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Webinar March 11, 2011 Presented by: California Department of Education Regional Coordination and Support Office

School Improvement Grant Fiscal Year 2010 Overview. Webinar March 11, 2011 Presented by: California Department of Education Regional Coordination and Support Office. Agenda. General Overview of the School Improvement Grant (SIG) School Intervention Models Changes for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010

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Webinar March 11, 2011 Presented by: California Department of Education Regional Coordination and Support Office

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  1. School Improvement Grant Fiscal Year 2010 Overview WebinarMarch 11, 2011Presented by: California Department of EducationRegional Coordination and Support Office

  2. Agenda General Overview of the School Improvement Grant (SIG) School Intervention Models Changes for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Resources Questions 2

  3. SIG Overview The SIG program is authorized by Section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The United States Department of Education (ED) awards grants to States to enable the States to provide sub-grants to local educational agencies (LEA) for the purpose of providing assistance for school improvement consistent with Section 1116 of ESEA.

  4. SIG Overview (Cont.) The California Department of Education (CDE) is to award approximately $68 million in school improvement sub-grants to LEAs with persistently lowest-achieving schools. • Three-year grant, with second- and third-year appropriations from subsequent year’s budget

  5. SIG Overview (Cont.) A persistently lowest-achieving school is: • Any Title I school in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring; or any secondary school that is eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds that is among the lowest-achieving five percent of schools • Any high school that has had a graduation rate that is less than 60 percent over a number of years

  6. SIG Overview (Cont.) The FY 2010 SIG Application will be made available to the 96 eligible schools not served in the FY 2009 SIG application process. Per ED’s guidance on SIG, FY 2010 SIG funds should be used to make first-year only awards to LEAs to serve approximately thirty schools. Priority for funding will be given based on a determination of schools with greatest need as well as the geographic distribution of Tier I and Tier II schools throughout the state.

  7. School Intervention Models The LEA must identify the Tier I and Tier II schools it wants to transform and then determine which of the four school intervention models is most suited to the needs of the school and the resources available to the LEA.

  8. Turnaround Model Principal and Teachers: Replace the principal* Use locally adopted “turnaround” competencies to screen and select staff (rehire no more than 50 percent)* Implement strategies to recruit, place, and train staff * Must be completed by the first day of the 2011–12 School Year (SY)

  9. Turnaround Model (Cont.) Instructional and Support: • Select and implement a new instructional model • Provide job-embedded professional development (PD) to staff • Ensure continuous use of data to inform and differentiate instruction* * Must be completed by the first day of the 2011–12 SY

  10. Turnaround Model (Cont.) Time Support: Provide increased learning time* Provide social-emotional and community-oriented services Governance: Establish a new governance structure* Grant operating flexibility to the new principal* * Must be completed by the first day of the 2011–12 SY

  11. Turnaround Model: Optional Activities A turnaround model may also implement other strategies such as: Any of the required and permissible activities under the transformation model A new school model (e.g., themed or dual language academy)

  12. Restart Model

  13. Restart: California Law Petition for establishment of a charter school within an LEA must be signed by: At least 50 percent of permanent status teachers currently at the site (conversion) or At least 50 percent of parents of prospective enrollees or 50 percent of prospective teachers (close and reopen) California Education Code (EC) Section47605(a)

  14. Restart: Assessing Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) and Education Management Organizations (EMOs) • Academic Achievement: • Performance relative to local and state averages • Effectiveness with target groups similar to the school’s population • Graduation and post-secondary success rate of former students

  15. Restart: Assessing Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) and Education Management Organizations (EMOs) (Cont.) Fiscal and Operations: • Track record of successful leader and teacher recruitment • Stability of enrollment in CMO/EMO schools over time • Fiscal soundness and adherence to state reporting requirements

  16. Restart: Assessing Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) and Education Management Organizations (EMOs) (Cont.) • Potential: • Sustainable growth plan • Evidence of successful transferability

  17. Restart Model: Required Components Fulfill all California requirements for converting to a charter school (if applicable).Create a locally-determined rigorous review process for the purposes of selecting a CMO or EMO. Create a plan to transfer students who either cannot attend the new school because their grade is no longer served by the Restart school or whose parents choose not to have their child attend the Restart school. Create an accountability contract with the CMO or EMO which includes clearly defined goals for student achievement.

