plotting your course for comprehensive monitoring
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Plotting Your Course for
Comprehensive Monitoring
Comprehensive Monitoring
• What?
• When?
• Who?
• How?
WHAT is Comprehensive Monitoring?
• Joint effort by LEA’s & TDE to improve effectiveness of services to students
• Check of evidence to ensure program implementation is in compliance with federal law
• Opportunity for technical assistance
WHEN is Comprehensive Monitoring?
• LEAs, not scheduled for on-site monitoring, complete self-monitoring annually
• On-site monitoring team visits
every 3 years
WHO Are the Monitors?
The on-site monitoring team is composed of state consultants
other than the NCLB consultant assigned to your system
Don’t Wait to Begin Preparing
Getting Your Gear Together
Examples of Documents NeededConsolidated Application &
Addenda
Budget Documents
Plans such as TCSPP, TSIPs, Technology, & Parent Involvement
Various Board Policies
Sample Indicators & Evidences
6. Funds are drawn down from FACTS regularly in correlation to expenditures.
– Grants Transaction Report– Quarterly Expenditure Report
13. The LEA maintains a log/database for equipment purchased.
– Equipment Log / Database
– Budget documents
– Visual inspection
– Identification tag / label
36. Title I funds are used to supplement funds made available from non-federal sources.
*REQUIRED *Enrollment data by
school *List of teachers by
grade / subject *Budget documents *Comparability
Report
More Examples of Items to Collect Documentation of all PD & PI Activities
Sign-in Sheets Agendas or Minutes Calendars or Schedules
Evidence of Parental Notifications Letters Newsletters Student Handbooks
Sample Items for SW School Visits
Home Language Surveys
Parent-Student-School Compacts
Schedules of Parapros & Teachers
*10 Components of a SW Title I School in TSIP
*Similar for TA Schools
*(b.) schoolwide reform strategies with emphasis on improved achievement of the lowest achieving students;
Match TSIPP Pg# _____ to activities
*(d.) high quality and ongoing professional development activities;
Match TSIPP Pg# _____ to activities
*(g.) plans for assisting preschool children from early childhood programs to elementary school programs;
Match TSIPP Pg# _____ to activities
Tips for Plotting a Smooth Course
Organize Your Gear
Label Your Gear
More Tips
All local program directors and the federal programs bookkeeper should be present during comprehensive on-site monitoring
Be prepared to show documentation of compliance for each item on the monitoring instrument
Call your NCLB Consultant
to Guide Your Course for
On-Site Comprehensive
Monitoring
Stay Calm
Stay on Course!