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Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division

Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division. Charlotte Hughes, Director Donna Brown, Section Chief. Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division. $437,000,000 in federal funds 2 sections Federal Program Monitoring Support Services 23 full-time staff members 18-20 contract staff

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Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division

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  1. Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division Charlotte Hughes, Director Donna Brown, Section Chief

  2. Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division • $437,000,000 in federal funds • 2 sections • Federal Program Monitoring • Support Services • 23 full-time staff members • 18-20 contract staff • 19 programs

  3. Federally-Funded Programs • Title I, Part A • Migrant Education Program • School Improvement Grants • Neglected and Delinquent Programs • 21st Century Community Learning Centers • Rural Low-Income Schools • Small Rural Schools Achievement Program • McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program • Safe and Drug Free Schools

  4. Federal Requirements • Title I LEA/School Improvement • Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program • Comparability Reporting • Ed-Flex Authority • Supplemental Educational Services (SES) • Consolidated Federal Data Collection System (CFDC) • MSIX Initiative • Persistently Dangerous Schools • Profile and Performance Information Collection System (PPICS) • Committee of Practitioners (COP)

  5. State Requirements • Textbook Adoption • Alternative Learning Programs • Discipline Data Collection • Dropout Data Collection • School Safety

  6. Roles and Responsibilities • Approve Applications for Entitlement Funding • Facilitate Competitive Grants • Conduct Monitoring (Programs and Fiscal) • Conduct Program Quality Reviews • Provide Technical Assistance • Process Data Collection and Reporting • Support Agency-wide Initiatives (e.g., State-wide System of Support)

  7. Title I, Part A • 2010-11 • $378,000,000 • 115 local education agencies and 47 charter schools • 1,297 schools served • 1,256 operate schoolwide programs • School Improvement grants 1003(a) • School Improvement Grants (SIG) 1003(g)

  8. Background on SIG Purpose: • Raise student achievement in the Nation’s persistently lowest-achieving schools Awards: $3.5 billion in FY 2009 Award Structure: • Formula grants to States • Competitive subgrants from States to LEAs

  9. Persistently Lowest-Achieving (PLA) Schools Tier ISchools • Lowest 5% Title I Schools in School Improvement based on proficiency scores or • Title I high schools with a graduation rate below 60% Tier IISchools • Lowest 5% Title I eligible, but not served secondary schools based on proficiency scores or • Title I eligible, but not served high schools with a graduation rate below 60%

  10. 2010-11 SIG Schools • 18 LEAs • 24 SIG schools • $63,367,811 allocated • $980,000 to $6,000,000 per school for three years

  11. 2011-12 SIG Schools • Estimated FY10 – $ 37,000,000 • Available through September 2014 with a waiver • 31 LEAs • 45 persistently lowest-achieving schools

  12. School Awards • $50,000 to $2,000,000 per school renewable for up to three years • Funds may only be used for SIG schools • LEA must select 1 of 4 intervention models • LEA must demonstrate capacity to fully implement SIG model(s)

  13. SIG Intervention Models

  14. Capacity Reviews • On-site monitoring visits • Capacity to support implementation plan • Progress toward key indicators • Progress toward measurable goals

  15. Capacity Building • Teacher Leadership program • Cambridge Education • Assessment for Learning • 24 teacher leaders identified • 3-day training in December • 20-25 LEA participants receive sessions within LEAs

  16. SIG Planning • Conduct needs assessment • Communicate with key stakeholders • Collaborate with external partners

  17. LEA Application • Design and implement interventions consistent with the final requirements; • Recruit, screen, and select quality external providers; • Align other resources with the interventions; • Modify practices or policies to implement the interventions fully and effectively; and • Sustain the reforms after the funding period ends.

  18. Evaluation Criteria • Analysis of needs for each Tier I and Tier II school • Action steps to fully implement the selected intervention • Capacity for supporting interventions models • Budget with sufficient funds to implement Tier I and Tier II

  19. Reporting Requirements • Intervention model the school used; • Number of minutes within the school year; • Average scale scores on State assessments; • Number and percentage of students completing advanced coursework early-college high schools, or dual enrollment classes; and • Teacher attendance rate.

  20. NCDPI Resources • Application materials • SIGnificant Points newsletter • http://www.ncpublicschools.org/program-monitoring/

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