the 2007-2008 school
year.
• We have separate agreements with every
other staff association in Horizon, except
with the teachers.
• Negotiations with the teachers have
recently reached a stage where teachers
are considering a proposed contract.
Professional Learning
Communities (PLCs)
• Horizon School Division believes that
PLCs are the best means for meaningful
and sustained improvement of student
learning outcomes.
• PLCs provide a vehicle for teachers to
update their professional knowledge and
skills through collective inquiry into best
practice and current reality.
PLCs (Continued)
The critical questions that PLCs are charged with
the responsibility of answering are:
• What do we expect students to learn?
• How will we know when they have learned it?
• What do we do to facilitate learning?
• How will we respond when they don’t learn?
Horizon provides four days per school year for
teachers to meet in PLCs in order to answer the
four critical questions outlined above.
Assessment for Learning
This provincial initiative serves as another means
to improve student learning outcomes. It
achieves this by:
• Enhancing assessment literacy.
• Providing division and school-specific
opportunity-to-learn data.
• Providing division and school-specific
achievement outcome data.
There are specific expectations set out at the
division, school and classroom teacher levels.
Canadian Achievement Tests
(CATs)
• CAT is a commercially available series of
achievement tests drawn up with current
Canadian curricula in mind.
• This assessment seeks to be free of bias with
respect to ethnicity, age and gender.
• Content of the tests is set up to reflect Canadian
society and values.
• Horizon School Division conducts CAT testing in
math and reading at various grade levels.
Additional Initiatives
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Student Outcome Rubrics
Math K, 1, 4 and 7 curriculum renewal
Middle Level Science pilots
English as an Additional Language
Tragic Events Response Team
Student Activities Coordinator
Emergency Response Plan
Personal Program Plan Review
Provincial
Success Rate
Horizon
Success Rate
1. Strengths and impact areas (needs) are recorded
92%
100%
2. Assessed level of educational performance is
recorded
77%
100%
3. Annual outcomes are consistent with impact areas
71%
100%
4. Short term objectives are developed under each
annual outcome
68%
100%
5. Assessment procedures for monitoring and
evaluating student progress are recorded
74%
100%
6. Sources of supports are recorded
62%
100%
7. Efforts towards differentiated instructional strategies
91%
100%
8. Collaborative Team Approach
80%
94%
9. Parental signature or documented attempt
75%
100%
Provincial CIF Priorities
1. Higher levels of literacy and student
achievement
2. Equitable Opportunities for all students
3. Smooth Transitions into and through
systems
4. Strong system-wide accountability and
governance
Horizon School Division
Priorities
• Horizon’s priorities have been developed
to align with the CIF priorities.
• The division’s priorities are listed below
the provincial priorities.
Continuous
Improvement
Framework
Summary
There are four critical priorities.
Higher levels of
literacy and student
achievement
Assessment:
AFL, CAT 4,
Division Math Grade 4
and 7, Diagnostic Reading
Comprehension and
Math Diagnostic
(See Five Year Assessment Plan)
Enhance E-Learning:
Distance Education
Pilots
(See Five Year Distance
Education Plan)
Professional Development :
Principals and
lead teachers to PLC Conference
and Continuing the Journey,
Four days of PLCs division-wide,
Math K,1, 4, 7 Inservice
Renew Learning Program
and Instructional
Approaches:
Team teaching, Special
Education Master Plan,
Curriculum Renewal
The Ministry's
strategies to advance
each priority are in bold
font.
Equitable Opportunities
for all students
Smooth transitions
for students into
and through
Systems
Strong system-wide
accountability
and governance
Review Supports
for Learning:
Special Education
Student Outcome Rubric
Report
Special Education Master
Plan
Implement the
Early Learning
and Child Care Strategy:
Pre-K Programs, Humboldt Early
Entrance Pilot
Implement the Continuous
Improvement Framework:
PLCs, Assessments, Five Year Distance
Education Planning, LIPs, SCCs
Improve Outcomes
for First Nations
and Metis Students:
Pre-K Programs,
Partnerships with First
Nations
Articulate Human
Service Mandate
and
Delivery Structures
Implement the
Keeping Kids in
School Strategy:
Survey of Students in
High School Classes
and completion rates
Implement School
Community Councils
Provide equitable transparent funding
methodology (K-12 Operating Grant):
Decentralized Budgets, Staffing Formula
Develop and implement the Career
Development
Action Plan: Career Councilors
in each school,
Division Purchase
of Choices Planner
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Ministry’s priorities.
Provide Property Tax Relief
Provide a Framework for Facilities
Management and Infrastructure
Renewal: Annual Facilities Tours
Horizon School Division
Expectations
• Professional Learning Communities
• Provincial Assessment for Learning
Program
• Canadian Achievement Tests
• Division Assessment
Initiatives to Improve Student
Learning
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Math K, 1, 4, 7 Curriculum Renewal
Middle Level Science Pilots
Professional Learning Communities
Career Education
English as a Second Language
Strategic Planning
Information
Horizon has several initiatives in place to
advance division priorities:
• Learning Technology Software
• Professional Development
• Pre-service bursaries for personnel in SLP
and Educational Psychology
• Special Education Funding
Companion Reports
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TERT
Student Activity Year End Report
Student Activity Coordinator Report
Student Services Funding
CIF Indicator Reports
• Core Indicators Report
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Class Size
Credits per Graduate
Enrolments
Persistence to complete Grade 12
Transitions from Grade 8 to High School
• Average Marks per course
• Intensive Supports Report Summary
Board of Education
Strategic Plans – in progress
• Five Year Assessment Plan
• Five year Distance Education Plan
• Five Year Curriculum and Instruction
Plan
• Five Year Career Counsellor Plan
HORIZON SCHOOL DIVISION #205
A Community of Learning and Achieving
Part 3:
Horizon School Division
2008 Financial Explanation
School Division Revenue
• Revenue Sources are broken into 5 main categories
• Taxation – revenue received from property taxes
• Grants – revenue received from Federal and Provincial Government
including the Educational Property Tax Rebate
• Complimentary Services – revenue that is received specifically for
services that compliment the general operations
• Tuition – revenue received from other school divisions, First Nations
and Foreign Students
• External Services – revenue received for special projects of which
the school division acts as a host.
