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Lynn Miller and Rhonda Nachtigall from the WHS Business Education Department presented details about the financial literacy workshop scheduled to take place on April 20, 2009 at the high school.  Get R.E.A.L. stands for Real Education About Life and involves many local business volunteers that have been organized with the help of the Chamber of Commerce to assist with educating students about consumer spending and financial planning post-graduation.  Students role play as consumers and are required to make important decisions based on income and expenses randing from basic necessities to discretionary items.  

Get R.E.A.L.  will involve nearly 250 students primarily enrolled as seniors in 2008-09.  The goal is to eventually expand the workshop to include juniors and to offer both a spring and fall event.  The workshop will address financial literacy content standards put forth by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. 

It was requested by committee members that Rhonda and Lynn present details of the event to the full Board of Education at its February meeting. 

Response to Intervention Update/Discussion

Dave Vitale shared details of the RtI model that districts throughout the state,including Watertown Unified School District, are addressing.  The committee discussed the tiered model of academic and behavior supports and what the district currently does to address students whose assessment results do not indicate success within the core curriculum at an acceptable rate (80%-90% success rate in the core curriculum).  The underlying aim of RtI is to ensure that students do not fail in the core curriculum prior to being identified as in need of interventions such as Title I, ERE, Read 180 and, ultimately, more intensive interventions like those resulting from a placement in special education programming. 

posted November 11, 2008 « back to Message Center home

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