Title I Schoolwide Conference Agenda

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Title I Schoolwide ConferenceAgenda

• Making the Most of Title I Schoolwide Programs
• After implementing our Schoolwide program, how
  will the school be different and improved for
  kids?

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Presentation Overview

• Program Requirements
• Benefits of Schoolwide Programs
• Guiding Principles and Practices of Effective
  Schoolwide Programs
• The Planning Process

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What is a Schoolwide Program?

• The model is designed to generate high levels of
  academic achievement in core academic areas for
  all students, especially for those not
  demonstrating proficiency.
• 40 poverty threshold qualifies schools for
  Schoolwide status.
• All students become Title I students.
• One-year planning required prior to
  implementation, unless its determined less time
  is needed.
• Annual evaluation of program/plan effectiveness
  is required.

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Program Requirements

• 10 Implementation components required in the plan
• Comprehensive needs assessment
• Schoolwide reform strategies
• Instruction by highly qualified teachers
• High quality and ongoing professional development
• Strategies to attract highly qualified teachers
• Strategies to increase parental involvement

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Program Requirements

• Plans for assisting preschool children in the
  transition from preschool programs to local
  elementary programs
• Inclusion of teachers in decisions about the use
  of academic assessment information for the
  purpose of improving student achievement
• Effective, timely and additional assistance for
  students who have difficulty mastering the
  standards at proficient and advanced levels
• Coordination and integration and documentation of
  Federal, State and local services and programs

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Program Requirements

• A Schoolwide program that consolidates program
  funds is not required to maintain separate fiscal
  accounting records for each program, but must
  list local, state and federal programs that are
  included for fiscal accountability in this model.
• A Schoolwide program plan shall address the
  intent and purpose of each of the federal
  programs consolidated to support it.
• The amount of federal funds used in a Schoolwide
  program must be supplemental to the amount of
  state and local funds the school receives if not
  a Schoolwide model.

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Program Requirements

• Schoolwide programs are not relieved of
  requirements relating to health, safety, civil
  rights student and family participation and
  involvement services to private school children
  maintenance of effort comparability of services
  and distribution/receipt of funds to SEAs or LEAs.

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Benefits of Schoolwide Programs

• Flexibility serving all students, combining
  resources and programs, and redesigning the
  delivery of services.
• Coordination and Integration reduces
  fragmentation in curriculum, instruction and
  assessment.
• Accountability clear and coordinated goals
  where all students are responsible for achieving
  the same high standards.
• Unified Goals the Schoolwide planning process
  brings families, the community and school staff
  together to consider methods to improve the
  school implementing goals that are geared to
  improved student achievement.

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Guiding Principles and Practices of Effective
Schoolwide Programs

• Numbers in parenthesis correlate with the Nine
  Characteristics of High Performing Schools
• Redesign of building organizational
  infrastructure
• Use of a meaningful planning process subject to
  continual review and monitoring of teaching and
  learning (6)
• Reform goals that are based on a clear focus and
  a shared vision by stakeholders (1)
• Reform strategies to accommodate a variety of
  approaches which reflect high standards and
  expectations (2)
• Effective school leadership which nurtures an
  instructional program conducive to student and
  teacher growth (3)

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Guiding Principles and Practices of Effective
Schoolwide Programs

• Collaboration and communication across grades
  that accommodates all student populations and
  community needs (4)
• Ongoing, focused professional development, based
  on the shared vision and identified student needs
  (7)
• Investment of resources to support the emerging
  system that is supportive of a stimulating
  learning environment, aligning curriculum,
  instruction and assessment with standards (5
  8)
• Sustainable high levels of communication with,
  and feedback from families and community members
  (9)

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Elements of Planning

• Planning is a systematic process for developing a
  new or refined vision, setting priorities, and
  defining a more effective school organization and
  governing structure.
• Planning is a mechanism for building a
  constituency to support school change and should
  involve school staff, parents, and the community.

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Planning Process

• Step 1. Establishing a Planning Team
• The planning group must be representative of
  persons committed to the concept of whole school
  reform, and be familiar with the role of the
  Schoolwide option in achieving it.
• This core planning team is responsible for
  creating a program that meets local, state and
  federal requirements and community expectations.

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Planning Process

• Step 1. Establishing a Planning Team, continued
• The planning team could also include a
  facilitator, data and assessment specialists,
  technology and curriculum specialists, technical
  assistance providers, district staff
  representatives, parents and other members of the
  community.
• Goal - Tackle hard issues and outline the
  year-long planning process. Reach an agreement
  on a draft plan of action and set timelines.

