1 Title I Program Overview for SWP Slide # References/Documents/Materials for Annual Title I Meeting Slide # References/Documents/Materials for Annual.

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Title I Program Overview for SWP

Slide #References/Documents/Materials for Annual Title I

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References/Documents/Materials for Annual Title I Meeting

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Provide and share the school’s 2015-2016 Title I ranking (the percentage that generated the current year Title I allocation) and the 2015-2016 Title I allocation

21-23 Review copy of the school’s Parent Involvement Policy

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LEA Plan

http://home.lausd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=181824&type=d&pREC_ID=403302

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Insert and discuss the school’s 2015-2016 7E046 expenditures

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Introduce or prepare a slide of SSC membersExplain that the Consolidated Application (ConApp) is a school district document that allows state and federal funds to flow from CDE to school districtsPolicy Bulletin 6541.0: Guidelines for the Required English Learner Advisory Committee and School Site Council


List parent engagement activities planned for the school year (i.e., Math night, Back to School night, Open House, SSC meetings, parent workshops, etc.)

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Memorandum 6161 NCLB: Qualification for Teachers; Parent Notification Requirements and Right to Know Procedures; Annual Principal Certification Form (This is the memorandum # for 2014-2015– The 2015-2016 memorandum has not been posted as of 8/2015)

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slide

List school’s Title I [7S046] expenditures that the school has budgeted from the 2015-2016 Title I allocation (see Assurances and Justification pages)


Introduce or prepare a slide of paraprofessionals and indicate content focus and/or grade level support

Schoolwide Program School Letter at fsep.lausd.net31

Personalization slide

List and discuss the school’s academic and other relevant data for 2015-2016

The chart below provides a slide number and the corresponding documentation or suggestions of additional resources to be utilized at the Annual Title I meeting or throughout the academic year as topics at School Site Council (SSC) meetings.

Memorandum 6324.0 Notification of Federal Title I Parent Involvement Mandates

This slide is for presenter use only and should be deleted prior to presentation.

Title I Annual Meeting

2015-2016 Title I Program Overview for Schoolwide Program (SWP) Schools

Federal and State Education Programs Branch2

Federal and State Education Programs Branch

Purpose of the Overview

To inform parents about the Title I Program and its requirements

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What is Title I?“…is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity

to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments…” No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2001

Title I, Part A federal funds are supplemental monies to help meet the educational needs of low-achieving students in the highest-poverty schools.

In order to access Title I funds, LAUSD schools must have a poverty threshold of at least 50% based on free- and reduced price meal applications and/or CalWORKS.

Schools that rank into Title I deliver supplemental services through a targeted assistance (TAS) program or a schoolwide program (SWP) model.


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School’s Poverty Ranking and Title I Allocation

Provide and share the school’s 2015-2016 poverty ranking

and 2015-2016 Title I allocation


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Who Receives Title I Services?

Although schools are eligible for Title I funding based on poverty, the selection process for providing Title I services to students is not based on low-income. It is based entirely on academic achievement.



What are Supplemental Funds?

Additional monies above the general funds districts and schools receive to support the regular program.

Granted to districts and to schools for specific program purposes and must be used only to support and enhance the district’s and school’s regular program.

May not be used to replace or supplant the funds and programs the district provides to all schools.

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Local Educational Agency (LEA) LAUSD Plan

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The LEA Plan is required of all school districts that receive funds under NCLB.

Addresses five performance goals 1. “All students will reach high standards, at a minimum, attaining

proficiency or better in reading and mathematics, by 2013-2014.”2. “All Limited English Proficient students will become proficient in

English and reach high academic standards, at a minimum attaining proficiency or better in reading/language arts and mathematics.”

3. “By 2005-06, all students will be taught by highly qualified teachers.”4. “All students will be educated in learning environment that are safe, drug- free, and conducive to learning.”5. “All students will graduate from high school.”

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Schoolwide Program

(SWP) School

The Two Title I Models for Serving Students

Schoolwide Program (SWP)

Targeted Assistance Program(TAS)

Serve Identified Title I Students

Serve All Students at the School

Supplemental Services

Supplemental Services

Schools write a comprehensive school plan to upgrade the core academic program in a high-poverty school, without distinguishing between eligible and ineligible children.

All students may benefit from supplemental services in a school operating under a schoolwide program.

Schoolwide Programs (SWP)


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California Education Code 64001 requires that districts receiving state, federal and other applicable funding through the Consolidated Application (ConApp) process ensure that participating schools write a SPSA.

California Education Code 52852 requires these schools to establish a School Site Council (SSC) as the decision-making council for all programs funded through the ConApp.

The School Site Council (SSC) is responsible for developing, reviewing, and approving the SPSA with written advice from appropriate school advisory committees.

Expenses described in the SPSA must be aligned to data that will address specific needs and must be annually evaluated.


Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

Single Plan for Student Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)Achievement (SPSA)

The SPSA* includes: ■ Comprehensive needs assessment – Data analysis and annual

SPSA Evaluation ■ Goals, based on student data, that are measurable ■Scientifically-based instructional strategies that are prioritized based on student needs ■ Budgets, use of resources, and process for implementation■ Process of monitoring the strategies to be implemented in SPSA

*Goals of the LEA Plan are embedded in the SPSA

The Cycle of Continuous Improvement in the Development of the SPSA


Conduct Comprehensive

Needs Assessment (Data analysis and SPSA

Evaluation)

Develop School Goals Develop strategies and

align budgets to address identified student Needs

Monitor implementation


2015-2016 School’s Title I Allocation and Expenditures

List and discuss school’s 2015-2016 Title I Expenditures [7S046]

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Title I SWP and

ParentInvolvement

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What is Parent Involvement?

NCLB Definition:

“The term parent involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities.”


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District Title I Parent Involvement Policy

LAUSD adopted a district-wide Title I Parent Involvement Policy for parents on December 11, 2012. This policy is annually distributed to parents and is required for Title I schools.

The policy describes how the District will:- Involve parents in the LEA Plan- Provide coordination and technical assistance to schools for parent involvement- Build parent & school capacity- Annually evaluate the policy- Involve parents in Title I school activities

The District’s annual Parent Student Handbook also provides parents with information on parental involvement and NCLB mandates.


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District Parent Involvement Policy

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2015-2016 Parent-Student Handbook

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School Parent Involvement Policy

In addition to the District Parent Involvement Policy, each Title I school must develop, jointly with parents of children receiving Title I services, a written school parent involvement policy that describes how the school will carry out the parental involvement requirements in No Child Left Behind, Section 1118.


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School-level policies must:

Be jointly developed & distributed to parents Describe how school will carry out requirementsBe provided to parents in an understandable language“Periodically” updated

School Parent Involvement Policy Requirements


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Annual Title I MeetingInformation about the Title I ProgramDescription of curriculum & assessmentOpportunity to request meetingsSchool-Parent CompactCapacity Building

Required School-level Activities


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Title I schools are required to set-aside 1% of Title I funds to support their Title I Parent Involvement PolicyThe following are the expenditures from this year’s allocation: (insert school’s E046 expenditures)

Required Set-Aside for Parent Involvement

(Program Code 7E046)


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2015-2016 School Parent Involvement Activities

Insert and discuss parent engagement activities planned for the school year (i.e., Math night, Back to School night, Open House, SSC meetings, parent workshops, etc.)


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Parents’ Right to Know

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) mandates that Title I, Part A funded schools give parents timely notice when their child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified. The school sends letters home to parents to inform them about this assignment when applicable.

NCLB requires Title I, Part A schools to notify parents at the beginning of each school year that they may request information about the qualifications of their children’s teachers and paraprofessionals who provide educational assistance to their children.

LAUSD parents may make written requests to the school and receive information regarding the qualifications of their child’s teacher (i.e., credential, degree, and major) and paraprofessionals.


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Title I SWP and

Highly Qualified Teachers

and Paraprofessionals

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Teacher Qualifications

Teachers should be highly qualified at the time of employment.

All teachers teaching core academic areas in Title I schools must meet the highly qualified standard.


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Paraprofessional Qualifications

All paraprofessionals must be highly qualified. All new hires are required to pass the District Proficiency Test* and must

meet the following criteria:– HS diploma/GED

AND– Have 60 semester or 90 quarter units from a recognized college or

university OR– Have an associate (or higher) degree from a recognized college or

university OR– Pass the Instructional Assistance Test*new hires with a Bachelor’s degree or higher do not need to take the District Proficiency Test

Duties: – Provides instruction only if under the direct supervision of a

“highly qualified teacher”Federal and State Education Programs Branch

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Accountability and

The CORE Waiver

- Academic performance- Social-Emotional - Culture and Climate

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2015-2016 School Data

Insert and discuss school’s data (school’s API, suspension rate, attendance rate, report card grades, SBAC data, other data sources )


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CORE WAIVER On August 6, 2013, eight California school districts, including

LAUSD, received a waiver from some of the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act from the U.S. Secretary of Education.

The eight school districts are grouped together in an association called the California Office of School Reform (CORE) – Fresno Unified SD, Long Beach USD, LAUSD, Oakland USD, Sacramento USD, San Francisco USD, Sanger USD, and Santa Ana USD.


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SCHOOL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM

With this waiver, CORE does not seek to escape FROM accountability. Instead, CORE is asking for a waiver INTO a new system with higher level of shared responsibility and accountability.

The new accountability system will be called the School Quality Improvement System.

The School Quality Improvement System is designed to hold schools accountable for the performance of all students across a variety of factors. Factors include:

- Academic performance

- Social-Emotional

- Culture and ClimateFederal and State Education Programs Branch

YOU ARE OUR PARTNERS

At LAUSD, schools and families are working together to ensure all students are college-prepared and career-ready. Together we can equip our students with the foundation of skills needed for the 21st century.

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Resources

For additional questions regarding the school’s Title I Program, please contact the Principal or designee.


1 Title I Program Overview for SWP Slide # References/Documents/Materials for Annual Title I Meeting Slide # References/Documents/Materials for Annual.

Documents

annual title

swp slide

slide number

slide of paraprofessionals

notification of federal

personalization slide

current year title

schools academic