2019-2020 Title I Stakeholder’s Input MeetingElizabeth Andrews High School

May 20, 2019 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Agenda1. Welcome and Greetings

2. Overview of Title I

3. What Does It Mean to Be a Title I School?

4. What is Parent and Family Engagement?

5. Development of Continuous School Improvement Plan (CSIP)

a) Schoolwide Program

b) Schoolwide Title I Budget

c) School Improvement (103a), if applicable

d) School Improvement (103a) Budget, if applicable

Review and Revision of Parent and Family Engagement Documents

6. Input into Developing the 1% Set-aside for Parental Engagement Budget

7. Input into Developing the School Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) Policy

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Agenda

7. Input into Developing the School Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) Policy

8. Input into Developing the School-Family Compact

9. Input into Building Capacity for School Staff and Parents

10. Determine the date or dates for the Annual Title I Meeting (to be held no later

than September 27, 2019).

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1. Welcome

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2. Overview of Title ITitle I, Part A is part of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This Act provides federal funds through the Georgia Department of Education to local educational agencies (LEAs) and public schools with high numbers or percentages of low-income children to help ensure that all children meet challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards.

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3. What Does It Mean to Be a Title I School?

Our school will receive federal funds based on our poverty percentage and school population. These funds are utilized for the most academically at-risk students to support school efforts tied to challenging state academic standards to reinforce and enhance efforts to improve teaching and learning for students.

Title I programs are based on effective means of improving student academic achievement and include strategies to support parent and family engagement.

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4. What is Parent and Family Engagement?Parent engagement is an ongoing process that increases active participation, communication, and collaboration between parents, schools and communities with the goal of educating the whole child to ensure student achievement and success. The Georgia Department of Education and DeKalb County School District ensures that Title I, Part A, Parent and Family Engagement Programs are met with meaningful and strategic actions to build parent capacity as mandated the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015.

Our school must ensure that strong strategies are in place to:

1. Build capacity to involve parents/stakeholders in an effective partnership.

2. Share and support high student academic achievement.

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5. Development of Continuous School Improvement Plan (CSIP)

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5a. Schoolwide Title I Program

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• Share the process for developing the Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA)

• Review schoolwide Title I initiatives and programs• Provide information about your Continuous School Improvement

Plan including:– Priority Areas 1, 2, 3

• Improving Proficiency in Science; Biology and Physical Science• Improving Mathematical Efficiency• Improving Literacy

– Improvement Strategies1. Three Dimensional Learning, Full Implementation of 5E Lesson

Delivery2. Incorporate Math Numeracy, Increase Math Vocabulary and

Language Acquisition3. Disciplinary Literacy, Building Reading Comprehension

5b. Schoolwide Title I Budget

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Justification of Purchases(budgeted for Configured Function/Objects on following pages)

Elizabeth Andrews HS is a Priority School based on our graduation rate being less than 50% for the three years. In an effort to address this status the following purchases will be made to support student achievement and to increase our graduation rate.

Data analysis clearly shows that there is an achievement gap among our subgroups (CCRPI) Progress for English Language Proficiency (ELP) is 54.64%; as a result, we have been working in earnest to close that gap and have shown improvement in several areas. Through various initiatives and deliberate fiscal and personnel resources, EAHS has identified targeted interventions and programs to support ELL. EAHS has identified multiple areas where improvement is needed based on our three year data trend. Notably, our EOC (End of Course) scores from Coordinate Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Biology, and Physical Science. The students scoring at the beginning level of Coordinate Algebra although high has continued to decline from 75% (2016) to 70.238% (2017) to 53.3% (2018). The students scoring on the beginning level of Analytic Geometry although high has fluctuated from 77.5% (2016), 86.25% (2017), to 70.9% (2018). With the implementation of Collaborative Planning we will keep our focus on the data and look for ways to impact instruction. The CCRPI Progress for Math is 50.01%. The Science specific data has fluctuated up and down over the past three years. The students scoring on the beginning level in Biology went from 54.4% (2016) to 75% (2017) to 63.2% (2018). The students scoring on the beginning level in Physical Science has also fluctuated from 60.19% (2016) to 71.698% (2017) to 57.4 in (2018). More students fell in the Beginning achievement level in in 2017 when compared to 2016; however, the number has decreased again in 2018. In addition, based on our 4-year cohort graduation rate our numbers reflect the following: 2016,11.2%; 2017,11.5%; 2018,17.7%. Although we are showing growth our number is still below the DSCD average of 74.95% and the GADOE average of 81.56%. We must continue to focus on our graduation rate with an emphasis on providing support to our English Language Learners and our Students with Disabilities.

