4/4/2014 Title II A • 2013-14 Friendly Reminders Private & Parochial • 2014-15 Parameters Overview Administrators’ Meeting • What makes professional development effective? (article discussion) April 2, 2014 Location: St. Maria Goretti Agenda Title II A: 2013-14 Friendly Reminders • April 1: Deadline for Requests Welcome & Introductions Title IIA o (new requests for this year will not be accepted). • June 30: Reimbursement requests due Title I o must be from approved requests Title III IDEA Dates Exit Slip Outcomes of Today’s Meeting Title II A: 2014-15 Parameters • Must have a needs assessment Private & Parochial Administrators will… • review how Title I Allocations are generated. o student data • discuss how changes in allocations will affect services for the 2014- o teacher data 15 school year. • o recommendation: start in Spring 2014 identify appropriate uses of Title IIA funds for the 2014-15 School • Must have a PD plan based on the needs assessment Year. • receive updates on Title III and ideas for teachers for professional and with allowable expenses development. • review SLD laws and the SSIT process. • discuss changes in the speech screener and services for the 2014- 15 school year. 1
4/4/2014 Core Academic Areas Non-Core Academic Areas: Title II A: 2014-15 Parameters • • Agriculture Arts, music, dance, • Bookkeeping, accounting, drama/theater • Title IIA Requests - based on PD Plan business, cooperative education • Civics and government, history, and library science • Title IIA Reimbursement - only for approved geography, and economics • Health education, health • Foreign languages occupations, and physical • requests education Reading and English Language • Family and consumer sciences, • More details in September, 2014 Arts • technology education, marketing Mathematics education, trades and industry, • Science: life science, physical computer science, driver science, earth and space education and journalism • science, astronomy, chemistry Psychology, sociology, and and physics speech 2014-15 Allowable Title IIA MMSD Professional Development Requests • • Many MMSD courses open to Title IIA requests must be related to your Needs Assessment private/parochial staff • MMSD courses not reimbursable Per new guidelines, Title IIA can reimburse professional development including graduate MMSD PD Catalog: mmsd.org/pdcatalog courses and license advancement to all staff in core academic areas ONLY What Makes Professional Examples of Allowable Expenses Development Effective? • Professional development books (not 1. Skim the article, Effective Teacher Development: What Does the Research Show? student) related to core academic areas • Attend conferences related to core academic 2. In a small group, discuss • How do effective professional development designs areas compare to your PD? • Tuition reimbursement for graduate or • In what ways might you change your approach to gathering information for a PD needs assessment, undergraduate coursework planning PD, and or budgeting based on this research? • What is your next step? 2
4/4/2014 Distribution of Funds What Questions do you have for Title IIA? U.S. Department of Education WI Department of Public Instruction Madison Metropolitan School District Title I School Title I Title I School Eligibility Allocations • Based on the number of children ages 5 -17 in • Pooling Resources poverty in a school’s attendance area, including • Poverty/Non-Poverty Survey those who attend a private school Affirmations • Schools are eligible if poverty percentage is • Updating 2013-14 Affirmations for Title I above that of the district. (46.84%) Parent Involvement • Entry & Dismissal Letters and Quarterly Progress Reports • Attending Back to School Nights ESEA and Title I, Part A Middle Schools 2014-15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Eligible middle schools will receive Title I funds. This (ESEA) of 1965. means that participating private schools can choose to serve their students in grades 6-8 who would have Title I, Part A funds are targeted to high-poverty attended a Title I receiving public school. school districts and provide supplementary education to students who are educationally disadvantaged or at risk of failing to meet the state standards. 3
