Supplemental Educational Services: Overview and Opportunities

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Supplemental Educational Services Overview and
Opportunities

• Association of Educational Service Agencies
  Federal Advocacy Conference
• September 27, 2007
• Washington, DC

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Overview of Presentation

• Background on SES
• Opportunities for ESAs
• Current Departmental Initiatives

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Background on SES

• Supplemental educational services (SES) are free
  tutoring and other educational interventions that
  target students from low-income families who
  attend Title I schools in the second year of
  school improvement, in corrective action, or in
  restructuring
• SES programs are high-quality, research-based,
  and offered to students outside of the normal
  school program

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Background on SES State Role

• Identify and approve providers, at least annually
• Maintain list of providers
• Monitor district implementation
• Monitor quality of providers and withdrawal
  approval from any providers that fail to
  contribute to student achievement for 2 years

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Background on SES District Role

• Notify eligible families each year
• Help parents choose a provider, if requested
• Contract with providers
• Pay providers
• Maintain student privacy
• Spend an amount equal to 20 on SES and school
  choice (unless demand is less)

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Background on SES Provider Role

• May be any for-profit or non-profit entity
  school or district not in improvement, including
  an ESA
• Apply to the State with a demonstrated record of
  effectiveness
• Use a program that is aligned to State standards
  and local curriculum
• Provide parents with progress reports
• Meet all Federal, State and local health, safety
  and civil rights laws
• Ensure instruction is secular, neutral, and
  non-ideological

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Background on SES Family Role

• Select a provider
• Work with the provider and district to develop
  student achievement goals and timetables
• Receive regular progress reports
• Support student attendance and participation

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Opportunities for ESAs

• Three Roles ESAs can play
• SES providers
• Technical assistance providers to districts
• Outreach partners

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ESAs as SES Providers

• ESAs can serve a range of communities and types
  of students
• ESAs have experience and expertise in providing
  instruction and educational support
• ESAs are experienced working with States and
  districts
• Find out which communities in your State have a
  shortage of providers and serve those areas

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ESAs as Logistical Support Partners

• Assist LEAs with the development of contracts
  with providers, development of payment processes,
  collecting data on student eligibility and
  participation, etc
• Department grant to AESA funds consortium of
  small, rural school districts in Ohio,
  Pennsylvania, Georgia, and South Dakota, along
  with their ESAs and Catapult Learning

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ESAs as Outreach Partners

• Review LEAs outreach plans and materials
• Conduct outreach campaign to parents (print
  material, radio, TV, Internet)
• Enlist the help of community partners to reach
  parents
• Ultimate goal Help more students access
  high-quality SES so that we get all students at
  proficiency and close the achievement gap

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Current Initiatives SES/Public School Choice
Outreach Project

• Consists of 3 components
• Outreach Tour (Nov. March 2007)
• National Summit (June 2007)
• Guide on SES and Public School Choice (September
  2007)

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Outreach Tour

• Launched by Secretary Spellings to improve
  implementation and gain a more comprehensive
  understanding of how public school choice and SES
  are working in practice
• 14 districts visited discussions with districts,
  States, providers and parents

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Outreach Tour Districts Visited

• Anchorage (AK) School District
• Chicago (IL) Public Schools
• Los Angeles (CA) Unified School District
• Hillsborough County (FL) Public Schools
• Boston (MA) Public Schools
• Providence (RI) Public Schools
• Little Rock (AR) School District

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Outreach Tour Districts Visited (contd.)

• Buffalo (NY) Public Schools
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Schools
• Denver (CO) Public School
• Albuquerque (NM) Public Schools
• Miami-Dade County (FL) Public Schools
• Baltimore City (MD) Public Schools
• Pittsburgh (PA) Public Schools

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National Summit

• June 27-8 in Washington
• Brought together states, districts, providers and
  parent groups to discuss policy issues related to
  public school choice and SES
• Organized around the main themes of the Tour and
  the Guide

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New Resource Giving Parents Options

• Resource for SES and Public School Choice
• Strategies and useful suggestions for districts
  and states based, in part, on the practices of
  their peers
• Focuses on two main areas
• Parent notification and outreach
• Implementation
• A lot of practical advice for districts and ESAs

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Giving Parents Options Example Content

• The Parent Notice (p. 6)
• Ensure informative content
• Ensure readability (convert into simple language
  translate)
• Inform without overwhelming
• Ensure that the notice reaches its target
• Get feedback from parents

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Giving Parents Options Example Content

• Managing SES at the School Level (p. 31)
• Arrange for provider access to school sites
• Use SES coordinators at school site
• Integrate with other after school activities

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Resources

• Main SES site
• www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/help/ses
• SES guidance www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/suppsvc
  sguid.doc
• Office of Innovation and Improvement
  www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii

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Thanks.

• Stacy Kreppel
• 202-401-5938
• stacy.kreppel_at_ed.gov