5c. School Improvement (103a) Plan and Budget

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Budget Category Total Description Evidence

Level

CSIP PA, IS, AS#

After School Tutorial $15,680.00 Extra activity pay for teachers for after school and

Saturday school program for 9th -12th Grade students

for remediation, reinforcement and enrichment (32

Days X 2 hrs X 7 teachers X $35/hr) = $15,680.00

Strong PA,1,2,&3/IS1,2&3/AS1,2,&4

During the Day Tutorial $11,200.00 Extra activity pay for teachers for after school and

Saturday school program for 9th -12th Grade students

for remediation, reinforcement and enrichment (40

Days X 4 hrs X2 teachers X $35/hr) = $11,200

Strong PA,1,2,&3/IS1,2&3/AS1,2,&4

Instructional Alternative

Benefits (Teacher, Para,

Subs, Tutor)

$1,272.32 Alternative benefits for Extra Activity pay for teachers

for during the day and after school tutorial = $1272.32

Communication - Web

Subscription/License

(Software)

$37,000.00 Computer software for grdes 9-12 for remediation,

credit recovery, enrichment. Content areas will include

math, ELA, Science, Social Studies and World

Languaues: USA Test Prep $7,000; Openbook

Learning $10,000; Edgenuity $10,000; ALEKS math

$10,000 = $37,000.00

Promising PA,1,2,&3/IS1,2&3/AS1,2,&4

Instructional Equipment

$6,847.68

Supplemental equipment: 1 floor globe @ $108; 25

headphones @ $10 ea = $250; 3 desktop globes @

$54 ea = $162; 8 printers @$300 ea =$24004 USB

Charger @ $25 ea = $100; Electric stapler 3 @ $40 ea

= $120; Science hot plate 2 @ $270 ea = $520;

Science spring scale 10 @ $10 ea = $100; Scientific

Spectroscope 5 @ $12ea = $60; Scientific Port

Electonic Base 4 @ $370 ea = $1480. Students will

utilize additional literacy, science, math and social

studies instructional supplemental resources to

support progress monitoring to show whether students

are on track to achieve end-of-year targets. =

$6847.68

Strong PA,1,2,&3/IS1,2&3/AS1,2,&4

Instruction – 1000

5c. School Improvement (103a) Plan and Budget (If applicable)

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Budget Category Total Description Evidence

Level CSIP PA, IS, AS#

PL Travel of Employees $1,500

Travel (hotel, mileage, parking) for the principal and one leadership team member to attend the GaDOE Instructional Leadership Conferences in FY19 Moderate PA,1,2,&3/IS1,2&3/AS1,2,&4

PL Registration Fees $1,500

Registration for the principal and one leadership team member to attend the GaDOE Instructional Leadership Conferences in FY19 Moderate PA,1,2,&3/IS1,2&3/AS1,2,&4

TOTAL BUDGET $75,000.00

DIFFERENCE $0.00

Improvement Instructional Services – 2210

6. Input into Developing the 1% Set-aside for Parent and Family Engagement Budget

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6. Input into Developing the 1% Set-aside for Parent and Family Engagement Budget

Parents and families must have input on how the Title I Parent and Family Engagement funds are used. Feedback is needed on how the funds can support our school improvement efforts. Some schools use their funds for the following:

• Technology resources (computers, printers, software)

• Additional supplies and materials for the parent resource room, such as books or educational games for parents and families to check out.

• Parent involved trainings and workshops.

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6. Input into Developing the 1% Set-aside for Parent and Family Engagement Budget

What suggestions do you have on how we can increase parent and family engagement and use our funds to support these strategies?

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7. Input into Developing the School Parent and Family Engagement Policy

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School Parent and Family Engagement PolicyThe purpose of the school parent and family engagement policy is to establish the school’s expectations for family engagement and describes how the school will implement a number of specific parent engagement activities.

The parent and family engagement policy has several components that must be clearly defined for parents/families:

• What is Title I? What is Parent and Family Engagement?

• What is the school’s plan for shared student achievement? How will parents be included and engaged?

• What are the school’s academic goals?

• What opportunities will the school offer to build parent and staff capacity?

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7. Revise PFE policy with results from surveys, evaluations, comments, and

suggestions.

Using the current 2018-2019 School Parent and Family Engagement Policy, what suggestions do you have for us to consider for the updated 2019-2020 School Parent and Family Engagement Policy?

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8. Input into Developing the School-Family Compact

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What is a School-Family Compact?

The purpose of a School-Family Compact is to form an agreement that parents, students, and teachers develop together. It explains how parents and teachers work together to ensure all students receive the individual support they need to reach and exceed grade level academic standards.

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8. Revise compact with results from surveys, evaluations, comments, and suggestions.

Using the current 2018-2019 School-Parent Compact, on your feedback form, what suggestions do you have for us to consider for the updated 2019-2020 School-Family Compact?

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9. Input into Building Capacity of School Staff and Parents

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What is Building Capacity of School Staff?

The purpose of building capacity of school staff is to educate

teachers, support personnel, principals, and other school leaders and

staff, with the assistance of addressing the value of parents. Building

staff capacity will address how to work with parents as equal

partners, how to implement and coordinate parent programs, and

build ties between parents and the school.

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9. Make topic selections from surveys, evaluations, comments, and suggestionsReview the following questions…

How do we increase parent and family participation in developing and providing workshops for our staff?

What parent and family engagement topics would you like to develop with the faculty and staff to be a part of their professional development?

Using your feedback form, please provide your input regarding Building Capacity of School Staff and Parents.

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10. Determine the date(s) for Annual Title I Meeting

As a group of stakeholders, select a date and time for the 2019-2020 Annual Title I Meeting.

The Annual Title I Meeting must be occur prior to Friday, September 27, 2019.

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Contact Us

• Elizabeth Andrews High School

• Merlon B. Jones, Principal

• 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd. Stone Mountain, GA 30083

• 678-676-2601

• http://www.andrewshs.dekalb.k12.ga.us/

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DeKalb County School District’s mission is to ensure student success, leading to higher education, work and

life-long learning.

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