Revising Your Single Plan for Student Achievement

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Revising Your Single Plan for Student Achievement

• Program Monitoring Department
• January 31,2007
• February 1, 2007
• Ballard Parent Center
• San Diego Unified School District
• Office of the Associate Superintendent
• Special Projects Division

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Outcomes

• Participants will
• Increase their understanding of the purpose of
  the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA).
• Be informed about current resources to assist in
  developing the SPSA.
• Understand the steps and expectations involved in
  developing and revising the SPSA.
• Learn and practice writing SMART goals.
• Review the 2007-08 SPSA template.

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What is the SPSA?

• The SPSA identifies and addresses the
  instructional needs of students, and specifies
  how categorical funds will be used to accomplish
  the goals outlined in the plan.
• The SPSA meets requirements as set forth by
  federal and state education codes.

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The Purpose of the SPSA

• The purpose of the Single Plan for Student
  Achievement is to create a cycle of continuous
  improvement of student performance, and to ensure
  that all students succeed in reaching academic
  standards set by the State
  Board of Education.
• Guide to the Single Plan for Student Achievement
• California Department of Education
• November 2006

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The Big Picture

• The SPSA is a living document that
• Reflects your schools goals and objectives to
  improve student achievement.
• Is a comprehensive plan that may include more
  than categorical budgets.
• Is a public document that will be posted on the
  SDUSD web site and is to be made available upon
  request.

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Planning Process
Analyze Data Analyze Current Practice Reaffirm
or Revise Your Goals Plan Your
Strategies Identify Budgets to Fund Strategies
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Measure Effectiveness of Current Improvement
Strategies

• Analyze student performance data
• California Standards Test (CST)
• Grades 2-11
• California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
• Academic Performance Index (API)
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
• District Benchmark Assessments
• Analyze additional student/school data
• Graduation Rate
• Participation Rate

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Measure Effectiveness of Current Improvement
Strategies (cont.)

• Evaluate previous plans
• Were goals met in previous years?
• Are students making progress toward performance
  standards? How do you know?
• Are all student groups achieving plan objectives?
  How do you know?

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Measure Effectiveness of Current Improvement
Strategies (cont.)

• Things to consider before revising
• Evaluate strategies in previous plans.
• Review current activities.
• Determine which activities/strategies raised
  student achievement.
• Eliminate activities/strategies that do not.
• Communicate with all parties involved.
• Only then should new activities be suggested.

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Measure Effectiveness of Current Improvement
Strategies (cont.)

• Which resource allocations effectively supported
  areas of greatest need based on student
  achievement data?
• Were there significant budget adjustments made to
  plans? If so why?
• Which changes in staff positions or hours of
  personnel needed to be made (if any)?

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Seek Input from School Committees
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Reaffirm or Revise School Goals

• Writing SMART Goals
• S Strategic and Specific
• M Measurable
• A Attainable
• R Results-based
• T Time-bound

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AMOsElementary and M.S.
2002-14
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AMOsHigh School

• 2002-14

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Reaffirm or Revise School Goals (cont.)

• Examples
• The percentage of all 2nd-6th grade EL students
  achieving proficiency or higher on the English
  Language Arts (ELA) portion of the CST will
  increase from 25 to 35.2 during Spring 2008
  testing.
• The percentage of all socioeconomically
  disadvantaged students reaching proficiency or
  higher on the math section of the Spring 2008
  CAHSEE will increase from 22 to 35.2.

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Reaffirm or Revise School Goals (cont.)

• Why arent these SMART Goals?
• We will increase student proficiency rates on the
  CST by 15.
• The number of Far Below Basic students will
  decrease by 5 in English Language Arts.
• Students will increase attendance rates.

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Practice Writing SMART Goals

• Refer to 2005-06
• Accountability Progress Report (APR)
• handout.
• Write a SMART Goal.

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Writing SMART Goals

• Look at your goals for your current plan
• Are you currently meeting the AMOs for AYP?
• Can you name the who in your goals?
• Can you identify which academic area(s) need(s)
  improvement?
• Is each goal easily measurable?
• Is each goal results-based and time-bound?
• If not, how can you change them to make them more
  effective for 2007-08?

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Writing SMART Goals

• Key Question
• Based on the most current data, what do we think
  are the most important goals for our students to
  achieve and, by rallying our human and monetary
  resources, how can we help them do it?

