1. Neptune Township School District ESEA/Title I Presentation
September 27, 2018
Gables Elementary School

2. ESSA ESSA – Every Student Succeeds Act (2015)
Updates the No Child Left Behind law
Provides states and school districts more freedom to make educational decisions
Updates indicators used to determine school accountability
Refines how schools are identified for more targeted support

3. ESSA Plan Requirements

4. Performance Measures
PARCC English Language Arts/Mathematics Proficiency
Graduation Rate (HS)
Student Growth Percentiles (ES/MS)
Chronic Absenteeism (10% absence or more)
English Language Proficiency (if applicable)

5. How Are Schools Measured?
By 2030, schools must meet all target goals
80% of students proficient in ELA and Math
95% Graduation Rate (4 year cohort)/
96% Graduation Rate (5 year cohort)
85% of English Language Learners increasing by one level on WIDA ACCESS
Interim Targets
Schools must close 25% of gap by 2021
Schools must close 60% of gap by 2026
Schools will be rated by combining their results from all accountability targets into one overall score
Information regarding progress towards targets will be reported on School Performance Reports by DoE each year

6. What If We Do Not Meet the Targets?
Schools will be identified based on Comprehensive Need or Targeted Support
Comprehensive Support and Improvement
Bottom 5% of all Title I Schools
Targeted Support for 3 or more consecutive years
Targeted Support and Improvement
Subgroups perform at or below the bottom 5% of Title I schools
Consistently Underperforming subgroups for 2 or more years
Schools that did not meet their Progress Targets must develop a plan detailing how they will address the needs of student populations that did not meet their progress targets and other measures of student performance.

7. Reported on School Performance Report
How Did We Do?
Information
Reported on School Performance Report

8. Gables Elementary School
Academic Achievement
ELA – Met all targets
Math – Met all targets except Economically Disadvantaged subgroup
College and Career Readiness (Absenteeism)
Rate of 9.6% was 0.7% increase from and above target of 8.4%
Target was met for Black/African American students (7.1%)
Student Growth
All growth targets were either met or exceeded

9. Title I Schools Need to complete an Annual School Plan
Parent Involvement Requirement
Schools will get an allocation (1% of total grant split between 5 schools)
Schools must distribute their Parent Involvement Plan and District Parent Involvement Policy.
Must complete a School-Parent Compact
“Right to Know” letter to parents; parents have the right to ask schools about a teacher’s qualifications
Distribute Language Instruction Letter within 30 days after school starts for children enrolled in a bilingual program
All documents will be posted on the district website

10. What We Plan to Accomplish This Year

11. Elementary Schools…
Title I funds are providing teachers, students and families with…
Materials to support instruction in Math and ELA including hands on mathematics manipulatives and books to grow classroom libraries
Training and support for teachers to strengthen instructional strategies
Five District Parent Involvement Events on topics related to academic needs as well as building based activities

12. WE NEED YOU!
We will begin to work on our Annual School Plans for next year within the coming months. If you would like to be involved in the process or attend a meeting, please indicate this on the sign in sheet with your contact information.

13. THANK YOU! Charles Kolinofsky Supervisor of Data and Information
Contact your building principal or my office with any questions:
Charles Kolinofsky Supervisor of Data and Information