Title I Targeted Assistance Wake County Public Schools

1. Title I Targeted AssistanceWake County Public Schools February 13, 2008

2. Agenda • Title I Plan/Needs Assessment • Collaboration vs. Consultation • Literacy/Math Intervention • Parental Involvement • Fulcrum Data System • Professional Learning Communities

3. Needs Assessment School Plan Intervention teachers create eligibility list Classroom teachers complete ranking forms Collaborate with ESL, CCR and classroom teachers to determine service Collaborate Eligible Students, Served Eligible Students, Not Served Assess Plan Quarterly Consultation with classroom teachers and specialists Teach How It All Ties Together Parental Involvement Parental Involvement

4. Title I PlanNeeds Assessments What documents are available to support your needs assessment?

5. Multiple Measures of Data

6. Title I PlanNeeds Assessment • Does the program address the priorities identified in the needs assessment? • Is there evidence that an effective supplemental program of instruction is taking place?

7. Selection of Students Wake County provides a student selection process as outlined in the Title I Procedural Notebook.

8. Eligible Student, Served Eligible Student, Not Served • Collaboration looks like…. • Who • Intervention teachers • Classroom teachers • Specialists who are responsible for student’s learning throughout the day (ESL, special education, others) • Format • Formal or informal meetings, one-on-one meetings, grade level meetings • Timeline • Monthly – first collaboration meeting should be a formal meeting to establish an eligibility list of served students • Documentation • Minutes. Communication must be ongoing, focused and meaningful • Consultation looks like… • Who • Intervention teachers • Classroom teachers • Specialists who are responsible for student’s learning throughout the day (ESL, special education, others) • Format • Formal meetings or informal meetings, • one-on-one meetings, grade level meetings • Timeline • Quarterly – first collaboration meeting should be a formal meeting to establish an eligibility list of not served students • Documentation • Minutes. Communication must be ongoing, focused and meaningful Collaboration vs. Consultation

9. Literacy Intervention • 30 minute lesson format, 5 days a week • 45 minute lesson format for 4th and 5th grades, 3 days a week • Formats created using latest research • Professional development provides strategies to support literacy intervention • Summer Institute

10. Math Intervention • 35 minute lesson format • Twice a week • Format based on latest research • Professional development provides strategies to support math intervention • Summer Institute

11. Parental Involvement • What is parental involvement?

12. Parental Involvement • Parenting • Communicating • Volunteering • Learning at home • Decision making • Collaborating with the community

13. Fulcrum Data System • Directly linked to Wake County Public School System’s mainframe • Tracks Assessment Data • End of Grade scores are automatically dropped into the system • 3 Levels of Access • Teacher • Principal • Central Office Staff

14. Professional Learning Communities “The fundamental purpose of the school is to ensure high levels of learning for all students. This focus on learning translates into three critical questions that drive the daily work of the school.” Richard DuFour

15. Three Crucial Questions • What is it we want all students to learn? • How will we know when each student has achieved the learning? • How will we respond when a student is not learning?

16. Student/Class What do we want the student to learn Evidence of learning Next skill/strategy or revised instructional plan Teacher signatures Javon Classroom Teacher Teague Change beginning, middle and ending sounds to produce new words Recognize many HFW (25 word) Writing samples Profile cards Running Records Writing Vocabulary Observations/anecdotal notes during Guided Reading PAST Create and state a series of rhyming words OR Reteach sound substitution (B, M, or E depending on need supported by data. Recognize many HFW(30 words) Victor Alija Chelsey Title I Teacher Newsome Classroom Teacher Title I Teacher

17. Wrap-Up • What questions do you have?