Shaping Up the Schoolwide Title I Plan Sybil Lenzi, Consultant 2010.

Shaping Up the Schoolwide Title I Plan

Sybil Lenzi, Consultant2010

Lenzi Educational Services, Inc. 2010


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


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


What are the reviewers looking for?


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


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


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”)


Highly Qualified Staff

• ALL teachers• ALL instructional

para-pros• Assurance

Statement


Attracting & Keeping HQ Staff

• Teacher Turnover “rate”• Experience of teachers

(years)• District & School level

efforts/reasons


Professional Development

• “Ongoing” and planned • Aligned with goals,

objectives, strategies• Specific• Timelines


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)


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


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!


Parent Involvement

• Page 11 of rubric• “…language the parents can understand…”

• Limited English?• Visually Impaired?• Literacy Issues?• “User Friendly”

• Individual student academic assessment results


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


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


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


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!


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!


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


REMEMBERThe “devil” is in the details.


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