WBL Admin

This GSCS handbook section provides an exhaustive summary of the operational mandates, curriculum frameworks, communication requirements, legal structures, and explicit criteria contained within every district onboarding portal, master course syllabus, monitoring agreement, and supervisor evaluation form. 

The State WBL Manual (Section 19-10 - starting on page 275) concerning the question about WBL teachers having a planning period and I also reached out to the state Program Specialist to confirm.  Even if a student has two back to back periods, one period should still be unencumbered for the WBL teacher during the day. Essentially it comes down to FTE Funding and Extended Day for the Audits. 

I copied the following from the manual for quick access and linked the manual above if you wanted to check it out. If you have any questions or if I can help please let me know. 

FTE Funding Level for WBL Lab Classes

The courses described in the chart above utilizing the “7” as the first digit past the decimal are

“CTAE lab classes” whereby the lab is actually an off-site lab on the job site. These lab weight

classes can be reported for FTE earnings at “K” weight, provided the conditions of lab weight

funding are observed. Currently, state board rule 160-5-1-.08 does not define a class size

specifically for WBL; however, for student safety and program effectiveness, it is essential

that instructor workload is realistic and manageable. Therefore, it is recommended that the

number of students enrolled for supervision by the WBL Coordinator not exceed the lab class size of 28 per period allocated proportionately for each period in the WBL Coordinators schedule. This is regardless of how students are actually scheduled in a given period. This is illustrated in the following examples:

There are several but we are at these numbers. 

85-112 students are scheduled to be released from school during the regular school day for WBL:

The system may receive lab weight (K) funding provided the WBL Coordinator is paid extended

day from local funds and has the entire school day scheduled for supervision and these periods

are unencumbered from any other duties or assignments. Exceeding this number of students

means a loss of lab weight funding or that another block should be allocated in the WBL

Coordinator’s schedule.

Summary

In simplified terms, take the number of students scheduled and divide by 28 for block schedule, or 20 for 6/7 period schedules, and determine the number of periods or blocks that should be allocated to WBL supervision and still qualify for lab weight funding.