The ABC’s and 123’s of ESSA ALSDE Federal Programs Fall Conference 2018

Agenda Welcome/Introductions/Ice Breaker Federal Programs Timeline Activity ALSDE Staff and Hector Baeza Break New Coordinators’ Survival Tips Craig Sosebee and Dr. Kim Vivanco Wrap up / Q & A

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How to survive “Year One”

What is my purpose as. Federal Programs Coordinator. What’s my mission What is my purpose as...Federal Programs Coordinator ? What’s my mission? Serve

Where to start? Data, Data, Data What’s our target? What’s working? Start, Stop, Continue 2014 2015 2016 2017

Benefits of monitoring and audits, wait….what? Check-up

Advisory Committee Do you have a good team that will help? Who to include? School principals, teachers, instructional support, counselors. District administrators, coordinators, community leaders, agency representatives.

When is it important? Aug/Sept, before budgets are finalized and submitted for approval in eGAP July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May June Feb/March, before you start to make decisions about eligible schools and preliminary budgets

What to talk about? Data Review Analysis of needs Proposed goals and priorities Decisions that need made? ie. what schools to serve? How to distribute building allocations? What do we do in the event we have carryover? Proposed Title I SW/TA schools Proposed Title I Set-asides Proposed use of Title I-C, II, III, etc What to talk about?

i Don’t forget the dot! Documentation Sign-in sheet with date, time, title, location, signatures, position/role Agenda Presentation handouts to go along with proposals with signature line and suggestion/question line. Copy of presentation Minutes i

Survival Tip # 1 Transparency with schools and stakeholders about methods of allocating funds and use of funds.

Survival Tip # 2 Have you seen the allocation yet ? Know who to call when you need help fast ! Network !!! Meet regularly with your region to share innovative ideas ? Collaborate ! Professional learning ! What do you put in your document library ? Where is that “consolidated application” check button in eGAP ?

Survival Tip # 3 Thoroughly review expenditure reports monthly and give out school copies during principal meetings with notes/highlights.

Check-up Survival Tip # 4 If you brought your feelings into the job, kindly place them in your pocket, and don’t be afraid to tell’em “NO”. Check-up

Survival Tip # 5 Review state timeline with your team and develop a timeline that your CIP teams can use that’s specific to your school system.

Survival Tip # 6: Communicate Promote teamwork Survival Tip # 6: Communicate Promote teamwork! Plan together, pd together, solve problems together!

Craig Sosebee 205-775-1950 cwsosebee@blountboe.net Don’t just survive….. THRIVE !!

You’ve been in Federal Programs too long when……

You know what 12-5-1100-411-0105- 4110-0-1500-0000 is.

You tell the testing coordinator he can’t use your highlighters and explain to him how that could qualify as supplanting.

You tell everyone about applying for funding before egap was invented

When you know exactly what someone means when they say NCLB required 95% of the 1% had to go to PI and now ESSA changed that to 90% of 1%

You know what Fiscal Year you’ll retire in.