Title I Part A

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Title I Part A

• Diane R. Lowery
• NCLB Team Leader
• Title I Director
• May 2009

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Purpose of Presentation

• Indicate how ARRA will be identified in narrative
  questions
• Provide guidance on use of funds for Title I
  purposes at the district and school levels
• Indicate areas found to be problematic for
  districts

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Needs Assessment

• 7 Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
• Include strategies paid with ARRA
• Indicate ARRA as funding source

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Title I Part A

• District Level
• School Level
• Schoolwide
• Targeted Assistance
• All programs at a district level are targeted
  programs.

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District Level

• Coordination and Transition
• Migratory Students
• Homeless Students
• Private School Students

• Administration
• Professional Development
• Summer School
• Preschool
• RtI
• Parent Involvement

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Title I Administration

• 1.01. How is the Title I program being
  administered? All districts must answer
• Your answer must include
• Who is responsible for administering the Title I
  program
• If Title I funds are being used, what Percent of
  FTE(Full Time Equivalent) per person (list
  persons position or job title)
• List the administrative duties of each person.

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Title I Administration

• 1.02. If Title I set-aside funds used for
  administration of Title I, how are they used?
• This directly correlates with Question 4 in the
  School Selection section.
• Include supplies, materials, capital acquisition
• Indicate if regular Title I funds are used
• Indicate if ARRA funds are used

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Title I Administrative Costs

• Reasonable and Necessary
• Title I Annual Report
• Percent of FTE
• Small districts should be using far less than 1
  FTE for administrative costs
• Time Distribution Records
• All expenditures for salaries must be supported
  by time and effort logs
• Generally done on a daily basis for administrators

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Administration of ESEA

• Timelines for Federal Programs
• http//doe.sd.gov/title/index.asp
• Task List
• http//doe.sd.gov/title/
• Title I programs should conduct regular staff
  meetings to ensure compliance with Title I
  regulations.

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Professional Development

• 2. How is the district using Title I set aside
  funds for professional development? (If
  applicable.) This directly correlates with
  Question 4 in the School Selection section.
• Your answer must include
• What activities are supported with the set aside
  funds Indicate ARRA funds
• How funds are used to support only Title I
  program.

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Professional Development

• Your answer must include
• If the LEA is in District Improvement, briefly
  describe that the 10 set-aside will be used to
  support the district's improvement plan.
• If one or more Title I schools are in Levels 1
  2 of improvement, briefly describe how the
  required 10 set aside for PD is being used.
• If applicable, indicate the private school
  equitable share and describe how those funds will
  be used.
• Include supplies and materials

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Summer School

• 3.01. If the district is using Title I set aside
  funds to support a District level Title I summer
  school program describe those services. This
  directly correlates with Question 4 in the School
  Selection section.
• Include supplies and materials

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Summer School

• Your answer must include the following
• Describe the type of program
• Services the program will provide
• Grade(s) level services will be provided.
• If applicable, indicate the private school
  equitable share and describe how those funds will
  be used.
• Indicate ARRA funds month/year

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Summer School

• 3.02. If providing District Title I summer
  program, please check the appropriate dates
• July 2007
• August 2007
• June 2008
• No Program
• All students served must be coded in SIMS as
  Title I students for the grant year in which the
  services are rendered

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Student Coding in SIMS

• Title I
• Targeted assistance
• Summer school
• Homeless
• Special Education
• LEP

• Poverty
• Mandatory
• Confidential
• 3 sources of info
• Should be similar
• CANS
• Consolidated App
• SIMS

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District Summer School

• Title I students identified across the district
• Student needs assessment to identify academic
  need in reading and math
• Cannot be credit recovery, but Title I teachers
  could assist student
• Add Title I duties to existing staff
• All teachers must be HQT for each grade and
  subject

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Preschool

• 4.01. Do you operate a District Title I
  preschool? This directly correlates with
  Question 4 in the School Selection section. If
  operating a school-level Title I preschool,
  answer preschool questions in the School Level
  Targeted Assistance or Schoolwide sections.
• Yes
• No
• No Preschool program

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Title I Preschool

• District level preschools
• An LEA may reserve an amount from the LEAs total
  allocation to operate a Title I preschool program
  for eligible children in the district as a whole
  or for a portion of the district. Section
  1112(b)(1)(K), ESEA.
• The district level program must be run as a
  targeted assistance program, not schoolwide.

