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Stenders described the district’s range of CTE pathways — automotive, early childhood, hospitality/culinary, business, cabinetry, welding, CNC, and Project Lead The Way pre-engineering — and said the district guarantees certain career exploration experiences at each high-school grade level. He said work-based learning opportunities are strong and that some programs operate as actual scaled-up worksites: “The auto shop runs as a working auto shop,” Stenders said, and the construction program builds full-scale projects. He reported 2,385 student enrollments across 32 CTE classes in the current year (noting that some students take multiple courses) and said last year 155 students earned 491 college transcripted credits through dual-credit arrangements.

Stenders highlighted certifications and credential attainment, including recent CNC certifications and welding credentials. He said the district partners with Blackhawk Technical College for advanced-standing credit and dual-credit articulation and that some CTE courses can lead toward technical diplomas or associate-degree credit if students continue at partner colleges. The district’s CTE funding sources include the federal Perkins grant, the Wisconsin CTE incentive grant (Act 59) and other programs; Stenders said he relies primarily on grant funding to support equipment and materials purchases.

On recent achievements, Stenders said Beloit’s SkillsUSA chapter earned a state gold chapter of excellence designation for 2024–25 and that three CTE students were selected for a regional promotional video series. He described district plans to develop a CNA lab at Lloyd Memorial High School and said hospitality will be split into separate culinary and hospitality-management tracks in partnership with Blackhawk.

Stenders said he submitted a Fast Forward grant application that morning requesting $100,000 for an advanced robotic welding cell and end-of-arm tooling to benefit both welding and CNC labs. “We are hopeful,” he said; the district expected to learn whether the application is successful within a month. Committee members praised the expansion and asked follow-up questions about placement and post-graduate outcomes; Stenders noted that the district’s required Perkins post-graduate survey gets a low response rate (around 20%), making long-term placement tracking difficult.

Board members and staff said they would continue to explore partnerships and potential pilot programs that could allow students to graduate with college credit or credentials, and they identified continued employer engagement and grant funding as priorities to sustain program growth.

The committee did not take formal action on the update; it was received as information.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","TLE & PS Committee Meeting - May 27, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Jeff Stenders, Director of Career and Technical Education and Alternative Education, told the TLE Committee that Beloit’s CTE programs are expanding in enrollments, credentials and industry partnerships and that the district applied for a $100,000 Department of Workforce Development Fast Forward grant for a robotic welding cell.","taxTitle","Beloit School District, School Districts, Wisconsin","taxId",38334,"location","Wisconsin","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6534595,"TLE committee approves $25,000+ contract renewals; staff demos SchoolPace, board questions usage and fidelity",1467,170000,1637000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3547825-a56469f79d7511bfcd8ff496cad43947&start=170&end=1637","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3547825-a56469f79d7511bfcd8ff496cad43947/thumbnail_170000.jpg","/articles/6534595/Wisconsin/TLE-committee-approves-25000-contract-renewals-staff-demos-SchoolPace-board-questions-usage-and-fidelity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6534595-955ac52add3ca44615a53eaec53121f9/orig.mp4?Expires=1775555525&Signature=O4dod25rInXseFNeaJV0OJv38CczwLjb~KDouI6C9OuQWZAX2xteZaszcWBESgtdCY7~t4Oq9yhSdegNoRsLtT~C81slWA1nUGZ-gzhzux-9RstT~6AyTd09kilOohakQoxSYJeKvxknajg1WUPdjnY6fdioVvRdW4cSJg5a5zoaSgb0CqO-yWr0Rpmob7U5iaBzdqO6qHJEjUsX5nENtF3U16-KQTN-fw5SOsDYY2zq97~gyIMLNqFP3W-ap9kp8txmic2VXyO60cjjU~pCKTdU4vaxvP1D1Ph6PWM-NcQMtEKqHsvuxZCRKM1xw64u3kjW43RC6iZ62Kqfsm3Irw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Teaching, Learning and Engagement Committee of the Beloit School District voted to forward the list of contract renewals and purchases at or above $25,000 for the 2025–26 school year to the full Board of Education after staff demonstrated the district’s ARC (American Reading Company) SchoolPace portal and answered several implementation questions from committee members.

Committee members discussed the district’s long-standing adoption of American Reading Company materials and the integrated technology called SchoolPace during a demonstration by district staff. Teresa Moritek, a district staff member who presented the contracts and purchases list, said the items under consideration are renewals and that they meet “the new threshold and or requirements under the updated policy for purchasing.” Tony (district staff) logged into SchoolPace and showed district- and school-level dashboards that track student independent reading levels (IRLA), growth reports and classroom-level data. “You can see, at the district level, at the school level, at the grade level, all the way down to the student level, exactly how much students are growing,” Tony said during the demonstration.

Board members pressed for specifics about usage, access to teacher materials and ties to state literacy requirements. A committee member asked whether SchoolPace shows the systematic phonics progression that aligns with Act 20, the state early-literacy statute; Tony and staff answered that ARC’s framework has been updated to align with Act 20 and that the framework and foundational skills are visible in the portal. Staff said the digital curricular resources are available under the portal’s “My ARC” area and that the portal is the required place to enter IRLA/ANNEAL benchmark assessment data.

Committee members also discussed other renewals on the contracts list. Staff compared the district’s former use of DreamBox with the current Imagine Math program and said Imagine Math has shown a larger effect size in internal analyses (DreamBox ~0.11; Imagine Math ~0.22), while cautioning that effect depends on implementation fidelity. Staff described a usage goal for Imagine Math of roughly 30 lessons per student by the end of the school year. The committee heard that SpringBoard, the district’s secondary English-language-arts core, was recently sold by College Board to McGraw Hill and may be subject to future changes or sunsetting by the new owner, which affects timing and budgeting for future secondary curriculum decisions.

