Transcript Welcome to the SIG Cohort III Webinar Q U E S T I O N S M AY B E E M.

Welcome to the
SIG Cohort III Webinar
Q U E S T I O N S M AY B E E M A I L E D D U R I N G T H I S S E S S I O N , O R
A F T E R WA R D T O :
S I G@ K 12.WA .U S
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Office of Student and School Success
Andrew Kelly, Assistant Superintendent
February 27, 2014
School Improvement Grants
Priority Schools District
Application Information
TISHA HANSEN, RESOURCE PROGRAM SPECIALIST - OSPI
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Office of Student and School Success
February 27, 2014
SIG Application Webinar
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 Purpose: Provide specific information regarding the
district application process and timelines for the FY 2013
School Improvement Grant competition.
 Allocation for FY 2013
 Approximately $9.2 million available for the 13-14 school year
(including pre-implementation) for districts selected for Cohort
III.
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Which Schools Are Eligible to Receive
SIG Funds?
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Currently Identified Title I Priority Schools: This current priority school
list was identified during the 2012-13 school year.
Priority School
Priority schools are among the lowest 5% of Title I schools in the state, based on
achievement on statewide assessments in Reading and Math (combined) over three
years. The list of Priority schools also includes Title I-eligible and Title Iparticipating high schools with consistent graduation rates of less than 60 percent
over three years.
The goal of identifying Priority schools is to turn around performance, close
persistent opportunity gaps, and substantially improve student learning and
outcomes.
Who Is NOT eligible:
1.
SIG Cohort II
2.
SIG Cohort I being recommended for RAD
3.
SIG Cohort I schools who have made tremendous progress are
discouraged from reapplication
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Four SIG School Intervention Models
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Turnaround
Restart
Closure
Transformation
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What Are Requirements of SIG Models?
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• Build/Maintain a Student and School Success Action
Plan attending to the 7 turnaround principles as
identified in the ESEA Flexibility Waiver.
• Maintain a Student and School Success Action Plan
on the Indistar® planning tool.
• Meet all general requirements articulated by the
Office of Student and School Success for all
identified schools statewide.
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Turnaround Model Overview
SIG funded LEAs that implement Turnaround start the school improvement
timeline over effective 2011-12.
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Teachers and
Leaders
Instructional and
Support Strategies
• Replace principal
• Use locally adopted
“turnaround”
competencies to
review and select
staff for school
(rehire no more
than 50% of existing
staff)
• Implement
strategies to recruit,
place, and retain
staff
• Select and
implement an
instructional model
based on student
needs
• Provide jobembedded
Professional
Development
designed to build
capacity and
support staff
• Ensure continuous
use of data to inform
and differentiate
instruction
Time and Support
• Provide increased
learning time
• Staff and students
• Social-emotional
and communityoriented services
and supports
Governance
• New governance
structure
• Grant operating
flexibility to school
leader
May also implement any of the required or permissible
strategies under the Transformation Model
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Restart Model Overview
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 Restart model is one in which an LEA converts a school or
closes and reopens a school under a charter school operator, a
charter management organization (CMO), or an education
management organization (EMO).
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A restart model must enroll, within the grades it serves, any former
student who wishes to attend the school.
A rigorous review process could take such things into consideration as
an applicant’s team, track record, instructional program, model’s theory
of action, sustainability.
As part of this model, a State must review the process the LEA will
use/has used to select the partner.
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School Closure Model Overview
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 School closure occurs when an LEA closes a school and
enrolls the students who attended that school in other
schools in the LEA that are higher-achieving.
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These schools should be within reasonable proximity to the closed
school and may include, but are not limited to, charter schools or new
schools for which achievement data are not yet available.
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Transformation Model Overview
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Teachers and
Leaders
Instructional and
Support Strategies
• Replace principal
• Implement new
evaluation system
• Developed with
staff
• Uses student
growth as a
significant factor
• Identify and reward
staff who are
increasing student
outcomes; support
and then remove
those who are not
• Implement
strategies to recruit,
place and retain
staff
• Select and
implement an
instructional model
based on student
needs
• Provide jobembedded
Professional
Development
designed to build
capacity and
support staff
• Ensure continuous
use of data to inform
and differentiate
instruction
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Time and Support
• Provide increased
learning time
• Staff and students
• Provide ongoing
mechanisms for
community and
family engagement
• Partner to provide
social-emotional
and communityoriented services
and support
Governance
• Provide sufficient
operating flexibility
to implement
reform
• Ensure ongoing
technical assistance
Definitions
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Update based on USED feedback if necessary
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Priority schools are among the lowest 5 percent of Title I schools in the state, based on
achievement on statewide assessments in Reading and Math (combined) over three years.
The list of Priority schools also includes Title I-eligible and Title I-participating high schools
with consistent graduation rates of less than 60 percent over three years. The goal of
identifying Priority schools is to turn around performance, close persistent opportunity gaps,
and substantially improve student learning and outcomes. The 2013–14 list of Priority
schools also includes the 46 Priority schools continuing forward from the 2012–13 school
year.
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Lack of Progress: The school’s percent increase or decrease (slope of linear regression) over
the most recent three-year period compared to the state slope.
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Title I eligible: Based on SY 2013-14 student data, a school is considered Title I eligible if:
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Poverty percentage is 35% or more; or
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The school’s poverty percentage is greater than or equal to the district’s poverty average.
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Which LEAs Are Eligible to Apply
for SIG Funds?
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 An LEA is eligible to apply for SIG funds if it:
 Receives Title I, Part A funds and
 Has one or more schools that are eligible to receive SIG
funds and identified by the SEA as a Priority School.
