CET 749

Unit 4 Assignment

Sandy Nightingale

 

*This is a fictional scenario and budget created for CET 749.

 

     I have been hired as the director (1/2 time) of a distance education program by the Mid-Central Coop, a coop of twelve small K-12 schools.  I have been provided with office space at the Mid-Central Coop Office Building and have a full-time staff of eight people, along with two part-time people, including myself.  They include an instructional designer/technologist, a student services staff member/secretary (registration/record keeping/office work), and 7 instructors.  The secretary and I will be located at the Mid-Central Coop Office Building.  The instructors are hired by the coop and will teach 4 high school or junior high school classes each, including chemistry, physics, SD History, World History, Native American History and Culture, Health Science, ACT Prep, Art I, Art II, Business Law, Introduction to Technology, Digital Photography and Enhancement, Principals of Web Design, Graphic Art and Design, Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III, French I, French II, Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus, Middle School Pre-Algebra, Middle School Earth Science, Middle School Native American Studies, and Middle School Writing.  Some courses will be offered in two different sessions if there is a need.  The instructors will teach from three different DDN labs that have been rented by the coop.  Some of the courses will be taught through a combination of the DDN and WebCT, and others will be taught only through WebCT.  Mid-Central Coop Schools will be given first priority to enroll students, but if the courses are not full, enrollment will be opened to other schools.  Marketing expenses will be kept to a minimum by notifying schools of the course offerings via email and through fliers and presentations at Mid-Central Coop School Administrator meetings and Teacher/Administrator Conventions, Conferences, and gatherings, as well as through a website.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

     Salaries:

          Director (1/2 time, shared)                                              $25,000

          Instructional Designer/Technologist                                  $40,000

          7 Instructors (@$38,000 each)                                        $266,000

          Student Services Staff/Secretary (1/2 time)                   $10,000                                                                     

Total                                                                               $341,000

 

     Operating Budget:

          Office Supplies                                                                $4500

          Printing                                                                            $7000

          Phone                                                                               $2000

          Software budget for Instructional Technologist                 $3500

          Staff Training                                                                  $5000

          Rent for Use of Facilities ($5000/yr. for each DDN lab)  $15,000      

          Miscellaneous                                                                   $5000

 

          Total                                                                               $42,000

 

Grand Total Expenses                                                                 $383,000

 

 

Income

 

     We are offering 28 courses (each being year-long courses), with a tuition of $450 per student per year for Mid-Central Schools and $600 per student per year for non Mid-Central Schools.  We have received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for $1,000,000 to be distributed over 5 years to support the development and implementation of distance education courses for small rural schools to help students meet graduation requirements and prepare students for college. We have also received $400,000 from the United States Department of Education Technology Innovations Challenge Grant to be distributed over 4 years.  With expenses for the first year totaling $383,000 minus the $300,000 grant monies for the first year, we need $83,000 or a minimum of 185 Mid-Central Coop member enrollments to break even.  There could also be any number of combinations of member and non-member enrollments to break even, such as 125 member enrollments plus 45 non-member enrollments.