Title II, Part A Needs Assessment and FY09 Consolidated Application

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Title II, Part A Needs Assessment and FY09
Consolidated Application

• Title II, Part A Teacher Quality Conference
• March 5, 2008

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Title II, Part A Intent

• To support activities that improve teacher
  quality
• To increase the number of highly qualified
  teachers, paraprofessionals, and principals in
  Georgia schools.
• To provide all students, including poor and
  minority, equitable opportunities to instruction
  by highly qualified, effective teachers.

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Title II, Part A Intent

• To develop and recruit, hire, and retaining
  highly qualified teachers and principals
• Ultimately to increase student achievement in
  academic subjects

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Elements Required for Needs Assessment

• Non-HiQ teachers and paraprofessionals
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Professional learning and training including
• meeting diverse student needs
• Equitable opportunity for ALL students to HiQ,
  experience, and class size
• Equity in teacher training to meet diverse needs
  of students
• Class size reduction

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Resources for Data

• Non-HiQ www.gapsc.org and GACE
• Recruitment System retirement projection,
  letter of intent, growth projections,
  www.gapsc.org, principals input, signeds
  contracts, teacher/paraprofessional/leader survey
• Retention exit survey, www.gapsc.org continuity
  ratio, focus groups, teacher/paraprofessional/lead
  er survey

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Resources for Data

• Professional learning and training focus
  groups, teacher/paraprofessional/ leader survey,
  parent survey, teacher evaluations, principals
  input, test data analysis, AYP reports
• Equitable opportunity for ALL students to highly
  qualified teachers www.gapsc.org,
• placement sample, disaggregated data

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Resources for Data

• Equitable opportunity for ALL students to
  experienced teachers www.gapsc.org percentage
  of levels for experience and continuity ratio
• Equitable opportunity for ALL students to class
  size FTE reports, growth projections, real
  student count

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Resources for Data

• Equity in teacher training to meet diverse needs
  of students - focus groups, teacher/paraprofession
  al/ leader survey, parent survey, teacher
  evaluations, principals input, disaggregated
  test data analysis, AYP report
• Class size reduction FTE report, real student
  count, growth projections, test data analysis
  including disaggregated group data, AYP report

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Leadership Survey for Recruitment

• Rate the importance of each of the following to
  increase your capacity for recruiting highly
  qualified effective teachers? (please select
  number 1 as most important number 2 as next most
  important, etc., and number 4 as fourth most
  important)
• a. Increased teacher supplement or benefits
  1 2 3 4
• b. Increased support (induction, mentoring)
  for new teachers 1 2 3 4
• c. Increased time for teachers to assess
  and plan 1 2 3 4
• d. Increased funding for instructional
  supplies and equipment 1 2 3 4
• e. Additional quality professional learning
  1 2 3 4
• f. Additional resources for recruiting
  1 2 3
  4
• g. Adding academic coach at school level
  1 2 3 4

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Teacher Survey for Retention

• Rate the importance of each of the following for
  retention of highly qualified, effective teachers
  in your school? (please select number 1 as most
  important, number 2 as next most important, etc.,
  and number 4 as fourth most important)
• a. Financial incentives based on student
  academic success 1 2 3 4
• b. Job flexibility ( part time/job
  share/etc.) 1 2
  3 4
• c. Comprehensive induction and mentoring of
  new teachers 1 2 3 4
• d. Academic coaches at school level
  1 2 3 4
  e. Additional school leadership support of
  teacher 1 2 3 4
• f. Additional time for collaborative
  assessment and planning 1 2 3 4
• g. Participate in a shared decision making
  process 1 2 3 4

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Paraprofessional Survey for Retention

• Rate the importance of each of the following for
  retention of highly qualified,
• effective paraprofessionals in your school?
  (please select number 1 as most important for
  retention of paraprofessionals and number 2 as
  second most important for retention of
  paraprofessionals, etc., and select number 4 as
  fourth most important)
• a. Increased salary
  1 2 3
  4
• b. Increased benefits
  1 2 3 4
• c. Professional learning relevant to job
  assignment 1 2 3 4
• d. Additional classroom resources and
  supplies 1 2 3 4
• e. Increased support from teachers
  1 2 3 4
• f. Increased support from administrators
  1 2 3 4

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Parent Survey for Training

• Children have the best opportunity to achieve
  their potential when educators and parents work
  together. Is there an area (s) of parent training
  that the school could offer which would be
  helpful to you as a parent? (please select all
  that apply)
• a. Becoming a parent volunteer at school
• b. School readiness
• c. Encouraging my child as a reader
• d. Prevention and intervention of
  substance abuse
• e. Helping my child become a better math
  student
• f. Talking with children about sexual abuse
  and sexual activity
• g. Conflict resolution
• h. Computer usage and educational web sites
• g. Helping with homework
• h. Other, please specify
• i. School currently provides the programs
  needed

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Teacher Survey for Professional Learning

• Would professional learning in any of the
  following areas enhance your skills as a
  teacher? (please select one area supporting your
  school improvement)
• a. Assessing student achievement
• b. Classroom management
• c. Use of technology in instruction
• d. Differentiated instructional strategies
• e. Effective teaching practices
• f. Parent and community involvement
• g. Pyramid of intervention
• h. Working effectively with
  paraprofessional/volunteers
• i. Standards based classroom, please
  specify content area
• j. Working effectively with co-teachers
• k. Other, please specify
• l. Pedagogical enhancement not needed