Members emphasized budget scrutiny because the district is facing budgetary constraints. One committee member said, “This is a pricey thing that we purchased. Since we’re in a budget crisis, we’re asking questions because we’re just looking to make sure that we’re getting the most bang for our buck.” Staff responded that adoptions are procured as a package (materials, teacher resources and integrated tech) and that the district follows a five-year curriculum renewal cycle; staff recommended continuing with full adopted programs rather than parceling pieces out of an adoption.

After questions and the SchoolPace demonstration, the committee voted to approve forwarding the attached purchases and contracts at or in excess of $25,000 for the 2025–26 school year to the full Board of Education. The motion carried.

The committee briefly covered other vendors on the list — Apex (credit recovery), SpringBoard (secondary ELA), Imagine Math and supplemental materials — and staff said more detailed usage data can be produced by vendors or by district analytics teams if committee members want further evidence of access and implementation. The chair closed the item and the committee moved on to other agenda items.

The committee’s approval sends the contract renewals to the full board; individual contract details, pricing and vendor-specific usage statistics were discussed but not all were specified in the meeting record.","The Teaching, Learning and Engagement Committee of the Beloit School District voted to forward the list of contract renewals and purchases at or above $25,000 for the 2025–26 school year to the full Board of Education after staff demonstrated the district’s ARC (American Reading Company) SchoolPace portal and answered several implementation questions from committee members.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6534588,"Board member proposes Student Success and Support ad hoc committee; administration asks for timing and staff input",1804,3096000,4900000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3547825-a56469f79d7511bfcd8ff496cad43947&start=3096&end=4900","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3547825-a56469f79d7511bfcd8ff496cad43947/thumbnail_3096000.jpg","/articles/6534588/Wisconsin/Board-member-proposes-Student-Success-and-Support-ad-hoc-committee-administration-asks-for-timing-and-staff-input","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6534588-9791887c79410731aaec8eee75195ae7/orig.mp4?Expires=1775555525&Signature=e0A7HmAvHIlfbEtSY25WjyO7VzzY2cDuoPQ-UQA8L1PMCi~l1XU5wYmULiAGuHw0kGaZS1b-M-7muxXuFX3u7ps8F02jf3rNI84qX8IZXG8RQYhEgFy46vHaNGXjfHTk-D8Zh~VkpvazOquUQkzBxsvsnBiSW3CGB50r4mFDOAbyCqzMgXJQeYKTPbo9qCyqFcHGgKtlUWoQQwT-pWyx7SawsgfWRyaZAg3Xcbygx7hndnaezCQ9BsKXcqcOHMmjRrC7DzOnVN89u0-WxSvOJePPPBfE7LQuvi5qFHRmCYXTnJPyF7~aKdgd2W4YDEc-RjnNWhyf6QQJOEEaJYZaMA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Board member Juan Romero proposed creating a Student Success and Support ad hoc advisory committee intended to gather building-level input on code-of-conduct consistency, staff and student supports, and practical, locally informed recommendations. Romero said the effort would gather perspectives from building staff, teachers, parents, caregivers and students and favored a focused, boots-on-the-ground approach with an initial three-month timeline and a midpoint check-in.

Romero described widespread community feedback raising concerns about inconsistent enforcement of the code of conduct and attendance, and he argued that a district-level advisory group could solicit concrete examples and solutions. “I put something together, maybe I don't have the answers of how to fix it per se, but I know people in the buildings do. The staff does. The parents do,” Romero said.

Committee members supported stakeholder engagement but administrators urged caution about timing and overlap with existing work. Dr. Garrison (administrator) noted that the district has previously convened groups to review code-of-conduct policy and academic and behavioral supports and said that timing around the end of the school year, summer schedules and staff availability could affect participation. She recommended that staff gather expressions of interest, refine survey questions and return to the committee with a plan and suggested questions, and she noted the committee’s next meeting on June 17 as a near-term check-in point.

Members agreed to draft and circulate a short survey to identify interested participants and basic availability; the superintendent’s office and administrative staff offered to help develop and vet the questions. Romero asked for a quick turnaround and suggested distributing the survey the week after the meeting so the committee could collect names and preferences and refine the final committee membership at a subsequent meeting. The proposal, as discussed, did not include a formal vote to create the committee at tonight’s meeting; staff said they would produce a draft survey and return to the committee with the results and recommended wording for appointments and membership.

The discussion also clarified process: some committee members expected the ad hoc to be formed by the TLE committee and not necessarily require full-board action to convene; staff said the superintendent would appoint certain members and the board would appoint others per the proposed draft. The committee agreed that the survey would ask respondents to identify their stakeholder role (parent, student, teacher, community member), indicate availability, and confirm ability to participate through the committee timeline. The committee set a target for the administration to draft the survey and distribute it for review and anticipated further consideration at the next TLE meeting.","Board member Juan Romero proposed an ad hoc advisory committee to study code-of-conduct consistency and student support; the committee discussed a survey to recruit participants and administrators urged alignment with existing policy work and careful timing around the end of the school year.","actionData","errors"]

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District CTE director details growth in career-technical programs; $100,000 Fast Forward grant applied for robotic welding cell

TLE committee approves $25,000+ contract renewals; staff demos SchoolPace, board questions usage and fidelity

Board member proposes Student Success and Support ad hoc committee; administration asks for timing and staff input