The SIP Academy Grant School Improvement Resource Center SIRC

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The SIP Academy Grant School Improvement
Resource Center (SIRC)

• Spring 2008 ACET Conference
• May 5, 2008
• Austin, Texas

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SIP Academy Grant?

• New grant opportunity provided by the TEA
• Funded under Section 1003(g) of Title I of the
  NCLB
• For Title I schools in Stage 2 of the School
  Improvement Program.
• Includes technical assistance provided by the
  School Improvement Resource Center (SIRC) at
  Region XIII
• Provides additional funding and technical
  assistance for school improvement efforts.
• In the form of campus-wide improvement planning
  in the summer, optional additional TAP days,
  coaching provided to the campus leadership team,
  and further customized professional development
  in years 2 and 3

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Our Roadmap

• Three-year Overview
• Expected Results
• The Opportunities, the Requirements
• The Summer Planning Academy (SPA)
• The Application
• Years 2 and 3
• SIRCs Technical Assistance
• Three-year Overview

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Three-year Map/Timeline
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Year 1 2007-2008
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Year 2 2008-2009
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Year 3 2009-2010
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Expected Results

• Improve student proficiency
• Increase the number of campuses that make
  Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
• Use data
• to inform decisions
• to create a system of continuous feedback and
  improvement

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The Opportunities, the Requirements

• Accountability Online Discussion Board
• Extra TAP Days
• Leadership Team Coaching
• Campus Facilitator
• Summer Planning Academy
• The Application
• Years 2 and 3

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Accountability

• AYP and SIP Status
• Meeting goals, objectives, and requirements of
  the grant
• Reporting requirements
• Letter of Agreement
• Contact forms
• Evaluation data
• Activity reports agendas, sign-in sheets,
  minutes, other data from required activities

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Online Discussion Board

• Posting of detailed plans of required grant
  activities (SPA, follow-up meetings, and any
  other professional development)
• Minutes
• Agendas
• Sign-in sheets
• Follow-up tool online discussion board
  questions, sharing
• Discussion threads

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Extra TAP Days

• Begin as soon as.
• Application/amendments to TEA
• Letter of Agreement to SIRC
• Regular TAP days completed
• Ending Date August 29, 2008
• 1-10 days optional
• Prepaid

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Leadership Team Coaching

• Definition
• Starting Date
• For whom?
• When and where does coaching take place?
• Readiness for Coaching Training
• Payment for Services

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Leadership Team Coaching

• What theyre saying.

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I already have a million other people coming onto
my campus to help. We have too many chiefs and
not enough Indians. I dont need another person
telling me what to do.
By working with my coach, I have become clearer
about the goals and outcomes that I have for me
and my school. I have had the opportunity to
work through difficult conversations and be more
prepared for meetings that deal with improving
student learning. Having a coach who understands
my goals and asks the difficult questions that I
may be faced with responding to has been really
helpful.
Because of my coach I have learnedto be more
reflective in my practice. I now take the time
to plan and be thoughtful about the process I use
in team meetings.
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I dont have time for this touchy feely stuff.
My school has bigger and more important things to
deal with.
I have a stated purpose to be alive in all areas
of my life and coaching has helped me to follow
through on making important connections with
family, friends, and colleagues. I have received
a promotion in my career and am one step closer
to my goal of becoming a superintendent.
Ive realized that it is a great thing to audit
oneself, something we know we should do, but we
dont. Coaching gave me strategies and a process
that was measurable and had an accountable focus.
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This is ridiculous. I already know what works.
I am too busy for this and I dont need something
thats going to waste my time.
I have grown most in my realization that stress
in my life comes primarily from the fact that my
perceived responsibilities and my personal values
are not in sync with each other. I am now
recognizing that stress doesnt have to be a
permanent state.
I have gained the confidence to create the life
that I want, not just to think about it. Through
the action planning process, I have come to
realize what I want and how to get it. I am now
coaching people on my staff and getting to see
successes in their lives.
Its a shame more people in our organization
dont volunteer to be coached. It has such a
high impact in terms of focus and results.
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Campus Facilitator

• Manage, Plan, Facilitate
• Contact
• Forms and Reporting
• Online Discussion Board
• Participate in
• SPA Training
• Readiness for Coaching Training
• Participate in Leadership Team Coaching

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ummer lanning cademy
S P A
Data Disaggregation
Team Building
Campus Planning
Comprehensive Needs Assessment
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Summer Planning Academy

• Requirements
• Majority of staff
• Customization
• Documentation
• Dates
• Follow-up and monitoring CIP
• SIRCs Technical Assistance
• Contracting Out - ESCs
• Expenses

SPA
SPA
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The Application

• Measurable objectives for the individual campus
  toward the goal of exiting school improvement
  after two years.

