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2008-2009 Title I Targeted Assistance Program
Overview for Program Improvement Schools Years
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Contents of the Title I Overview Power Point

• Title I, Part A
• Purpose of Power Point
• Purpose of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
  (NCLB)
• Purpose of Title I
• Definition of supplemental funds
• Definition of Adequate Yearly Progress AYP
  Accountability
• Implementation of Single Plan for Student
  Achievement (SPSA)
• Definition of Highly Qualified Teacher and
  Paraprofessional
• Mandates of Parent Involvement
• Parent Involvement Policy
• Parents Right to Know
• School-Parent Compact
• Building Capacity for Involvement
• Definition of Program Improvement Sanctions
• Public School Choice
• Supplemental Educational Services
• Program Improvement Years 1-5
• Resources
• School documents/materials needed for Annual
  Title I Meeting

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Purpose

• The purpose of the Title I Overview is to inform
  local districts, schools, and parents about the
  requirements of the Title I Program and the
  correlation with the elements of the Categorical
  Program Monitoring (CPM) process reviewed by the
  California Department of Education (CDE). A
  reference has been made on the bottom right hand
  corner of each page when applicable.
• CPM refers to a legal accountability process used
  by the CDE to validate compliance with various
  program requirements and outcomes of the Title I
  program.
• Title I requirements are embedded within the
  following CPM instruments
• Cross Programs CP
• Compensatory Education CE
• Program Improvement PI

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Purpose of No Child Left Behind
is to ensure that all children have a fair,
equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a
high-quality education and reach, at a minimum,
proficiency on challenging state academic
achievement standards and state academic
assessments
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Purpose of Title I

• Title I Part A is a federal program providing
  supplemental resources to Local Educational
  Agencies (School Districts), assisting students
  in poverty to meet challenging state academic
  standards
• In order to access these funds, schools must have
  a poverty threshold of at least 40 based on free
  and reduced lunch applications and/or Calworks
• Schools that rank into Title I deliver
  supplemental services through a targeted
  assistance program or a schoolwide program (SWP)
  model. This power point will provide information
  on Title I schools operating a Targeted
  Assistance School (TAS) program

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Supplemental Funds

• Supplemental funds are over and above the general
  revenue funds the districts and schools receive
  to support the base program.
• They are funds which are granted to districts and
  to schools for specific program purposes and must
  be used only to support and enhance the
  districts and schools regular program.
• Supplemental funds may not be used to replace or
  supplant the funds and programs the district
  provides the schools.

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ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS

• The District uses results from statewide testing
  and other available indicators to determine
  annually whether schools funded by Title I, Part
  A are making adequate yearly progress (AYP)
  measured through the following four indicators
• Participation Rate
• Percent Proficient Annual Measurable
  Objectives (AMOs)
• Academic Performance Index API
• Graduation Rate (High Schools only)

California Standards Test, California High
School Exit Exam, California Alternate
Performance Assessment
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Release of 2008 AYP Data

• As of 2006-07, Program Improvement (PI)
  identification is the same for TAS and SWP
  schools.
• California Department of Education (CDE) will
  release AYP information on or about
  September 4, 2008.
• Access and print Accountability Progress Report
  (APR) at
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ay/

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2008 2009 AYP TargetsElementary/Middle Schools

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2008 2009 AYP TargetsHigh Schools
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Single Plan for Student AchievementTargeted
Assistance School (TAS)

• Develop a comprehensive school plan to provide
  Title I funded services only to students
  identified as Title Ieligible.
• In a TAS school, a student is eligible for Title
  I services if identified by the school staff as
  failing or most at risk of failing to meet the
  state achievement standards based on academic
  multiple measures. (REF-4300.0)
• The plan will include
• Scientifically-based instructional methods that
  strengthen the core academic program
• Primary consideration for extending learning time
• Review progress of Title Ieligible students
• Implementation of an accelerated, high-quality
  curriculum in English Language Arts and
  Mathematics for Title Ieligible students
• Annual evaluation and revision of the SPSA plan

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Single Plan for Student Achievement

• Each TAS school is required to collaboratively
  develop and approve the SPSA with the School Site
  Council (SSC) based on the advice from
  appropriate school advisory committees. The SPSA
  must be tied to budgets reflecting student needs.

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Single Plan for Student Achievement
The SSC must annually review and revise the
Single Plan for Student Achievement, including
proposed expenditures, for Consolidated
Application programs operated at the school to
improve student achievement.
The SPSA and the school budgets are aligned and
updated yearly.
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Single Plan for Student Achievement

• Compensatory Education Advisory Committee (CEAC)
  must provide written recommendations to the SSC
  on an
• ongoing basis using analysis of school data,
  surveys, etc. to develop/modify the SPSA,
  including Title I budgets.
• In TAS schools, CEAC parent representatives shall
  be elected only by the parents of eligible
  identified students participating in the Title I
  program (Education Code 54425).

