Title I Program Overview

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Title I Program Overview
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2009-2010Title I Program Overviewfor Targeted
Assistance Schools (TAS)
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Purpose of the Overview

• To inform local districts, schools, and parents
  about the requirements of the Title I Program

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Major Landmarks in Federal Education Reform

• 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  (ESEA) provides first substantial aid for local
  schools, Title I, by far the biggest ESEA
  program, focuses on high-poverty areas.
• 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001
  signed into law. Establishes minimum
  qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals
  and sets goals for all children achieving at
  state-defined proficient level by end of school
  year 2013-2014.

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What is Title I?

• is to ensure that all children have a fair,
  equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a
  high-quality education and reach, at a minimum,
  proficiency on challenging state academic
  achievement standards and state academic
  assessments NCLB 2001
• Title I Part A is a federal program providing
  supplemental resources to Local Education
  Agencies (LEAs) i.e., school districts, assisting
  students in poverty to meet challenging state
  academic standards.
• In order to access these funds, schools in LAUSD
  must have a poverty threshold of at least 40
  based on free and reduced lunch applications
  and/or Calworks.
• Schools that rank into Title I deliver
  supplemental services through a targeted
  assistance (TAS) program or a schoolwide program
  (SWP) model.

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What are Supplemental Funds?

• Over and above the general revenue funds the
  districts and schools receive to support the base
  program.
• Granted to districts and to schools for specific
  program purposes and must be used only to support
  and enhance the districts and schools regular
  program.
• May not be used to replace or supplant the funds
  and programs the district provides the schools.

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What is Categorical Program Monitoring (CPM)?

• The legal accountability process used by the
  California Department of Education (CDE) to
  monitor the Title I program operated by local
  education agencies (LEA). The process validates
  that
• Title I funds are used for authorized purposes.
• NCLB performance goals are achieved.

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ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS

• The District uses results from statewide testing
  and other available indicators to annually
  determine whether schools funded by Title I, Part
  A are making adequate yearly progress (AYP)
  measured through the following four indicators
• Participation Rate
• Percent Proficient Annual Measurable
  Objectives (AMOs)
• Academic Performance Index API
• Graduation Rate (High Schools only)

California Standards Test, California High
School Exit Exam, California Alternate
Performance Assessment
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Release of 2009 AYP Data

• California Department of Education (CDE) will
  release AYP information on or about September 2,
  2009. Middle School AYP reports may be delayed
  until the end of November 2009.
• Access and print Accountability Progress Report
  (APR) at http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ay/

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2009 2010 AYP TargetsElementary/Middle
Schools
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2009 2010 AYP TargetsHigh Schools
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Single Plan for Student AchievementTargeted
Assistance School (TAS)

• Develop a comprehensive school plan to provide
  Title I funded services only to students
  identified as Title Ieligible.
• In a TAS school, a student is eligible for Title
  I services if identified by
• the school staff as failing or most at risk of
  failing to meet the state
• achievement standards based on academic multiple
  measures.
• (REF-4300.1 Guidelines and Procedures for
  Identifying Title I-Eligible Students as
• Targeted Assistance)
• The plan will include
• Scientifically-based instructional methods that
  strengthen the core academic program
• Primary consideration for extending learning time
• Review progress of Title Ieligible students
• Implementation of an accelerated, high-quality
  curriculum in English Language Arts and
  Mathematics for Title Ieligible students
• Annual evaluation and revision of the SPSA plan

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Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

• The SSC is required to collaboratively develop
  and approve the SPSA with written advice from
  appropriate school advisory committees.
  Expenditures described in the SPSA must be
  aligned to data that will address specific needs
  and annually evaluated. (BUL-4148.1 Advisory
  Committees and School Site Councils)

SPSA
Budgets
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Single Plan for Student Achievement

• Compensatory Education Advisory Committee (CEAC)
  must provide written recommendations to the SSC
  on an ongoing basis using analysis of school
  data, surveys, etc. to develop/modify the SPSA,
  including Title I budgets.
• In TAS schools, CEAC parent representatives shall
  be elected only by the parents of eligible
  identified students participating in the Title I
  program (Education Code 54425).
• (BUL-4148.1 Advisory Committees and School Site
  Councils)

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Teacher Qualifications

• Teachers should be highly qualified at the time
  of employment.
• All teachers teaching core academic areas in
  Title I schools must meet the highly qualified
  standard. As of June 30, 2007, teachers in core
  academic areas in all schools must meet that
  standard.
• Out-of-the-classroom teachers funded with the
  Title I resources at TAS schools must meet highly
  qualified NCLB compliance.

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Paraprofessional Qualifications

• As of June 30, 2006, all paraprofessionals must
  be highly qualified.