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Plan Your Strategies

• Key Questions
• What systems or processes do we need to have in
  place to support our identified students? To
  help students be successful?
• How do we provide structures or interventions so
  failure is not an option?

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Revise Improvement Strategies and Expenditures

• Planned Improvements in Student Performance
• Actions to be taken to reach stated goals.
• Start/Completion dates.
• Proposed expenditures.
• Estimated costs of each item.
• Funding Source(s).
• See Administrative Circular No. 60.

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Approve the SPSA

• After
• Measuring the effectiveness of improvement
  strategies,
• Seeking input from school advisory groups,
• Reaffirming/revising goals,
• Revising/planning strategies, and
• Allocating categorical budgets . . .
• The School Site Council (SSC) must approve the
  SPSA and recommend it to the Board of Education.

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Monitoring Implementation of the Plan

• The SSC must
• Verify activities and expenditures.
• Regularly review benchmark assessments.
• Discuss and approve any budget changes or
  adjustments.
• Share information with school advisory committees.

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Guidelines for Categorical Expenditures

• The intent of Categorical Program Funds is to
• Provide direct instructional support to students
  to improve academic achievement.
• Supplement the districts core programs.
• Support professional development.
• Foster parent partnerships.

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Categorical FundsRequires SSC Approval

• Description Resource Code
• Title I Basic 30100/30108
• Title I Parent Involvement 30103
• School-Based Coord. Program 72500/72501
• EIA/LEP 70910/70915
• EIA/CELDT Testing 70911
• School Library Imp. Grant 73950/73952
• II/USP 72551/72552/72553
• HPSGP 72580/72581
• SAIT 30350/30352
• Requires DELAC presentation

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Restricted Resources

• These funding sources are included in the 2007-08
  workbook and may be included in the SPSA, but do
  not require SSC approval.
• Targeted Instructional
• Improvement Program (TIIG) 73940/73945
• GATE 71401

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Restricted Resources Whats New . . .

• Average Salary Charged for Positions Purchased .
  . .
• 30100/30108 Title 1 Basic Program
• 70910/70915 EIA Limited English Proficiency
• 72500/72501 School Based Coordination Program
• 73940/73945 Targeted Instr Impv Pgm (TIIG)
• 73950/73952 School Library Imp Block Grant
  (formerly SIP)

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Restricted Resources Whats New . . .

• Average salary will be charged for all positions
  purchased from Restricted Resources in the
  2007-08 School Site Budget Workbook.

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Restricted Resources Whats New . . .

• Additional EIA funding . . .
• Allocation of 215 per EL student continues
• PLUS
• An additional 215 per re-designated EL student
  for first and second year of re-designation

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Due DateMarch 2, 2007

• Recommendations and Assurances must have
• Original signatures of the
• Principal
• SSC Chairperson
• Area/Assistant Superintendent
• Submit ORIGINAL document to
• Program Monitoring Department
• IMC, Building D

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Due DateMarch 2, 2007

• Single Plan for Student Achievement
• Send ELECTRONICALLY to
• planning_at_sandi.net.
• Please include school name!

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Special Projects Division

• Debbie Beldock Executive Director
• Program Monitoring Department
• Terri Reed Program Manager
• 858/496-4048 (Phone)
• 858/571-3180 (Fax)

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Contact Information

• Resource Teachers
• John Anella 858/496-4055
• (High Schools Green, Meyer)
  janella_at_sandi.net
• Irene Hightower 858/496-4057
• (K-8 Barry, Cansdale, Smith)
  ihightower_at_sandi.net
• Kerry Shea 858/496-4056
• (K-8 Aleman, Barry, Matthews) kshea_at_sandi.net

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Additional Resources

• Administrative Circulars
• No. 20 Expenditure of Major Categorical Funds
• No. 60 Revision of Site Plans for 2007-08
• http//www.sandi.net/staff/circulars/0607/index.ht
  ml
• Guide to the Single Plan for Student Achievement
  A Handbook for School Site Councils, available in
  English and Spanish at
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/le/documents/spsagui
  de.doc

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Additional Resources

• The Handbook for SMART School Teams
• and
• The Power of SMART Goals Using Goals to Improve
  Student Achievement
• Anne Conzemium and Jan ONeil
• www.nesonline.com
• What Works in Schools Translating Research into
  ActionRobert J. Marzano
• www.ascd.org