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Keene School Administrative Unit (S.A.U.) #29
Keene, NH
School Type: Public
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School Setting: Suburban
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Level: K-12
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School Design: Traditional
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Content Presented By:
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Keene, NH School District (rural)
Best Practice: Professional Development
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Costs and Funding
Keene School Administrative Unit #29 has been both creative and resourceful in funding its technology
training program for teachers. Much of the money used for funding this program comes from the
federal government in the form of Title II and Title IV funds. Another source of income, however,
has come from tying this teacher professional development program to the S.A.U.'s continuing education
program. Since the community education division operates as a non-profit entity, the S.A.U. can afford to offer
technology training to local businesses at a very reasonable rate. The tuition charged to businesses
to allow their employees to participate in such training generates close to one-eighth of the
operating expenses for the program.
Allowing local businesses to enroll their employees in this program is only one way in which the
commercial realm has supported or informed the design of this program; Deb Couture, the director
of technology and continuing education for the S.A.U., also borrowed from the realm of business in
considering the appropriate compensation for trainers. Realizing that in the business world, trainers
are paid quite well, the pay rate for trainers was an important consideration. Formerly, the S.A.U.'s
staff development model paid teachers $10 per hour, but the new model pays $37.50 per hour of
training. Trainers are also paid $75 for a six-hour day to be trained as staff developers.
Sources of funding for S.A.U. #29's professional development in 1998:
- Title II Eisenhower Funds - $ 20,000
- Title IV - $ 5,000
- tuition from outside participants - $ 3,500
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