• All new hires are required to pass the District
  Proficiency Test and must meet the following
  criteria
• HS diploma/GED AND
• Have 60 semester or 90 quarter units from a
  recognized college or university OR
• Have an associate (or higher) degree from a
  recognized college or university OR
• Pass the Instructional Assistance Test
• Duties
• Provides instruction only if under the direct
  supervision of a highly qualified teacher
• Provides support to identified Title I-eligible
  students

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Required Elements of Parent Involvement

• LAUSD adopted a district-wide Title I Parent
  Involvement Policy for
• parents in April 2006. This policy should be
  annually distributed to parents.
• The Districts annual Parent Student Handbook
  also provides parents with
• information on parental involvement and NCLB
  mandates.
• Each Title I, Part A funded school must develop,
  jointly with parents of children
• receiving Title I services, a written school
  parental involvement policy that describes
• how the school will carry out the parental
  involvement requirements in No Child Left
• Behind, Section 1118. The requirements consist
  of four components
• Involvement of parents in the policy
• School-Parent Compact
• Building Capacity for Involvement
• Accessibility for parents

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A copy may be found at Inside LAUSD BUL-2680.0
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School Parent Involvement Policy

• Each Title I, Part A funded school must provide
  parents of participating children
• Timely information about Title I, Part A funded
• programs
• A description and explanation of
• the curriculum in use at the school
• the forms of academic assessment used to measure
• student progress, and
• the proficiency levels students are expected to
  meet

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School Parent Involvement Policy

• Each Title I, Part A funded school must notify
  parents of its written parent involvement policy
  in an understandable and uniform format in a
  language the parents can understand. The policy
  must also be made available to the local
  community.
• Each Title I, Part A funded school must involve
  parents by convening an annual meeting to inform
  parents of the following
• the schools participation in the Title I, Part A
  program
• the requirements of Title I, Part A
• the rights of parents to be involved.
• Parents must be involved in an organized,
  ongoing, and timely way in the planning, review
  and improvement of the schools Title I program.

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Parents Right to Know

• No Child Left Behind mandates that Title I, Part
  A funded schools give
• parents timely notice when their child has
  been assigned, or has been taught
• for four or more consecutive weeks by a
  teacher who is not highly
• qualified. (REF 1408.7 NCLB Qualification
  for Teachers Parent
• Notification Requirements and Right to Know
  Procedures Annual
• Principal Certification Form)
• LAUSD parents may make written requests and
  receive information
• regarding the qualifications of their childs
  teacher (i.e., credential, degree,
• and major).

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No Child Left Behind

• NCLB enacted rigid mandates holding schools,
  districts and states accountable for improving
  student achievement.
• A school is identified as PI if it does not make
  AYP for two consecutive years in the same content
  area or indicator.

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Program Improvement Requirements

• PI schools are required to send written
  notification informing parents of the schools
  status. The notification must include the
  following
• The reasons for PI identification
• What the school is doing and the district and/or
  state is doing to help the school address the
  achievement problem
• How parents can become involved in addressing the
  academic issues that caused the school to be
  identified for PI
• The parents option to transfer their child with
  paid transportation to a Non-PI school (PI Years
  1-5 schools)
• The parents option to obtain supplemental
  educational services (PI Years 2-5 schools).

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Additional Program Improvement (PI) Requirements

• Public School Choice (PSC) is offered annually to
  all students attending a PI school.
• Supplemental Educational Services (SES) is
  offered to eligible students attending a school
  in PI Years 2-5.

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 1

• PI Year 1 schools must
• Submit an updated Single Plan for Student
  Achievement (SPSA) within three months of
  identification
• Set aside 10 percent of the Title I budget for
  professional development
• Offer Public School Choice

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 2

• Continue to implement Program Improvement Year 1
  SPSA Update
• Offer Public School Choice
• Offer Supplemental Educational Services to
  eligible students

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 3CORRECTIVE ACTION

• In addition to offering PSC and SES, the District
  must take
•     at least one of the following corrective
  actions at PI Year 3 schools
• Replace some school staff
• Implement a new curriculum
• Decrease the schools management authority
• Appoint an outside expert
• Extend the school day or year or,
• Restructure the internal organization of the
  school

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 4 PREPARING FOR
RESTRUCTURING

• After a third year in PI, the District must
  continue to offer PSC and SES and prepare a
  restructuring plan to take at least one of the
  following actions
• Reopen the school as a charter school
• Replace all or most of the staff
• Turn management over to a private company or
• Any other major restructuring of the schools
  governance arrangement that makes fundamental
  reforms

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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT YEAR 5RESTRUCTURING

• After a fourth year in PI, the District must
• Implement Restructuring Plan developed in Year 4
• Offer Public School Choice
• Offer Supplemental Educational Services

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE (PSC)

• If school does not make AYP for two consecutive
  years
• The District must provide students who are
  enrolled in PI Years 1 - 5 schools the option to
  transfer to a Non-Program Improvement school.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