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The Application

• Measurable objectives for the individual campus
  toward the goal of exiting school improvement
  after two years.
• Commitment of the campus principal and the LEA
  to implement the grant with integrity.

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The Application

• Measurable objectives for the individual campus
  toward the goal of exiting school improvement
  after two years.
• Commitment of the campus principal and the LEA
  to implement the grant with integrity.
• Description of the data disaggregation,
  comprehensive needs assessment, and campus
  planning process to be used to identify the
  instructional (and non-instructional) needs of
  the campus and professional development to be
  implemented to address those needs and align to
  the School Improvement Strategies supported by
  the TEA.

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Questions for Campuses to Consider

• How will we involve the majority of the staff?
• How will we customize our plan to fit our campus
  needs?
• When and where will our SPA be held?
• What will we do for our follow-up events? When
  and where will our follow-up events be held?
• Who will we involve or contract with to help
  facilitate our SPA and/or train our staff?
• What costs will we have for our SPA? How will
  our money be spent?

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The SPAssibilities

• Using a copy of Schedule PS3010, work to record
  your ideas for each of the four areas to be
  addressed in Year 1.

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SIP Academy - Years 2 and 3

• Campuses making sufficient progress in
  implementing the goals and objectives of the
  grant will be eligible for continuation grants
  for up to two additional years as long as
• a) the LEA ensures that the campus receives the
  benefit of the pre-award and carryover provisions
  for both the Title I SIP grant and SIP Academy
  grant funds ensuring the campus has access to the
  funds to implement the required activities in a
  timely manner,
• b) the campus is not carrying over a large
  percentage of either the Title I SIP or SIP
  Academy (after the first year) funds, and
• c) the campus remains in school improvement
  status and is served with Title I, Part A funds.

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SIP Academy - Years 2 and 3

• Other changes?
• Additional TAP Days
• Leadership Team Coaching
• Funding Amounts
• Summer Planning Academy
• Areas of Concentration
• Do we concentrate on the same four areas in the
  second and third years of the grant cycle?

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SIP Academy - Years 2 and 3

• The four areas required for the first grant
  years Summer Planning Academy (data
  disaggregation, comprehensive needs assessment,
  campus planning, and team building) are areas
  essential and ongoing for any campus improvement.
  It is expected that they will remain part of any
  school improvement efforts however

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SIP Academy - Years 2 and 3

• In years 2 and 3 the primary focus of the grant
  must be on on-going, systemic professional
  development in the following areas
• Continued team building for the staff on the
  campus
• Leadership, including but not limited to coaching
  and mentoring
• Instructional strategies identified by the data
  disaggregation, needs assessment, and campus
  planning processes and aligned to improve student
  achievement and other outcomes identified

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SIP Academy - Years 2 and 3

• May the grant money be expended for resources,
  supplies, and personnel to implement the plans
  coming out of the Summer Planning Academy?
• The SIP Academy grant may include other
  strategies/activities in addition to the required
  grant activities, as determined by the LEA and
  approved by the TEA, for which data indicate the
  strategy/activity is likely to result in improved
  teaching and learning in schools identified for
  improvement, corrective action, or
  restructuring.

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SIRCs Technical Assistance

• Help develop the data disaggregation,
  comprehensive needs assessment, campus planning,
  and team building activities
• Provide training for staff in the design of
  academy activities
• Provide guidance in design of agendas for grant
  activities and follow-up activities
• Provide administrative coaching services
• Provide training and oversight of administrative
  coaches in the coaching process.

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SIRCs Technical Assistance

• Provide formative evaluation of the revised
  campus plan
• Collect and review agendas from grant activities
• Coordinate for sharing of successful academy
  strategies at the Texas School Improvement
  Conference

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Three-year Map/Timeline
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Year 1 2007-2008
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Year 2 2008-2009
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Year 3 2009-2010
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Any Questions?
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SIP Academy Assistance
Application, Expenditures, Compliance School
Improvement Unit at TEA 512 463-9374 Option 3
Program Requirements School Improvement Resource
Center at Region XIII allison.ivey_at_esc13.txed.net
512 919-5202 michael.greenwalt_at_esc13.txed.net
512 919-5486