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Talking Tables 2016/2017 February 4, 2016 Hosted by: Budget Stakeholder Engagement Committee

What is Talking Tables?  Event in the BSEC process  Evolved from a Board/Senior Leadership/PVP event  To include stakeholders KLTF/CUPE/DPAC  Social  Opportunity for Trustees to hear directly from the field  Opportunity for individuals to deliver messaging to Trustees  Talk about learning before money to align resources

Instructional core : The core includes three interdependent components: teachers' knowledge and skill, students' engagement in their own learning, and academically challenging content. Theory of Change : The organization's belief about the relationships between certain actions and desired outcomes, often phrased as an "if… then…" statement. This theory links the mission of increased performance for all students to the strategy the organization will use to achieve that goal. Strategy : A coherent set of actions a district deliberately undertakes to strengthen the instructional core with the objective of raising student performance district-wide. Gaining coherence among actions at the district, school, and classroom levels will make a district's chosen strategy more scalable and sustainable. Stakeholders : The people and groups inside and outside of the district - district and school staff, governing bodies, unions and associations, parents and parent organizations, civic and community leaders and organizations. Culture : The predominant norms, values, and attitudes that define and drive behavior in the district.

Structure : Structures help define how the work of the district gets done. It includes how people  are organized, who has responsibility and accountability for results, and who makes or influences decisions. Structures can be both formal (deliberately established organizational forms) and informal (the way decisions get made or the way people work and interact outside of formal channels). Systems : School districts manage themselves through a variety of systems, which are the  processes and procedures through which work gets done. Systems are built around such important functions as career development and promotion, compensation, student assignment, resource allocation, organizational learning, and measurement and accountability. Most practically, systems help people feel like they do not have to "reinvent the wheel" when they need to get an important, and often multi-step, task done. Resources : Managing the flow of financial resources throughout the organization is important,  but resources also include people and physical assets such as technology and data. When school districts carefully manage their most valuable resource--people--and understand what investments in technology and data systems are necessary to better support teaching and learning, the entire organization is brought closer to coherence. Environment : A district's environment includes all the external factors that can have an impact  on strategy, operations, and performance (i.e. regulations and statutes, contracts, funding and politics

 Academic Success  Citizenship  Resiliency  Imagination and Creativity

 Alignment of UN Global Sustainability Goals with curriculum and learning opportunities for students  Building a culture of students as learning leaders  Bringing criteria for effective learning environments to scale  Development of skills and competencies as “Curriculum”

Budget 2016-2017  www.sd8.bc.ca / News & Highlights / Budget 2016-2017  http://www.sd8.bc.ca/Finance/20162017Budget/2016- 2017%20Budget%20Process-%20Committee%20Work%20- %202015%2011%2010.pdf  Process is developed by BSEC each Fall for following year  Feedback/debrief at the end of each process  Main premise: Align financial and human resources with student learning needs

Approach to Ensure Alignment • Removed initiatives • “Bare bones”; must haves • Funds to ‘spend’ or align $1.100 m Innovative Learning $511,000 • Independent Learning $ 45,000 • Stakeholder Applications $ 82,000 • Operations Portfolio $110,000 • Technology $200,000 • Human Resources Portfolio $ 15,000 • Superintendent’s Portfolio $ 5,000 • Increased Classroom Resources $ 17,000 • Director of Technology $135,807 • Student Voice $ 15,000 •

Innovative Learning April 7 April 21 Early Learning (EA Support for all classrooms with K) 290,000 220,000 Achievement: Leveraging Digital 30,000 10,000 Achievement: Leadership Development 60,000 40,000 Achievement: Trades & Career Ed Review 60,000 20,000 Achievement: Curriculum Implementation 180,000 83,362 Achievement: Innovative Action Grants 30,000 20,000 Innovative: District Pro-D Increase from $15,000 5,000 - Innovative: Cultural Events Increase from $27,500 2,500 - Innovative: ERAC Database Increase from $5000 5,000 - District Vice Principal of Innovative Learning Continuation (1.0 FTE) 117,638 117,638 Total Request 780,138 Superintendent's Recommendations 511,000 511,000