 An SEA’s SIG Grant award to an LEA must:
 Include not less than $50,000 or more than $2,000,000 per
year for each participating school.
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State Prioritization for LEA Selection
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Overall quality of LEA application:
 LEA addresses all required elements and demonstrates Greatest Need and
Strongest Commitment, and Capacity to Serve
 Describes strategies to implement required elements f selected intervention(s),
including extended learning time for all students and staff, using data to inform
instruction and improvement efforts, and engaging families/community
 Addresses competing initiatives
OSPI will prioritize district applications based on criteria listed below:
 LEAs that apply to serve Priority schools
Additional consideration for final selection may include:
 Geographic distribution of Priority schools throughout the State
 Number of schools served
 Size of schools
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Competitive SIG Applicant Pool
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Cohort III Priority Schools eligible for a SIG:
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49 schools located in 23 LEAs are identified on the Priority schools
list
4 of these schools will be recommended to the State Board of
Education for Required Action designation and will not be eligible.
It is estimated that 7-10 schools will be selected through the
competitive application process for SIG Cohort III funding
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Based on the eligible LEAs invited to apply, we project a 10 to 20%
chance of any school being selected.
We encourage local school boards and superintendents to give
serious consideration to the limitations in funding and the
competitive applicant pool when making application decisions.
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Are There Consequences for Districts Choosing
Not to Apply for a SIG?
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 There are no imposed consequences for LEAs choosing not
to apply for a SIG.
 LEAs must still adhere to the ESEA Flexibility Waiver
provisions for Title I schools identified for improvement
(Priority, Focus and Emerging schools).
 In addition, non-Title I schools will be identified for Priority
or Focus status, based on state funding and E2SSB 5329.
 Based on available funding, identified SIG schools will
engage in a 3 year process.
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RAD, Priority & Focus,
Title & Non-Title Schools
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 When schools fail to make adequate progress, they
may be recommended to RAD Level I status.
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Pre-Implementation
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 LEAs may use FY 2013 SIG funds prior to the 2014-15 school
year (pre-implementation period).
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Examples of how funds may be used include, but are not limited to:
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Holding parent and community meetings to review school performance, and
discuss the new model to be implemented;
Recruiting and hiring the incoming principal, leadership team, and
instructional staff;
Conducting a rigorous review process to select and contract with an EMO if
selecting an education management organization (EMO).
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Parent and Community Engagement
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 There is an increased emphasis in the March 1, 2012 guidance
on consulting with families and community members during
the selection, planning, and implementation of a school
intervention model (e.g., community meetings, family and
community surveys, parent and student focused interviews,
sharing of information regarding social services, parent
outreach coordinators, hotlines, etc.)
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Decision Considerations and Chances of
Selection and Funding
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 Even though SIG awards are not guaranteed, what
might be learned from the application process?
Many LEAs began implementation of some of
required elements on their own, through
Instructional Services Support offered from Student
and School Success, ESD, or a Needs Assessment.
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LEA Application
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 Available via iGrants Form Package 677 in 2013-14
school year
 There are two parts to the application process:
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Signed Assurances/Certification
Application (5 pages)
Schools to be Served
 Descriptive Information – 12 questions
 Budget (must complete separate budgets for each participating
school)
 Download/Upload Page – list of required documents
 Waiver
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LEA Application
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 Profile Page
 Due
Date for Grant – March 31, 2014
 Federal Guidelines and Addendums
 Four Intervention Model Descriptions
 Scoring Guide
 Instructions Link
 Instructions
and information for the SIG Grant
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State
Eligible Schools
Review Criteria
Identify list of eligible schools in
the State (i.e., Priority schools).
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Develops, disseminates and
implements criteria it will use to
review and evaluate LEA
applications.
LEA
Applies to serve all or subset of
eligible schools in its LEA.
4 models
Review and approves LEA’s
capacity to implement proposed
model in eligible school.
Applies to implement one of the four
required models in eligible schools.
LEA selects model after an analysis of
local data, resources and capacity.
Prioritization
Must give priority to LEAs that
apply to serve Priority schools.
Must serve Priority schools it has the
capacity to serve.
Budget
Reviews, adjusts and approves
LEA budget by individual school.
Submits 3 year budget (or period of
availability) for each school it applies
to serve ($50K-$2m per year)
Approves and monitors
achievement goals.
Proposes achievement goals for each
Priority school and ensures
incremental processes towards those
goals
Goals
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Timeline
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January February
 November 22,
2013 - SEA’s
SIG
application
due to ED
 ED awards
SIG grants to
States
March
April - July
2014
 LEA application  SEA awards
grants to LEAs
development
and submission  LEAs begin preimplementation
due March 31,
including
2014
recruiting,
selection and
placement of
school
administrators
and
instructional
staff
August October
2014
 SIG LEAs and
schools create
and
implement
first 90 day
plan: 1st
official plan
submission
due to the
Office of
Student and
School
Success March
30, 2014
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Coming Up…
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LEA Application available through iGrants:
February 27, 2014
OSPI Webinar on LEA Application Requirements:
January 27, 2014
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LEA Applications are DUE March 31, 2014
OSPI conducts face-to-face interviews:
April 21-22, 30, and May 1-2, 2014
OSPI announces awardees of competitive SIGs:
May 8, 2014
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Additional Information
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 Final Guidance published in the Federal Register, dated November 1,
2010
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http://www2.ed.gov/programs/sif/index.html
 OSPI SIG Website:
http://www.k12.wa.us/Improvement/SIG/default.aspx
 Your frequently asked questions (FAQs)
 FAQ document will be published to our website: March 3, 2014
 Send questions to [email protected].
Thank you!
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