Making the Most of Title I & II Funding A High School Practitioner’s Perspective Anne M. Coffman, Ed.D. Retired Federal & State Programs Director

Community High School District 218 Chicago southwest suburban area—10 communities Calumet Park, Blue Island, Merrionette Park, Alsip, Robbins, Crestwood, Palos Heights, Worth, Chicago Ridge, Oak Lawn Eisenhower High School, Richards High School, Shepard High School—Title I Schoolwide Programs Delta and Summit Learning Centers District-wide Low Income: 65% Total District Enrollment – 5,500 students

Community High School District 218

Instruction Targeted Academic Interventions Teacher & intervention assistants Focus on re-teaching and mastery of specific objectives as measured by common unit assessments Classroom interventions & lunch-hour tutoring Extended-day programs—Saturday Academic Support and After-School Homework Help EARLY-Start Summer Program—incoming freshmen

Professional Learning District Structure Weekly late start Resource Hours for each building One Professional Learning Period (PLP) and one planning period built into teacher schedules every day Core subjects (math, science, English, social studies) share common plan time (either PLP or plan period)

Teacher Leadership New Faculty Induction 40-45 teacher leaders across district $2,000 stipend District, building and departmental roles Key component of New Faculty Induction Program Standards & Vision/Mission

Teacher Leader Standards Domain I - Fostering a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator Development and Student Learning Domain II - Accessing and Using Research to Improve Practice and Student Learning Domain III – Promoting Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement

Teacher Leader Standards Domain IV – Facilitating Improvements in Instruction and Student Learning Domain V – Promoting the Use of Assessments and Data for School and District Improvement Domain VI – Improving Outreach and Collaboration with Families and Community Domain VII – Advocating for Student Learning and the Profession Developed by the Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium, teacherleaderstandards.org

Family Engagement Full-time parent liaisons Focus on communication, support, linking with school departments, resources Parent Advisory Councils Parent classes & events

Questions? Anne M. Coffman, Ed.D. coffman.anne@gmail.com anne.coffman@chsd218.org MaLinda Majoch, Director, Student/Community Engagement & Grants, Community H.S. District 218 malinda.majoch@chsd218.org