The overview
A large bulk of additional teachers and all additional paraprofessionals will be used for the district’s special education department, Robert Branch, CCISD’s assistant superintendent of human resources, said at the meeting.
Twelve teachers and 16 paraprofessionals will service students in programs such as dyslexia, alternative academics and the Helping Each Adult Reach Transition Services program.
HEARTS is a non-traditional service model for any adult student who has completed state credits but did not meet graduation criteria for employment, according to the district’s website.
Eighteen additional paraprofessionals will be used for the district’s Early Childhood Special Education program. District officials noted CCISD will be adding 55 minutes to the school day for the ECSE program in order to get full-day average daily attendance funding for those students.
What else?
For elementary, one teacher will serve as an instructional coach at Ed White and Walter Hall elementary schools elementary science, technology, engineering and math magnet programs, according to district documents.
Additionally, one full teacher unit, which is equivalent to one full-time position, was approved, with half of the unit serving the choir program at Clear Creek High School and the other half serving the band program at Westbrook Intermediate, Branch said.
One last thing
For career and technical education, a total of two teacher units were approved by the board.
One teacher will be for the newly launched culinary arts program at Clear Lake High School, Branch said.
A half teacher unit will handle robotics and coding coursework for students at Space Center Intermediate. This coursework will be a part of the space, technology, robotics, engineering, arts and medicine, or STREAM, program, Branch said.
The last half teacher unit will serve advanced academics for Walter Hall Elementary. Branch noted there has been an increase in gifted students at that elementary school.
