QEIA

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QEIA
Quality Education Investment Act
Parent/Community Information Meeting Fresno
Unified School District
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• We have the opportunity, obligation and
  responsibility to make profound and dramatic
  improvements in every one of our schools.
• The Quality Education Investment Act is about the
  transformation of every classroom,
• every grade level/department,
• every school and
• district level support systems
• to accelerate the learning of every student,
• that will result in career-ready graduates.

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FUSDs Underlying Assumptions

• All of the following make a difference
• Effective first teaching
• High quality leadership
• Deep program implementation
• District Office support for improvement
• Positive school environment
• Assessment of student learning that drives
  instruction
• Communication for collaboration
• Effective use of resources including time, money,
  people, energy
• Home-school partnership
• Full ownership of student learning
• Schools organized and managed in ways that
  support overall development of students
• Students are at the center of change

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What is QEIA?

• Grant support for specified actions to
• Improve academic instruction
• Improve student achievement
• Help schools exceed API growth targets
• Develop a site and district culture of
  collaboration and teamwork

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What Are Key QEIA Facts?

• Decile 1 and 2 schools were eligible
• 56 FUSD schools were eligible
• 19 FUSD schools selected in a lottery drawing
  from a prioritized list
• 2007-08 allocations will be pooled and used
  districtwide to fund facilities, professional
  development, and planning activities for all QEIA
  schools as needed.
• Funding in 2008-2014 will be allocated to each
  site.

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What Are QEIA Requirements?
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What is the Alternative Program?

• High schools did not have the capacity for class
  size reduction so they submitted an alternative
  plan to improve achievement.
• Alternative plans for Roosevelt, McLane, and
  Fresno High Schools include
• Teacher Support - comprehensive professional
  development and time for planning, collaboration,
  and training
• Academies/Smaller Learning Communities - team
  teaching and summer bridge program
• Positive Behavioral Support Systems - leadership,
  Link Crew, peer mediation, counseling,
  intervention specialist
• Academic Support - Certificated Tutors, Teaching
  Fellows
• Expanded Career Pathways and Career Counseling

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Who Are the QEIA Schools?

• Regular Program Elementary
• Burroughs
• Calwa
• Columbia
• Greenberg
• King
• Lane
• Lincoln
• Lowell
• Muir
• Rowell

• Regular Program Middle School
• Carver
• Cooper
• Kings Canyon
• Sequoia
• Tehipite
• Yosemite
• Alternative Program High School
• Fresno
• McLane
• Roosevelt

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The Plans for QEIA in 2007-08

• Further research and study based on data
• Planning
• Hiring quality teachers
• Facilities preparation for reducing class size
• Focused professional development
• Alignment of all resources
• Communication with all stakeholders

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TRIO SHARE

• Discuss the impact and implications of QEIA
• for our school.

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• What questions
• do you have
• about QEIA?

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• Our school staff and distict support look forward
  to working with each of you to change the
  face of large urban education, as well as to
  listen to your thoughts about creating and
  operating the best schools and district systems
  for every one of our
  students.

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What Are the Next Steps?

• 2007-08
• Sites select a QEIA Instructional Leadership Team
• Participate in one-day summer institute
• Provide leadership throughout planning and
  implementation
• Sites involve parents and community in planning
  activities
• District assesses facility needs and places
  portable classrooms where needed
• Site staff attend ongoing professional
  development
• District recruits teachers needed to implement
  class size reduction in 2008-09
• 2008-09
• Implement class size reduction and other QEIA
  plans

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