Coordinator’s Academy Local District 6 Program Improvement

1. Coordinator’s Academy Local District 6Program Improvement Thursday October 27, 2005

2. Program Improvement Schools • How does a Title I school become identified as a Program Improvement (PI) school? • Once identified, what must a school do? • How does a school exit the PI status?

3. How does a school become a Program Improvement School? • The school has not made Adequate YearlyProgress (AYP) for two consecutive years. • AYP (meeting the annual measurable objectives) is: • % of students proficient or above in English Language Arts and Math • 95% participation rate • API for all schools • Graduation rate for High School

4. ANNUAL MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES • Elementary and Middle Schools: • 24.4% of the students are proficient or above in English Language Arts • 26.5% of the students are proficient or above in Math • 95% participation rate • Met API

5. ANNUAL MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES • High School: • 22.3% of the students are proficient or above in English Language Arts • 20.9% of the students are proficient or above in math • 95% participation rate • API met • Graduation rate

6. Program Improvement SchoolWhat’s next? • PI Year One Requirements: • Inform parents of PI status • Reason for identification • Explanation of what the school and district are doing to address the problem • Explanation of how parents can become involved • Explain the parents option to transfer their child to another school

7. PI Year 1 Requirements • Revise School Plan to address required PI elements • Cover a 2 year period • Includes consultation with parents, school staff, the district and an outside expert • Peer review process • 10% of the schools Title I budget must be spent on professional development for school staff/administration

8. PI Year 1 Requirements • Offer “choice” to parents to send their children to another school in the district that is not a PI school • The district is responsible for identifying the “choice” school options and arranging for transportation, free of cost, to the parents

9. PI Year 1 Requirements • District Responsibilities • Provide technical assistance during revision of school plan and throughout its implementation • Data analysis • Identification and implementation of instructional strategies • Budget analysis

10. Local District 6 PI 1 Schools • Corona Ave ES • Odyssey High School (Appeal in process) • San Antonio High School • State Street ES

11. NCLB Year of Program Improvement (PI) • Year 2 • Continue district technical assistance • Use 10% of funds for PD • School choice ADD: • Provide supplemental educational services to eligible students and notify parents

12. Local District 6 PI 2 Schools • ELC • Theresa Hughes ES • Lillian Street ES (Safe harbor) • Loma Vista ES • Middleton ES • Miles Es • Stanford ES

13. PI 3 School • Continue services from PI 2 school ADD one of the following: • Implement new curriculum • Extend school year or day • Appoint outside expert • Decrease management authority at school • Replace school staff • Restructure school

14. Local District 6 PI 3 Schools • South Gate MS • Nimitz MS • South Gate HS

15. PI 4 School • Continue PI 3 services ADD: • Develop a plan for alternative school governance • Provide notice to parents and teachers and allow comment

16. Local District 6 PI 4 Schools • Independence ES

17. PI 5 School • Continue PI 4 services Implement one of the following: • Reopen school as a charter • Replace all or most of the staff including principal • Contract with outside entity to manage school • Turn operation of school over to the State • Other restructuring of school governance

18. Local District 6 PI 5 Schools • Bell SH • Gage MS • Holmes Ave. ES • Huntington Park HS • Park Ave. ES

19. How do you exit the PI status? • A PI school that makes its AYP for one year is frozen in place for a year • PI schools making AYP for two consecutive years exits the program improvement status

20. Questions?