4/4/2014 Poverty & Non-Poverty Surveys Title I - End of Year Survey • Importance Will be sent to all schools and ask for feedback on topics including: • The number of total Poverty/Non-Poverty Surveys • services during the 2013-14 school year (only for should be close to the total school enrollment for Title II schools receiving services this year) collected in January • content / professional development topics to be covered • Impact of this year’s survey data during future Administrators’ Meetings • preferences for meeting times • Future data collection ideas? • MMSD TI staff attendance at back to school night events for parent involvement purposes Poverty & Non Poverty Survey Title III End of Year Timeline May 2014 Numbers of Schools Non-Poverty Poverty Students tallied Participated? Students tallied • ACCESS 2014 results dropped off at schools 2010-2011 Survey (used 16 Elementary: 514 Elementary: 182 for both the 11-12 & 12- Middle/High: 288 Middle/High: 58 o Can-Do Descriptors are included in the results 13 School Year package. 2012-2013 Survey (for 17 Elementary: 736 Elementary: 140 • use for the 2013-14 Middle/High: 369 Middle/High: 57 PP schools mail ACCESS 2014 results home to school year) (108 in Title I Elem. Schools) parents 2013-2014 Survey (for 14 Elementary: 608 Elementary: 115 • use for the 2014-15 Middle/High: 275 Middle/High: 31 K-models may be given to incoming 5K students for the (77 in Title I Elem. Schools) school year) fall Title I for the 2014-15 School Year Title III 2014-15 Timeline August 15, 2014 - ELL Rosters will be sent to PP schools Since the: September 5, 2014 - PP schools must have their ELL Rosters updated so that •Title I service allocation is reduced; and all new students can be given the K-Model/W-APT by the 3rd Friday count deadline. September 19, 2014 - •Eligible middle school students are now Updated ELL Rosters due to Molly Adams with new students and W-APT scores. included, September - W-APT/ACCESS training date (Specific Dates TBD) - Begin collecting MMSD Title III permission slip due The priority ranking of students is even more December - January - ACCESS 2015 testing window (Specific Dates TBD) critical. 4
4/4/2014 Title III Allocations Identifying English Language Learners • Why is it important to identify early? 2012-13 School Year 5,059 Public School Students + 52 Private School Students 5,111 Total Students Participating in ACCESS 2013 • Current 4k students can be screened this Total award = $638,768 / 5111 ELLs = $124.98 per student. $124.98 x 52 students = $6,498.96 allocated towards Erica's salary spring. Please contact Erica Friedle at 2013-14 School Year ezfriedle@madison.k12.wi.us if you would 5,140 Public School Students like to start the identification process this + 77 Private School Students 5,217 Total Students Participating in ACCESS 2014 spring Award given in June/July for the 2014-15 School Year Professional Development Around New Cover Letter English Language Learners • Send to parents of potential ELLs with Home • ESL 101 Language Survey a. Differentiation for Language Learners • Increase parent communication b. Can Do Strands from WIDA • Title IIIA will no longer use enrollment c. Best practices for ELL • GLAD Strategies (Guided Language paperwork beginning in 2014-15. Acquisition Design) • Bi-Literacy Summer Course Opportunities Title III A Participation What Questions do you have for Title III? School 11-12 12-13 13-14 Abundant Life 2 2 6 Edgewood Campus 2 5 11 High Point 1 0 Lighthouse 14 15 20 Madinah Academy 8 11 18 St. Dennis 13 0 St. James 11 12 10 St. Maria Goretti 11 4 6 Waldorf 1 1 Total 55 52 77 5
4/4/2014 IDEA How is SLD Determined under IDEA? � Specific Learning Disability 2) Inadequate Classroom Achievement � Student Support & Intervention Team (SSIT) � Speech Screening Process 1.25 Standard Deviations below expected � 3-Year Reevaluations age or grade level after intensive interventions. � Array of Services for 2014-15 Significantly below grade/age level and significantly below expected level, given intellectual ability, after intensive intervention. What is a Specific Learning Disability? How is SLD Determined under IDEA? Students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) have Learning difficulties not caused primarily by severe trouble learning or demonstrating skills in one or exclusionary factors: more of these academic areas: Insufficient instruction oral expression listening comprehension Instruction in non-dominant language written expression basic reading skill reading fluency reading comprehension Environment, Cultural, Economic Factors mathematics calculation mathematics problem solving Same for Private - Parochial School Students How is SLD Determined under IDEA? Student Support Intervention Process 1) Insufficient Progress The student cannot meet standards within a reasonable amount of time even after multiple, intensive interventions. No comparable private-parochial school requirement. 6
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