• Other – revenue received for sale of materials/assets, rentals,
interest on investments
Taxation
• Division Total Assessment is 1,823,680,085.
Urban assessment is 24% and rural is 76%
• Derived GIL Assessment is 17,234,085
• This generates the annual levy which of
$43,261,483.00, of this total the Education
Property rebate would be estimated at
$11,845,037.00
• Penalties for 2007-08 were at $373,763.00
• Discounts, cancelations and abatements for
2007-08 were $2,149,237.00.
Cancellations Exemptions and
Abatements
• Concern in some communities that we do not
approve exemptions for local service groups or
senior citizen buildings.
• Concern to the school division that we lose
actual cash revenue when exemptions,
cancellation and abatements take place
• Our grant is based on assessment, assessment
goes up – grant goes down, assessment goes
down – grant goes up
• So when the division is faced with an abatement
the division simply lose the revenue and it is not
made up on the grant side of the equation.
Grants
• Provincial funding formula A – B = C
• A – recognized expenditures (
expenditures incurred in operations of
division – basic rates, diversity, special
needs funding and transportation)
• B – recognized revenue – the amount the
government feels can be obtained locally
• C – Grant – net effect expenditures –
revenues
Fog Recognition Categories
• Recognized Expenditures (A)
– Basic rates
– Student Transportation
– Targeted Funding Support
– Special Education Geographic Factor
– Other Factors
Fog Recognition Categories
• Recognized Revenue (B)
– Expected Locally Raised Revenue based on Ministry
equalization factor of 17.2 mills
– Other External Revenue Received
Grant Entitlement (C)
Recognized Expenditures minus
Recognized Expenditures equals
Foundation Operating Grant $18,856,128.00
Property Tax Rebate
$11,845,037.00
Other Ministry Grants
$ 400,396.00
Total Grant 2008
$31,101,561.00
Tuition/Other
• The division receives tuition revenue for
students that attend our schools from other
school divisions, First Nations and Foreign
students.
• Other miscellaneous revenue comes from such
things as sale of materials/assets, rentals,
interest on investments, loans and debentures.
• Tuition revenue was $6,512,195.00 and Other
income was $615,143.00
Division Operating Revenue
(based on 2008 actual)
Tuition
10%
Property
Tax Rebate
17%
Other
1%
Taxes
43%
Grants
29%
Taxes
Grants
Property Tax Rebate
Tuition
Other
Division Expenditures
• Division expenditures are broken into ten main
categories.
• Governance – costs of the board operations
• Administration – costs of administering the
school division
• Instruction – costs of providing the instructional
programs of the school division
• Plant Operation and Maintenance – costs for
maintaining our schools
Expenditures (Continued)
• Transportation – cost of student transportation in the
division
• Tuition – costs to send any of our students to other
school divisions when we cannot provide the programs
they require.
• Other which include
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Supplementary Services
Complimentary Services
External Services
Interest and Bank Charges – the costs for our line of credit
interest and interest on loans
Total Expenditures including debt repayment $65,096,350.00
Division Operating Expenditures
(based on 2008 actual)
Transportation
10%
Tuition
1%
Other
1%
Facilities
11%
Governance
1%
Administration
3%
Instructional
73%
Governance
Administration
Instructional
Facilities
Transportation
Tuition
Other
Consolidated Revenue and
Expenditures
• Division Accounts are made up of three funds,
operating, capital and reserve
• All are consolidated to form the final reporting of
division operations
• The Audited Financial Statement will provide
information on the transactions in all three funds
• The Audited Consolidated Financial Position for
2008 is a surplus of $3,077,635.00
School Division
Horizon School Division
2008
Budget Process
Mill
Rate
Horizon School Division
23.5
Chinook School Division
23.7
Good Spirit School Division
21.95
Living Sky School Division
24.25
Northeast School Division
21.0
Northwest School Division
20.0
Prairie South School Division
24.8
Prairie Spirit School Division
22.86
Prairie Valley School Division
22.75
SE Cornerstone School Division
23.0
• The 2009-2010 budget
process has begun and will
continue until the end of April
at which time the mill rate will
need to be set.
• All aspects of the school
division from staffing to
classroom supplies is being
reviewed.
• Long Term (3. 5 ,10 year)
facility plans, transportation
plans and sustainable fiscal
plans are also in development.
Public Sector Accounting
• Due to new regulations coming from the Public Sector
Accounting Board the division has implemented a 2
account system in the schools.
• The two accounts will be the School operating account
and the SRC account.
• These accounts will be a part of the 2009 audited
financial statement and be reported there each year
thereafter.
• We are presently looking into an asset valuation model
as to be able to depreciate.
• Our big question is who will use the information and will
the information be of such value to justify the expense?
Additional Information
• The 2008 Annual Report and 2008
Audited Financial Statement can be found
on the Division web site at www.hzsd.ca
• If you want further information please call
– Phil Benson or Marc Danylchuk at
• 1-306-365-4888
• or Toll free in Saskatchewan: 1-877-365-4888
HORIZON SCHOOL DIVISION #205
A Community of Learning and Achieving
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