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Title I Preschool

• 4.04. Check the criteria used to select at-risk
  preschool children. (Check all that apply)
• Teacher Judgment, Parent Interview, Assessment,
  Child Development Measures, Family Income (can be
  used as only one factor in student needs
  assessment)

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Title I Preschool

• Targeted programs
• To be eligible to attend, preschool-age children
  must be failing or most at risk of failing to
  meet the States challenging student academic
  achievement standards
• The use of family income to determine eligibility
  for Title I preschool is allowable, but children
  should not be identified for Title I preschool
  solely on the basis of family income.

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Title I Preschool

• Student Needs Assessment
• multiple, educationally related, objective
  criteria established by the LEA
• made on the basis of criteria such as teacher
  judgment, interviews with parents, and
  developmentally appropriate measures of child
  development. Section 1115(b), ESEA.

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Title I Preschool

• For the purpose of Title I, a preschool program
  is a program of educational services for eligible
  children below the age at which the LEA provides
  elementary education and is focused on raising
  the academic achievement of children once they
  reach school age. Section 1115(b)(1)(A)(ii),
  ESEA.
• In some States, elementary education begins at
  first grade in others it begins at kindergarten
  or before.
• SD elementary school starts with kindergarten

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Title I Preschool

• Title I can be used to provide preschool services
  for children ages 3-4 but not for students who
  are age eligible to attend kindergarten.
• Who is considered a preschool-age child?
• A preschool-age child is one who is below the
  grade level and age at which the LEA provides
  elementary education. 34 CFR Section 77.1(c).
  For the purposes of Title I, children from birth
  to the age that the LEA provides a free public
  elementary education may receive preschool
  services. Section 1115(b)(1)(A)(ii), ESEA.

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Title I Preschool

• Title I funds cannot be used to support a Junior
  Kindergarten.
• Program does not meet the state definition for
  elementary education
• Children cannot attend a Title I preschool as
  they are of eligible age for free public
  education
• An at-risk kindergarten may best serve these
  students

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Title I Preschool

• Funding
• Title I funds can only be used to supplement, not
  supplant state or local funds.
• If state or local funds are used to support the
  preschool, Title I funds can only be used to
  supplement the preschool services for children
  eligible for Title I services
• Allowable costs

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Preschool

• 4.10. Describe the scientifically based
  curriculum used and its contents. (Pre-school)
• Your answer must include the following
• Describe the curriculum
• Describe how the program meets Head Start
  Performance standards
• Describe how the early learning guidelines are
  incorporated into the preschool curriculum
• If no program, indicate in answer.

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RtI (Response to Intervention

• 5. If the district is using the RTI model in any
  of its schools, please describe the model
• Your answer must include
• Schools
• Grades Subjects
• Assessments used for universal screening and
  progress monitoring
• Indicate ARRA funds

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• How can ARRA Title I fund be used for
  professional development, and particularly for
  Response to Intervention (RtI programs?
• A. Section 1115 for targeted assistance schools
  and 1114 for schoolwide programs provide
  information about using Title I funds for
  professional development. Funds set aside at the
  district level for professional development must
  follow the rules for targeted assistance
  programs.  When considering using Title I funds
  to support professional development for RtI
  programs, Title I would not be able to pay for
  professional development related to core
  instruction, but could pay for Title I teachers
  and other staff who have Title I students in
  their classrooms to have training related to
  interventions for Title I students. 

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Assurance Statement

• 6. Describe how principals of each school
  operating a Title I program attest annually in
  writing to whether such school is in compliance
  with the requirements of section 1119
  (Qualifications for Teachers and
  Paraprofessionals). Section 1119 of ESEA

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HQT in Title I Programs

• Teachers must be HQT for each grade and subject
• All core content teachers in a SW program must be
  HQT
• HQT must be obtained prior to the first contract
  day
• HQT for Title I and IDEA guidance
  http//doe.sd.gov/oatq/documents/QAforHQTunderNCLB
  andIDEA2009final.pdf.

