ANNUAL EMERGENCY DRILL FRIDAY
Contract for Excellence: 2023-24
The City School District of Albany’s 2023-24 Contract for Excellence plan will continue efforts to improve student achievement. It also will build capacity to serve students in high-needs schools across the district.
The total contract amount is $3,950,357, an increase from prior years due to the full phase-in of Foundation Aid. Our full 2023-24 contract spending plan is available for download.
Targeted schools
The contract plan targets students with the greatest educational need as identified on the Educational Need Matrix provided by the State Education Department.
The 2023-24 contract supports programs and services for students at the following schools:
$298,685 will provide the following:
- For increased time on task: Staffing of a full-time reading teacher
- For teacher/principal quality: Staffing of an elementary math interventionist
- For English-language learners: Staffing of a full-time English as a New Language teacher
$391,184 will provide the following:
- For increased time on task: Staffing of a full-time reading teacher and a full-time special education teacher
- For teacher/principal quality: Staffing of two elementary math interventionists
- For English-language learners: Staffing of a full-time ENL teacher.
$312,601 will provide the following:
- For increased time on task: A full-time reading teacher and two full-time social work positions
- For teacher/principal quality: A portion of the salary for a math coach
- For English-language learners: A full-time English as a New Language teacher
$301,532 will provide the following:
- For increased time on task: Staffing of a full-time reading teacher and a full-time social worker
- For teacher/principal quality: Staffing of an elementary math interventionist
- For English-language learners: Staffing of a half-time English as a New Language teacher
$284,153 will provide the following:
- For increased time on task: Staffing of a full-time reading teacher and a full-time special education teacher
- For English-language learners: Staffing of 1.5 English as a New Language teachers
Social work services
6 positions for a total of $429,042
The district is committed to the social-emotional and mental health needs of our students and families. Two full-time positions for North Albany Middle School and Tony Clement Center for Education, one full-time position for Roots Academy at West Hill and one full-time position at William S. Hackett Middle School.
Special Education services
3 positions for a total of $211,273
A full-time position at Eagle Point Elementary, Giffen Memorial School, and Sheridan Preparatory.
ENL, literacy and math
12 positions for a total of $1,017,756
At schools with high refugee and immigrant populations to help students meet academic expectations and make academic gains:
- A full-time position at Albany High School, Albany School of Humanities, Delaware Community School, Giffen Memorial Elementary School, New Scotland Elementary School, North Albany Middle School, Pine Hills Elementary School and Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology and William S. Hackett Middle School
- A half-time position at Roots Academy at West Hill
- A 1.5 position at Sheridan Preparatory Academy
1.6 positions for a total of $242,583
ENL/refugee programs are led by a director, and the district has a school facility that encompasses an English Language Learners and Dual Language program.
14.4 positions for a total of $1,428,280
The district is committed to the instructional coaching model to ensure rigor and implementation of the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Math, with an emphasis on instructional delivery, classroom management and assessment.
8 positions for a total of $621,423
A full-time position at Arbor Hill Elementary School, Delaware Community School, Giffen Memorial Elementary School, North Albany Middle School, Roots Academy at West Hill, Sheridan Preparatory Academy, Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School and William S. Hackett Middle School
Timeline
Contract for Excellence regulations indicate that the contract plan should result in at least a 10% gain in the percent of the target group students achieving the state standards. The target group students are those at the identified schools that did not meet their benchmark for annual progress, denoted by the State Education Department as Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).
The timeline of our 2023-24 Contract for Excellence activities is available for download.
Public hearing
You are invited to share your questions, concerns, or comments regarding the 2023-24 Contract for Excellence either in writing by Aug. 28 or at a public hearing on Thursday, Aug. 10 from 5:30-6 p.m. at Harriet Gibbons Student Services Center, 75 Watervliet Ave.
Please submit written comments by Aug. 28 to:
Superintendent of Schools
1 Academy Park
Albany, NY 12207
You can also submit your comments via our online contact form, linked below.
