Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue, Lexington,
and Louise Van Meter Elementary Schools and Raymond J. Fisher
Middle School
Students Benefited:
All K-8 LGUSD students -
2,587 Students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
Projected shortfall for the 2007-08
school year budget from state funding is $187,000. This translates
to salary for 2 certified teaching staff. This grant will
specifically fund teachers to maintain the low student-teacher
ratio in grades 4-8. An added benefit is that this money
allows the district to spend other funds to:
Maintain existing electives at the middle school
Retain Literacy Specialists
Without this grant, teaching staff would be terminated and
class sizes would increase, the variety of middle school
electives would decrease. Teachers are ranked by order
of seniority, specialization and qualifications.
Maintain district wide average of 26:1 in gr. 4-8.
Music
Instruction K-8 and K-5 Teacher Collaboration Time
Awarding Organization:
Los Gatos Education Foundation
Requesting Organization:
Los Gatos Union School District
Grant Title:
Music Instruction K-8
and K-5 Teacher Collaboration Time
Funds Requested:
$189,000
Date of Request:
Initial request June 2006,
modified request October 2006
Required Funding Date:
Quarterly payments between
August 2007 - June 2008
Date Grant to Take Effect:
August 2007 - June 2008
School(s) Benefited:
Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue,
Lexington, and Louise Van Meter Elementary Schools and
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School
Students Benefited:
All K-5 students and Middle
School students that elect a music class, 1600 Students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
Fund Two Certified
Music Teachers
Leveraged with dollars from the Parcel Tax, our district
will have 5 full-time music teachers: 2 funded by LGEF and
3 funded by the Parcel Tax.
This grant continues the enhanced music program for K-5
and expands music classes offered at Fisher.
An important dual benefit of this grant is that all grades
at a school are taught music concurrently, thus enabling
the Kindergarten teachers 30 minutes, grades 1-4 40 minutes
and, in grade 5, 45 minutes. This time is used to review,
share and plan lessons that ensure consistency across each
grade level.
Achieve 100% student participation in K-5 music program
by providing one music class/week for each K-5.
Parent and teacher survey results will indicate:
80% satisfaction with the district music program for
grades K-5, 68% (an increase of 10% over ’06
data) for grades 6-8; 80% of teachers will report effective
use (defined as: analysis of group data/discussing
differentiated instruction / curriculum mapping/planning
grade level units/ meeting with curriculum staff/planning
special curriculum based events/interdisciplinary teaming)
of collaboration time.
Increase the % of middle school students participating
in music (currently 166 students participate, 18%).
Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue,
Lexington, and Louise Van Meter Elementary Schools and
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School
Students Benefited:
All K- 8 LGUSD students -- 2,587
students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
Maintain certified
science mentor (0.5 paid through Parcel Tax and 0.5 paid
by LGEF)
Improvements have been made over the past years in the K-8
science program with the implementation of hands-on science
kits at each grade level. There is still a need to maintain
and improve science instruction in K-8. Training for teachers
on the 18 grade level kits will be funded. More assessment
development will be performed with this funding. Curriculum
maps for all grades will be developed through collaboration
and articulation between K-8 teachers.
80% of teachers will report regular use of FOSS kits
on Teacher Survey
STAR Science assessment data for grades 5 & 8
will increase by 5%.
Develop 3 new FOSS science assessments
Ensure curriculum alignment to the standards using
science resource materials. Complete all curriculum
maps.
Develop teacher science study group to develop science
curriculum maps and ensure alignment across grades
K-8.
Initial request June 2006,
modified request October 2006
Required Funding Date:
Payments between August 2007
and June 2008
Date Grant to Take Effect:
August 2007 – June
2008
School(s) Benefited:
Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue,
Lexington, and Louise Van Meter Elementary Schools and
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School
Students Benefited:
All K-8 LGUSD students -
2,587 Students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
Fund three full-time math mentors.
This grant has two parts and is intended to build upon the ’06-’07
grant to improve mathematics instruction. Noyce grant funds
help supplement this program.
Math Mentors – Three certified Math
Teachers to focus on math instruction and
student intervention. The mentors will provide coaching,
modeling, resources and teacher support for students to improve
math achievement of all students. They will provide
in-class support directly to students and ongoing development
of differentiated teaching at all schools.
Math Leadership Team of classroom teachers
to help build Math leaders to guide the district initiative,
to be facilitated by the Math Mentors.
Increase of 5% in STAR Math assessment data
Revision of math curriculum maps
Survey of teachers indicates: 80% satisfaction
with this grant (mentors and leadership team.)
75% of teachers indicate they receive assistance in
class for students (coaching, unit and lesson development)
50% of math mentor time is spent actually working with
students, as reported on the teacher survey and mentor
calendars.
Two teachers from each school will participate in the
Math Study Group
Initial request June 2006,
modified request October 2006
Required Funding Date:
August 2007 – June
2008
Date Grant to Take Effect:
August 2007 – June
2008
School(s) Benefited:
Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue,
Lexington, and Van Meter Elementary Schools, Fisher Middle
School (6th)
Students Benefited:
All K-6 LGUSD students - 1,950
students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
This grant has two parts:
Artist in the Classroom
Art Docents
Part I. This would allow the district to continue and
expand the very popular “Artist in the Classroom” program. This
program provides an artist who works in each elementary
classroom to teach the children a hands-on lesson in visual
arts. In previous years children have had 4 to 5
lessons per year, this funding will increase those lessons
to 5 or 6 per year. Classroom teachers participate
as a professional development activity.
Part II. Funding of $10,000 Art Docents Program.
