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Alabama State Department of Education Comprehensive Monitoring of the Department of Youth Services School District. SDE COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING.
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Alabama State Department of Education Comprehensive Monitoring of the Department of Youth Services School District
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • SDE OBJECTIVE: To adequately monitor the elementary and secondary school systems in Alabama for compliance with appropriate laws and regulations • SDE Monitoring - 3 year cycle: 1. Desk, 2. Written question and answer, 3. Onsite Comprehensive Review • SDE review team and other consultants visit and complete the comprehensive review report
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • DYS* PROGRAMS MONITORED: • Administration and Finance • Professional Education Personnel Evaluation (PEPE) Program • Federal Programs (School District - Federal Program Plan) • Instruction (Counseling and Guidance, Curriculum and Instruction, State Textbook Law , Student Assessment – Instruction) • Career Technical Education • Prevention and Support Services • Technology • Transportation • Child Nutrition • * Programs included in monitoring
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • FEDERAL PROGRAMS MONITORED • NCLB – General Cost Cutting Provisions • Title I, Part D – Education of Neglected/Delinquent Children • Title II, Part A – Preparing, Training and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals • Title V, Part A – Innovative Programs • Note: Special Education Focused Monitoring – Separate Monitoring
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • Seven of fourteen program measures for Title I, Part D, Education of Neglected/ Delinquent Children apply to the DYS School District. • The seven measures are: • Does the LEA complete and submit annually to the SDE a survey of the October case load of children and youth living in locally operated (not institutions operated by the state) institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth? • Is there evidence that funds are allocated based on need: e.g., concentration of poverty, dropout rates, and other objective indicators or educational needs?
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • Continued: • Does the LEA conduct a program evaluation, using multiple and appropriate measures of student progress, at least once every three years to determine Part D’s impact on the ability of participants to: maintain and improve educational achievement; accrue school credits that meet state requirements for grade promotion and secondary graduation; make the transition to a regular program or the education program operated by the LEA; and, complete secondary school (or secondary equivalency requirements) and obtain employment after leaving the institution. • Does the LEA use multiple and appropriate measures of student progress? • Are program evaluation results submitted to the SDE? • Does the LEA use the results of evaluations to plan and improve subsequent programs for participating children and youth? • Is there evidence to indicate that the program is implemented in accordance with the LEA’s Consolidated Application*? • *Consolidated Application – Federal Programs
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • SDE informs the school district of programs that are in compliance. • Corrective Action Plan (CAP) – district replies to the review team citations • After agreement to CAP district has six months to be in compliance • Non-compliance – CAPII - 90 day cycle to be in compliance • Non –compliance – SDE initiates withholding of funds from the school district. • SDE provides technical assistance throughout this monitoring process.
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • Remember the seven (7) previous questions were taken from the Federal Section of the following programs reviewed in the SDE Comprehensive Program Monitoring Document. • Professional Education Personnel Evaluation (PEPE) Program • Federal Programs • Instruction • Career Technical Education • Technology
SDECOMPREHENSIVE MONITORING • In August 2005 the DYS School District superintendent and federal program coordinator participated in the federal review of the Alabama State Department of Education Federal Programs. • Alabama SDE Comprehensive Monitoring Document can be found at the following website address: • ftp://ftp.alsde.edu/documents/79/ComprehensiveStateMonitoring2005-2006.pdf