TITLE I 101

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TITLE I 101

• NDE TITLE I STAFF
• SEPTEMBER 22, 2004

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ELIGIBLE BUILDINGS

• Eligible school attendance area
• Ranking and serving by poverty level
• Buildings above 75 poverty must be served
• Buildings above 35 may be designated as an
  eligible school
• LEAs must inform buildings with 40 or higher
  poverty of option to become schoolwide

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• State and Federal Grant Management Guidance
• Allocation among buildings
• Parent Involvement
• Supplement, Not Supplant

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HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF

• Title I projects can hire only highly qualified
  teachers
• 5 Reservation required unless attestation by
  building principal that ALL Schoolwide and Title
  I funded teachers in a Targeted project are
  highly qualified
• Summer school staff must be highly qualified
• Parents Right to Know

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TITLE I PARAPROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Instructional paras in Title I schoolwide
  projects and those funded by Title I in Targeted
  Assistance Projects must meet NCLB requirements
• Existing paras have until January 2006 to meet
  requirements
• 48 semester hours at an accredited college or
• An Associate degree or
• Pass an approved assessment

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APPROVED PARAPROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENTS FOR NEBRASKA

• Workkeys by ACT (Writing 4 Reading 4 Math 3
  Instructional Skills Inventory 150)
• ParaEducator by Master Teacher (70 on
  comprehensive exam)
• Parapro by ETS (Passing score 456)
• Project PARA (Comprehensive score 116)

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Sufficient resources are devoted to carryout
  high-quality professional development activities
• Principals, teachers, other staff
• Definition of high-quality professional
  development
• Proven and effective
• Set aside - equitable

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PARENT INVOLVEMENT

• Development of parent involvement policy includes
  parent input, annual evaluation
• Parent-School Compacts have been jointly
  developed with parents
• Parent Notification
• Minimum of an annual parent meeting
• Parent Involvement Conference
• October 17 18, 2004 _at_ Kearney Holiday Inn

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COORDINATION OF SERVICES

• Title I services are coordinated and integrated
  with regular classroom, other agencies providing
  services, and other federal, state and local
  programs
• May include
• Planning strategies, providing technical
  assistance, mentoring, organizing conducting
  activities, providing professional development
• Title I funds cannot be used for Special
  Education services

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STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT,AND ACCOUNTABILITY

• Students receiving Title I services are
• held to the same standards and expectations as
  all other students
• Assessed with the regular population without
  accommodations
• School profiles with disaggregated assessment
  results are provided to the public
• Parents receive individual progress reports of
  students performance on standards

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HOMELESS CHILDREN

• Free, appropriate public education
• Enrolled in their school of origin or in the
  school where they are are temporarily residing,
  whichever is in their best interest
• Lack of records does not delay enrollment of a
  homeless child or youth
• Include homeless students in STARS
• A dispute resolution process is in place
• Homeless liaison in every district

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McKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS EDUCATION ASSISTANCE

• Districts receiving McKinney-Vento grants must
  match from Title I funding
• Must complete annual report
• Procedures/guidelines for identifying and
  enrolling homeless children and youth
• Financial records maintained to show expenditures
  are for authorized activities

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McKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS EDUCATION ASSISTANCE cont.

• Materials and equipment are properly identified
  and inventoried
• Activities are designed to meet the greatest need
• Coordination of activities with area shelters and
  other homeless service providers
• The number of homeless children and youth
  receiving services is documented

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McKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS EDUCATION ASSISTANCE cont.

• National Center for Homeless Education
  Informational Posters http//www.serve.org/nche/on
  line_order.phphard_copy

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TARGETED ASSISTANCEIDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION

• Needs Assessment includes ALL students
• Automatically eligible participants
• Neglected/delinquent, homeless, former Head Start
  students
• Parents are notified of childs eligibility to
  participate in Title I services
• Documentation exists to support absence of
  services

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TARGETED ASSISTANCEIDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION
cont.

• Procedures in place to enter and exit program
  throughout the school year
• Serve only students from eligible attendance areas

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TITLE I FUNDED PERSONNEL

• Time and effort log if being paid by more than
  one source
• Supervisory duties only if similar district
  personnel are also assigned duties
• If Title I teacher subs in regular classroom,
  district funds are used to pay salary for that day

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SERVICES

• Purchases made with Title I funds are identified,
  inventoried, and disposed of properly
• Resources funded by Title I are used only for
  children participating in the program
• Title I funds are used to supplement, not
  supplant
• Effective instructional strategies are
  incorporated

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SCHOOLWIDE PROJECTS

• 40 Poverty
• Year of planning
• Needs assessment of entire school
• Instruction by Highly Qualified Teachers
• Effective strategies incorporating scientific
  based research is implemented
• High quality and continuous professional
  development

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SCHOOLWIDE PROJECTS cont.

• Attempts to attract and keep highly qualified
  teachers
• Meaningful involvement of parents and community
  in planning and implementation
• Strategies/activities to assist in transition
  from early childhood programs
• Teachers included in decisions regarding
  assessments

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SCHOOLWIDE PROJECTS cont.

• Additional assistance for students experiencing
  difficulty mastering standards
• Coordination of Federal, State, Local services
  and programs used to support schoolwide plan
• Review schoolwide plan annually

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SCHOOLWIDE PLANS

• Description of how 10 components of plan will be
  implemented
• How coordination of resources/programs will be
  implemented
• Description of how individual academic assessment
  results will be shared with parents

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TITLE I AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Students must live in eligible attendance areas
  to generate funds
• Consultation with nonpublic school officials to
  determine program/services to be implemented
• Identification and selection of students based on
  criteria appropriate to nonpublic school
• Parents of nonpublic school students are included
  in Title I parental involvement activities

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TITLE I AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS cont.