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QP in Title I Programs

• Paras in Title I programs must
• Be qualified no exceptions
• Adhere to the limitations of their role,
  regardless of the level of their qualifications
• Targeted Assistance
• Work under the direct supervision of the Title I
  teacher -- same room
• Cannot go into the classroom
• no lesson planning

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QP in Title I Programs

• Paras in Title I programs must
• Schoolwide
• Work under the direct supervision of any HQT
• Work in same rooms as supervising teacher
• No pull-outs
• no lesson planning

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Parents Right to Know

• 7. How are parents informed about their right to
  know the qualification of their student's
  teacher? Section 1111(h)(6) of ESEA
• Your answer must include the following
• Describe what is listed in the parents right to
  know notice. (An LEA that accepts Title I, Part
  A funding must notify parents of students in
  Title I schools that they can request information
  regarding their childs teacher,
• (2) whether the child is provided services by
  paraprofessionals, and if so, their
  qualifications. Section 1111 (h)(6)(A)(iv) of
  ESEA

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District Parent Involvement Policy

• Annually reviewed and evaluated
• Revise as necessary
• Distribute to all parents of children in Title I
  programs, including private school participants

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District Parent Involvement Policy

• Whether the Parent Involvement Policy must be
  reviewed by the school board is a local decision
  informed by the content of the document.
• A district must be able to implement its policies
  through whatever review process the district
  requires.

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1 Set-Aside for PI

• 10. How is the Districts 1 Title I set aside
  for parent involvement used? (Only applicable for
  districts required to set aside 1 for Parent
  Involvement.) Section 1118 (a)(3) of ESEA This
  directly correlates with Question 4 in the School
  Selection section.
• More districts will meet this threshold with the
  regular Title I and ARRAR funds combined.

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• Your answer must include
• Describe the activities (may include family
  literacy, parenting skills, or other activities
  chosen by parents)
• How parents shall be involved in the decisions
  regarding the use of these funds
• Describe the process the district uses to ensure
  that not less than 95 of the set aside is
  allocated to the Title I schools for Parent
  Involvement.
• If not applicable, indicate such in answer.
• If applicable, indicate the private school
  equitable share and describe how those funds will
  be used.
• Indicate ARRA funds

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School Parent Involvement Policy

• Annually reviewed and evaluated
• Revise as necessary
• Distribute to all parents of children in Title I
  programs

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Nearly every district has at least one finding
during monitoring related to

• District Parent Involvement Policy
• School Parent Involvement Policy
• School Parent Compact
• Two issues
• All components included
• Distribution to parents and staff knowledge of
  requirements

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Parent Involvement

• A tool kit for parent involvement has been posted
  on the Title I website  http//doe.sd.gov/oess/tit
  le/1Abasic/sec1118.asp
• These tools provide examples of information
  sheets, checklists, letters, surveys, and other
  resources SEAs, LEAs, and schools use to assist
  them in implementing Title I, Part A notification
  and involvement provisions

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Coordination and Transition

• Goal Effective communication, coordination
  between ECE programs and public school to build a
  more continuous educational experience for young
  children and their families.
• Revised plan template

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Plan Components

• Program Development
• Coordination and Communication
• Transition Process
• Professional Development
• Parent Involvement and Education
• Evaluation

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Framework, Guidance, and Slides from the November
20, 2008 Live Meeting may be found at
http//doe.sd.gov/oess/title/1Abasic/sec1120b.asp

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• 12.01. Briefly describe the district's written
  coordination and transition plan. Section
  1120B(b) Section 1112(b)(1)(E) Section
  1114(b)(1)(G) and Section 1115(c)(1)(D) of ESEA
• Your answer should include
• A summary of the district's plans
• A list of the agencies and programs the district
  is coordinating with and how
• Indicate agreements with Head Start and other
  agencies
• Describe the communication process among all
  stakeholders
• Indicate how parents are involved in the design
  of the plan and needs are met
• Describe professional development opportunities
  provided through collaboration.

