NHPS - District and Reform Planning - WISH LIST (ALL ESTIMATES ARE DELIBERATELY HIGH)

Rough Cost Estimates - Confidential - subject to Change

Initiative Incremental Cost Drivers Rough Cost Estimate Alternate Sources

A1 Student Achievement: define key metrics of student achievement - Costs associated with Capstone projects or other alternate $450,000 - RTTT and/or
(college success, post-secondary readiness, goal/proficiency, drop- assessements (3 grades @ 1,500 kids/grade @ $100/kid) Secondary Plan Funds
out/cohort tracking) - Purchase and processing of National College Clearinghouse data
on college matriculation (13 schools @ $400/school)

1 Accountability
1.1 Central: Design and implement central office survey - n/a
1.2 School: Design school performance reports (e.g. measuring - Expanding data/analytics Capacity - building educational progress $300,000 - Special Funds
progress, peer comparison, etc) metrics, survey analytics, etc (3 positions @ avg $75k) ($150,000 of ARRA and
Gear-Up funding for
2010-11)
1.3 School: Design and implement school climate surveys - Contracting for survey implmentation, processing, and reporting $250,000 - I3
(to preserve anonymity)
1.4 Schools: Sample tiering of schools based on 2008-2009 data - In data/analytics capacity above

2 Differentiated Management (Portfolio)

2.1 Design autonomy/accountability matrix (e.g. what flexibilities, - n/a
format of school level agreements, etc)
2.2 Plan and implement prototype inteventions for the 2010-11 school - Tier III interventions (4 schools/year @ 500 students/school @ $2,000,000 - Title 1g
year (Tier I, Tier II, Tier III) $1000/student
2.3 Design turnaround model, and recruit providers for school - Planning, transition, and implementation costs for turnaround $6,000,000 - Title 1g
turnaround schools (Run-rate 4 schools/year @ 500 students/ school @
$2000/student)
- Staff transition support (@ $1000/student) (Over-lapping with
above, and may not be necessary)

2.4 Design and implement differential compensation - 10% bonus for 10% of staff $1,000,000 - Teacher Incentive
- Teacher Leadership (Coaches, Peer Reviewers, and Peer Fund (TIF)
supporters covered elsewhere)

3 Talent
3.1 Teacher: Work with TNTP, and implement recruitment and - Expanded HR management capacity - working with principals on $221,000 - TIF or I3
development recommendations recruitment, development, evaluation, and termination as needed
(2 positions @ $85k)
3.2 Teacher: Redesign of evaluation instruments and procedures (e.g. - Peer Review: (Evaluation of top 10% and bottom 10% of staff @ $2,000,000 - TIF
student achievement, peer review and support, differentiated 40 teachers/evaluator = 9 positions @ $85k = $1M - Repurpose existing
ratings, etc) - Peer Assistance: (Support of bottom 7.5% of staff @ 15 staff
teachers/support = 9 positions @ $85k = $1M
3.3 Administrator: Identify, develop, and recruit high quality leaders for - Expanded leadership internships (5 internships @ 100k/position) $650,000 - I3
2010-11 school year, and, strengthen training programs

3.4 Administrator: Redesign of evaluation instruments and process - n/a

3.5 Administrator: Contract negotiation - Salary Increases TBD

3.6 Paraprofessional: Contract negotiation - Salary Increases TBD
3.7 Teacher: Contract Salary implementation - Salary Increases $3,000,000 - TBD

4 Community Commitment (Promise)

4.1 Promise Scholarship: securing and finalizing scholarship
4.2 School wrap-around: NPO agency support and adapted "Children
Zone model" for New Haven
4.3 School wrap-around: engaging mental health agencies and other
high-leverage interventions for targetted schools
- TBD
- NPO agendy coordination (3 positions @ $75k) $542,000 - Promise/Hope Funding
- Adjusted SchoolNet functionality, to make a more public platform
(one time ~$250,000)
- Additional mental health programming (4 schools @ 500/school @ $2,000,000 - Promise/Hope Funding
$1000/student - possibly overlapping with Tier III above

4.4 Building parent engagement in PTOs and in supporting their - Expanded parent liaisons (4 currently, adding 4 more @ $50,000) $260,000 - Private?
individual students

5 Generating Support
5.2 Federal Applications - RTTT, I3, TIF, Title Ig - n/a
5.3 Philanthropic Applications - n/a