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Fall Title I Coordinator Network Meeting
CESA 4 Title I Team
•Nicole Cooksey, Director and Math Specialist
•Laura Veglahn, Director and Reading Specialist
•Donna Elsen, Program Assistant
District Check-In
1 Strategy you’ve used to connect Title I staff to data (student learning)
2 Challenges your school faces this year
3 Key players in Title I programming in your district
Title I Resources and Websites
http://titleone.dpi.wi.gov
http://www.cesa4.k12.wi.us/programs/title1.cfm
Title I Network Ti
CESA #4 Lending Library Title I Tip of the Week
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind - Eric Jensen
Read the introduction (if you choose) and chapter one.
Which of the 7 factors pose the strongest challenge for you and your school?
Can you envision overcoming these challenges? Explain your reasoning.
Have you already recognized and attempted to address any of these factors on your school? Have you felt successful?
How can you use this resource with your Title I staff (and all staff)?
Taking PD back to your staff-- Chapter 2
DPI UpdatesReauthorization Updates
Comparability Completion
Monitoring
Homeless Updates
SAGE/AGR
Schools of Recognition & Spotlight Schools
Obligating and Liquidating Title I Federal Funds
In case there are
questions about
fiscal years and
expending funds...
Reauthorization Updates
WI granted a 3 year waiver
Requirement-- will have to identify new cohort of focus and priority schools
Possibility ESEA will be re-authorized yet
Comparability Completion
Data collected every two years by DPI but must be reported annuallyTitle I application must be submitted before completing the comparability reportComparability---opens in Oct. Districts have 4-6 weeks to complete.
Homeless Updates & Review
Q: If a student experiencing homelessness attends a school that does not receive Title I, Part A funds, how does the student receive services?
A: Every school district that receives Title IA funds is required to set aside a portion of its allotment to provide comparable services to homeless students attending schools that do not receive Title IA services
Q: What kind of services can Title I, Part A funds (including set-asides and other funds) pay for?
AGR is the new SAGEAchievement Gap Reduction
SAGE apply for one year extension - to maintain current classroom ratios (18 to 1 or 30 to 2)
or a new 5-year contract as an AGR school
AGR schools have the option of maintaining classroom ratios, providing one-to-one tutoring for students, or providing instructional coaching to teachers
More guidance to come
All SAGE schools will be AGR by 16-17
Schools of Recognition & Spotlight Schools
Spotlight schools are schools where effective practices that are positively impacting student learning and achievement are being implemented. Schools eligible to apply have to be identified as Wisconsin Title I Schools of Recognition for at least the last three consecutive years.
Map of Current schoolsNorwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School Lawrence-Lawson Elementary School
Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District Sparta Area School District
Title I Programming
IssuesSupplement or Supplant Scenarios
Parent Involvement
Private School Communication
Supplement or Supplant Activity
Read through the provided scenario with a partner and answer the questions.
Discussion to follow.
Parent Involvement-- APTT’s in WI
*Targeted at School-level teams
*Classroom teachers
*Title I Staff
*Building leadership team
*Principal
Reimagining Parent Involvement in Title I Programming Workshop
Private School Communication
Best Practices for Title I Coordinators
Updates from the Field
WI T1 Association
NCTM
WSRA
WI Title I Association
Scholarships
2016 Spring Conference - April 7 & 8
Keynoters: Mary Howard & Linda Hoyt
NCTM
Mathematics Education Meets Excellence - Regional Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota | November 11-13
Calculation Nation: http://calculationnation.nctm.org/
Online math strategy games for upper elementary and middle school
WSRA
Conference - February 4-6, 2016
Wired Wednesdays
*Free with WSRA membership
*focus on culturally responsive practices
For Teachers & Coordinators
Read for the Record
How to Learn Math
Title I Network Professional Development offerings for 15-16
Read for the RecordNot Norman: A Goldfish Story, written by Kelly Bennett and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
How to Learn Math
For all levels of learners of Mathematics
3 - 10 minute lessons
3 - 20 minutes lessons
Helping students (and teachers) overcome a fixed mindset about how people do, or don’t, learn mathematics!
https://www.youcubed.org/category/mooc/
Breaking News! released 9/10/15
Data Recognition Corporation (DRC), a Midwestern assessment company with a Wisconsin office, received a letter of intent from the state to contract for state assessment.
Students will take the Wisconsin Forward Exam in spring 2016.
Agenda items for Winter meeting
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