New Directors Meeting

1. New Directors Meeting September 11, 2012 Office of Federal Programs West Virginia Department of Education

2. AGENDA 7:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions 8:45 a.m. High Quality Standards Federal Programs’ Purposes Resources 10:15 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. Major Program Components 11:30 a.m. Lunch 12:30 p.m. Major Program Components – continued 2:00 p.m. Break 2:15 p.m. Private Schools Monitoring

4. ESEA Flexibility Request • Three Principles • College-and Career-Ready Expectations for all Students • State-Developed Differentiated Recognition, Accountability and Support • Supporting Effective Instruction and Leadership

5. WV Standards for High Quality Schools • Positive Climate and Cohesive Culture • School Leadership • Standards-focused Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments • Student Support Services and Family Community Connections • Educator Growth and Development • Efficient and Effective Management • Continuous Improvement

6. Intent of Federal Programs

7. Purpose of Title I • Provide supplemental educational services, staffing and materials • Ensure children have fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain high quality education. • Ensure children reach, at minimum, proficiency on challenging state standards & assessments (reading, mathematics, and readiness).

8. Purpose of Title II • Increasing (core) academic achievement by • improving teacher and principal effectiveness • Increasing the number of HQ teachers and principals • Recruit • Retain • Retrain • Providing teachers and principals with high quality professional development

9. Purpose of RLIS (Title VI) • Providing financial assistance to rural districts to assist them in meeting their state's definition of adequate yearly progress (AYP). • Funding must first be targeted at schools identified for improvement. • Must show evidence that funds were used to target the issues causing them to be identified

10. Purpose of RLIS (Title VI) • May be used for the purpose of: • Title I • Title II Part A • Title II Part D • Title III • Title IV Part A (Safe & Drug Free Schools) • Title IV Part B (21st Century Community Learning Centers) • Part A Title V (State Grants of Innovative Programs)

11. Purpose of Title III • Ensure LEP students attain English Proficiency, achieve at high academic levels in English. • Help LEP students meet the same challenging State Academic Content and student academic achievement standards as all other students.

12. Supplemental Opportunities ESEA provides federal dollars to help supplement educational opportunities for children who live in high poverty areas who are most at risk of failing to meet state’s challenging achievement standards.

13. How Do We Know What to Do? • Level of Authority • Statute (ESEA - NCLB) • Regulations including EDGAR (CFR) • Non-regulatory guidance • Policy letters • USED web: www.ed.gov • Federal Register http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/

14. Title I Resources • WVDE Title I Website http://wvde.state.wv.us/titlei • Non-Regulatory Guidance http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/designingswpguid.doc http://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/parentinvguid.pdf • The New Title I: The Changing Landscape of Accountability (Cowan and Edwards)

15. Title II and RLIS Resources Title II and RLIS Website • https://sites.google.com/a/wvde.k12.wv.us/title-ii/

16. Title II and RLIS Resources Non Regulatory Guidance - Title II • http://www2.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/guidance.doc Non Regulatory Guidance – RLIS • http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/reap03guidance.doc

17. Title III Resources • U.S. Department of Education Title III • Part A http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg40.html • Subpart I http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg41.html • OELA http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html • WV Connections http://wvconnections.k12.wv.us/ • State Policy 2417 http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2417.doc • TransActwww.transact.com

18. Resource Scavenger Hunt • Directions and materials can be found behind Tab 5

19. Timelines for federal programs • Title I • Title II, RLIS • Title III

20. Timeline of NCLB Funds 30,

21. Important Dates July 1 – Initial period of availability September 15 – Core plans due September 30 – End of initial period of availability for current funds and final obligation date for last year’s funds October 31 – Liquidation date for last year’s funds.

22. Major Program Components

23. Title I Program Components • Highly Qualified and Effective Staff • Professional Development • Parent Involvement • Extended Day/Year • Transition activities

24. Title I Program Models • Targeted Assistance • Eligible Students • Targeted Resources • Schoolwide • Needs Assessment • Schoolwide Plan

25. Targeted Assistance The term “targeted assistance” signifies that the services are provided to a select group of children - those identified as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the state’s academic achievement standards.

