Plotting Your Course for Comprehensive Monitoring.

Plotting Your Course for

Comprehensive Monitoring

Comprehensive Monitoring

• What?

• When?

• Who?

• How?

WHAT is Comprehensive Monitoring?

• Joint effort by LEA’s & TDE to improve effectiveness of services to students

• Check of evidence to ensure program implementation is in compliance with federal law

• Opportunity for technical assistance

WHEN is Comprehensive Monitoring?

• LEAs, not scheduled for on-site monitoring, complete self-monitoring annually

• On-site monitoring team visits

every 3 years

WHO Are the Monitors?

The on-site monitoring team is composed of state consultants

other than the NCLB consultant assigned to your system

Don’t Wait to Begin Preparing

Getting Your Gear Together

Examples of Documents NeededConsolidated Application &

Addenda

Budget Documents

Plans such as TCSPP, TSIPs, Technology, & Parent Involvement

Various Board Policies

Sample Indicators & Evidences

6. Funds are drawn down from FACTS regularly in correlation to expenditures.

– Grants Transaction Report– Quarterly Expenditure Report

13. The LEA maintains a log/database for equipment purchased.

– Equipment Log / Database

– Budget documents

– Visual inspection

– Identification tag / label

36. Title I funds are used to supplement funds made available from non-federal sources.

*REQUIRED *Enrollment data by

school *List of teachers by

grade / subject *Budget documents *Comparability

Report

More Examples of Items to Collect Documentation of all PD & PI Activities

Sign-in Sheets Agendas or Minutes Calendars or Schedules

Evidence of Parental Notifications Letters Newsletters Student Handbooks

Sample Items for SW School Visits

Home Language Surveys

Parent-Student-School Compacts

Schedules of Parapros & Teachers

*10 Components of a SW Title I School in TSIP

*Similar for TA Schools

*(b.) schoolwide reform strategies with emphasis on improved achievement of the lowest achieving students;

Match TSIPP Pg# _____ to activities

*(d.) high quality and ongoing professional development activities;

Match TSIPP Pg# _____ to activities

*(g.) plans for assisting preschool children from early childhood programs to elementary school programs;

Match TSIPP Pg# _____ to activities

Tips for Plotting a Smooth Course

Organize Your Gear

Label Your Gear

More Tips

All local program directors and the federal programs bookkeeper should be present during comprehensive on-site monitoring

Be prepared to show documentation of compliance for each item on the monitoring instrument

Call your NCLB Consultant

to Guide Your Course for

On-Site Comprehensive

Monitoring

Stay Calm

Stay on Course!