1. Title I Program Overview for SWP
The chart below provides a slide number and the corresponding documentation or suggestions of additional resources to be utilized at the Annual Title I meeting or throughout the academic year as topics at School Site Council (SSC) meetings.
Memorandum Notification of Federal Title I Parent Involvement Mandates
This slide is for presenter use only and should be deleted prior to presentation.
Slide #
References/Documents/Materials for Annual Title I Meeting 5
Provide and share the school’s Title I ranking (the percentage that generated the current year Title I allocation) and the Title I allocation
21-23
Review copy of the school’s Parent Involvement Policy 8
LEA Plan 24
Personalization slide
Insert and discuss the school’s E046 expenditures 12
Introduce or prepare a slide of SSC members
Explain that the Consolidated Application (ConApp) is a school district document that allows state and federal funds to flow from CDE to school districts
Policy Bulletin : Guidelines for the Required English Learner Advisory Committee and School Site Council 25
List parent engagement activities planned for the school year (i.e., Math night, Back to School night, Open House, SSC meetings, parent workshops, etc.) 14
SPSA—cycle of process 28
Memorandum 6161 NCLB: Qualification for Teachers; Parent Notification Requirements and Right to Know Procedures; Annual Principal Certification Form (This is the memorandum # for – The memorandum has not been posted as of 8/2015) 15
List school’s Title I [7S046] expenditures that the school has budgeted from the Title I allocation (see Assurances and Justification pages) 29
Introduce or prepare a slide of paraprofessionals and indicate content focus and/or grade level support
Schoolwide Program School Letter at fsep.lausd.net 31
List and discuss the school’s academic and other relevant data for 1 1

2. Title I Annual Meeting 2015-2016 Title I Program Overview for Schoolwide Program (SWP) Schools
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

3. Purpose of the Overview
To inform parents about the Title I Program and its requirements
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

4. What is Title I?
“…is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments…” No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2001
Title I, Part A federal funds are supplemental monies to help meet the educational needs of low-achieving students in the highest-poverty schools.
In order to access Title I funds, LAUSD schools must have a poverty threshold of at least 50% based on free- and reduced price meal applications and/or CalWORKS.
Schools that rank into Title I deliver supplemental services through a targeted assistance (TAS) program or a schoolwide program (SWP) model. 4
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

5. School’s Poverty Ranking and Title I Allocation
Provide and share the school’s poverty ranking
and Title I allocation 5
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

6. Who Receives Title I Services?
Although schools are eligible for Title I funding based on poverty, the selection process for providing Title I services to students is not based on low-income. It is based entirely on academic achievement. 6
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

7. What are Supplemental Funds?
Additional monies above the general funds districts and schools receive to support the regular program.
Granted to districts and to schools for specific program purposes and must be used only to support and enhance the district’s and school’s regular program.
May not be used to replace or supplant the funds and programs the district provides to all schools.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 7

8. Local Educational Agency (LEA) LAUSD Plan
The LEA Plan is required of all school districts that receive funds under NCLB.
Addresses five performance goals
1. “All students will reach high standards, at a minimum, attaining
proficiency or better in reading and mathematics, by ”
2. “All Limited English Proficient students will become proficient in
English and reach high academic standards, at a minimum attaining
proficiency or better in reading/language arts and mathematics.”
3. “By , all students will be taught by highly qualified teachers.”
4. “All students will be educated in learning environment that are safe, drug-
free, and conducive to learning.”
5. “All students will graduate from high school.”
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 8

9. Schoolwide Program (SWP) School9

10. The Two Title I Models for Serving Students
Supplemental Services
Schoolwide Program (SWP)
Serve All Students at the School
Supplemental Services
Targeted Assistance Program
(TAS)
Serve Identified Title I Students

11. Schoolwide Programs (SWP)
Schools write a comprehensive school plan to upgrade the core academic program in a high-poverty school, without distinguishing between eligible and ineligible children.
All students may benefit from supplemental services in a school operating under a schoolwide program.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

12. Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
California Education Code requires that districts receiving state, federal and other applicable funding through the Consolidated Application (ConApp) process ensure that participating schools write a SPSA.
California Education Code requires these schools to establish a School Site Council (SSC) as the decision-making council for all programs funded through the ConApp.
The School Site Council (SSC) is responsible for developing, reviewing, and approving the SPSA with written advice from appropriate school advisory committees.
Expenses described in the SPSA must be aligned to data that will address specific needs and must be annually evaluated. 12
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 12

13. Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
The SPSA* includes:
Comprehensive needs assessment – Data analysis and annual
SPSA Evaluation
Goals, based on student data, that are measurable
Scientifically-based instructional strategies that are prioritized based on student needs
Budgets, use of resources, and process for implementation
Process of monitoring the strategies to be implemented in SPSA
*Goals of the LEA Plan are embedded in the SPSA

