shaping up the schoolwide title i plan sybil lenzi, consultant 2010
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Required Componets Index 1.Comprehensive Needs Assessment 2.Schoolwide Reform Strategies 3.Highly Qualified Teachers & Paras 4.Attract & Retain HQ Teachers 5.Professional Development 6.Parent Involvement 7.Pre-School Transition Strategies 8.Teacher Participation in Assessment Decisions 9.Timely Additional Assistance 10.Coordination of Resources Evaluation of ProgramTRANSCRIPT
Shaping Up the Schoolwide Title I Plan
Sybil Lenzi, Consultant2010
Lenzi Educational Services, Inc. 2010
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10 + 2 Required Componets • Index1. Comprehensive Needs Assessment2. Schoolwide Reform Strategies3. Highly Qualified Teachers & Paras4. Attract & Retain HQ Teachers5. Professional Development6. Parent Involvement7. Pre-School Transition Strategies8. Teacher Participation in Assessment Decisions9. Timely Additional Assistance10.Coordination of Resources• Evaluation of Program
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Schoolwide Title I Programs• Closer look at Rubric
• Legislative Citation and 3 rating categories• 10 component requirements from Section 1114 of NCLB Act
and 1 from Section 200.26 of Regulations• Note references to Section 1118 “Parent Involvement”
• MDE is conducting reviews based on this rubric.• 8 State reviewers• New, Random Selection and On Site Reviews• Plans NOT approved must return to a Targeted Assistance
program
• Text boxes provided to incorporate these rubric requirements in AdvancEd template
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What are the reviewers looking for?
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Index
• AKA “Table of Contents”• Identify the 10 Components + Evaluation• Consider Headings • Include the PA 25 Requirements• Watch for correct page numbers• Take care with Attachments
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Comprehensive Needs Assessment
• Description of process, results and conclusions• 4 types of data
• Achievement—Consider grade spans, sub-groups & content
• Program/Process— SPR 40/90 & SA/SAR• Perception—Teachers & Parents • Demographics—Student Body, Staff, Community
• Tight alignment with goals• Identifies “Gaps” and “Causes” for Goal Setting
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Schoolwide Reform Strategies
• Two Levels = ALL + “…those at risk of not meeting the State academic standards…”
• Research-based• Watch citations• No Websites
• Increases quality & quantity of instruction• Targeted has moved to Schoolwide• Inclusion of PA 25 (“one plan”)
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Highly Qualified Staff
• ALL teachers• ALL instructional
para-pros• Assurance
Statement
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Attracting & Keeping HQ Staff
• Teacher Turnover “rate”• Experience of teachers
(years)• District & School level
efforts/reasons
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Professional Development
• “Ongoing” and planned • Aligned with goals,
objectives, strategies• Specific• Timelines
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Parent Involvement
• Decision-making role is clear and consistent throughout the plan
• “...language that they can understand…”• Outline required activities IN the plan and
IN the policy• Compact & Policy attached• Parents AND Staff create the Compact• Compact shared at conferences
(elementary)
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Parent Involvement
• Required activities for ALL Title I schools and districts/LEA’s (Local Education Agencies)
• Audience:• Targeted = Parents of Title I, targeted students• Schoolwide = ALL parents
• Most common reason for disapproval of Title I plans is a lack of compliance of the requirements of Section 1118
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Parent Involvement
• Note “shalls”& active verbs versus “mays”• Must have attachments:
– School-level Policy– School-Parent Compact
• Must address the required activities for a school in the plan AND in the policy
• Take EXTRA care covering this!
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Parent Involvement
• Page 11 of rubric• “…language the parents can understand…”
• Limited English?• Visually Impaired?• Literacy Issues?• “User Friendly”
• Individual student academic assessment results
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Pre-School Transition Strategies• Pre-schoolers invited to
visit school more than once a year
• Parents and/or preschool teachers are “trained” in what it takes for child to be successful in kindergarten
• Not required of schools without kindergarten
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Teachers & Assessment Decisions
• Decisions on the USE of assessment results– Consider impact on
teaching– Identifying students for
interventions/referrals– Communication with
parents & others– Selection of assessments– Timing
• Data Analysis
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Timely Additional Assistance
• How are students identified?• Assessments• Team process?• Other criteria
• What assistance will they get?• ALL 4 content areas• Don’t forget their social/emotional/health
needs• Differentiated Instruction in classroom
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Coordination of Resources
• Laundry list of the many state, federal, and local resources supporting the school
• Does not have to be $$$• State the support provided• State the SW components supported • Do not leave out any Federal programs!
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Evaluation of SW Program & Plan
• Annually, at least• Examine data • Examine implementation• Impact on Student
Achievement (and goals)• Revise/modify if needed• Then…keep evidence that
you do this!
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Bottom Line for Title I Schools
• If the school wants the Title I plan to pass a review, it MUST:– Be included with the basic, school
improvement plan– Address the required components to the level
described in the rubric– Have the required attachments– Determine ways to do this within the text
boxes provided in the AdvancEd templates
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REMEMBERThe “devil” is in the details.
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Questions/Comments
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