TTIPS UPDATE ACET Fall 2014

AGENDA Historic Program Information Cycle 3 Update Potential NEW cycle of SIG Feedback and Suggestions Q&A

LOOKING BACK

HISTORIC PROGRAM INFORMATION Cycle 1 and Cycle 2

CYCLE 1 - THE NUMBERS Eligible Campuses 1600 Applicants 417 Preliminary Award Selections 72

CYCLE 1 DATA  72 campuses selected July 2010  69 selected Transformation Model  3 selected Turnaround Model  Core Programming  6 campuses selected delayed model and began full implementation in 2011  17 campuses were granted a one-time no-cost extension for SY13-14 (these campuses are all priority schools)  Approximately $260M in campus grants  All Cycle 1 awardees have now exited TTIPS program

CYCLE 2 - THE NUMBERS Eligible Campuses 436 Applicants 136 Preliminary Award Selections 62

CYCLE 2 DATA  62 campuses selected July 2011  61 campuses selected Transformation Model  1 campus selected T-STEM Model (Tier III Option)  Core Programming  8 campuses were selected for one-year awards  15 campuses have been preliminarily selected for an extension for SY  Approximately $230M in campus grants  All Cycle 2 Tier I and Tier II campuses are priority schools

CYCLE 3 UPDATE

CYCLE 3 - THE NUMBERS Eligible Campuses 215 Applicants 74 Preliminary Award Selections 21

CYCLE 3 DATA 21 campuses preliminarily selected Summer 2014  20 selected Transformation Model  1 selected Turnaround Model Grant Period is August 1, 2014 – July 31, 2017

PRELIMINARY GRANTEES – CYCLE 3 Dr. M. L. Garza-Gonzalez Charter School Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School Shekinah Radiance Academy Shekinah Radiance Academy (Garland) San Antonio ISDDavid Crockett EL San Antonio Technology Academy Alpha Charter School Corpus Christi ISDSouth Park Middle Waco ISDJ H Hines EL Southwest Preparatory SchoolNew Directions Shekinah Radiance AcademyShekinah Walzem Shekinah Radiance Academy Washington Tyrannus School of the Arts Victoria ISDShields EL Lubbock ISDBayless EL IDEA Public SchoolsIDEA Academy Mission Victoria ISDCrain EL Waco ISDIndian Spring Middle Hart ISDHart Elementary Houston ISDWheatley H S Por Vida AcademyPor Vida Academy Charter H S Corpus Christi ISDKostoryz EL Lubbock ISDBean El San Antonio ISDDouglass El

CYCLE 3 PROGRAM CHANGES Working toward alignment QIRs are now Quarterly Reports within Improvement Plan No Tier I, Tier II, Tier II Eligibility List – all Priority District Shepherd is now DCSI

CYCLE 3 – CURRENT EVENTS Announced July 2014 Negotiations Goal Setting Improvement Plans

CYCLE 3 KICKOFF TRAINING Brief Overview

GRANTEE CONTACTS Required:  DCSI  Campus Principal Update ISAM Update AskTED Support Specialist (manual distribution lists)

REPORTING IP Quarterly Reports (within IP) EOY  Part 1 (APGs)  Part 2 (Leading Indicators) Quarterly Conferences / Check-ins

EOY EVALUATION PROCESS All grantees Based on End of Year (EOY) Report 100 point scale 70+ points = Automatic Continuation Funding Primary Review Only grantees scoring < 70 points on Primary Review Based on Overall Program Review Summary of findings Secondary Review Recommendation to continue, reduce or discontinue funding From Secondary Review

BUDGET Substantive Benefit during the grant period  ex. Late technology purchases, new positions Reasonable & Necessary  ex. Device: student ratios, nice to have vs. have to have, staffing ratios Supplement vs. Supplant  ex. Foundational positions, transportation Incentives Records / Local Policy

ALLOWABLE STUDENT INCENTIVES  certificates  plaques  ribbons  small trophies nominal in cost  inexpensive instructionally related items such as pens/pencils to be used in the classroom

DOCUMENTATION  Budget records  Schedules (master, bell and calendar)  Job Descriptions / Org Charts  Time & Effort (as appropriate)  Sign-in Sheets  Supporting data / documentation for incentives  Meeting agendas  Needs Assessment  Grant Application & Amendments  Contracts & MOUs  Policy Changes resulting from turnaround needs  IP, quarterly reports, EOYs (& supporting documentation)

POTENTIAL NEW CYCLE OF SIG

FEDERAL FY14 SIG OVERVIEW Out for Public Comment (closed 10/8/14) Modifications from Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 Updates from lessons learned in prior implementation

PROPOSED CHANGES Three-year to Five-year grants Additional Models  State-Determined School Improvement Intervention Model  Evidence-Based, Whole-School Reform Strategies  Early Learning Intervention Model Rural LEAs Modification

FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS

CYCLE 3 Needs? Areas for Improvement?

CYCLE 4(+) Suggestions for any areas of major program changes? Other suggestions for future cycles

Q & A

DIVISION OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT & SUPPORT

DIVISION OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND SUPPORT MARK BAXTER, DIVISION DIRECTOR LETICIA GOVEA, DIVISION MANAGER

SUPPORT SPECIALIST IN DIVISION OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Regions 1, 2, 3 Lisa Gonzales – Regions 4, 5 Lauren Ditty – Regions 6, 12, 17, 18, 19 Caroline Ramsey – Regions 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16 Shayna Sheehan – Regions 13,14, 15, 20 Nicole Chupka –