Transcript Title IA Planning, Fiscal, and Parental Involvement Workshops Maine Department of Education

Title IA Planning, Fiscal, and
Parental Involvement Workshops
Maine Department of Education
Kathryn Manning
Jackie Godbout
Rachelle Tome
May 2006
Agenda
• 9:00 Welcome, Overview of Workshops
Planning a Title IA Program
• 9:30 Parent & Community Involvement
• 12:30 Lunch
• 1:30 Fiscal Issues
• 3:00 Q & A
• 3:30 Adjourn
Purpose of This Series of Title
IA Specific Workshops
• To assist you in planning your Title IA
program
• To assist you in planning for your NCLB
Monitoring Review
• To share ideas
• To strengthen communication
Title IA Toolkit Workshops
• May 2006 – Parental Involvement/Fiscal
Issues
• Fall 2006 --What Adequate Yearly Progress
means for you AND
Schoolwide Programming
• Spring 2007 --To Be Determined Based on
Your Input
• Spring 2007– NCLB Regional Workshops
Tools of the Trade Notebook
• Tabs align with monitoring tool
• Place to organize documents required for
compliance
• Resources to assist you in planning and
implementing Title IA Programs
What is Title IA?
• Supplemental federal funding for low
achieving children, especially in highpoverty schools.
• A program that provides extra academic
support and learning opportunities for
children furthest from meeting challenging
state standards.
TYPES OF Title IA Schools
• Targeted Assisted Schools serve identified
children who are at risk of not meeting the
Learning Standards. (Section 1115)
• Schoolwide schools upgrade the entire
educational program within a school to
meet the needs of the lowest-achieving
children. (Section 1114)
This session will focus on
Targeted Assisted Schools
Monitoring
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NCLB Team Visits each district every five years
Progress on meeting NCLB Goals
Program compliance
Interview Title IA coordinator, Title IA teachers/ed
techs/classroom teachers/parents
• Learn more about how each
district is implementing
the program
What Title IA will ask to see.
• Student folders
• Title IA Staff Schedules
• List of students considered for
service/served
• Examples of progress reports
• Documents/lesson plans to support coordination
with the classroom teacher
• Parent notifications—services, HQT, prof. qualif.
parent meetings, etc.
• Parent contact information
What we will ask about.
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Identification of students
Schedule with students/duties
Coordination with classroom teachers
Contact/interaction/meetings/trainings with
parents
Common Title IA findings
Prioritized list of students
HQT letters
Certification of Staff Time and Effort
Written identification process
Paperwork not submitted in a timely fashion or incomplete
Cash Management
District/Level Parent Involvement Policy
Parental Involvement
Findings (Section 1118)
• Parent Involvement District and School
Policies developed/updated on a regular
basis
• Parent Compacts developed/updated and
used at parent conferences
• Activities planned to assist parents in
understanding student needs/school
programming.
• Evaluation done for all parent activities
• Parent input into programming
Where to Begin
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Planning Your Title IA Program
Program is Well
Planned/OrganizedRequirements
met
Parental
Involvement
Section 1118
Knowledge of
Program
Requirements
Coordination with
General programs
for Seamless
Programming
Needs Assessment
Section 1112
Sufficient
Supplemental
Services to Ensure
Success-SBR
Knowledge of Program
• Projects are clearly defined.
• Selection policy is specific. Students are
prioritized for services. Can document why some
students are selected and others are not.
• Supervision is provided to keep program operating
in alignment with federal regulations and NCLB
Consolidated Application.
• Staff are knowledgeable about program
decisions—NCLB Planning Team, aware that
there is an Application.
Needs Assessment
• Data analysis of formative, on-going
assessment that is consistent with what is
used in general program and is used to
determine needs.
• Decisions are based on
data vs. traditional
or subjective measures.
Components of a Targeted
Assisted Program
• Help participating students to meet the Maine
Learning Results
• Ensure Title IA program is incorporated into
existing school planning
• Coordinate and support the classroom
instructional program
• Provide instruction by HQT
• Includes opportunities for professional
development
• Provides strategies for parental involvement
• Coordinates with federal, state and local services
Components of a Targeted
Assisted Program (Cont.)
• Use effective methods and instructional strategies
based on scientific research that strengthen the
core academic program
Extended learning time
Help provide an accelerated, highquality curriculum, including applied learning
Minimize removing children from the regular
classroom during regular school hours for
instruction provided by Title IA
Sufficient Services (Supplemental) to
Ensure Success
• Identified students receive general program
and something more from Title IA.
• Students receive services as planned—
records kept to make sure Title IA staff
work with identified students as planned.
• Services are planned to make students more
independent—not help with homework.
Coordination/Consultation for
Seamless Programming
• Assessments used for Title IA selection and
performance objectives are existing, local
assessments valued by the school/district.
• Regular coordination takes place among all
appropriate staff.
• All staff use the same terms so
that students
can make connections.
Program Well-Planned
and Organized
• Program requirements submitted on time in
approvable form
• Activities based on needs
• Scientifically based programming
• Programming changes to meet student needs
• Program supervision keeps program on track
• Services are supplemental
Resources
NCLB Guidance by Title
http://www.state.me.us/education/nclb/guidance/hom
e.html
NCLB Monitoring Information
http://www.state.me.us/education/nclb/monitoring/
home.htm
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