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Teacher Qualifications

• Teachers should be highly qualified at the time
  of employment.
• All teachers teaching core academic areas in
  Title I schools must meet the highly qualified
  standard. As of June 30, 2007, teachers in core
  academic areas in all schools must meet that
  standard.
• Out-of-the-classroom teachers funded with the
  Title I resources at TAS schools must meet highly
  qualified NCLB compliance.

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Paraprofessional Qualifications

• As of June 30, 2006, all paraprofessionals must
  be highly qualified.

• All new hires are required to pass the District
  Proficiency Test and must meet the following
  criteria
• HS diploma/GED AND
• Have 60 semester or 90 quarter units from a
  recognized college or university OR
• Have an associate (or higher) degree from a
  recognized college or university OR
• Pass the Instructional Assistance Test
• Duties Provides instruction only if under direct
  supervision of a
• highly qualified teacher

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Elements of Parent Involvement

• LAUSD adopted a Districtwide Policy for parents.
  This Policy should be annually distributed to
  parents. The Districts annual Parent Student
  Handbook also provides parents with information
  on parental involvement and NCLB mandates.
• Each Title I, Part A funded school must develop,
  jointly with parents of children receiving Title
  I services, a written school parental involvement
  policy that describes how the school will carry
  out the parental involvement requirements in No
  Child Left Behind, Section 1118. The
  requirements consist of four components
• Involvement of parents in the policy
• School-Parent Compact
• Building Capacity for Involvement
• Accessibility for parents

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A copy may be found at Inside LAUSD BUL-2680.0
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Parent Involvement Policy

• Each Title I, Part A funded school must provide
  parents
• of participating children
• Timely information about Title I, Part A funded
  programs
• A description and explanation of
• the curriculum in use at the school
• the forms of academic assessment used to measure
  student progress, and
• the proficiency levels students are expected to
  meet

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Parent Involvement Policy

• Each Title I, Part A funded school must notify
  parents of its written parent involvement policy
  in an understandable and uniform format in a
  language the parents can understand. The policy
  must also be made available to the local
  community.
• Each Title I, Part A funded school must involve
  parents by convening an annual meeting to inform
  parents of the following
• the schools participation in the Title I, Part A
  program
• the requirements of Title I, Part A
• the rights of parents to be involved.
• Parents must be involved in an organized,
  ongoing, and timely way in the planning, review
  and improvement of the schools Title I program.

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Parents Right to Know

• No Child Left Behind mandates that Title I, Part
  A funded schools give parents timely notice when
  their child has been assigned, or has been taught
  for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher
  who is not highly qualified.

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Parents Right to Know

• LAUSD parents may make written requests and
  receive information regarding the qualifications
  of their childs teacher (i.e., credential,
  degree, and major).

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Definition of Program Improvement (PI)

• A school is identified as PI if it does not make
  AYP for 2 consecutive years in the same content
  area or indicator.
• Public School Choice is offered annually to all
  students attending a PI school.
• Supplemental Educational Services is offered to
  eligible students attending a school in PI Years
  2-5.

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Program Improvement

• PI schools are required to send written
  notification informing parents of the schools
  status. The notification must include the
  following
• The reasons for PI identification
• What the school is doing and the district and/or
  state is doing to help the school address the
  achievement problem
• How parents can become involved in addressing the
  academic issues that caused the school to be
  identified for PI
• The parents option to transfer their child with
  paid transportation to a Non-PI school (PI Years
  1-5 schools)
• The parents option to obtain supplemental
  educational services (PI Years 2-5 schools).

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE (PSC)

• If school does not make AYP for two consecutive
  years
• The District must provide students who are
  enrolled in PI Years 1 - 5 schools the option to
  transfer to a Non-Program Improvement school.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

• All students, including special education,
  enrolled in PI schools are eligible.
• Priority is given to lowest achieving students
  from low-income families.
• Paid transportation is provided by the District
  for students who choose PSC.
• Students who choose the option to transfer will
  be enrolled in classes and other activities in
  the same manner as all other children at the
  school.
• Parents must be notified in a language that is
  understandable, before the beginning of the
  school year.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

• School options
• The district is responsible for identifying the
  schools of choice options and arranging for
  transportationfree of cost to the parent.
• All schools at risk are identified in the CHOICES
  brochure. Parents can exercise the option to
  transfer their child to a Non-PI school.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICELAUSD Timeline

• November 1, 2008 CHOICES Faire, UCLA, Ackerman
  Union, 900 a.m. 100 p.m.
• November 2008 All students in the District
  receive by US mail the CHOICES brochure. The
  brochure contains a list of currently identified
  At-Risk for PI and PI schools.
• The deadline to return the CHOICES application is
  January 2009.
• Parents of students enrolled in At-Risk for PI or
  PI schools have the right not only to PSC but all
  other traveling programs.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE LAUSD Application Process

• Parents complete and return CHOICES application
  by January 2009.
• Federal and State Education Programs Branch
  processes the application.
• Federal and State Education Programs Branch
  provides Non-PI school selections. Achievement
  data is provided in order to assist in the
  selection decision.
• Parents return School Selection Letter
  identifying school of choice.
• Federal and State Education Programs Branch sends
  Confirmation Letter confirming school of choice.
• Transportation Branch sends notification to
  parents prior to the beginning of the school
  year.

