Response to Jason
These two online field trips are especially important because each is part of the United States Department of Education: the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the Transforming Teaching and Learning site. I appreciate the insight into how educators make tremendous personal sacrifices beliving in the value of their work in promoting higher quality of life in the society. For example, the author states, “The thoughts of spending $70,000-$100,000 for an education to receive a job in which you make $40,000 a year seems like a losing proposition for many would be education… Continue Reading...
supplies annual allocation by 50
6,650
6,650
Reduce psychologist supplies annual allocation from $2,075 to $1,275
1,275
1,275
Elementary School:
Parent fees: have parents pay for field trips, bus, and acitivty
17,400
17,400
Grades 5-8 band program: parents pay for band competitions, fees
6,315
6,315
Increase price of yearbook to include stipend, printing, and binding
15,087
15,087
Have parents pay for student magazines--add to textbook fee
20,200
20,200
Student competitions: eliminate Gifted Program competitions
18,500
18,500
222,391
Sum
Line item reductions from Option Two
Staff Positions
Elementary:
Eliminate learning-center assistant (rely on volunteers, closing during breaks)
25,450
25,450
Replace science lab teacher w/ full-time assistant
63,799
25,000
38,799
Elementary:
Reduce supplies/discretionary spending from $8,000 to $4,000… Continue Reading...
suggest, children’s organizations can engage with fire departments through open houses, or less formal field trips whereby the kids “see and touch fire apparatus and equipment,” (p. 103). These hands-on learning demonstrations stimulate interest in, and awareness of, the connectivity between fire departments and all other community service organizations. More importantly, the hands-on experiences open the door to learning opportunities whereby staff in those community groups, and the participants in the groups like children, learn the fundamental features of disaster prevention and disaster response.
When it comes to building strategic alliances with adult community groups, Coleman (2014) claims that fire departments need to start… Continue Reading...
