BSEP High School Site Spending Summary
Unique among the BSEP Funds, the BSEP School Enrichment Program [Fund 5] channels all of its resources ($1.6 million in 2004-05) directly to each school, where an elected Site Committee of parents and staff (and, at Berkeley High, students) decides how best to use them. The wide variety of programs funded provides the special character at the heart of each Berkeley school. BSEP puts the art in Berkeley Arts Magnet, the Farm & Garden at LeConte, the unicycles at Jefferson, as well as funding teachers, instructional specialists and other academic programs.
Thanks to the creativity of the BSEP Site Committees (not to mention the generosity of Berkeley voters), these school-based programs support and supplement the classroom's core curriculum in a broad range of areas, and in a myriad of ways.
2004-05 Berkeley High School BSEP Enrichment Fund Spending Summary
Note: Funding is based on enrollment–schools with more students receive more funds. Some schools have funds that remained from the previous year. These funds carry over to the current year.
BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL Allocation: $456,585
- College Advisor (1.0 FTE): to serve as a resource for students, parents and staff regarding college, including testing, applying for enrollment and financial aid, etc.; to serve as an advocate for Berkeley High students to the nation's 3,000 colleges.
- Career Advisor (.40 FTE): to assist students in assessing their career goals and in investigating ways to fulfill those goals through further education, internships, apprenticeships, and other forms of training.
- Instructional Specialist - Drummer (.53 FTE): to provide a half-time lead drummer for the African/Haitian dance course, serving 400 students.
- Home-School Liaison (.53 FTE) & ELL Tutors: to support English Language Learners at BHS in all academic subjects, and to communicate with families to promote regular school attendance and consistent home study habits.
- Parent Liaison - Parent Resource Center (1 position @ .67 FTE, 1 @ .27 FTE): to provide outreach and conduct workshops for under-served families of the Berkeley High community, teaching students and parents how to access the wide array of services available at the school.
- Volunteer Coordinator (.53 FTE): to identify volunteer needs at BHS that focus on eliminating the achievement gap; to recruit, train, place, and monitor volunteers in all departments.
- Anger Management Program (hrly/contract TBD & materials): to provide 12 Saturday morning cognitive behavioral anger management sessions for students referred for discipline problems.
- AP Project - Coordinator (TBD), Tutors & Materials: to reduce the BHS achievement gap by facilitating low income and minority student success in Advance Placement courses, via a summer booster seminar, intensive tutorial support, and enhanced parent-school linkages.
- Student Learning Center Coordinator (.40 FTE): to coordinate lunchtime and after school academic support services (tutoring, study groups, family support) provided in the Student Learning Center.
- Math Tutor for Student Learning Center (hrly): to provide a math tutor in the Student Learning Center every day after school, assisting students at all levels of math taught at Berkeley High.
- Algebra Tutors (hrly): to provide at least one tutor in each Algebra I class, to assist students and teachers in this "gatekeeper" class.
- Microcomputer Technician (1.0 FTE): to provide hardware and software maintenance and support throughout Berkeley High, in classrooms, computer labs, and the library.
- Instructional Technician - Video (1.0 FTE): to provide technical support to the Video Production Program at BHS, to maintain, monitor, and circulate video equipment, and to serve as an aide in video classes.
- Athletic Facilities & Grounds Coordinator (.53 FTE): to support the 28-sport BHS Athletics program by: coordinating athletic equipment (ordering, maintaining, inventorying, etc.) and preparing athletic venues for events (securing entrances & gates, putting up signs & banners, setting up scoreboards & lights, benches & chairs, PA system, meeting visiting teams & coaches, etc.).
- Strength & Conditioning Coach (stipend): to provide one strength and conditioning coach per athletic season.
- Writers' Room (contract): to provide trained volunteer coaches in 25+ 9th & 10th grade English and IES classes to assist students in revising writing assignments; to develop a Writers' Room Portfolio for each 9th grade student; to provide a lunchtime "Writing Cafe" to serve at risk 9th graders, AP Project students, and any BHS student who wants a writing conference on a drop-in basis.
- BHS Student Organizer: to provide each 9-12 student and each new teacher with a 5" x 8" spiral-bound planner, which also contains a school calendar & test dates, BHS phone numbers, graduation requirements, study references, and much more.
- Mountain Bike Team (stipends & entrance fees): to provide a six month men's and women's mountain biking program for both competitive and non-competitive cyclists, where students receive coaching, learn from each other, and ride safely and successfully.
- BSEP Site Committee Support (hrly): clerical assistance & postage/supplies.
INDEPENDENT STUDY Allocation: $32,940
- Teacher — Community Liaison (hrly): to provide communications tools and services to Independent Study students, families, and staff by: coordinating / producing / distributing the newsletter, parent handbook, website, phone tree, and parent directory; organizing field trips, and other community-building activities; serving as the liaison between volunteers, staff, students, parents, district, and community.
- Teacher - Student Mentor/Tutor Coordinator (hrly): to serve as the Student Mentor and assist in coordinating the tutor program, including assisting with scheduling students and tutors; and meeting with students on academic probation to provide intervention and assistance.
- Teacher - K-8 Coordinator (hrly): to support the K-8 home-school community by recruiting students, making home contacts, conducting family interviews, organizing fall orientation, coordinating testing, selecting K-8 materials that meet the California state standards, developing a K-8 resource guide, and teaching the use of the public library for special projects.
- Teacher — Art (hrly): to provide a weekly art workshop for the K-8 home-school community, fostering art experiences and socialization.
- Teacher — Science Lab (hrly): to develop and implement labs to support the K-12 science classes.
- Tutors (hrly & contract): to assist all Independent Study students on an as-needed basis, in Math, Foreign Language, Writing, and Study Skills.
- Foreign Language support: to provide extra resources for Independent Study foreign language students (i.e. audiotapes, CDs, videos, and periodicals).
- Field Trips / Teacher Chaperones (hrly): to provide transportation, admission fees, and teacher chaperones enabling Independent Study students to take field trips ranging from outdoor activities to theatrical performances; such group activities help to build community in this far flung program.
BERKELEY ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL Allocation: $23,058
- Counselor/Tutor Coordinator (.20 FTE*): to recruit, train, and coordinate tutors to work one-on-one with students.
- Tutors (hrly): to assist students with coursework in all subject areas, during and after school.
- Field Trips: to extend classroom learning by visiting historical and cultural sites.
See 2002-03 Berkeley High School Spending Summary
See 2003-04 Berkeley High School Spending Summary