Title I Faculty Presentation

1. Title I Faculty Presentation Department of Federal and State Programs 434-8017 or PX 48017

2. No Child Left Behind Act • NCLB is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act originally passed under President Johnson’s Administration • Title I is part of the NCLB Act • All requirements regarding Title I are specified in theNCLB Act of 2001

3. Title I • 130 Title I schools in Palm Beach County for FY11 • 101 Public Schools • 23 Charter Schools • 6 Alternative Schools • Charter and Alternative Schools must follow same requirements as other public schools

4. Purpose of Title I • To ensure ALL children have a fair, equitable, and significant opportunity for a high quality education

5. Qualifying for FY11 Title I Funding • Each year schools are identified as Title I based on the percentage of students in the school eligible for free and reduced (f/r) price meals on Date Certain. • Date Certain for the FY11 school year was December 18, 2009. • Schools meeting the minimum percentage qualify for Title I funding. The FY11 percentages are: • 49.5% elementary schools • 49.5% middle schools • 44.5% high schools

6. Qualifying for FY11 Title I Funding • The number of eligible students is multiplied by the per pupil allocation. Example • On Date Certain, 312 students were eligible for f/r priced meals at Sunshine Elementary. This group represents 69% of the total student population. Per pupil allocation = $355 (set by District) School allocation = 312 x $355 or $110,760

7. Highly Qualified Staff • ALL core subject area teachers must be highly qualified: • Bachelor’s degree • State certification • For elementary teachers, a rigorous test • For new middle/secondary teachers, a rigorous test or major coursework • ALL non-instructional staffproviding academic support to studentsmust be highly qualified: • Two years of college or • 60 college credits or • Pass a rigorous test • Teachers must be highly qualified upon hiring in the following core content areas: elementary education, reading, math, science, social science, English, and foreign language

8. Professional Development • Must be evidenced-based and on-going • Must be reflected in the School Improvement Plan/Schoolwide Plan (SIP/SWP) • Must address the needs of students in all subgroups with an emphasis on those not making AYP • All out-of-county travel must be documented in the SIP/SWP and related to subgroups not makting AYP

9. Required for Audit Documentation 9

10. Parents’ Right to Know • The professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teacher and paraprofessional. • If their child is taught by a teacher who is not highly qualified for four or more consecutive weeks, the parents must receive timely notice. • FCAT results must be provided to parents regarding the achievement level of their child.

11. Family Involvement • Karen Mapp, parent involvement researcher at Harvard Graduate School of Education, says students in schools with solid family involvement programs: • Are more likely to enroll in higher-level programs and earn more credits • Have better social skills, behavior, and adapt more easily to school • Attend more regularly and are more likely to graduate

12. Family Involvement School-Parent Compact A compact is an agreement between the home and the school, which outlines how families, staff and students will share the responsibility for improving student achievement. • Written with input from parents and staff • Required to document distribution of Compact • Compact reviewed with parents at a parent/teacher conference • Addresses the importance of communication between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis

13. Family Involvement Family Involvement Policy/Plan • Jointly developed with input from parents and staff • Required to document distribution of Family Involvement Policy • Provide parent trainings and meetings at flexible times • Involve parents in an organized, ongoing and timely way in planning, reviewing, and improving Title I programs • Provide parents with an opportunity to submit dissenting views if the SIP/SWP is not acceptable to them • Educate teachers and other staff on the value and contributions of parents; how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents

14. Family Involvement Positive Impact Activities: • Frequent face-to-face, written or phone contact between teachers and parents • School-based parent activities, which help train parents to work with their children at home • Interactive homework assignments that require parents to participate in learning • www.communityschools.org

15. Accountability • Participate in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) • Meet State mandated proficiency levels • Participate in NCLB School Choice if AYP is not made two years in a row

16. Adequate Yearly Progress • AYP reports the performance and participation of subgroups according to: • Race/ethnicity • Socio-economics • Students with Disabilities (SWD) • Limited English Proficient (LEP/ELL) • AYP Targets for FY11 • Reading - 79% of students need to score at level 3 and above • Math - 80% of students need to score at level 3 and above

17. Consequences For Not Making AYP All schools receive AYP designation, but only Title I Schools are identified as School in Need of Improvement (SINI) and receive consequences for not meeting AYP. Only Title I schools receive the consequences for not meeting AYP. The following chart shows the accumulation of consequences for not making AYP (NAYP).