Title I Faculty Presentation

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Title I Faculty Presentation
Department of Federal and State Programs 434-8017
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 Johnsons 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 FY10
• 99 Public Schools
• 25 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 FY10 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 FY10 school year was
  December 19, 2008.
• Schools meeting the minimum percentage qualify
  for Title I funding. The FY10 percentages are

40 elementary schools 40 middle schools 40
high schools
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Qualifying for FY10 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
• Bachelors 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
• Being out-of-field is considered as NOT highly
  qualified

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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 travel must be documented in
  the SIP and related to subgroups not meeting AYP

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Required for Audit Documentation
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Parents Right to Know

• The professional qualifications of their childs
  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 Compact
• A compact is an agreement between the home
  and the school, which outlines how families,
  staff and students will share the 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/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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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/ethnicity
• Socio-economics
• Students with Disabilities (SWD)
• Limited English Proficient (LEP/ELL)
• AYP Targets for FY10
• Reading - 72 of students need to score at
  level 3 and above
• Math - 74 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).