26. Schoolwide Model A Title I school is eligible to become a schoolwide program when the student poverty level is at or above 40 percent.

27. Title II Program Components • Highly Qualified Teachers and Professionals • Professional Development • Parental Involvement

28. RLIS Components • Title I • Title II Part A • Title II Part D • Title III • Title IV Part A (Safe & Drug Free Schools) • Title IV Part B (21st Century Community Learning Centers) • Part A Title V (State Grants of Innovative Programs)

29. Title III Program Components • Fidelity in Implementing Programs for LEP Students • U.S. Department of Justice WV Inquiry • May 6, 2011 Joint Letter from U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education • Commitment to Serve ALL students • Building Responsive Programs

30. Title III Program Components • LEP students’ Enrollment Process/Identification • Parents’ Notification Letter

31. Title III Program Components • Guidelines for ESL instruction by Level

32. Title III Program Components • West Virginia Test for English Language Learners (WESTELL) • WESTEST 2

33. Highly Qualified Staff

34. Title I • All staff hired or transferred into Title I schools after the fall of 2002 must be highly qualified. • Title I reading teachers require an elementary certification as well as a masters degree in reading.

35. Reaching 100% HQTs Requires an effective HQT plan Requires tracking progress toward HQT status Requires timely cleanup of HQT reports Requires that the county and schools harvest positive culture and work environments

36. Implementing an Effective HQT Plan Must have a written HQ plan Recruiting Retention Retraining Communicate the plan Implement the plan

37. Title III High Qualified Staff • ESL certification (monitoring document 2.8) • All teachers serving ESL students as highly qualified.

38. Professional Development

39. Title I • One of the five program components at the school and LEA level • Required annual training for staff on working with parents • Planning should coordinate with other programs to provide professional development (ESEA §1112(b)(1)(D))

40. Professional Development Title II requires that LEAs provide high quality professional development to core subject area teachers The issue is not tracking all professional development The challenge is being specific to NCLB definitions

41. High Quality Professional Development - NCLB Must be: Based on scientific research Based on the needs of the school district Sustained and ongoing training(s) Review collaboration is provided

42. Core Subject Areas - NCLB English and reading or language arts mathematics science foreign languages civics and government, economics, history, geography arts (including music, dance, theatre, art, etc.) special education (because they teach core subject area information to students)

43. Title IIIProfessional Development • Professional Development (monitoring document 3.2): high quality, sustained, ongoing • School administrator/Principals • Content (classroom) Teachers (Toolkit Secondary page 9) • E-Learning Course • Facilitating Instruction for English Language Learners • Registration for the session opens September 1 and closes October 1, 2011. The course session runs from October 5-November 22, 2011

44. Parent Involvement

45. Title I Parent Involvement One of the five program components at the school and LEA level District Parent Involvement Policy is: A written document. Jointly developed and agreed upon with parents. Distributed to all parents of participating students. **If the district already has a parent policy, it can be amended to meet Title I requirements.

46. Title I Parent Involvement School-Parent Involvement Policy (Plan) is: • Written policy (plan). • Agreed upon by parents. • Describes the means for carrying out parent involvement activities at the building level. • Distributed to parents, and the local community, in a format and language, to the extent practicable, that parents can understand. **If the school has a parental involvement policy that applies to all parents, it may be amended to meet the requirements of Title I.

47. Title II Parent Involvement Parental Involvement is not limited to Title I schools alone All LEAs must strive to ensure parents are involved in their child’s education LEAs must solicit information from parents about their child’s educational experience

48. Title II Parent Involvement LEAs must provide high quality professional development to principals, teachers and service personnel on improving parental involvement

49. Title III Parent Involvement • Parent Involvement (monitoring document 4.1 and 4.4): • Resource - If Your Child Speaks Two Languages http://wvconnections.k12.wv.us/terminology.html • Parent outreach programs • News letters

50. Title I Parent Involvement http://www.csos.jhu.edu/P2000/nnps_model/school/sixtypes.htm