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• 12.02. Describe the districts transition
  process. Section 1120B(b) Section
  1112(b)(1)(E) Section 1114(b)(1)(G) and Section
  1115(c)(1)(D) of ESEA
• Your Answer must include
• to prepare four-year-old children and their
  families for kindergarten
• for children with disabilities transitioning from
  one program to another (guidance and framework
  documents coming soon)
• List sample activities and approximate timeframe
  
• Describe the procedure for transferring records..

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• 12.03. How is the coordination and transition
  plan annually evaluated? Who is involved with
  this evaluation? Section 1120B(b) Section
  1112(b)(1)(E) Section 1114(b)(1)(G) and Section
  1115(c)(1)(D) of ESEA
• Your answer must include
• Description of the evaluation process and
  criteria used,
• Describe when the evaluation takes place,
• Indicate the names and positions of the
  evaluation team (must include at a minimum
  district staff, Head Start, representation of
  early childhood agencies in district, and
  parents).

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Monitoring of Coordination and Transition

• Currently, districts received a finding when no
  plan exists. Starting in the 2009-2010 school
  year there will be an additional consideration.
• Districts that fail to have a plan that has all
  of the required components and have the
  components well developed will receive a finding.

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Migratory Students

• 13.01 Indicate the name and position of the
  person in the school district that is responsible
  for the identification of migratory students.
• 13.02. Has the district identified any migrant
  students in either Title I Part A schools or
  non-Title I Part A schools during the previous
  year?
• 13.03 Has the school district completed a
  certificate of eligibility for each identified
  migrant student?
• 13.04 Has the school district provided identified
  and eligible migrant students with free school
  meals during the previous school year?

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Homeless Students

• 14.01. Describe how the district homeless liaison
  and the Title I Coordinator communicate and
  collaborate. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
  Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 11431) Section 722 of
  ESEA
• District homeless liaison and district Title I
  coordinators are required to communicate and
  collaborate on an ongoing basis even if there are
  currently no students who are experiencing
  homelessness in the district.
• 14.02. List the number of identified homeless
  students in Title I Part A schools for the past
  school year. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
  Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 11431) Section 722 of
  ESEA
• How many of the identified students were provided
  Title I Part A services?
• For districts receiving McKinney-Vento Education
  of Homeless Children and Youth funding Title X,
  Part C, how many students received MV services?
• 14.03. List the number of identified homeless
  students in non-Title I Part A schools for the
  last school year. McKinney-Vento Homeless
  Assistance Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 11431) Section
  722 of ESEA
• How many of these students received Title I Part
  A services?
• For districts receiving McKinney-Vento Education
  of Homeless Children and Youth funding Title X,
  Part C, how many students received MV services?

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Homeless Students

• 14.04. Describe Title I Part A set-aside funds
  for homeless students. Section 1113(c)(3) of
  ESEA McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of
  2001 (20 U.S.C. 11431) Section 631 (c)(3) of
  ESEA
• Your answer must include the following
• List the amount of Title I Part A funds set-aside
  for services to students not attending a school
  in a Title I school attendance area.
• Explain how this dollar amount was determined.
• List the Title I comparable services provided.
• Include how educationally related support
  services are provided to children in shelters and
  other locations where homeless children may live.
  
• There is not a minimum requirement for the
  set-aside however, if a need were to arise the
  district will have to be prepared to cover any
  costs.
• 14.05. Explain what efforts the district makes to
  identify homeless children. McKinney-Vento
  Homeless Assistance Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 11431)
  Section 722 of ESEA

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Homeless Students

• Monitoring
• Each district must have two policies in place
  before the beginning of the 2009-2010 school
  year.
• A dispute/complaint policy pertaining to district
  decisions pertaining to students experiencing
  homelessness and
• A policy that ensures the rights of students
  experiencing homelessness
• Failure to have these two policies in place will
  result in findings during monitoring.
• More Information will be provided during the Live
  Meetings on May 12, 2009, or contact
  Laura.Johnson-Frame_at_state.sd.us

