New Coordinator’s Strategy Session

Presented by Jesse Fry

PAFPC Conference

• March/April • Release of preliminary allocations for

upcoming school year

• SESSION: Title I Allocations: Understanding my Award (Kelly Gallatin)

Consolidated Application

• May/June• Consolidated Application due on July 1.

Includes Title I, Title IIA, and tentatively Title III.

• SESSION(logistical): Hands on eGrant Training Session (Technicians)

Consolidated Application (cont.)

• SESSIONS (fiscal):

• Fiscal Management of Federal Programs (Technicians)

• Administration of Federal Programs (Don McCrone, Susan McCrone, Jesse Fry, Technicians)

Consolidated Application (cont.)

• SESSIONS (fiscal):

• (Advanced) Title I Fiscal Issues: Supplement versus Supplant, Maintenance of Effort, Comparability (Don McCrone, Erin Oberdorf)

Consolidated Application (cont.)

• SESSIONS (programmatic):

• Where to Find Answers Needed in Administering Federal Programs (Cindy Rhoads)

• (Advanced) Title I and RTII: Coordination and Effective Implementation (Susan McCrone)

Consolidated Application (cont.)

• SESSIONS (programmatic)

• (Advanced) Title III Program Implementation (Karl Streckewald)

• (Advanced) Title IIA and Equity (Don McCrone)

School Improvement Implementation

• July/August• NOTE: School Improvement provisions are not

pertinent to many LEAs.• Be cognizant of: PSSA scores (particularly if

building is in “warning “ status from previous year) ,structure of your LEA, and building status from previous year.

School Improvement Implementation

• SESSION (Reservation of Funds):

• Fiscal Management of Federal Programs (Technicians)

School Improvement Implementation

• SESSIONS(programmatic):

• Surviving Title I School Improvement (Norma Hull)

• Implementation of Effective SES Programs (Karl Streckewald)

• Title I Law and Parent Involvement Activities (Cindy Rhoads)

Supplement versus Supplant

• Integral to understanding Title I both programmatically and fiscally

• September-November

• SESSION: (Advanced) Title I Fiscal Issues: Supplement/Supplant, Maintenance of Effort, and Comparability (Don McCrone and Erin Oberdorf)

Amendment process

• January-March• Adjustments based upon final USDE

allocations and charter school enrollments

• SESSIONS (fiscal): Fiscal Management of Federal Programs (Technicians)

• Title I Allocations: Understanding my Award (Kelly Gallatin)

Additional School Improvement Funds

• January-March• NOTE: School Improvement provisions are not

pertinent to many LEAs.• Fund distribution correlates to AYP status

• SESSION (programmatic) Surviving Title I School Improvement (Norma Hull)

Year-round activities

• REQUIRED – Monitoring of administered federal programs via on-site visitation.

• SESSION: Consolidated Program Monitoring (Susan McCrone and Kelly Iorfida)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• REQUIRED – Quarterly ARRA reporting. Jobs created and vendor payments made are the key components to this statutory measure.

• 2 quarter left (ends 9/30/2011)

• SESSION: FFATA and ARRA Reporting Requirements (Jesse Fry)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• REQUIRED – Title I funds and activities must be reserved for homeless students in both Title I buildings and buildings where the general population is not served with Title I funds.

• SESSION: Homeless Education Programs (Maria Garcia-Morales)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• REQUIRED – Parent Involvement in Title I is mandated.

• Non-compliance with this component of NCLB is the most common monitoring finding.

• SESSION: Title I Law and Parent Involvement Policies (Cindy Rhoads)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• REQUIRED – Nonpublic School Involvement.• NOTE: Nonpublic involvement does not

pertain to all LEAs on an annual basis. Demographics and nonpublic participation are potential limiting factors.

• SESSION: Nonpublic School Services Workshop (Karl Streckewald)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• OPTIONAL/COMPETITIVE – 21st Century Community Learning Centers

• After school tutoring and enrichment.• NOTE: currently being integrated into DFP

• SESSION: 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Cindy Rhoads)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• REQUIRED* - LEA coordination with Neglected and Delinquent Institutions

• NOTE: This is only required pending the grantee administration of the external N & D entity.

• SESSION: (Advanced) N & D Programs in Pennsylvania (Don McCrone)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• OPTIONAL – School wide programs, moving beyond targeted programs.

• NOTE: Building free and reduced lunch count must be 30%+ of the student population

• SESSION: (Advanced) Writing and Implementing an Effective School-wide Plan (Maria Garcia-Morales)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• OPTIONAL/COMPETITIVE – School Improvement Grant (SIG) application and implementation.

• NOTE: Extremely limited audience.

• SESSION: (Advanced) SIG: A Sharing Session (Virginia Baker)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• OPTIONAL – Strategies for LEAs to enhance parent involvement.

• SESSIONS: • Creating Real Family Engagement (PIE

Consultants)• Beyond the Bake Sale (PIE Consultants)

Year-round activities (cont.)

• OPTIONAL/COMPETITIVE – Preparation for competitive grant applications.

• SESSION: (Advanced) Effective Grant Writing Workshops (Cindy Rhoads)

General

• SESSION: Panel Discussion with Federal Program Coordinators (Norma Hull)

Contacts

• DIVISION ADMINISTRATION

• Renee Palakovic (rpalakovic@state.pa.us)• Erin Oberdorf (eoberdorf@state.pa.us)• Kelly Gallatin (kgallatin@state.pa.us)

Contacts (cont.)

• REGIONAL COORDINATORS

• Susan McCrone (smccrone@state.pa.us)• Norma Hull (nhull@state.pa.us)• Virginia Baker (vbaker@state.pa.us)• Donald McCrone (dmccrone@state.pa.us)

Contacts (cont.)

• REGIONAL COORDINATORS (continued)

• Cindy Rhoads (crhoads@state.pa.us)• Jesse Fry (jefry@state.pa.us)• Maria Garcia-Morales (

mgarcia-mo@state.pa.us)• Karl Streckewald (kstreckewald@state.pa.us)

Contacts (cont.)

• TECHNICIANS• Barbara Kuhn (bkuhn@state.pa.us)• Erin Oberdorf (eoberdorf@state.pa.us)• Kelly Iorfida (kiorfida@state.pa.us)• Yvonne Cobb (ycobb@state.pa.us)• Tracy Rapisarda (trapisarda@state.pa.us)• Daniella Care (dacare@state.pa.us)

Contacts (cont.)

• SUPPORT STAFF• Karen Trissler (ktrissler@state.pa.us)• Lennette Wilson (lwilson@state.pa.us)• Deborah Lau (dlau@state.pa.us)• Katie Hodge (khodge@state.pa.us)• Reba Kansiewicz (rkansiewicz@state.pa.us)