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Leader Survey for Professional Learning

• Which of the following areas would enhance your
  skills as a school (system) leader?
• please select one area supporting the
  school (system) improvement plan.
• a. Assessing student achievement
• b. Classroom management and monitoring
• c. Conflict resolution
• d. Classroom use of technology and
  monitoring
• e. Designing, implementing, monitoring, and
  assessing the improvement plan
• f. Differentiated instructional strategies
  and monitoring
• g. Effective communication with all
  stakeholders
• h. Shared leadership and decision making
• i. Effective school-wide behavioral plans
  and monitoring
• j. Effective teaching practices and
  monitoring
• k. Parent and community involvement
• l. Pyramid of intervention and monitoring
• m. Shared leadership and decision making
• n. Standards based classroom and monitoring
• o. Effective co-teaching classrooms and
  monitoring
• p. Other, please specify___________________
  _______________________

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Teacher Survey for Equity in Professional
Learning Opportunities

• Would professional learning in differentiated
  instructional strategies enhance your skills for
  a particular group of students? (please select
  all that apply)
• a. ESOL
• b. Minority
• c. Migrant
• d. Economically disadvantaged
• e. Special education
• f. Gifted and talented
• g. Other,please specify____________________
  __
• i. Enhancement in differentiated
  instructional strategies
• not needed

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Paraprofessional Survey for Equity in
Professional Learning Opportunities

• Would professional learning of differentiated
  instructional strategies enhance your skills for
  a particular group of students? (please select
  all that apply)
• a. Minority
• b. Migrant
• c. Economically disadvantaged
• d. Students with special needs
• e. Students with attention deficit disorder
• f. Students with behavioral disorders
• g. Gifted and talented students
• h. Other, please specify___________________
  ___

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FY09 Con App Dates

• CLIP opening date May 21, 2008
• CLIP closing date August 29, 2008
• Budget is closed until CLIP has been approved,
  funds are board approved and posted
• Budget completion date December 31, 2008
• Amendment deadline May 15, 2009

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FY09 CLIP Approval Process

• LEA coordinator signs off on CLIP
• Superintendent received email to review
• Superintendent reviews and signs off (5 business
  day time line begins)
• State program manager receives email notice of
  superintendent sign off
• State program manager reviews and signs off via
  email to state con app coordinator
• State con app coordinator compiles all program
  approvals and notified state plan approver of
  CLIP being ready.
• State plan approver emails LEA CLIP is approved

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FY09 CLIP Revision Process

• State program manager (s) request a revision
  within the 5 business days
• State con app coordinator compiles all requested
  revisions and emails State plan approver
• State plan approvers request for revision is
  forwarded to the LEA
• LEA amends CLIP and resubmits within 5 business
  days
• State program manager reviews revisions,
  approves, and notifies state con app coordinator
  within 5 business days
• State con app coordinator send revisions to state
  plan approver who notifies LEA of approval

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Title II, Part A FY09 Clip Update

• Descriptor 1 The description of the
  comprehensive needs assessment process
  (including Title II, Part A ) or a description of
  the Title II, Part A needs assessment process
  should be placed in descriptor 1. Be sure to
  include statements or a list of the resources
  utilized for valid needs information and data.
  The Title II, Part A or consolidated List of
  Prioritized Needs should be included in summary
  statement at the end of the descriptor 1. All
  update changes should be made in blue.

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Title II, Part A FY09 Clip Update

• Descriptor 15 The description of stakeholder
  involvement for the Title II, Part A or system
  comprehensive processes of needs assessment,
  action planning, and assessment of the action
  plan should be included in descriptor 15.
• All update changes should be in blue.

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Title II, Part A FY09 Clip Update

• Descriptor 18 Updated school year 2007-2008
  teacher and paraprofessional highly qualified
  data, with supporting remediation plans for
  non-HiQ teachers and paraprofessionals, should be
  placed in descriptor 18. This descriptor should
  also contain the equity component (Equity Plan)
  of the overall Title II, Part A Plan. The equity
  component or equity plan should address the
  following
• Needs assessment Stakeholder involvement
  
• Teacher quality Teacher experience
• Class size Meeting
  diverse student needs
• Recruitment Retention.

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Title II, Part A FY09 Clip Update

• Descriptor 19 Procedures of how the LEA
  prepares all teachers to meet diverse student
  needs should be placed in descriptor 19. All
  update changes should be in blue.

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Budget Criteria

• Evidence that Title II-A funds target the
  following for budget approval
• Non-HiQ teachers and paraprofessionals
• NI and non-AYP schools
• Identified equitable student opportunity
• needs linked to teacher quality and
• experience

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Budgeting for Consolidation of Funds

• Option 1 1000-881
• Option 2 If LEA knows how school(s) will apply
  funds, the LEA may use appropriate function code
  with object code 881

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Summary Points

• Collaborate and consolidate needs process
• Involve all stakeholders in needs process
• Collect and maintain documentation for monitoring
• Prioritize needs
• Link action and budget to prioritized needs
• Link effectiveness plans to big money
  expenditures
• Assess for needs annually and monitor actions
  frequently for success