. | Number of Schools . |
---|---|
Autonomy . | (Percent of 73) . |
New Teacher Induction Program. Option allowed schools to opt out of the | 32 (44%) |
district's teacher induction program, design their own program, and | |
receive $800 per new teacher. | |
School Calendar. Option allowed schools to organize their school year | 32 (44%) |
calendar, with flexibility in determining the opening and closing of | |
the school year and dates of professional development days. | |
Out of Area. Option allowed schools to opt out of their Area Instructional | 34 (47%) |
Office (AIO). While schools lost access to area staff, coaches, and | |
professional development, they were not required to hold walkthroughs | |
with the area team and the principal did not have to attend area principal | |
meetings. | |
Restructured Day Calendar. Option allowed schools to choose their own | 38 (52%) |
quarterly professional development days while non-AMPS schools | |
were required to follow a schedule of half-days, known as | |
restructured days. | |
Self-Directed Status. Option granted schools responsibility for school | 39 (53%) |
operations and maintenance, such as contracting vendors directly | |
instead of going through the district and area office. | |
Curriculum. Option allowed schools to opt out of district curriculum | 47 (64%) |
initiatives and to use more innovative and untraditional programs, for | |
which the AMPS office would provide additional financial support for new | |
curriculum materials or additional professional development/training | |
around the curriculum. | |
After-School Counts. Option provided schools with greater flexibility in | 51 (70%) |
the hours, course content, and budget allocation for after-school | |
programming (AMPS schools received no additional funding but could | |
re-allocate existing funds to after-school programming). | |
School Improvement Plan. Option allowed schools to manage the planning | 54 (74%) |
process (all Illinois schools are required to submit a plan to the state | |
board of education) without area oversight and review while completing | |
a shorter document. | |
Attendance Plan. Option enabled schools to design their own plan to | 55 (75%) |
improve/increase student attendance instead of following the | |
district's plan. | |
Budget Transfers. Option allowed schools to transfer money across line items | 60 (82%) |
without having their budgets reviewed by or requiring approval from | |
the local area office. |
. | Number of Schools . |
---|---|
Autonomy . | (Percent of 73) . |
New Teacher Induction Program. Option allowed schools to opt out of the | 32 (44%) |
district's teacher induction program, design their own program, and | |
receive $800 per new teacher. | |
School Calendar. Option allowed schools to organize their school year | 32 (44%) |
calendar, with flexibility in determining the opening and closing of | |
the school year and dates of professional development days. | |
Out of Area. Option allowed schools to opt out of their Area Instructional | 34 (47%) |
Office (AIO). While schools lost access to area staff, coaches, and | |
professional development, they were not required to hold walkthroughs | |
with the area team and the principal did not have to attend area principal | |
meetings. | |
Restructured Day Calendar. Option allowed schools to choose their own | 38 (52%) |
quarterly professional development days while non-AMPS schools | |
were required to follow a schedule of half-days, known as | |
restructured days. | |
Self-Directed Status. Option granted schools responsibility for school | 39 (53%) |
operations and maintenance, such as contracting vendors directly | |
instead of going through the district and area office. | |
Curriculum. Option allowed schools to opt out of district curriculum | 47 (64%) |
initiatives and to use more innovative and untraditional programs, for | |
which the AMPS office would provide additional financial support for new | |
curriculum materials or additional professional development/training | |
around the curriculum. | |
After-School Counts. Option provided schools with greater flexibility in | 51 (70%) |
the hours, course content, and budget allocation for after-school | |
programming (AMPS schools received no additional funding but could | |
re-allocate existing funds to after-school programming). | |
School Improvement Plan. Option allowed schools to manage the planning | 54 (74%) |
process (all Illinois schools are required to submit a plan to the state | |
board of education) without area oversight and review while completing | |
a shorter document. | |
Attendance Plan. Option enabled schools to design their own plan to | 55 (75%) |
improve/increase student attendance instead of following the | |
district's plan. | |
Budget Transfers. Option allowed schools to transfer money across line items | 60 (82%) |
without having their budgets reviewed by or requiring approval from | |
the local area office. |
Notes: Author's calculations from data provided by AMPS office. Of the 73 Cohort 1 AMPS schools, five schools did not choose any of the ten autonomies.
Source:Elmore, Grossman, and King 2006; author's conversation with Anthony Jelinek, 12 April 2011.