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Title I Faculty Presentation

Department of Federal and State Programs434-8017 or PX 48017

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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 FY11 Title I 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 percentages are:

49.5% elementary schools49.5% middle schools44.5% high schools

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Qualifying for FY11 Title I 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 $110,760

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Highly Qualified Staff ALL core subject area teachers must be highly qualified:

Bachelor’s degreeState certificationFor elementary teachers, a rigorous testFor 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 or60 college credits orPass 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 making AYP

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

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Required for Audit

Documentation

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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 A compact is an agreement between the home and the

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

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

parent/teacher conferenceAddresses the importance of communication

between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis

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Family InvolvementFamily 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 programsProvide parents with an opportunity to submit dissenting

views if the SIP/SWP 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

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Accountability

Participate in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)

Meet State mandated proficiency levels

Participate in NCLB School Choice if AYP is not made two years in a row

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Adequate Yearly Progress

AYP reports the performance and participation of subgroups according to:

Race/ethnicitySocio-economics Students with Disabilities (SWD)Limited English Proficient (LEP/ELL)

AYP Targets for FY11

Reading - 79% of students need to score at level 3 and above

Math - 80% of students need to score at level 3 and above

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Consequences For Not Making AYP

All schools receive AYP designation, but only Title I Schools are identified as School in Need of Improvement (SINI) and receive consequences for not meeting AYP. Only Title I schools receive the consequences for not meeting AYP. The following chart shows the accumulation of consequences for not making AYP (NAYP).

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