1. Title I Schoolwide Programs

2. What is a Title I Schoolwide?
A comprehensive reform strategy to improve the academic achievement of all students in the school, particularly the lowest achieving students.

3. Advantages of Becoming SW
Focus on ALL children
Work together to address the needs of students in an integrated way
Spend resources in ways determined by the building to raise the achievement of children

4. Three Core Elements
1. Comprehensive Needs Assessment Year Action Plan 3. Annual Evaluation

5. Three Core Elements
Comprehensive needs assessment of the entire school to determine the performance of its students in relation to the state’s content and performance standards.

6. Three Core Elements 2. A 2-5 Year Action Plan
10 Required Components of the SW Plan
Schoolwide reform strategies that are research based:
1. Impact ALL children
2. Increase the amount and quality of learning time, such as before or after school and summer school
3. Address the needs of struggling students with “timely, effective assistance”

7. Three Core Elements 10 Required Components of the SW Plan
4. Instruction by highly qualified teachers
5. High quality and ongoing professional development
6. Strategies to attract highly qualified teachers

8. Three Core Elements 10 Required Components of the SW Plan
7. Strategies to increase parent involvement
8. Plans for assisting students in transition
9. Implementation of ongoing academic assessments
10. Coordination and integration of federal, state, and local services and programs

9. Multi-tier Model
80% of students will learn how to read AND 20% may need additional help – Dorn model cyclical rather than fixed tiers

10. Three Core Elements
3. Annual evaluation of the implementation of the schoolwide plan and the results achieved by the program

11. What Are the Next Steps? Grade level representatives Principal Title I
1. Identify/confirm team members
Grade level representatives
Principal
Title I
Parent representative
Other educational leaders

12. What Are the Next Steps? 2. Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment
• Data collection/What already exists?
-student needs
-curriculum and instruction
-professional development
-family and community involvement
-school context and organization

13. What Are the Next Steps? •Analyze the data
2. Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment continued
•Analyze the data
-identify areas of focus and prioritize

14. What Are the Next Steps?
3. Develop the Plan/Build on What Is Already in Place
Identify Schoolwide Goals
Student Achievement
Professional Development
Transition
Parent Involvement

15. What Is the Next Step? Identify Strategies/Activities-What will we do?
Identify Timeline-When will we do it?
Identify Evaluation-How will we know it worked?

16. What Are the Next Steps?
4. Implement the plan 5. Annually, evaluate the plan

17. In Conclusion … Develop a plan that is subject to continuous review
Implement the 10 required components as a framework for change
Create an environment conducive to learning
Increase student achievement for all students; particularly those at risk