Title I, Part A

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Title I, Part A (Fund 211) Program Overview
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Purpose of Title I, Part A

• Provide opportunities for children served to
  acquire the knowledge and skills contained in the
  state content standards (TEKS) and to meet the
  state performance standards (TAKS).

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Title I, Part A Who Is Served?

• A targeted assistance program serves only
  eligible children who are identified with the
  greatest need for special assistance.
• A schoolwide program permits a school to use
  funds from Title I, Part A to upgrade the entire
  education program of the school in order to raise
  academic achievement for all students.

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Title I, Part AImpact of New Requirements

• LEA
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Principals
• Parents
• Planning Process
• Accountability

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LEA

• Provisions and Assurances
• Technical assistance to
• Title I, Part A campuses
• Monitoring

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SAS Planning

• Low-income data provided in the SAS MUST be
  auditable.
• SAS must be developed in consultation with
• Teachers, principals, administrators, other
  appropriate school personnel, and parents of
  children in Title I, Part A schools

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Program Set-Asides

• Teacher Qualifications
• LEA must use at least 5 of Title I, Part A funds
  in SY 2002-03 and 2003-04 to ensure teachers are
  highly qualified, and
• At least 5 in each year thereafter to ensure all
  teachers are highly qualified by the year 2005-06.

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Program Set-Asides

• Homeless Students on
• non-Title I campuses
• Parental Involvement 1 of entitlement if over
  500,000

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Schoolwide Campuses
Eligibility Criteria 40 of the children
residing or enrolled in the school must be from
low-income families
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Campus Allocations

• Single Attendance Area
• LEA has total enrollment of less than 1,000
  students or no grade duplication
• May serve any or all of its campuses
• Must apply the 125 Special Allocation Rule if
  serving campus below 35 poverty

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Campus Eligibility

• Multiple Attendance Area(Grade duplication)
• Serve campuses in rank order
• Serve campuses 75 and below by grade span
• Serve campuses to 35 poverty
• Skip a campus
• Optional Method
• One-year transition
• 125 Special Allocation Rule

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Homeless Students

• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act
• Must be served by Title I, Part A
• Required Liaison at each district

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Title I, Part AImpact of New Requirements

• LEA
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Principals
• Parents
• Planning Process
• Accountability

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Teacher
Any teacher teaching in a Title I, Part A
program hired after the first day of school year
2002-2003 must be highly qualified.
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Teacher
Any teacher who is currently teaching in the
core academic subjects and is not highly
qualified, must become highly qualified by the
end of the 2005-2006 school year.
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Who is considered to be a Title I, Part A teacher
on a Title I, Part A Schoolwide Campus?
Any teacher teaching in a core subject area.
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What are the core subject areas?

• civics government
• economics
• arts
• history
• geography

• English
• reading or language arts
• mathematics
• science
• foreign languages

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Purpose
To ensure that low-income and minority students
are not taught by unqualified, out-of-field,
or inexperienced teachers.
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Title I, Part AImpact of New Requirements

• LEA
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Principals
• Parents
• Planning Process
• Accountability

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Paraprofessionals
Any paraprofessional hired by the LEA after
January 8, 2002, and working in a Title I, Part A
program must have a secondary school diploma or
GED AND meet one of the following qualifications
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Paraprofessionals

• Have completed at least two years of study at an
  institution of higher education or
• Have obtained an associates (or higher) degree
  or
• Have met a rigorous standard of quality and can
  demonstrate, through a formal state or local
  academic assessment ---

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Paraprofessionals
-- knowledge of, and the ability to assist in
instructing reading, writing, and mathematics
or -- knowledge of, and the ability to assist in
instructing reading readiness, writing readiness,
and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.
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Paraprofessional Qualifications
Paraprofessionals hired before January 8, 2002,
must satisfy the requirements by January 8, 2006.
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Paraprofessionals

• Exceptions
• Primary responsibility is to serve as a
  translator or
• Duties consist solely of conducting parental
  involvement activities under Title I, Part A

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Who is considered to be a Title I, Part A
paraprofessional on a Title I, Part A Schoolwide
Campus?
Any paraprofessional providing
instruction. NOTE Paraprofessionals must be
under the direct supervision of a teacher.
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Title I, Part AImpact of New Requirements

• LEA
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Principals
• Parents
• Planning Process
• Accountability

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Principal Certification
Principals of Title I, Part A campuses must
certify annually that the campus is in compliance
with teacher and paraprofessional requirements of
Title I, Part A.
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Principal Certification

• Copies must be maintained
• At each Title I, Part A campus
• LEA central office and
• Available to general public for review.

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Title I, Part AImpact of New Requirements

• LEA
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Principals
• Parents
• Planning Process
• Accountability

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Parents Right to Know

• Parental Notification
• A school receiving Title I, Part A funds must
  provide each individual parent
• the childs level of achievement in each state
  academic assessment, and
• timely notice if the child has been assigned or
  taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a
  teacher who is not highly qualified

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Parental Involvement

• Information must be in a language that parents
  can understand
• Parents must be involved in how the parental
  involvement set-aside money is to be used
• Provide materials and training for parents

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Parental Involvement

• Written LEA parental involvement policy
• Written campus parent involvement policy
• School-Parent Compacts
• Capacity Building
• On-going opportunities for involvement

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Parental Involvement

• Family Literacy
• LEAs are encouraged to offer family literacy
  services if it has a substantial number of Title
  I students with parents who
• do not have a secondary school diploma or its
  recognized equivalent or
• who have low levels of literacy

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Title I, Part AImpact of New Requirements

• LEA
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Principals
• Parents
• Planning Process
• Accountability

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LEA and Campus Plans

• The LEA must develop a plan to show how all
• Teachers teaching in the core academic subject
  areas will be highly qualified not later than the
  end of the school year 2005-2006
• Paraprofessionals hired before January 8, 2002,
  and working in a Title I, Part A program, will
  meet the NCLB qualifications for
  paraprofessionals not later than January 8, 2006

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Schoolwide Campus Improvement Plans

• Include the 10 schoolwide components.
• Describe additional educational assistance that
  will be provided to individual students assessed
  as needing help in meeting the State academic
  standards.
• Continue to include a list of federal programs
  whose funds are combined to implement the
  schoolwide program.

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10 Schoolwide Components

• Comprehensive Needs Assessment
• SW Reform Strategies (Scientifically Research
  Based)
• Instruction by Highly Qualified Teachers
• High Quality On-going Professional Development
• Strategies to Attract High-Quality, Highly
  Qualified Teachers

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10 Schoolwide Components

• Parental Involvement Strategies
• Transition Activities for Preschool Children
• Inclusion of Teachers in Academic Assessment
  Decisions
• Assisting Students Experiencing Difficulty
  Mastering the Proficient or Advanced Levels of
  Achievement Standards
• Coordination and Integration of Federal, State,
  and Local Services Programs

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Title I, Part AImpact of New Requirements

• LEA
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Principals
• Parents
• Planning Process
• Accountability

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Section 1119 QualificationsSection 2141
Accountability

• LEA must annually and publicly report progress in
  meeting the teacher qualification objectives
• Percentage of highly qualified teachers at
  the LEA
• Percentage of teachers who are receiving
  high-quality professional development

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Accountability Adequate Yearly Progress

• Federal Evaluation System created in the
  No Child Left Behind law
• Districts/campuses must reach or exceed state
  performance targets
• School Improvement Sanctions can be imposed if
  targets are not met
• Performance targets will rise until they reach
  100 in the 2013-2014 school year