No Child Left Behind NCLB

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
A Title I Faculty Presentation
NCLB/Federal Grants 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

• 107 Title I schools in Palm Beach County for FY09
• 82 Public Schools
• 18 Charter Schools
• 7 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 FY09 Title I Funding

• Each year schools are identified as Title I
  Schools according to the percentage of students
  in the school eligible for free and reduced (f/r)
  price meals on Date Certain. Date Certain for the
  FY09 school year was February 8, 2008.
• Schools meeting the minimum percentage qualify
  for Title I funding.
• 60 elementary schools
• 55 middle schools
• 50 high schools

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Qualifying for FY09 Title I Funding

• The number of eligible students is then
  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 425 (set by District)
• School allocation 312 x 425 or 132,600

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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

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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 and
  related to subgroups not making 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

• Family Involvement Policy/Plan and School-Parent
  Compact
• Written with input from parents and staff
• Required to document distribution of Family
  Involvement Policy and Compact
• Compact reviewed with parents at a parent/teacher
  conference
• 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

• 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

• Positive Impact Activities
• Frequent face-to-face, written or phone contact
  between teachers and parents
• School-based parent workshops, 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 FY09
• Reading 65 of students need to score at level 3
  and above
• Math 68 of students need to score at level 3 and
  above