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Planning Process

• Step 2. Conducting a Comprehensive Needs
  Assessment (Assess Readiness to
  Benefit)
• Clarify the vision for Schoolwide reform
• Create a school profile (portfolio) to include
  these focus areas
• student achievement
• curriculum and instruction
• professional development
• family and community involvement
• Organization of school day and year

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Planning Process

• Step 2. Conducting a Comprehensive Needs
  Assessment, (Collect, Sort and
  Select Data)
• Determine data collection methods
• gap analysis, surveys, interviews, assessments
• Collect data and summarize evidence
• develop instruments, determine purpose, assure
  confidentiality, keep it manageable
• Analyze program needs and set goals
• have open-ended discussions about issues,
  summarize findings, set priorities, goals and
  possible solutions

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Planning Process

• Step 3. Clarifying Needs and Researching Proven
  Effective Strategies (Build and Analyze the
  School Portfolio)
• Sort out priorities, problems and solutions
• Investigate assessment tools that match the
  curriculum
• Research the development of a student portfolio
  system
• Assign cross-grade level teams to define common
  rubrics and standards
• Examine consistency of letter grade reporting
  across grades and teachers

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Planning Process

• Step 3. Clarifying Needs and Researching Proven
  Effective Strategies (Research and Select
  Practices)
• Scrutinize resources to determine their match
  with identified school needs
• Insist on seeing solid, scientifically-based
  evidence of an innovative programs success
  before adopting it
• Be a wise consumer - ask publishers and
  commercial program developers to identify schools
  with similar populations where programs have been
  successfully implemented

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Planning Process

• Step 4. Setting Schoolwide Program Goals (Set
  and Prioritize Goals)
• Review the 10 required components of a Schoolwide
  program
• Connect goals and implementation plans
• Are goals clear and measurable?
• How will the goals be achieved for all students?
• What are the achievement benchmarks?
• What professional development will be necessary
  to achieve the indicated goals?

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Planning Process

• Step 4. Setting Schoolwide Program Goals,
  continued
• What technical assistance providers will be
  consulted to offer support?
• What additional resources will be needed to meet
  goals (e.g., teaching specialists, textbooks,
  tools, technology, software), and what funding is
  available?
• What are the timelines for implementing
  activities?
• What role(s) will families and the community play
  in achieving goals?

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Planning Process

• Step 5. Writing and Documenting the Schoolwide
  Plan (Craft Action Plan)
• Whats been completed?
• Needs assessment conducted
• Results have been analyzed with needs prioritized
• Strategies have been researched and program goals
  have been set.
• Now.
• Use the core planning team to pull all the
  parts together in a coherent program plan.

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Planning Process

• Step 5. Writing and Documenting the Schoolwide
  Plan, continued
• The Schoolwide program plan should reflect
  relevant initiatives from all other plans that
  address individual programs within the school,
  but the single Schoolwide plan should bring focus
  and coherence to all previously separate aspects
  of the school.

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Planning Process

• Step 5. Writing and Documenting the Schoolwide
  Plan, continued
• Using the Template for the Title I Schoolwide
  Written Plan and the 10 components as a
  framework, describe how each of these
  sub-elements support implementation
• What the instructional program will look like in
  this building, in particular, how it addresses
  the lowest performing students and those with
  special needs.
• Which assessments will be used and how they will
  drive continuous improvement and document student
  progress.

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Planning Process

• Step 5. Writing and Documenting the Schoolwide
  Plan, continued
• How professional development that is sustained
  and ongoing targets building needs and
  priorities.
• What strategies will increase meaningful parent
  and family involvement in the design,
  implementation and evaluation of the building
  plan.
• How various local, state and federal programs are
  coordinated and integrated into school
  operations.
• What modifications to the school day and year
  will help meet building goals.

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Planning Process

• Step 5. Writing and Documenting the Schoolwide
  Plan, continued
• List the programs included in the Schoolwide
  Model for fiscal flexibility in maintaining time
  and effort records
• Submit the final draft to as many stakeholders as
  possible (internal and external to the school)
• Offer opportunities for discussion and solicit
  feedback
• Strive for collaboration and commitment
• Implement the plan

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Planning Process

• Step 6. Evaluation and Reevaluation (Monitor
  Implementation and Evaluate Impact)
• Because continuous evaluation and reevaluation is
  so critical to the ongoing success of a
  Schoolwide, it is an important element to build
  an annual review into a Schoolwide plan.
• To show evidence that individual students have
  been successful as a result of the program
  change.
• To show evidence the schools instructional,
  professional development and family involvement
  program is helping to attain the instructional
  goals developed.

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Bottom Line..

• Develop a plan
• that is subject to continuous review and revision
  and is continually being monitored
• using the components as a framework
• to create an environment where students most at
  risk of not meeting the States standards can be
  successful.
• After implementing our Schoolwide program, how
  will the school be different and improved for
  kids?

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Resources

• An Idea Book on Planning Implementing
  Schoolwide Programs - Volume I, and
• Profiles of Successful Programs
  Implementing Schoolwide Programs - Volume II
  http//www.ed.gov/pubs/Idea_Planning/
• Comprehensive Regional Technical Assistance
  Center
• http//www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdFed/EdTechCtrs.html

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Resources

• http//www.titlei.org/
• National Association of State Title I Directors

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U.S.D.E. Contact

• Ruth Grimes-Crump, Education Program
  Specialist
• phone [phone]
• e-mail ruth.grimes-crump_at_ed.gov
• fax [phone]