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Report of the Committee on Accountability, Finance, and Personnel |
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13. Report with Possible Action on the Implementation of the Bilingual Budget Amendment |
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement
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Attachments:
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FY20 Bilingual Budget Modifications |
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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A request was issued to MPS Administration to provide the Milwaukee Board of School Directors with a report in December 2019 regarding the implementation of the Bilingual Budget Amendment. The following four items were included in the amendment and approved by the Board:
1. restore funds to the Department of Bilingual Multicultural Education in the amount of $79,838;
2. allocate $200,000 to the Grow Your Own program for eligible bilingual paraprofessionals;
3. implement support systems for students to attain the Seal of Biliteracy; and
4. provide the Department of Bilingual Multicultural Education with $20,000 to facilitate the Districtwide Multilingual Multicultural Committee. |
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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This item does not authorize expenditures. |
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Implementation and Assessment Plan: |
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Recommendation
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Your committee recommends establishing a Special Task Force to develop specific strategies and guidelines for a targeted initiative to develop capacity in MPS to address the shortage of bilingual teachers and bilingual support staff. The Task Force will make recommendations to the Board on strategies that retain, invest in and develop bilingual teachers for the full implementation of the Board’s resolution of June 2014, including:
1. On supporting, financially and otherwise, bilingual professionals to become bilingually certified teachers
2. On supporting, financially and otherwise, bilingual teachers assigned to classrooms to earn bilingual or related certification
3. On working with universities and the MPSU to have future teachers complete their student teaching on the job at MPS.
4. On developing performance portfolios for future bilingual teachers, and that lead to quality bilingual teaching.
5. On creating programmatic strands in middle and high schools that encourage the preparation of bilingual teachers, and on the partnerships to be established to attain college credit as well as recommendations on which schools must develop such programs.
6. Within an equity lens, to eliminate the barriers to becoming a certified bilingual teacher, including MPS and state standardized tests and other related requirements.
7. Offering courses through MPSU for the development of greater proficiency in English and other languages for future bilingual teachers.
The Task Force will also make recommendations on an organizational structure that, in collaboration with the MPS Administration, facilitates and centralizes bilingual capacity building that can make more friendly the process of financial and other supports, and that works with schools with bilingual or related programs to place future bilingual teachers, giving them maximum experiences in the teaching of languages and the development of bilingualism.
The Task Force shall adhere to Board Rule 2.11 and Administrative Policy 2.12 relative to advisory councils and shall include administrators, bilingual professionals, bilingual teachers, the DMMAC, the MTEA, parents and students, where each of these groups shall select their representatives.
The first initial report shall be made through the appropriate committee in the January 2020 cycle, with further reports to be made monthly through the Spring semester of 2020. |
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Approvals:
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Recommended By: |
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer |
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