STAR scores will improve or remain consistent
Teacher and parent surveys will indicate 80% satisfaction
with the arts program
Art Docents will provide art history for all students
in grades K-6
Professional
Development Academy for Instructional Excellence
Awarding Organization:
Los Gatos Education Foundation
Requesting Organization:
Los Gatos Union School District
Grant Title:
Professional Development
Academy for Instructional Excellence
Funds Requested:
$75,000
Date of Request:
June 2006
Required Funding Date:
August 2007 – June
2008
Date Grant to Take Effect:
August 2007 – June
2008
School(s) Benefited:
Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue,
Lexington, and Louise Van Meter Elementary Schools and
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School
Students Benefited:
All K-8 LGUSD students - 2,587
students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
A continuation of the 05-06-07
grants, which began the Math Summer Lab School in the summer
of ‘06.
Building on the Math Summer Lab School, this grant will
include professional development for teachers aligned
to District goals and E2 initiatives. Connections
will be made for teaching and learning practices that
affect student abilities in English Language Arts, mathematics,
science, and art.
Teachers will participate as members of a professional
learning community to inquire into content areas to strengthen
factual knowledge, understand deep ideas in a conceptual
framework, and organize knowledge in ways that facilitate
student retrieval and application.
Professional learning opportunities will be aligned to
content area goals, best practice, and ongoing training.
This level of funding would support attendance for approximately
35 teachers representing gr. K-8. The funding would
provide stipends for teachers and presenters and resources
and materials for classroom use.
The summer lab program is one possible way to involve teachers
in training. To involve the highest number of teachers,
teacher survey data will be utilized in planning to provide
multiple entry points for engagement in learning – summer,
afternoons, during the school day, or Saturdays.
The percent of students scoring advanced or proficient
will increase by 5% on the annual STAR assessment.
Teacher surveys of attendees: 85% will report use of
learned strategies during 2007-08.
80% of parents responding to the parent survey will
report satisfaction with the district core instructional
programs.
At least 35 teachers will attend the initial and follow-up
trainings.
Pre- and post course assessments will be administered
to gauge the success and impact of this program on those
involved: parents/students/teachers. This will
be used as a baseline assessment.
Adolescence
Development - Social Emotional Literacy Program (SEL)
Awarding Organization:
Los Gatos Education Foundation
Requesting Organization:
Los Gatos Union School District
Grant Title:
Social Emotional Literacy
(SEL) Fisher Middle School
Funds Requested:
$15,000
Date of Request:
June 2006
Required Funding Date:
Payments between August 2007 – June
2008
Date Grant to Take Effect:
August 2007 – June
2008
School(s) Benefited:
R. J. Fisher Middle School
Students Benefited:
950 students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
This grant will support the
continued development of an integrated, comprehensive,
and coordinated social and emotional education effort at
Fisher. This program recognizes the unique needs of the
middle school adolescent and develops strategies and curriculum
to serve those needs. Needs assessment through a survey
of students, parents and staff will help identify priority
concerns. Staff will identify skills, attitudes and attributes
to be taught and, as appropriate, will develop the curriculum
content to be taught. Support of Welcome Everybody (WEB)
program for incoming 6th graders.
(Due to continued program maturation the funds requested
have decreased by $5,000 from ’06-’07.)
Survey student perceptual data regarding academic
integrity, student responsibility, and school safety.
Complete and publish 6th-8th grade course curriculum
for social emotional literacy at Fisher.
Community service participation rates will increase
by 5%.
Success will be measured by the Project Cornerstone
survey results.
Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue,
Lexington, and Louise Van Meter Elementary Schools and
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School
Students Benefited:
All LGUSD students K-8 - 2,587
Students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
This grant will support two
specialists. K-5 Certificated Librarian ($95K) to develop “learning
centers” which provide the venue for collaboration
between teachers and library specialists to teach students
the skills of informational literacy.
Library as Learning Center
Support library specialists at K-5.
Selection of print materials
Informational Literacy - development and implementation
K-8 Instructional Technology Specialist ($95K)
Train teachers, Computer Lab Specialists, develop integrated
curriculum and meaningful ways to use technology to enhance
the curriculum and engage students
Weekly, "just in time" drop-in trainings
Work with Library and Technology Committees
Standardized software throughout schools
Develop and articulate a new vision for library media
centers using information literacy based on State and National
standards.
Update the Technology Plan for the next 5 years.
Develop & implement information literacy benchmarks
for the next 5 years.
Blossom Hill, Daves Avenue,
Lexington, and Louise Van Meter Elementary Schools and
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School
Students Benefited:
All K-8 LGUSD students - 2,587
Students
Grant Description:
Success Indicators:
This grant will provide seed
money to develop an intervention plan for student success.
Assessment data, derived from multiple sources, will
be used to choose and modify interventions for students,
both above and below curriculum standards.
Instructional interventions will vary depending on
the academic concern and may include changes in content,
process, and product(s)
Possible funding of intervention specialists
Use of state-approved intervention materials
Progress monitoring will be ongoing to evaluate the
success of the intervention
The key elements, will include:
Targeting specific areas for improvement teams of
teachers analyzing learning data
Translating that data into interventions
Collaboratively analyzing the results of the interventions
Developing a culture where the intervention process
is cyclical and part of how we do business
The outcome will be a tiered model of intervention
The percent of students scoring advanced or proficient
will increase by 5% on the annual STAR assessment.
Teacher surveys and observational data will indicate
students are more highly motivated and engaged in learning
Student surveys and discipline data will indicate students
enjoy school more and are challenged in learning