• All students, including special education,
  enrolled in PI schools are eligible.
• Priority is given to lowest achieving students
  from low-income families.
• Paid transportation is provided by the District
  for students who choose PSC.
• Students who choose the option to transfer will
  be enrolled in classes and other activities in
  the same manner as all other children at the
  school.
• Parents must be notified in a language that is
  understandable, before the beginning of the
  school year.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

• School options
• The district is responsible for identifying the
  schools of choice options and arranging for
  transportationfree of cost to the parent.
• All schools at risk are identified in the CHOICES
  brochure. Parents can exercise the option to
  transfer their child to a Non-PI school.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICELAUSD Timeline

• November 2009 All students enrolled in an LAUSD
  school will receive the CHOICES brochure by US
  mail. The brochure contains a list of currently
  identified At-Risk for PI and PI schools.
• The deadline to return the CHOICES application is
  December 18, 2009.
• Parents of students enrolled in At-Risk for PI or
  PI schools have the right not only to PSC but all
  other traveling programs.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE LAUSD Application Process

• Parents complete and return CHOICES application
  by December 18, 2009.
• Student Integration Services processes the
  application.
• Student Integration Services sends a Selection
  Letter identifying the Non-PI school selections.
  Achievement data is provided in order to assist
  in the selection decision.
• Parents return Selection Letter identifying
  school of choice.
• Student Integration Services sends Confirmation
  Letter confirming school of choice.
• Transportation Branch sends notification to
  parents prior to the beginning of the school year.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICEImplications for Non-PI
Schools

• NCLB requires that all students enrolled in PI
  schools be given the opportunity to attend a
  non-PI school in the District, with paid
  transportation.
• Students who choose the option to transfer will
  be enrolled in classes and other activities in
  the same manner as all other children at the
  Non-PI school.
• Once a student has transferred to another school
  as a result of this provision, the District must
  permit that student to remain in that school
  until the child has completed the highest grade
  offered by that school. However paid
  transportation ends once the original school is
  no longer identified as program improvement.

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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (SES)

• Beginning with PI year 2 schools, the District is
  required to offer supplemental educational
  services for eligible students. SES providers
  are state-approved and choose to work with LAUSD
  students. Parents select the provider to deliver
  services to their children.
• A Student Learning Plan is developed for each
  student in consultation with the SES provider and
  the parent.

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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
LAUSD Implementation

• Notify parents of eligible students (those
  students at Program Improvement Schools eligible
  for free and reduced-price meals) by May 31st of
  availability of supplemental educational
  services.
• Provide a description of each approved provider,
  their qualifications and effectiveness.
• Provide parents assistance, if requested, and
  establish a fair and equitable system for serving
  students if a given provider does not have space.
• Work with provider and parents to establish
  measurable achievement goals for each student.

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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONALSERVICES
LAUSD Implementation (contd)

• Establish an agreed upon timetable for achieving
  the goals.
• Establish how progress will be measured and
  reported back to both the parents and teacher.
• Establish a termination process if goals are not
  met.
• Establish a payment schedule for providers.

Parents of students eligible for SES will be
strongly encouraged to choose a provider. If
parents decide not to have their child
participate, they can indicate this decision on
the SES Request Form.
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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONALSERVICES Timeline for
2009-2010

• March/April Notify Program Improvement Schools
  of the SES program
• April/May Work with providers who wish to
  service LAUSD who will be state approved by May
  8, 2009
• May Produce the SES Parent Request Brochure
• May 30 US mail Supplemental Educational Services
  brochure to parents of eligible students
• June Provide schools with lists, extra brochures
  and labels
• June Deliver K brochures to multi-track schools
• August Deliver K brochures to single-track
  schools
• Jun/Aug/Oct Establish provider lists and rank
  students (low-income low-achieving) if
  oversubscribed
• Deadlines 500 p.m. June 30/August 31/October
  16, 2009

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Title I Part A Internet Support Sites

• AYP Reports
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ay
• Beyond the Bell Branch
• http//btb.lausd.net
• Certificated Employment
• http//www.teachinla.com
• Federal and State Education Programs
• (formerly Specially Funded Programs)
• http//www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/instruct/
  sfp
• Paraprofessionals
• http//www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/personnel
  /class
• Program Improvement Support
• http//www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/instruct/
  sfp

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LAUSD Contacts

• Human Resources, Certificated Teachers NCLB
  Unit [phone]
• Federal and State Education Programs
  Branch [phone]
• Program Improvement Support, Maureen Carter
• Schoolwide Program Schools, Alice Turner
• Targeted Assistance Schools, Maureen Carter
• Paraprofessionals, Leticia Galvan (213)
  353-4218
• Parent Involvement, Christopher Downing (213)
  481-3350
• Public School Choice, Dr. Debbie Dillard (213)
  241-6990
• Supplemental Education Services, Luis
  Mora [phone]

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