• Staff serving nonpublic schools are employees of
  public school
• Control of funds, material, and equipment
  purchased with Title I funds remain with public
  school
• Provide equitable professional development

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LOCAL NEGLECTED OR DELINQUENT PROGRAMS

• Annual Title I Caseload Count includes all
  children between the ages of 5-17 who were in
  residence for 30 days
• N or D agency maintains records for six years
• Program designed in consultation with staff from
  the N or D agency
• School district monitors all aspects of Title I
  Neglected or Delinquent Program
• Transitional activities are in place
• Rule 18 Approved

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TITLE I SCHOOL IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING
IMPROVEMENT-YEAR 1

• Public School Choice and Transportation
• Two year plan
• Funds equal to 10 of Title I grant being spent
  in building for professional development
• Plan specifies how funds will be used to remove
  school from School Improvement status
• Specific annual, measurable objectives are
  established

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TITLE I SCHOOL IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING
IMPROVEMENT-YEAR 1 cont.

• Plan describes how notice about SI identification
  will be shared with parents
• Plan identifies specific responsibilities of
  school, district, and NDEincluding technical
  assistance
• Strategies to promote effective parental
  involvement
• Incorporate appropriate activities beyond the
  regular school day / year
• Teacher mentoring is incorporated
• Plan is implemented upon approval

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TITLE I SCHOOL IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING
IMPROVEMENT-YEAR 2

• All Year 1 Requirements Plus the Following
• Supplemental Educational Services
• Providers pre-approved by NDE Committee of
  Practitioners
• Funds for Transportation and SES shall be an
  amount equal to 20 of Title I allocation, if
  needed
• 5 for Transportation
• 5 for SES
• Remaining 10 for Transportation and/or SES

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TITLE I SCHOOL IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING
IMPROVEMENTYEAR 3CORRECTIVE ACTION

• All previous requirements plus the following
• At least one corrective action
• District shall publish and disseminate
  information, regarding any corrective action
• Nebraska will work with the district and consider
  all existing improvement efforts

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TITLE I SCHOOL IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING
IMPROVEMENTYEAR 4--RESTRUCTURING

• Prepare plan and make necessary arrangements to
  carry out Alternative Governance
• Parents and teachers are given adequate
  opportunity to comment and participate in any
  restructuring plan
• Nebraska will work with the district and consider
  all existing improvement efforts

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DISTRICT IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING IMPROVEMENT

• Within 3 months of identification develop/revise
  district plans in consultation with parents,
  school staff, and others
• Plan shall incorporate scientifically based
  research strategies
• Plan shall identify actions to improve
  achievement of participants
• Plan shall address professional development and a
  commitment to spend not less than 10 of funds
  received by district

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DISTRICT IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING IMPROVEMENT cont.

• Plan shall include specific achievement goals and
  targets
• Plan shall address fundamental teaching and
  learning needs in schools of the district
• Plan incorporates, as appropriate, activities
  outside the regular school day / year
• Plan specifies technical assistance to be
  provided by district and NDE
• Plan includes strategies to promote effective
  parental involvement in the school

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DISTRICT IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING IMPROVEMENT cont.

• District shall implement plan expeditiously

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COMPARABILITY

• Districts with multiple attendance centers at
  same grade span
• Check if district is maintaining support by
  reviewing teacher/staff ratios
• Submitted to NDE every other year

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TITLE I AND ELL

• ELL students can receive Title I services
• Cannot be their only instructionmust be
  supplemental
• Assessments
• Initial placement
• English Language Development
• Academic Assessment (STARS)

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TITLE I PRESCHOOLS

• Eligible children from eligible attendance areas
• Not legal age to attend kindergarten
• Can co-fund with other programs
• Must use Head Start education standards
• Follow Nebraskas Rule 11
• Can designate district as one preschool
  attendance area
• Needs
• Submit plan with required components

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PROGRAM REPORTS

• Annual application now part of GMS
• Carryover Funds
• Schoolwide plans due April 1
• Caseload counts (NDE 04-017) Nov. 15
• Count of neglected or delinquent children (wards)
  in residential agencies in the district
• Comparability December 1 (bi-annually)
• Compliance Program Review due at time of visit
  by NDE staff every three years
• Paraprofessional Report

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PROGRAM REPORTS cont.

• Annual Participation Report
• Annual Report to Parents/Community
• Disaggregated by gender, ethnicity, etc.
• Title I participant progress reports to parents
• Financial Reports
• Report of Expenditures due January 31 and May 31
• Final report will be sent preprinted end of
  September due October 31

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Summary of Reports to Parents

• Schoolwide Program Eligibility
• District and School Accountability Report Cards
• District and School Assessment Results and AYP
  Status
• Schools identified for Program Improvement
• School Choice Option
• Supplemental Education Services

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Summary of Reports to Parents cont.

• Individual Student Assessment Reports
• Right to Request Teacher/Para Qualifications
• Notification if child being taught for 4 or more
  weeks by a substitute teacher
• Progress toward all teachers being Highly
  Qualified
• Complaint Procedure regarding Federal Programs

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TITLE I, PART A ALLOCATIONS

• BASIC
• CONCENTRATION
• TARGETED
• EDUCATIONAL FINANCE INCENTIVE GRANT (EFIG)
• Hold Harmless

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KEY WEBSITES

• NDE Title I
• http//www.nde.state.ne.us/Title1/index.html
• NDE Federal Programs
• http//www.nde.state.ne.us/Title1/FederalPrograms.
  htm
• USDE
• http//www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
• USDE Policy Guidance
• http//www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/edpicks.jhtml?
  srcln