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Title I Private School Students

• 15.01. If there are children living in any of the
  District's Title I school attendance areas and
  attending any private school (located within or
  outside district boundaries), describe how timely
  and meaningful consultation was provided with
  appropriate private school officials. Section
  1120(b) of ESEA and Section 200.63 of the Federal
  Regulations

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Schoolwide
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Schoolwide

• 1. Provide a general description of the
  schoolwide program.
• Brief overview of your schoolwide program
• What is the focus of your program?
• Math and/or Reading?
• What grades are included in the school?
• How are Title I funds used to support the basic
  education program?
• Indicate how ARRA funds are used for supplies,
  materials, or capital acquisition

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RtI Response to Intervention

• If the district is using the RTI model in any of
  its schools, please describe the model
• Your answer must include
• Schools
• Grades Subjects
• Assessments used for universal screening and
  progress monitoring
• Indicate ARRA funds

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Goals and Objectives

• 4. List measurable goals and objectives
• Copy out of schoolwide plan and paste into
  narrative response
• Must be school level objectives
• Must be specific and relevant to individual
  school

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SW Highly Qualified

• All core content teachers in a SW program must be
  HQT
• HQT must be obtained prior to the first contract
  day
• Paraprofessional
• Work under the direct supervision of any HQT
• Indicate ARRA funds for teachers and paras

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Schoolwide

• Evaluation A school operating a schoolwide
  program must evaluate the schoolwide plan
  annually. The school must evaluate the outcomes
  and the plans implementation to determine
  whether the academic achievement of all students,
  and particularly of low-achieving students,
  improved, whether the goals and objectives
  contained in the plan were achieved, and if the
  plan is still appropriate as written.  

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SW Planning Conference

• Title I school and meet the eligibility criteria
  of 40 poverty
• Team of 4 to attend the Schoolwide conference
• Thursday October 15 2009 in Ft. Pierre at the
  AmericInn
• Explore the idea of developing a schoolwide
  program.
• Cannot plan a SW program unless full team attends
  the full day conference

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Schoolwide

• QUESTIONS?
• Dawn Smith
• Dawnl.smith_at_state.sd.us
• 605-773- 2535

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Title I Targeted Assistance Programs
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Describe Program

• 1. Describe your Title I program. Section 1115
  (c)(1)(C) of ESEA
• Your answer must include the following
• Do you provide reading services, math services,
  or both
• What grades are served
• If the school uses the RtI (Response to
  Intervention) process, describe how Title I
  services are used within the tiered system.

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Describe Program

• Your answer must include the following
• Include supplies, materials, and capital
  acquisition
• Indicate ARRA funds
• For use by Title I teachers and students only
• Software programs
• Computers
• Manipulatives
• Reading books

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RtI (Response to Intervention)

• RTI Concerns in a Targeted program
• Must be supplemental
• Must be provided by a Highly Qualified teacher
• Consult USED PowerPoint on use of federal funds
  in RtI programs

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Student Identification

• 2.01 How will teachers identify the children most
  in need of Title I services? Section 1115
  (b)(1)(B) of ESEA
• Your answer must include the following
• Describe the needs assessment process conducted
  to determine the academic needs of the students
  and who is involved
• How are students rank-ordered and cutoffs
  determined
• Indicate if all identified students are served.
• If the school uses the RtI, describe how students
  are identified for Title I services and the
  method for dismissal.

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Assessing All Students

• Compliance issue
• Title I funds may not be used to identify
  students as eligible for Title I services.
• District responsibility, general classroom
  teacher responsibility
• Provide assessment information to Title I staff
• Quantify need, rank order, serve most needy

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Service Delivery

• 2.02. How are Title I services provided? Section
  1115 (c)(1)(C) of ESEA Check all that apply.
• Your answer must include the following
• Describe your Title I program
• Do you provide reading services, math services,
  or both
• What grades are served
• For in-class services describe how Title I staff
  work only with well identified Title I students
• Describe how the Title I services are
  supplemental to the regular education program.
• Describe the ratio of teacher/paraprofessional to
  student
• How many Title I teachers work with Title I
  students
• How many Title I paraprofessionals work with
  Title I students (specific to delivery model).

