Spring PANC Conference April 21, 2015 Title IIA, Improving Teacher Quality Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division

Overview Consolidated Federal Applications Federal Programs Consolidated Monitoring PowerSchool SAR/HQT Data Collection ESEA Update –NC Flexibility Waiver/NC Equity Plan/ Reauthorization

Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division Mission: To ensure that federal and state education funds contribute to the goal of all students meeting or exceeding rigorous state standards.

Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division Approximately $514,000,000 in federal funds provided to districts and schools Preliminary Title II Allotments Final allocations use updated State-level Census population data Approximately 25% available July 1, 2015 Remainder available October 1, 2015 Planning allotments available by mid-May, 2015

Professional Development Approximately $24,000,000 in Title I, Title II, and SIG funds High-quality professional development for instructional staff Instructional leadership development for principals Salaries for instructional coaches/lead teachers

Consolidated Applications

North Carolina CCIP Consolidated Applications Federal Program Entitlement and Competitive Grants Title IA Grant Program Title IIA Improving Teacher Quality Grant Program School Improvement Grants 1003(a) and 1000(g) Rural Education Achievement Programs (SRSA and RLIS) Migrant Education Program Neglected and Delinquent McKinney Vento Homeless Program 21 st Community Learning Centers After-School Quality Improvement

Spring Training Sessions May 26th – 29th 24 slots per session Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh Webinars will be scheduled for refresher training

Consolidated Applications CCIP Training Sessions New Title II Director’s Webinar Planning Allotments NC Budget And Amendment System (BAAS)

Title IIA Allowable Uses of Funding Professional Development Professional Development (PD) workshops/conferences Personnel providing PD for teachers/principal Materials used in PD activities not intended for student use

Title IIA Allowable Uses of Funding Salaries Class Size Reduction Teachers ( new positions only if HQT% is 98% or ≥ ) Lead Teachers and Specialists Regular Absence Substitutes for Class Size Reduction Teacher Substitutes for Teachers Absent Due to PD

Title IIA Allowable Uses of Funding Recruitment and Retention Recruitment and Retention Bonuses Various Recruitment Materials Beginning Teacher Support/Mentors

Consolidated Application Planning Consult with key stakeholders Administrators of Other ESEA Programs School Leadership Teams Teachers Parents Private School Officials

Title II, Part A Consolidated Application Plan Overview Needs Assessment Personnel and Licensure Reports-HQT% Student achievement results Class-size analysis Teacher attrition/retirement projections Hard-to-fill positions

Important Dates May 2015-New Directors Webinar May 2015-Planning Allotments May 24–26, CCIP Training June 30, 2015 – submit consolidated applications through CCIP July/August 2015– New Charter School Training

PowerSchool Data Collection

School Activity Report Data (SAR) HQT Data SAR Data-Finalized in PowerSchool Not HQ Teacher Detail Report In Licsal

HQ Status No HQ data to report yet!? School Activity Report (SAR) SAS Operating Data System (SAS) In-field-out-of-field process NCLB Reports on LicSal

School Report Card/HQT Data Highly Qualified Teachers Due to the delay in receiving data from the Student Activity Report (SAR), the Highly Qualified (HQ) Teachers data for will not be included in the SRC on the February 5, 2015 release. It will be updated at a later date when the data become available. guide.pdf

SAR/HQT Data School Activity Report Data (SAR) SAR Data-Finalized in PowerSchool Not HQ Teacher Detail Report

Consolidated Monitoring

Why We Monitor Building Relationships Compliance-It’s the Law Technical Assistance-We’re here to help

Consolidated Monitoring Monitoring in Multiple Ways On-site reviews Desk reviews Fiscal reviews

Consolidated Monitoring Risk Assessment thirty-four LEAs and fifteen charter schools Monitoring Schedule (July, 2015) Provided on the listserv Posted on the web at: monitoring/monitoring /

Monitoring Reminders Private schools must be provided with an opportunity to meet and discuss participation Parent notifications (e.g., right-to-know) must be sent in a timely manner each year Annual meeting must be held early in the school year Highly Qualified Teacher Plans must be in place

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

ESEA Update NC’s ESEA Flexibility Request Approved March 31, 2015 Extends waivers through end of school year or reauthorization NC’s State Educator Equity Plan Due June 1, 2015 Must describe the steps the SEA will take to ensure that “poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers.”

Likely Contents of a final ESEA Bill  What’s Out  AYP  Requirement to adopt specific college-and career-ready standards Instead: leaves standards and assessments up to States  Race to the Top (and i3) Instead: focus on formula funding (and budget-cutting)  Teacher evaluations Instead: focus on State licensure/training/PD  Highly Qualified Teacher requirements

Likely Contents of a final ESEA Bill  What’s In Title I structure, formula (except very small tweak to concentration factor)  Supplement, not supplant (but fewer teeth)  Charter school grants And focus on States with laws more open to charters  Limitations on Secretarial waiver, decision-making authority  Funding flexibility between Titles II and IV  Consolidation of some programs/titles

To reauthorize or not to reauthorize? What’s the prediction?  Still difficult to tell  Results will depend largely on: Finding a bill that can pass the Senate Finding a way to pass bill in House  If it doesn’t get through Congress before August recess, ESEA reauthorization is unlikely this Congress

Presenter Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division Elaine Ellington, Title II Program Administrator