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Category D: Resource Management and Development

D1: Resources Criterion

To What Extent... Are the resources available to the school sufficient to sustain the school program and effectively used to carry out the school's philosophy and mission, to allow for student achievement of the expected school-wide learning results?


 * __Focus Group Findings__

Moreau Catholic High School demonstrates responsible financial stewardship through long-range planning, continued evaluation of resource allocation, and inclusion of various school constituencies within the process. The school strives to allocate its resources to carry out its Mission and promote student achievement of the ESLRs. However, reliance solely on tuition dollars may limit the future ability to maintain and/or expand programs.

Stewardship Moreau Catholic High School is committed to fostering a shared culture of financial stewardship. As a community of faculty, staff and administration, we are continuously guided by the school’s Mission Statement and Philosophy, in order to ensure that student learning needs are fully funded and needed resources are provided.

The school has developed a five-year strategic financial plan that outlines its priorities and progress towards achieving long-term growth and financial security. The current Master Site Plan was adopted in 2009 to provide for the growth and improvement of campus facilities. Work toward the completion of Phase 1 of the Master Site Plan is under way with a Strategic Plan Goal for completion by 2015. The first phase of the plan is to focus on the school’s football/soccer field, all weather track, bleacher system and fitness facility.

Under the leadership of the Site Services Director the school’s facility assets are clean and well-maintained. A team of eight full-time custodial and maintenance staff provide ongoing services to the campus and foster a shared culture of pride and stewardship of the campus facilities.

As a community, the school has also invested in efforts to demonstrate responsible stewardship of our environment. As a result of the challenge based learning initiative of 2008, students actively looked at paper reduction on the Moreau campus. Their research, study, and program proposal resulted in a reduction in the amount of paper used on the campus. Through a shared partnership with the student Earthwise Club, with strong support from parent leaders, the school has continued to increase its recycling efforts. For the 2011-2012 school year, the Earthwise Club successfully submitted and received a grant from StopWaste.org to purchase additional recycling buckets and metal silverware to increase recycling and composting. The estimate year one garbage reduction should result in at least $1,000 in cost savings.

Budgeting for Resources Under the leadership of the Director of Finance, a system of financial check-and-balance procedures are in place to ensure long-term financial stability and security. Annually the school undergoes a financial audit that examines and affirms its accounting processes. In partnership with the Principal, and Director of Finance, departments are responsible for developing and monitoring their own budgets to fund departmental programs. This annual budgeting process is focused on both short-term needs and long-range planning, with sensitivity to existing financial constraints and realities. it is also a collaborative process that ensures each department has the opportunity to plan for its program needs and receive the resources to allow for student learning and growth. Multi-year capital budget planning sheets allow for departments to anticipate for increases in funding needs.

Starting in the 2009-2010 school year, the Leadership Team, based on recommendations from Moreau’s Employee Relations Group (MERG), looked to provide greater transparency regarding the budgeting process, financial management, and resources planning and allocation. The Director of Finance now presents at both the start and end of the year an overview of the school’s Finances. In addition,the Director, or a designated representative, reviews business office procedures and policies at the fall faculty and staff meeting and at the new teacher orientation.

During the 2009-2010 school year, the Principal and Director of Finance also surveyed the faculty and staff regarding offered employee benefits. Following the survey, an open forum meeting was hosted to gather additional feedback from faculty and staff regarding employee benefits. Based on recommendations and feedback from faculty and staff, the school implemented a COBRA plan starting that summer. The COBRA plan allows those faculty and staff who leave the school in any capacity the opportunity to continue medical coverage. During the summer of 2011, the school increased the maximum dental annual benefit for faculty and staff for the 2011-2012 school year, and included an optional Vision Plan. The school also offers an Employee Assistance Program providing counseling sessions for emotional support due to life’s many challenges. During the 2010-2011 school year, the Business Office looked to find more ways to communicate this option to faculty and staff, so they were aware of what benefits are provided. The Business Office plans to look at a monthly tip in the The Moreauver to share key reminders around budgeting, processes, procedures, and benefit options.

