Title I Faculty Presentation(Faculty Title I and AYP Combined Presentation)

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Department of Federal and State Programs434-8017 or PX 48017

No Child Left Behind Act NCLB is the reauthorization of the Elementary

and Secondary Education Act originally passed under President Johnson’s 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 Schools

125 Title I schools in Palm Beach County for FY12

100 Public Schools 19 Charter Schools 6 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 FY12 Title I Funding

Each year schools are identified as Title I based on the percentage of students in the school eligible for free and reduced (f/r) price meals on Date Certain.

Date Certain for the FY12 school year was December 17, 2010.

Schools meeting the minimum percentage qualify for Title I funding. The FY12 percentage is 49.5%.

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Qualifying for FY12 Title I Funding

The number of eligible students is 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 = $355 (set by District)

School allocation = 312 x $355 or $110,760

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Highly Qualified Staff ALL core subject area teachers must be highly qualified:

Bachelor’s degree

State certification

For elementary teachers, a subject area exam or completed HOUSSE plan or NBPTS certificate for appropriate level or completed Out of State HQ Verification Form

For new middle/secondary teachers, a subject area exam or completed HOUSSE plan for the appropriate subject and level or NBPTS certificate for appropriate subject area and level or completed Out of State HQ Verification Form

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Highly Qualified Staff

Teachers must be highly qualified upon hiring in the following content areas: elementary education, reading, math, science, history, civics and government, economics, geography, music, art, and drama, English, and foreign languages

ALL non-instructional staff providing academic support to students must be highly qualified:

Two years of college or60 college credits orPass 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/state travel must be documented in the SIP/SWP and related to subgroups not meeting AYP

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Required for Audit

Documentation

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Parents’ Right to Know

The professional qualifications of their child’s 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, in an appropriate language, regarding the achievement level of their child.

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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

School-Parent Compact A compact is an agreement between the home and the

school, which outlines how families, staff and students will share the responsibility for improving student achievement.

Written with input from parents and staff Required to document distribution of CompactCompact reviewed with parents at a

parent/teacher conferenceAddresses the importance of communication

between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis

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Family InvolvementFamily Involvement Policy/Plan

Jointly developed with input from parents and staff

Required to document distribution of Family Involvement Policy

Provide parent trainings and meetings at flexible times Involve parents in an organized, ongoing and timely way

in planning, reviewing, and improving Title I programsProvide parents with an opportunity to submit dissenting

views if the SIP/SWP is not acceptable to them

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

Positive Impact Activities:

Frequent face-to-face, written, and phone contact between teachers and parents

School-based parent activities, which help train parents to work with their children at home

Interactive homework assignments that require parents to participate in learning

www.floridapirc.usf.edu Parental Information and Resource Center (PIRC)

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The Federal Consequences of Not Making

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

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Adequate Yearly Progress

AYP reports the performance and participation of nine subgroups according to:

Race/ethnicity – Total, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian

Socio-economics Students with Disabilities (SWD)Limited English Proficient (LEP/ELL)

AYP Measures proficiency of all students in reading, mathematics, and writing

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Adequate Yearly Progress

Measures graduation rates

School must receive grade of “C” or better

If a Title I school does not meet AYP, consequences are applied.

AYP determines which Title I schools and students are eligible for Public School Choice

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Proficiency Targetsfor AYP

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Year Reading Math

2009-10

72 +7 74 +6

2010-11

79 +7 80 +6

2011-12

86 +7 86 +6

2012-13

93 +7 93 +7

2013-14

100 +7 100 +7Each year proficiency targets increase.

Proficiency Targetsfor AYP

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**Insert your school’s AYP Report**

Consequences For Not Making AYP

All schools receive AYP designation, but only Title I Schools receive consequences for not meeting AYP and are identified as School in Need of Improvement (SINI). The following chart shows the accumulation of consequences for not making AYP (NAYP).

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1 Year NAYP - SINI 0Review School Improvement Plan

Address subgroups not meeting AYP

2 Years NAYP - SINI 1 Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

3 Years NAYP - SINI 2Public School Choice

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

4 Years NAYP - SINI 3

Public School Choice

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

Corrective Action Plan

5 Years NAYP - SINI 4

Public School Choice

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

Corrective Action Plan

Planning for Restructuring

6 Years NAYP - SINI 5

Public School Choice

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

Implement Restructuring Plan

7 + Years NAYP - SINI 6+

Public School Choice

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

Continue Implement Restructuring Plan

NCLB Choice Options for SINI Schools

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School did not make AYP

NCLB Choice

2 Years NAYP - SINI 1Remain at Assigned School

Supplemental Educational Services (SES), if eligible

3 Years NAYP - SINI 2

Remain at Assigned School

Supplemental Educational Services (SES), if eligible

Public School Choice by Transferring to Another School

Selected by District

All parents of students attending a Title I school that does not meet AYP for two or more years are offered choices for their child’s education.

Corrective Action – SINI 3(4 years NAYP)

No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for corrective action:

Replace school staff relevant to failure to make AYP

Implement new curriculum

Decrease management authority at school

Extend school year or school day

Restructure internal organization of the school

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Planning for Restructuring – SINI 4 (5 years NAYP)

No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for restructuring:

Reopen as a public charter school

Replace school staff, including principal

Enter into contract with a private entity

State takeover

Other major restructuring reform

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Restructuring – SINI 5+ (6 +years NAYP)

No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for restructuring:

(Implement the Plan prepared while a SINI 4)

Reopen as a public charter school

Replace school staff, including principal

Enter into contract with a private entity

State takeover

Other major restructuring reform

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Two Accountability Systems

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Federal No Child Left

Behind(Title I Schools Only)

State Differentiated Accountability

(All Schools)

Uses AYP to Determine SINI Status

SINI designation determines consequences …SESPublic School ChoiceCorrective ActionPlanning for RestructuringRestructuring

Uses AYP and School Grades to

determine DA Status

Prevent I Prevent II

Correct I Correct II

Not in DA Intervene

NOTE: Different requirement/consequences for each accountability system.

Florida’s Differentiated Accountability (DA) Plan

• Discuss your school’s DA Category and District Interventions

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