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=Welcome to the Department of Curriculum & Professional Development!=
 * School Supply Volunteering **
 * **Thursday, August 11** || **Friday, August 12** || **Friday, August 12** || **Friday, August 12** || **Friday, August 12** ||
 * **9:00-11:30** || **9:00-12:30** || **12:00-3:00** || **2:30-5:30** || **5:00-8:30** ||
 * Jo Peters (9-11:30) || Tina Melcher ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Janet Palermo (9-11:30) || Amy Prescott ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Lora Darden (9-11:30) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Anita Gordon (9-11:30) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Current Tests: 50.00 a test (approximately a 2 hour "reading" - often can get it done sooner than 2 hours (test should be capped at $50.00, but if individuals can get it done sooner, pay is less) || "Readers" ensure that the middle school/high school benchmark assessment accurately reflect grade level standards and content appropriateness in English (reading and writing) Are questions, fair, reasonable, and age appropriate? Do questions reflect the rigor necessary to meet the standard?Does the question reflect the standard? Purpose of a reading: Maximum of $25.00 per test. || Read, review, edit and check answers on benchmark tests. Check keys against test. || Tests consisting mainly of items that have been administered previously to grade level: Read, review, edit and check answers on benchmark tests. Check keys against test. || Grade 2 - 1 day, 2 teachers Grades 3 - 5 - 2 days, 2 teachers each TAG - 6 teacher-days || Analyze benchmark feedback and respond appropriately with revisions as needed. Analyze data and respond appropriately with revisions as needed. Revise benchmark as needed due to changes in the Timelines. Revise benchmark as needed due to implementation of STAAR assessment. Write new items as needed. Review other grade levels' tests and answer keys. This is always done in a face-to-face work time with teachers. ||
 * Thoughts on Benchmark Pay **
 * **Content Area ** || **Product Description ** || **Thoughts on Pay (Time? Number of questions? Number of pages?) ** || **Rationale ** ||
 * English Secondary (but ideas presented could potentially be applied to other content areas) || Test Review || Review of Combination Tests - 4 parts: multiple choice reading, muliple choice revising and ediiting, short answer, and composition
 * exchange of ideas among grade level reader(s) - if new test, there may be more than one reader
 * examination of questions (review of questions and standards)
 * revising/editing of questions and/or open-ended responses and composition
 * review, discussion, and revision of distractors ||
 * English Secondary (but ideas presented could potentially be applied to other content areas) || Curriculum Writing, Test Writing, and Major Overhaul/Revision/Editing of Existing Tests || $25.00 an hour - competitive with other central Texas districts || Flat rate for "brain labor"; budgets should be submitted to curriculum director for approval; every project is not the same, so "being fair is not always equal" - nature of projects in various curriculum areas should be budgeted according to the size, degree of difficulty of the project, labor needed to complete it, and estimated time of completion ||
 * English Secondary (but ideas presented could potentially be applied to other content areas) || "Training" of Personnel at Curriculum Writing or Test Writing Sessions (conducted as a training/meeting) || $15.00 an hour || Personnel who receive training regarding test writing and curriculum writing before actual collaborative writing sessions begin should be paid at a "meeting rate" as curriculum specialist at this point in time is doing most of the work in leading/launching the work e.g., reviewing template(s) and state standards, displaying a multitude of information via Powerpoint, providing a rationale and sequence for work, how to write generalizations or essential questions etc.) ||
 * Math - Secondary || Curriculum Writing, Test Writing, and Major Overhaul/Revision/Editing of Existing documents || $25.00 per hour || Give input, read, review curriculum documents during create and edit phases. Make judgments about pacing of Timelines, help research resources and check vocabulary. This is always done in a face-to-face work time with specialists. ||
 * Math-Secondary || Test Review and Edit || Regular Math benchmarks for all grade levels 6-12, Modified Math benchmarks for grade levels 6-9, and Accel/TAG benchmarks for grades 6-7
 * Language Arts - Elementary || Test Review and Edit || $25/test, $25/teacher guide || Read, review, edit and check answers on benchmark tests. Check keys against test. ||
 * Language Arts - Elementary || Curriculum Writing, Test Writing, and Major Overhaul/Revision/Editing of Existing Tests || $25/hour ||  ||
 * Science-Elementary || Test Review and Edit || $50/test for new tests, $25/test for test consisting mainly of items that have been administered previously to grade level || New tests: Give input, read, review curriculum documents during create and edit phases. Make judgments about pacing of Timelines, help research resources and check vocabulary. This is always done in a face-to-face work time with specialists.
 * Social Studies || Clarification of TEKS || I have been paying secondary teachers $200 to clarify the units in one six weeks, It takes a long time to do this but they can do it on their own time. || It is easier to set a price when they are doing it on their own time. ||
 * Social Studies || Benchmarks || $25 /hour - It usually takes 2 hours to preview a benchmark. This might change on my longer benchmarks (9-11) when I get new BM next year. || This is what teachers always get for extra duty hours. I have been more creative by having teams or teachers preview the benchmarks during the their conference periods. It is a shorter time period but I get more eyes and build relationships. ||
 * Social Studies || Instructional Coaches ||  || I don't mind paying Renee to clarify TEKS in the summer or durng breaks like winter break. This work takes quiet time and thought. Plus, there is only one of her doing the same work that two or more are doing in the other curriculums and she is an expert in World History (Course that has changed the most) ||
 * Elementary Math || Test Writing, and Major Overhaul/Revision/Editing of Existing Tests || $25/hour -
 * Elementary Math || Test Review and Edit || $25/test - (if needed) 10-12 pages per test (25 problems) || Read, review, edit and check answers on benchmark tests. Check alignment to Timelines. Check keys against test and TEKS. ||