SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION ROLLOUT

1. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION ROLLOUT Tennessee Department of Education April 27, 2010 Vanderbilt Marriott Nashville, Tennessee

2. Which Schools Are Eligible to Receive SIG Funds? 2 Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools: Tier I schools Any Title I school in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring that— • Is among the lowest-achieving five percent of Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring in the State or the five lowest-achieving such schools (whichever number of schools is greater); or • Is a high school that has had a graduation rate as defined in 34 C.F.R. § 200.19(b) that is below 60 percent over a number of years. Tier II schools Any secondary school that is eligible for, but does not receive, Title I, Part A funds that— • Is among the lowest-achieving five percent of secondary schools or the five lowest-achieving secondary schools in the State that are eligible for, but do not receive, Title I funds; or • Is a high school that has had a graduation rate as defined in 34 C.F.R. § 200.19(b) that is below 60 percent over a number of years;

3. Which Schools Are Eligible to Receive SIG Funds? (Continued) Tier III Schools • Any Title I school in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring that is not a Tier I school. • Tier III newly eligible schools – Title I high schools that successfully participated in High School Redesign and did not make AYP in the two prior years.

4. Selection Pools for Tiers To identify the persistently lowest-achieving schools in the State, a State must create two pools of schools:(a) Title I schools at any grade level that are in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring; and (b) high schools that are eligible for, but do not receive, Title I, Part A funds and identify the persistently lowest-achieving in each pool. 104 schools in Selection Pool (a): 116 schools in Selection Pool (b): 1,736active Tennessee schools in 2008-09 Of those, 10were identified as persistently lowest-achieving Of those, 5were identified as persistently lowest-achieving 104 116 10 5 Tier 22nd Priority Eligiblefor SIG Funds Tier 11st Priority Eligiblefor SIG Funds 94 111 Tier 33rd Priority Eligiblefor SIG Funds No TierNOT Eligiblefor SIG Funds

5. New Terminology 5 • Achievement School District (ASD) – Tier I, Tier II or Tier III schools that are the persistently lowest achieving • Renewal Schools – Tier III schools in Corrective Action and Restructuring 1 • Focus Schools – Tier III schools in School Improvement I and II

6. Tier I Schools Must Adopt One of Four Intervention Models Restart Turnaround Closure Transformation 6

7. To Receive School Improvement Funds, Tier II Schools Must Adopt one of these Intervention Models. Restart Turnaround Closure Transformation 7

8. RESTART Model Overview 8 Restart model is one in which an LEA converts a school or closes and reopens a school under a charter school operator, a charter management organization (CMO), or an education management organization (EMO) that has been selected through a rigorous review process. • A restart model must enroll, within the grades it serves, any former student who wishes to attend the school. • A rigorous review process could take such things into consideration as an applicant’s team, track record, instructional program, model’s theory of action, sustainability. • As part of this model, a State must review the process the LEA will use/has used to select the partner.

9. SCHOOL CLOSURE Model Overview 9 School closure occurs when an LEA closes a school and enrolls the students who attended that school in other schools in the LEA that are higher achieving. • These other schools should be within reasonable proximity to the closed school and may include, but are not limited to, charter schools or new schools for which achievement data are not yet available. • Office for Civil Rights Technical Assistance Module-- Struggling Schools and School Closure Issues: An Overview of Civil Rights Considerations

10. TURNAROUND Model Overview 10 Teachers and Leaders Instructional and Support Strategies Time and Support Governance • Replace principal • Use locally adopted “turnaround” competencies to review and select staff for school (rehire no more than 50% of existing staff) • Implement strategies to recruit, place and retain staff • Select and implement an instructional model based on student needs • Provide job-embedded PD designed to build capacity and support staff • Ensure continuous use of data to inform and differentiate instruction • Provide increased learning time • Staff and students • Social-emotional and community- oriented services and supports • New governance structure • Grant operating flexibility to school leader

11. TRANSFORMATION Model Overview Teachers and Leaders Instructional and Support Strategies Time and Support Governance • Replace principal • Implement new evaluation system • Developed with staff • Uses student growth as a significant factor • Identify and reward staff who are increasing student outcomes; support and then remove those who are not • Implement strategies to recruit, place and retain staff • Select and implement an instructional model based on student needs • Provide job-embedded professional development designed to build capacity and support staff • Ensure continuous use of data to inform and differentiate instruction • Provide increased learning time • Staff and students • Provide ongoing mechanism for community and family engagement • Partner to provide social-emotional and community-oriented services and supports • Provide sufficient operating flexibility to implement reform • Ensure ongoing technical assistance

12. Renewal Schools – 2010-2011 12 • Schools in Corrective Action or Restructuring I that are not in Tier I • Must adopt a Whole School Reform Model

13. LEA Application Part II, pp. L 10, 11: SIG Schools A. 1. Identify Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III schools to be served. • Identify the model to be used in Tier I and Tier II schools. B. Identify Tier I and III schools eligible for the Achievement School District (ASD).

14. LEA Application C. Identify Tier III schools the LEA will serve. • Identify the state model (Whole School Reform Model) that will be used for Renewal Schools. (Renewal Schools are Title I, Tier III schools in Corrective Action or Restructuring I.) D. If not applying to serve each Tier I school, explain why the district lacks the capacity.

15. FISCAL TOPICS • Grant Awards • Budget Aligned to Resources • Allowable Uses of School Improvement Funds • Reimbursements • ARRA Reporting • External Providers