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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (SES)

• Beginning with PI year 2 schools, the District is
  required to offer supplemental educational
  services for eligible students. SES providers
  are state-approved and choose to work with LAUSD
  students. Parents select the provider to deliver
  services to their children.
• A Student Learning Plan is developed for each
  student in consultation with the SES provider and
  the parent.

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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
LAUSD Implementation

• Notify parents of eligible students (those
  students at Program Improvement Schools eligible
  for free and reduced-price meals) by May 31st of
  availability of supplemental educational
  services.
• Provide a description of each approved provider,
  their qualifications and effectiveness.
• Provide parents assistance, if requested, and
  establish a fair and equitable system for serving
  students if a given provider does not have space.
• Work with provider and parents to establish
  measurable achievement goals for each student.

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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONALSERVICES
LAUSD Implementation (contd)

• Establish an agreed upon timetable for achieving
  the goals.
• Establish how progress will be measured and
  reported back to both the parents and teacher.
• Establish a termination process if goals are not
  met.
• Establish a payment schedule for providers.

Parents of students eligible for SES will be
strongly encouraged to choose a provider. If
parents decide not to have their child
participate, they can indicate this decision on
the SES Request Form.
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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONALSERVICES Timeline for
2008-2009

• March/April Notify Program Improvement Schools
  of the SES program
• April/May Work with providers who wish to
  service LAUSD who will be state approved by May
  8, 2008
• May Produce the SES Parent Request Brochure
• May 30 US mail Supplemental Educational Services
  brochure to parents of eligible students
• June Provide schools with lists, extra brochures
  and labels
• June Deliver K brochures to multi-track schools
• August Deliver K brochures to single-track
  schools
• Aug/Oct/Nov Establish provider lists and rank
  students (low-income low-achieving) if
  oversubscribed
• Deadlines 500 p.m. June 30/August 29/October
  17, 2008

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 1

• PI Year 1 schools must
• Submit an updated Single Plan for Student
  Achievement within three months
• Set aside 10 percent of the Title I budget for
  professional development
• Offer Public School Choice

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 2

• Offer Public School Choice
• Offer supplemental educational services to
  eligible students
• Collaborate with the Los Angeles County Office of
  Education (LACOE) to conduct a No Child Left
  Behind Program Review to improve and sustain
  student achievement

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 3CORRECTIVE ACTION

• In addition to offering PSC and SES, the District
  must take
•     at least one of the following corrective
  actions at PI Year 3 schools
• Replace some school staff
• Implement a new curriculum
• Decrease the schools management authority
• Appoint an outside expert
• Extend the school day or year or,
• Restructure the internal organization of the
  school

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 4PREPARING FOR
RESTRUCTURING

• After a third year in PI, the District must
  continue to offer PSC and SES and prepare a
  restructuring plan to take at least one of the
  following actions
• Reopen the school as a charter school
• Replace all or most of the staff
• Turn management over to a private company or
• Any other major restructuring of the schools
  governance arrangement that makes fundamental
  reforms

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 5RESTRUCTURING

• After a fourth year in program improvement, the
  District must
• Implement Restructuring Plan developed in Year 4
• Offer Public School Choice
• Offer Supplemental Services

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Title I Part A Internet Support Sites

• AYP Reports
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ay
• Beyond the Bell Branch
• http//btb.lausd.net
• Certificated Employment
• http//www.teachinla.com
• Federal and State Education Programs
• (formerly Specially Funded Programs)
• http//www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/instruct/
  sfp
• Paraprofessionals
• http//www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/personnel
  /class
• Program Improvement Support
• http//research.lausd.net

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LAUSD Title I Contacts

• Adequate Yearly Progress, Charleen B.
  Brown [phone]
• Human Resources, Certificated Teachers NCLB
  Unit [phone]
• Paraprofessionals, Norma Aguayo [phone]
• Parent Involvement, Chris Downing (213)
  217-5270
• Program Improvement Support, Janet Kiddoo (213)
  241-6476
• Public School Choice, Carolyn Williams-Marshall
  [phone]
• Supplemental Education Services, Becki
  Robinson [phone]
• Targeted Assistance Schools, Dr. Debbie
  Dillard [phone]

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Title I Program Overview
The chart below provides a slide number and the
corresponding documentation or suggestions of
additional resources to be utilized at the Annual
Title I meeting or throughout the academic year
as topics at CEAC meetings.