Title I Title I Faculty PresentationFaculty Presentation

Faculty Title I and AYP Combined Presentation

No Child Left Behind Act

NCLB is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act originally passed under President Johnson’s Administration

Title I is part of the NCLB Act

All requirements regarding Title I are specified in the NCLB Act of 2001

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Title I

130 Title I schools in Palm Beach County for FY11

101 Public Schools 23 Charter Schools 6 Alternative Schools

Charter and Alternative Schools must follow same requirements as other public schools

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Purpose of Title I

To ensure ALL children have a fair, equitable, and significant opportunity for a high quality education

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Qualifying for Funding

Each year schools are identified as Title I based on the percentage of students in the school eligible for free and reduced (f/r) price meals on Date Certain.

Date Certain for the FY11 school year was December 18, 2009.

Schools meeting the minimum percentage qualify for Title I funding. The FY11 percentage is 45% for high schools and 50% for middle and elementary schools.

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Qualifying for Funding

The number of eligible students is multiplied by the per pupil allocation.

Example On Date Certain, 312 students were eligible

for f/r priced meals at Sunshine Elementary. This group represents 69% of the total student population.

Per pupil allocation = $355 (set by District)

School allocation = 312 x $355 or $110,7606

Highly Qualified Staff

ALL core subject area teachers must be highly qualified: Bachelor’s degree State certification For elementary teachers, a rigorous test For new middle/secondary teachers, a rigorous test or

major coursework ALL non-instructional staff providing academic support to

students must be highly qualified: Two years of college or 60 college credits or Pass a rigorous test

Teachers must be highly qualified upon hiring in the following core content areas: elementary education, reading, math, science, social science, English, and foreign language

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Professional Development

Must be evidenced-based and on-going

Must be reflected in the School Improvement Plan/Schoolwide Plan (SIP/SWP)

Must address the needs of students in all subgroups with an emphasis on those not meeting AYP

All out-of-county/state travel must be documented in the SIP/SWP and related to subgroups not meeting AYP

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Required for Audit Documentation

Professional Development

Parents’ Right to Know

The professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teacher and paraprofessional.

If their child is taught by a teacher who is not highly qualified for four or more consecutive weeks, the parents must receive timely notice.

FCAT results must be provided to parents regarding the achievement level of their child.

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Family Involvement

Karen Mapp, parent involvement researcher at Harvard Graduate School of Education, says students in schools with solid family involvement programs:

Are more likely to enroll in higher-level programs and earn more credits

Have better social skills, behavior, and adapt more easily to school

Attend more regularly and are more likely to graduate

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Family Involvement

School-Parent CompactSchool-Parent Compact A compact is an agreement between the home and the school, A compact is an agreement between the home and the school,

which outlines how families, staff and students will share the which outlines how families, staff and students will share the responsibility for improving student achievement.responsibility for improving student achievement.

Written with input from parents and staff Required to document distribution of Compact Compact reviewed with parents at a

parent/teacher conference Addresses the importance of communication

between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis

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Family Involvement

Family Involvement Policy/PlanFamily Involvement Policy/Plan Jointly developed with input from parents and staff

Required to document distribution of Family Involvement Policy Provide parent trainings and meetings at flexible times Involve parents in an organized, ongoing and timely way in

planning, reviewing, and improving Title I programs Provide parents with an opportunity to submit dissenting views

if the SIP is not acceptable to them

Educate teachers and other staff on the value and contributions of parents, how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents

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Family Involvement

Positive Impact Activities: Frequent face-to-face, written or phone

contact between teachers and parents School-based parent activities, which help

train parents to work with their children at home

Interactive homework assignments that require parents to participate in learning

www.communityschools.org

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The Federal Consequences of Not

Making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

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Federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Measures proficiency of all students in

reading, math, and writing Measures graduation rates School must receive grade of

“C” or better If a Title I school does not make AYP in all

areas and all subgroups, consequences are applied

Year Reading Math

2009-10 72 +7 74 +6

2010-11 79 +7 80 +6

2011-12 86 +7 86 +6

2012-13 93 +7 93 +7

2013-14 100 +7 100 +7

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Proficiency Targets for AYP

Each year proficiency targets increase

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Federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) NCLB requires all schools to measure

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) ALL public schools receive AYP designation

Non-Title I SchoolsTitle I SchoolsCharter Schools

AYP measures progress of nine subgroups

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Nine Subgroups

Total Students White Black Hispanic Asian American Indian

Economically Disadvantaged Students

Limited English Proficient Students (ELL)

Students with Disabilities (SWD)

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No Adequate Yearly Progress (NAYP)

ALL schools receive an AYP designation Under No Child Left Behind, only Title I

schools receive consequences if AYP not met

“School in Need of Improvement” (SINI) after 2 years of NAYP

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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

AYP determines which

Title I schools and students are

eligible for NCLB Choice Options.

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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report Insert your school’s AYP Report

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Federal Consequences for Not Making AYP (NAYP).

*Consequences are cumulative. Each year same consequences apply, plus new consequences added

1 Year NAYP Review School Improvement Plan –

Address subgroups not meeting AYP

2 Years NAYP - SINI 1 *Supplemental Educational Services

3 Years NAYP - SINI 2 *NCLB Choice Transfer with Transportation

4 Years NAYP - SINI 3 *Corrective Action Plan

5 Years NAYP - SINI 4 *Planning for Restructuring

6 Years NAYP - SINI 5 *Implement Restructuring Plan

7 Years NAYP - SINI 6 *Implement Restructuring Plan, year 2

8 Years NAYP - SINI 7 *Implement Restructuring Plan, year 3

9 Years NAYP - SINI 8 *Implement Restructuring Plan, year 4

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NCLB Choice Options for all SINI Schools

All parents of students attending a Title I school that does not make AYP for two or more years are offered choices for their child’s education.

School did not make AYP

NCLB Choice

2 or more Years

Remain at Assigned School

OR Receive

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

(if eligible)

3 or More Years

Remain at Assigned School

OR Receive

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

(if eligible)

OR

Transfer to Another School

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Corrective Action - SINI 3

Replace school staff relevant to failure to make AYP

Implement new curriculum Decrease management authority at school Extend school year or school day Restructure internal organization of the

school

No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options:

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Reopening as public charter school

Replacing school staff, including principal

Entering into contract with a private entity

State takeover

Other major restructuring reform

No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for restructuring:

Planning for Restructuring - SINI 4

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Restructuring - SINI 5

Reopening as public charter school

Replacing school staff, including principal

Entering into contract with a private entity

State takeover

Other major restructuring reform

No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for restructuring:

Implement the Plan prepared while a SINI 4

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Restructuring - SINI 6, 7, 8, and 9

Continue implementing Restructuring Plan

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Two Accountability Systems

Federal No Child Left Behind

AYP

State Differentiated Accountability

School Grades + AYP

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Two Accountability Systems

Uses AYP

Schools in Need of Improvement

Corrective Action

Planning for Restructuring

Restructuring

Federal No Child Left

Behind

State Differentiated Accountability

Uses AYP and School Grades

Prevent I Prevent II

Correct I Correct II

Not in DA Intervene

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Discuss your school’s DA Category and District Interventions

Florida’s Differentiated Accountability (DA) Plan