14. The Cycle of Continuous Improvement in the Development of the SPSA
Conduct Comprehensive Needs Assessment
(Data analysis and SPSA Evaluation)
Develop School Goals
Develop strategies and align budgets to address identified student Needs
Monitor implementation
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

15. 2015-2016 School’s Title I Allocation and Expenditures
List and discuss school’s Title I Expenditures [7S046]
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 15

16. Title I SWP and Parent Involvement16

17. What is Parent Involvement?
NCLB Definition:
“The term parent involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities.”
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 17 17

18. District Title I Parent Involvement Policy
LAUSD adopted a district-wide Title I Parent Involvement Policy for
parents on December 11, This policy is annually distributed to
parents and is required for Title I schools.
The policy describes how the District will:
- Involve parents in the LEA Plan
- Provide coordination and technical assistance to schools for
parent involvement
- Build parent & school capacity
- Annually evaluate the policy
- Involve parents in Title I school activities
The District’s annual Parent Student Handbook also provides parents with
information on parental involvement and NCLB mandates.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 18 18

19. District Parent Involvement Policy19 19

20. 2015-2016 Parent-Student Handbook

21. School Parent Involvement Policy
In addition to the District Parent Involvement Policy, each Title I school must develop, jointly with parents of children receiving Title I services, a written school parent involvement policy that describes how the school will carry out the parental involvement requirements in No Child Left Behind, Section 1118.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 21 21

22. School Parent Involvement Policy Requirements
School-level policies must:
Be jointly developed & distributed to parents
Describe how school will carry out
requirements
Be provided to parents in an understandable
language
“Periodically” updated
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 22 22

23. Required School-level Activities
Annual Title I Meeting
Information about the Title I Program
Description of curriculum & assessment
Opportunity to request meetings
School-Parent Compact
Capacity Building
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 23 23

24. Required Set-Aside for Parent Involvement
(Program Code 7E046)
Title I schools are required to set-aside 1% of
Title I funds to support their Title I Parent
Involvement Policy
The following are the expenditures from this
year’s allocation: (insert school’s E046 expenditures)
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 24 24

25. 2015-2016 School Parent Involvement Activities
Insert and discuss parent engagement activities planned for the school year (i.e., Math night, Back to School night, Open House, SSC meetings, parent workshops, etc.)
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 25 25

26. Parents’ Right to Know
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) mandates that Title I, Part A funded schools give parents timely notice when their child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified. The school sends letters home to parents to inform them about this assignment when applicable.
NCLB requires Title I, Part A schools to notify parents at the beginning of each school year that they may request information about the qualifications of their children’s teachers and paraprofessionals who provide educational assistance to their children.
LAUSD parents may make written requests to the school and receive information regarding the qualifications of their child’s teacher (i.e., credential, degree, and major) and paraprofessionals.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 26 26

27. and Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals
Title I SWP
and Highly Qualified Teachers
and Paraprofessionals 27

28. Teacher Qualifications
Teachers should be highly qualified at the time of employment.
All teachers teaching core academic areas in Title I schools must meet the highly qualified standard.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 28 28

29. Paraprofessional Qualifications
All paraprofessionals must be highly qualified.
All new hires are required to pass the District Proficiency Test* and must meet the following criteria:
HS diploma/GED
AND
Have 60 semester or 90 quarter units from a recognized college or university OR
Have an associate (or higher) degree from a recognized college or university OR
Pass the Instructional Assistance Test
*new hires with a Bachelor’s degree or higher do not need to take the District Proficiency Test
Duties:
Provides instruction only if under the direct supervision of a “highly qualified teacher”
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 29 29

30. Accountability and The CORE Waiver
- Academic performance
- Social-Emotional
- Culture and Climate 30

31. School Data
Insert and discuss school’s data (school’s API, suspension rate, attendance rate, report card grades, SBAC data, other data sources )
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 31 31

32. CORE WAIVER
On August 6, 2013, eight California school districts, including LAUSD, received a waiver from some of the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act from the U.S. Secretary of Education.
The eight school districts are grouped together in an association called the California Office of School Reform (CORE) – Fresno Unified SD, Long Beach USD, LAUSD, Oakland USD, Sacramento USD, San Francisco USD, Sanger USD, and Santa Ana USD. 32
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

33. SCHOOL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM
With this waiver, CORE does not seek to escape FROM accountability. Instead, CORE is asking for a waiver INTO a new system with higher level of shared responsibility and accountability.
The new accountability system will be called the School Quality Improvement System.
The School Quality Improvement System is designed to hold schools accountable for the performance of all students across a variety of factors. Factors include:
- Academic performance
- Social-Emotional
- Culture and Climate 33
Federal and State Education Programs Branch

34. YOU ARE OUR PARTNERS
At LAUSD, schools and families are working together to ensure all students are college-prepared and career-ready. Together we can equip our students with the foundation of skills needed for the 21st century.

35. Resources
For additional questions regarding the school’s Title I Program, please contact the Principal or designee.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch 35 35