TSSA PLAN 2024-2025
South Sevier Middle School
23-24 roll-over $47,725
24-25 awarded amount $63,434
Total budget $111,159
Goal 1
Assure learning and academic achievement to show a minimum of 5% increase in the number of students achieving proficiency on end-of-year testing from Spring 2024 to Spring 2025.
Action Plan approx. $60,000
THREE 5-hour per day instructional assistants to be assigned to one specific grade level to assist in all subject areas. Doing so will result in the possibility of one instructional assistant per grade level to help support teacher instruction and student learning.
Action Plan approx. $16,000
Pay ONE teacher to teach his/her prep period in order to provide Tier II Intervention support in tested subject areas and/or other assignments to provide students with academic/attendance/mental health support and instruction.
Action Plan approx. $8,000
Implement music education/beginning band opportunity for EVERY 6th grade student by renting a full inventory of instruments to supplement the limited school inventory already in place.
Goal 2
Provide teachers and students with instructional supplies/technology or online programs necessary to support a positive and productive learning environment.
Action Plan approx. $10,000
Take accurate inventory of supplies and other materials already present in the building. Allow teachers to make requests for items that support their instructional plans. Require teachers to explain how/why the materials are necessary. Provide teachers with an allowance maximum to help guide their requests.
Task content area teams to determine what technical or online learning platforms they would like to incorporate into their teaching to aid in increasing and maintaining the mastery of skills.
Goal 1 ties directly to the strategies listed as part of the school trustlands plan to increase student proficiency levels and overall performance. It has been decided by the community council that it is wise to invest more of our funding into manpower, providing students with a higher level of support for success. Implementing music education/beginning band opportunities for every 6th-grade student will provide the unique opportunity to learn and develop the skills of personal discipline, memory, problem-solving, confidence, and more which will result in a direct positive impact in all areas of learning.
Goal 2 is specific to the responsibility of funding instructional supplies for the school. It also allows for regular inquiry into finding ways to use technology as an instructional supply to aid student learning.
Total Budget $111,159
Proposed Expenditures $ 94,000
Roll-Over for 25-26 school year $ 17,159
Roll-over amount is intentionally being left high to help maintain instructional assistant positions for several upcoming years. Unexpected needs (new programs, technology, etc) may also be paid from this budget.