Independent Learning: Capacity Building & Training Initiatives April 7 April 21 Independent: ASIST (Suicide Prevention) 15,000 7,000 Independent: Capacity Building 25,000 15,000 Independent: Mandt Training 15,000 12,000 Independent: Internal DL Review 15,000 5,000 Independent: Erase Bullying 15,000 5,000 Independent: Travel Increase from $46,750 3,250 1,000 Independent: Telephone Increase from $6000 500 - Independent: Integration Support Supplies Increase from $3 000 2,000 - Independent: Assessment Supplies Increase from $5000 2,000 - Independent: Equipment Increase from $4000 1,000 - Independent: Increase Contingency from $127,000 23,000 - Total Request 116,750 Superintendent's Recommendations 45,000 45,000

Operations & Transportation April 7 April 21 Additional Operations Staffing 85,000 60,000 Operations/Transportation Fleet Evergreen Increase 107,000 50,000 Total Request 192,000 Superintendent's Recommendations 110,000 110,000

Technology April 7 April 21 Technology Evergreen 200,000 200,000 Additional 1.0 FTE Computer Technician 78,266 Lifesize - 3rd Terminal (video conferencing to third site) 12,500 Total Request 290,766 Superintendent's Recommendations 200,000 200,000 April 7 April 21 Director of Technology 135,807 135,807 Total Request 135,807 Superintendent's Recommendations 135,807 135,807

Human resources April 7 April 21 HR: Staff Recognition Increase from $10,000 10,000 5,000 HR: Excluded Recruitment 7,000 5,000 HR: Training 500 HR: Criminal Records Checks Increase from $5,000 1,000 HR: Travel Increase from $8,000 2,000 HR: Leadership Development - Labour Relations (NEW) 6,000 5,000 Total Request 26,500 Superintendent's Recommendations 15,000 15,000

Other April 7 April 21 Superintendent: Communications Budget 5,000 Superintendent: Professional Development Leaves 120,000 Total Request 125,000 Superintendent's Recommendations 5,000 - April 7 April 21 Increase school and classroom resources (increase by $10/student Stand 38,102 - Total Request 38,102 uperintendent's Recommendations: Furniture Replacement Evergreen 17,000 - April 7 April 21 Student Voice Initiatives (to be determined by Superintendent, P's and students from student symposium and increased participation in district governance) 13,000 35,000 Total Request 13,000 Superintendent's Recommendations 15,000 35,000

Nuts and Bolts…

Cycle Enrolment Projection February Amended Preliminary Budget Budget February April Final Enrolment Operating (1701) Grant September December

Enrolment  3 year enrolment projections each February prior to the fiscal year  Due to Ministry February 15, 2016 for 16/17, 17/18, 18/19  Today …. Year 2 of last year’s 3 year projection  Or in other words enrolment projected for 16/17 in February 2015  16-17 to 18-19 data is being gathered from PVP& portfolio managers now  Submission to MOE in two weeks

Enrolment - September Growth + Decline - 2016-2017 2015-2016 School Age K-12 - Standard 4,302.875 4,334.750 -31.875 Alternate 20.000 37.000 -17.000 Distributed Learning 384.500 263.375 121.125 72.250 Special Needs - Level 1 3.000 3.000 0.000 Special Needs - Level 2 152.000 155.000 -3.000 Special Needs - Level 3 55.000 64.000 -9.000 English Language Learners 32.000 31.000 1.000 Aboriginal Education 639.000 786.000 -147.000 Adults 2.000 3.625 -1.625

Enrolment

Revenue – Operating Grant  Majority Enrolment Driven

Per Pupil Comparisons 16-17 to 14-15 Funding Type 15-16 14-15 Increase % Increase Standard Student 7,158 6,900 258 3.74% Distributed Lrn 6,030 5,851 179 3.06% Sp Ed Level 1 37,700 36,600 1,100 3.01% Sp Ed Level 2 18,850 18,300 550 3.01% Sp Ed Level 3 9,500 9,200 300 3.26% ELL (formerly ESL) 1,380 1,340 40 2.99% Ab Ed 1,195 1,160 35 3.02% Adult Ed 4,565 4,430 135 3.05% Unique Geographic 8,664,002 8,611,695 52,307 0.61%

Unique Geographic Factors Small Community 3,102,614 Student Location Factor 2,329,611 Low Enrolment Factor 1,137,528 Rural Factor 710,085 Climate Factor 186,126 Sparseness Factor 1,034,038 Supplemental Student Location (Sp Needs Location) 164,000 Total Unique Geographic 8,664,002

Revenue – Other

Revenue – Special Purpose