Understanding the Reauthorization of ESEA: Implications and Opportunities for Education in North Carolina

1. Changing the Picture of Education in North Carolina Understanding the Reauthorization of ESEA: The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 Implications and Opportunities for our North Carolina Network Presented by Dr. Eric Hall President/CEO, CIS of North Carolina www.cisnc.org

2. ESSA – Focusing on Our CIS Mission Putting the Right People, In the Right Place, At the Right Time, with the Right Interventions = Student Success Photo: David Harriman Photo: David Harriman Photo: David Harriman

3. Preparing for Growth and Impact • We have invested in research, innovation, and interventions to help prepare our network for these opportunities – with a focus on student success and sustainable services • Our ABC+P framework, in conjunction with our tiered intervention resources and push towards using data- informed processes enhances our work in implementing evidence-based Integrated Student Supports.

4. CIS’ Partnership Framework Students prepared for Education Innovation Integrate andAlign Dynamic Learning Environments that promote human development Youth Development post-secondary and adulthood

5. CISNC –Engaging a Comprehensive School Improvement Framework School Leadership Improved Student and School Outcomes CISNC/ Evidence-Based Integrated Student Supports Effective Teachers

6. CIS Integrated Student Support Model

7. Highlights of ESSA • Reduction of federal role and increased local and state control • No accountability for having highly qualified teachers • More fiscal flexibility of Title I funds – can be used for evidence-based interventions such as Integrated Student Supports • Standards (such as Common Core) are left up to the states – no more incentivizing Common Core • High Stakes Assessments in math and language arts must be administered in all grades 3-8, and at least once in 9-12. Science is also assessed in three-year spans. • Explicit language regarding those schools in the lowest 5%

8. Our Potential Opportunities • Integrated Student Supports and Integrated Student and Family Supports are included in Title I and IV • Full Service Community Schools are fundable and recognized in Title IV • High importance placed on “providers with expertise in using evidence-based strategies to improve student achievement, instruction, and schools”

9. Our Strategy Between now and February we must attempt to: • Engage with district leaders to discuss our evidence-based work in delivering and coordinating Integrated Student Supports and how this aligns with ESSA. • Encourage and negotiate with our LEA’s to include us in their Federal Program budgets in high need schools (this will have to include strong efforts with Principals as well)

10. Key Terms to Know • SIG School • Focus School • Priority School • Title I School Your school could appear in more than one category

11. What is a SIG School? • School Improvement Grants (SIG), authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Title I or ESEA), are grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) that SEAs use to make competitive sub-grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools. Under the final requirements published in the Federal Register on October 28, 2010 (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-10-28/pdf/2010-27313.pdf), school improvement funds are to be focused on each State’s “Priority” or “Tier I” and “Tier II” schools. Tier I schools are the lowest-achieving five percent of a State’s Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring, Title I secondary schools in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring with graduation rates below 60 percent over a number of years, and, if a State so chooses, certain Title I eligible (and participating) elementary schools that are as low achieving as the State’s other Tier I schools (“newly eligible” Tier I schools). Tier II schools are the lowest-achieving five percent of a State’s secondary schools that are eligible for, but do not receive, Title I, Part A funds, secondary schools that are eligible for, but do not receive, Title I, Part A funds with graduation rates below 60 percent over a number of years, and, if a State so chooses, certain additional Title I eligible (participating and non-participating) secondary schools that are as low achieving as the State’s other Tier II schools or that have had a graduation rate below 60 percent over a number of years (“newly eligible” Tier II schools). An LEA also may use school improvement funds in Tier III schools, which are Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring that are not identified as Tier I or Tier II schools and, if a State so chooses, certain additional Title I eligible (participating and non-participating) schools (“newly eligible” Tier III schools). (See Appendix B for a chart summarizing the schools included in each tier.) In the Priority or Tier I and Tier II schools an LEA chooses to serve, the LEA must implement one of four school intervention models: turnaround model, restart model, school closure, or transformation model. • These are three year grants and Integrated Student Supports can be included as part of the LEA’s application for their designated school(s).

12. Definitions to Consider

13. CIS Affiliates with SIG School Designations* *Numbers include schools where CIS has both a presence and no presence

14. CIS Affiliates with Priority School Designations* *Numbers include schools where CIS has both a presence and no presence

15. CIS Affiliates with Focus School Designations* *Numbers include schools where CIS has both a presence and no presence

16. Title I Part A Funds • This applies to all affiliates, where Title I schools are located and operate. These are typically elementary schools and there is a great deal of flexibility in how these funds can support student achievement. • CIS Integrated Student Supports can be funded with these allocations – the key is to get the principals and/or district to write you into their plan and federal programs budget.

17. Next Steps • Contact your district to schedule a meeting to learn more about implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act and your role as a solution. – February 2016 • Thank Congressional Members for support if applicable – January 2016 (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/NC ) • Send one of the OpEd options to your local newspaper from you and/or your board chair. – December 2015 • CISNC will continue to keep the network informed as we learn more about the state-wide implementation of ESSA, particularly around the block grants that will be forthcoming

18. CISNC Support Team • For all general support, work with your designated RSC. • If you need data or research support, contact Nevin/Collin. • If you wish to request support in working with your district on a strategy, please coordinate this directly with your RSC, who can then work with you to determine who is the best fit for your local communication strategy.

19. Learn More Communities In Schools of North Carolina 222 North Person Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: (919) 832-2700 Toll Free: (800) 849-8881 Fax: (919) 832-5436 www.cisnc.org