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Service Delivery

• 2.02. How are Title I services provided? Section
  1115 (c)(1)(C) of ESEA
• 1) Pull-out
• 2) In-class
• 3) Replacement
• 4) Extended day (before or after school)
• Indicate ARRA funds

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Summer School

• 5.01. If the school is providing summer school,
  describe the services. Section 1115(c)(1)(C)(i)
  of ESEA
• Your answer must include the following
• Describe the type of program.
• What services will the program provide?
• At what grade level will services be provided to
  students. Indicate ARRA funds
• 5.02. If the school is providing a summer school
  program, check the appropriate dates.

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Preschool

• 6.01. Does the school operate a School Level
  preschool? Section 1115 (c)(1)(D) of ESEA
• Yes
• No
• Indicate ARRA funds
• 6.02. Check the criteria used to select at-risk
  preschool children

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Title I Staff

• 7. Describe the qualifications of the staff
  providing Title I services. Section 1115
  (c)(1)(E) of ESEA
• Your answer must include the following
• How many teachers provide Title I services and
  FTE percentage
• What are the qualification of the teacher(s)
• How many paraprofessionals and FTE percentage
• How are all paraprofessionals qualified
• How do paraprofessionals support the instruction
  of the teacher, and work under the direct
  supervision of the Title I teacher?
• Indicate ARRA funds

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HQT in Title I Programs

• Teachers must be HQT for each grade and subject
• In a targeted program, if the teacher can teach
  that subject and grade in the regular classroom,
  they will be HQT to provide Title I services for
  that grade and subject.
• HQT must be obtained prior to the first contract
  day
• No HQT applicants? No services.

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Qualified Paraprofessionals in Title I Programs

• Paras in Title I programs must
• Be qualified no exceptions
• Adhere to the limitations of their role,
  regardless of the level of their qualifications
• Targeted Assistance
• Work under the direct supervision of the Title I
  teacher -- same room
• Cannot go into the classroom, no lesson planning

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Professional Development

• 8. What Professional Development opportunities
  are provided for Title I staff relative to the
  determined needs, including reading and math?
  Section 1115(c)(1)(F) of ESEA
• Could be addressed with district set aside for PD
• May be provided through other funding, resources
  indicate
• Indicate ARRA fun

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Student Progress

• 9. How is the progress of participating children
  reviewed on an on-going basis? Section
  1118(c)(4) and Section 1118 (d)(2)(B) of ESEA
• Your answer must include the following
• Describe the process and timeframe for review
• What assessments are used to determine if the
  students are making progress during the school
  year
• How are parents informed of their child's
  progress? (Progress Reports, Parent Teacher
  conferences, etc.)
• How are students dismissed from Title I services

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Parent Involvement

• School level parent involvement policy
• School Parent Compact
• Annual meeting
• Communication
• Parent language
• Assist in understanding content standards and
  assessments
• Training

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Title I Compliance issues

• Parent Involvement
• HQT, QP, direct supervision
• Administration of the program
• Serving only Title I students
• Supplant
• Insufficient services for effectiveness
• Implementation of plan as per consolidated
  application

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ARRA IDEA-Title I Egrant Application
(repeat) Friday, May 08, 2009 1100 AM-1200 PM
Central Time
Assessment and Accountability reporting and
Complaint Policy Requirements Tuesday, May 12,
2009 230 PM-400 PM Central Time
Assessment and Accountability reporting and
Complaint Policy Requirements (repeat) Tuesday,
May 12, 2009 900 AM-1030 AM Central Time.
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Questions
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Contacts for Title Team

• Diane Lowery
• Beth Schiltz
• Dawn Smith
• Laura Johnson-Frame
• Julie Elrod
• Janet Haraldson

• Title III Director
• Migrant Director
• School Improvement Specialist