Resources <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There is a culture and climate within the school where innovation is welcomed and celebrated. Through the budgeting process, faculty and staff are provided avenues to plan for changes and enhancements in the curriculum. This includes resources such as student learning materials, instructional materials, professional development, or technology tools.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Efforts to expand the school’s donor base and financial support by current parents, alumni, and the community is under the leadership of the Director of Institutional Advancement.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students also contribute to the improvement of school facilities through their participation in the annual student fundraiser. Monies collected by students during the fundraiser have gone to provided for the purchase of updated classroom technology (LCD televisions in each classroom), a portable sound system, e-book readers, interactive white boards, a student art gallery, a new spiritual Marian Grotto, and, most recently, assisted in the renovation of the Teves Theater. The Teves Theater renovation is a testament to the school's commitment to providing the necessary resources, through fundraising, to support the academic program.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The school also invests a great deal of resources to ensuring that the Mission is upheld by providing students social and spiritual learning opportunities. During the freshmen and sophomore years, retreats are fully funded through the operational budget. The school recognizes the need to allocate additional resources to the funding of the junior retreat and senior Kairos retreat. Although funding is provided to cover the cost of leaders and to subsidize some of the cost, parents must pay the majority of the cost for those overnight retreats. Because this is an additional financial burden for many parents, scholarships are available to students through an application process managed by the Campus Minister Director and the Faith and Service Coordinator.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In 2011, the Board recognized the need to allocate additional resources to mission-centered learning experiences and has accepted a more inclusive tuition model starting with the Class of 2016. This more inclusive tuition model will include the cost of the laptop, most textbooks, additional schoolwide databases, yearbooks, and all retreats.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The school has also invested in building and maintaining an exemplary athletic program, offering 48 teams in 18 different sports programs. Consistently we have seen over 75% of our students participating throughout all levels of the athletic programs. The operational budget, with support from the Booster Club, covers the cost of coaches, a full-time trainer, referees, field maintenance, facility rentals, transportation, and non-individualized uniforms. Through the annual Crab Feed, the Booster Club helps to subsidize various needs of the program.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The school hosts over 40 different cocurricular clubs. As part of the Strategic Plan goals, the school supports the academic, cultural, social and spiritual co-curricular clubs. For the 2011-2012 school year, additional monies have been allocated to support club efforts. The budgeting process and requests for funding are managed by the Assistant Principal for Campus Life.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Funding is annually provided to sustain academic tools to enhance student learning through PowerSchool (11 years), Naviance (3 years), and AlcoholEdu (4 years).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The school has also made an investment in human capital by creating support positions, in alignment with the Strategic Plan Goals, in the areas of curriculum and instruction, technology and multi-media, and service learning. Teachers who take on additional duties in support of student achievement are also recognized with stipends.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sub-committees have been formed to better assess the current and future needs of the school, in alignment with the Strategic Plan 2010-2015. The technology committee, comprised of faculty, staff and administration, is charged with addressing the schoolwide needs for technology. The committee works in collaboration with academic departments to determine how technology may be used in the classroom setting to improve student outcomes.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Director for Institutional Advancement, in partnership with the Assistant Principal for Instruction, assists faculty to identify and apply for grants from outside organizations to supplement the school’s resources. Over the years, the school has received monies from StopWaste.org, The Hayward Education Foundation, The Gilder Lehrman Seminar Foundation, and several more. This grant money helps to provide technology tools, professional development and resources to enhance student learning.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The school also maintains its commitment to provide funds for faculty and staff to attend off-site professional development activities. The Assistant Principal of Instruction and the Principal, in alignment with the Strategic Plan Goals and departmental goals, work closely with faculty and staff to identify and fund learning opportunities. Moreau Catholic, in partnership with the Hayward Unified School District, receives federal funding through the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act. The school annually receives an allocation of approximately $38,000 for use for professional development (Title II A), technology (Title II D), school safety (Title IV) and innovative programs (Title V). In addition to those funds, the school also has a budget of $20,000 for faculty and staff professional development.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With the move to more electronic resources, the library staff has been instrumental in supporting student, faculty, staff and community learning needs. The library has become the learning commons for the entire school community. Over the past few years there has been a strategic effort to increase database subscriptions and online learning tools. Purchasing of print reference materials has been minimized in support of acquiring more database resources for students. However, print fiction continues to be a focus of the library resources. The school continues to see an increase annually in fiction book circulation. Looking forward, the library will continue to investigate, research and pilot new resources to meet the changing learning needs of the entire community. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">__Evidence__


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Board Policies
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Investment Sub-Committee Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finance Committee Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2010 Financial Audit
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accounting Policies


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Financial Plan


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Master Site Plan
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Plan 2010-2015


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Survey Data


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Challenge Based Learning
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paper reduction statistics


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leadership Team Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Earthwise Club Grant


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Business office procedures


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Budget Packets
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Capital Budget Packets
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Financial Plan


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Moreauver
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MERG Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leadership Team Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Faculty/Staff Meeting Agendas and Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personnel Guide


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Business Office Benefits Survey
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Benefits Open Forum Meeting
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Moreauver


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Business Office Benefits Survey


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All School Email, Forms Made Available


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Plan Goals


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Academic Council Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Budget Packets


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Plan
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Institutional Advancement Goals


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student Fundraiser Data


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Annual Operational Budget


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Plan
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Board of Trustees Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mission Integration Committee Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Academic Council Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Catholic Identity and Holy Cross Mission Assessment


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Survey data
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Plan
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Annual Operational Budget


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Plan
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Annual Operational Budget


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Operational Budget


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Operational Budget
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Financial Plan


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personnel Guide


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technology Committee Minutes


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hayward Education Foundation
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Vector


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Office of Instruction
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Academic Council Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NCLB Funds


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strategic Plan
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finance Committee Minutes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mission Integration Committee Minutes ||

**Focus Group Comments**
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Under stewardship fourth paragraph last sentence- please change waste savings to cost savings.
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Under resources third paragraph please delete purchase of bus and add this years List(Picnic tables, portable sound system, mobile learning lab(ipads), Irig Microphones, flip/digital camaras, e-book readers, MCTV upgrades, Interactive white boards, Interactive student response system, Student art gallery, tech equipment, retreat garden. Please add sentence about the teves theater ( The Teves Theater is a testament to the schools commitment and is a great example in which ways were found).
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Under resources 6th paragraph there are 48 teams
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In the evidence section the annual budget is the same as the operational budget(per Cathy).. Can be called Annual Operational Budget
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