  18. Closure Model School closure occurs when an LEA closes a school and enrolls the students who attended in other schools in the LEA that are higher achieving. The 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 is not yet available.

  19. Closure Model: Required Components Notify parents and community of closure, and provide information on school choice options available. Create a plan to transfer students. Create a plan for transfer of existing teachers and other staff. Create a support plan for schools receiving transferred students.

  20. Transformation Model Principal and Teachers: Replace the principal* Implement a new evaluation system Identify and reward or remove staff Implement strategies to recruit, place, and train staff Instructional and Support: Select and implement a new instructional model Provide job-embedded PD to staff Ensure continuous use of data to inform and differentiate instruction* * Must be completed by the first day of the 2011–12 SY

  21. Transformation Model (Cont.) Time Support: Provide increased learning time* Partner to provide social-emotional and community-oriented services Provide ongoing mechanisms for community and family engagement Governance: Provide sufficient operating flexibility* Ensure ongoing technical assistance * Must be completed by the first day of the 2011–12 SY

  22. Transformation Model: Optional Activities Developing and increasing teacher and school leader (and other staff) effectiveness Comprehensive instructional reform strategies Increasing learning time and creating community-oriented schools Providing operational flexibility and sustained support

  23. Changes for FY 2010 Revised “Rule of Nine” An LEA with nine or more Tier I and Tier II schools, including both schools that are being served with FY 2009 SIG funds and schools that are eligible to receive FY 2010 SIG funds, may not implement the transformation model in more than 50 percent of those schools.

  24. Changes for FY 2010 (Cont.) Pre-implementation This is a new section which is optional and enables an LEA to prepare for full implementation of a school intervention model at the start of the 2011–12 school year. To help in its preparation, an LEA may use SIG funds in its SIG schools after the LEA has been awarded a SIG grant for those schools based on having a fully approvable application, consistent with the SIG final requirements. Any funds provided to LEAs for pre-implementation would be counted as part of their first year SIG award.

  25. Changes for FY 2010 (Cont.) Pre-implementation activities include, but are not limited to: Holding community meetings Conducting the required rigorous review process to select a CMO, EMO, and/or external provider Recruiting and hiring new staff or evaluating the strengths and areas of need of current staff Providing remediation and enrichment to students Identifying and purchasing instructional materials Compensating staff for instructional planning Training staff on the implementation of new or revised instructional programs

  26. Changes for FY 2010 (Cont.) Pre-implementation activities that may not be funded with SIG: SIG funds may not be used to continue paying unassigned teachers who have been removed from the classroom and are not participating in activities to prepare their school for full implementation of a school intervention model. An LEA may not use SIG funds to buy out the remainder of the current principal’s contract.

  27. Changes for FY 2010 (Cont.) Allowable Uses of SIG Funding: May be used for staff salaries, materials, services, training, equipment, supplies, evaluation, facilities, or other purposes, except as specifically limited by all applicable legal requirements including all regulations or statutes or by the SEA. Must supplement, not supplant, existing services and may not be used to supplant federal, state, local, or nonfederal funds.

  28. Changes for FY 2010 (Cont.) • May not be used for new construction, most transportation, class size reduction, or purchases not directly related to any components in the models. • Refer to ED’s FY 2010 SIG guidance at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/sif/sigguidance11012010.pdf (Outside Source) for further information on allowable use of SIG funds.

  29. Changes for FY 2010 (Cont.) The scoring system has been simplified and a priority ranking system has been established Only required narrative elements will be scored Collaborative Signatures form has been removed Revisions to the LEA Request for Applications (RFA):

  30. Changes for FY 2010 (Cont.) • Implementation Charts that contain all required components have been created for each model and component acronyms, projected costs, and resources columns have been removed. • Budget directions have been revised to help LEAs more clearly organize their school and LEA budget narratives

  31. SIG Resources The CDE’s SIG Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/sig09.asp ED’s SIG Web page at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/sif/applicant.html (Outside Source) The Center on Innovation and Improvement at http://centerii.org/ (Outside Source)

  32. CDE Contact You may contact the Regional Coordination and Support Office by phone at 916-319-0833 or by e-mail at RCSO@cde.ca.gov.

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