NCLB Monitoring Cycle 1

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NCLB Monitoring Cycle 1

• Policies and Procedures

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Letter

• Explains monitoring process
• Lists required documentation
• Lists activities
• Directions for completing checklists and
  worksheets
• Due Date

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Statement of Assurance

• Verification of compliance
• Lists documentation needed
• Lists due date
• Must be signed by authorized General Statement of
  Assurance Signer
• Returned to ADE with documentation

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Checklists

• To be used by LEAs and Schools to determine
  compliance with NCLB
• Schools are responsible to their LEAs LEAs are
  responsible to ADE
• All will be turned in to
• ADE when completed

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LEA Title I Parent Involvement Policy

• Must be developed through a collaboration of
  parents, teachers, administrators, and community
  members
• Coordinates and integrates parental involvement
  strategies under Title I with other programs
• Involves parents in the activities of the Title I
  LEA

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Title I School Parent Involvement Policy and
School-Parent Compact

• Worksheet to be used by schools within an LEA
  turned in to LEA
• LEA compiles results from worksheets and records
  on checklist
• Checklist turned in to ADE with Statement of
  Assurance, 10 of LEAs Title I schools Parent
  Involvement Policies, and 10 of School-Parent
  Compacts

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LEA Title I School Parent Involvement Policy and
School-Parent Compact Checklist

• LEA checks to make sure all Title I Parent
  Involvement Policies were developed with
  involvement of parents distributed to parents
  and agreed upon by parents
• Checks that every Title I school holds an annual
  meeting about the Title I program
• Involves parents in the planning, review, and
  improvement of Title I programs

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LEA Title I School Parent Involvement Policy and
School-Parent Compact Checklist

• The compact must include
• How the school will provide high quality
  instruction
• The importance of communication between teachers
  and parents
• Opportunities for parents to volunteer and
  observe classroom activities

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Homeless Education Policy and Procedures Checklist

• Must be completed and returned to ADE with a copy
  of LEA Homeless Policy
• Policy must ensure that homeless students are not
  segregated or stigmatized and receive immediate
  enrollment and transportation
• Policy must designate a Homeless Liaison

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Homeless Education Policy and Procedures
Checklist

• LEA Homeless Liaison must ensure that
• Homeless children and families receive services
• Parents of homeless children are informed of
  educational and related opportunities for their
  children
• Public notice of rights of homeless students is
  disseminated in the community

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Compliance Activities Worksheet

• Completed by LEA
• List all items that are out of compliance and how
  the LEA intends to bring each item into
  compliance
• Request for technical assistance
• Must be returned to ADE
• with all checklists and
• required documentation

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Final Recap

• Cycle I deals with policies and procedures
• All checklists will be returned to ADE with the
• Compliance Activities Worksheet
• LEA Title I Parent Involvement Policy
• 10 of School Parent Involvement Policies and
  School-Parent Compacts
• LEA Homeless Education Policy
• Signed Statement of Assurances
• If you have any questions or problems,
• please dont hesitate to call your
• Education Program Specialist

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NCLB Monitoring

• Cycle 2
• Targeted Assistance
• Schoolwide
• Professional Development
• Qualifications for Teachers and Paraprofessionals

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Cycle 2 Documentation

• The LEAs procedure for identifying eligible
  students in a Targeted Assistance School
• 10 of LEAs Schoolwide plans
• Notice to parents that their child has been
  taught by non-HQd teacher 4 or more weeks
• Description of the LEAs professional development
  needs assessment and the results

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Various Types of Plans

• NCLB Interim Plan (LEA Level)
• NCLB Final Consolidated Plan (LEA Level)
• Schoolwide Plan (School Level)
• School Improvement Plan (School Level)

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Schoolwide Plan Components

• Introduction
• Needs Assessment and Information Analysis
• Goal Development
• Implementation detail for each goal
• Assessment detail

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Schoolwide Points to Keep in Mind

• 40 or above level of poverty
• 1 year planning prior to implementation
• All teachers and instructional paras are
  considered Title I staff must be HQd
• Professional Development is for all staff
  including administrators
• Blending of funds proportionately
• Involvement of parents in all aspects

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Comprehensive Needs Assessment

• Process that gathers and analyzes multiple
  sources of data to determine areas of need
• Possible sources to review
• Student achievement data
• Attendance data (student and staff)
• Teacher credentials and skill areas
• Parent involvement
• Areas of strength and weakness
• Schedules
• Curriculum alignment
• Discipline and serious incidents
• Budget, etc.

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Parent Notification Non-HQd Teacher, Certified
4 weeks

• Brief explanation of the HQd provision of NCLB
• Name of school and teacher
• Length of time the teacher has been teaching at
  school
• Statement that teacher does not meet NCLB HQd
  criteria
• Assurance that teacher is certified in areas of
  instruction
• Assurance that teacher is actively working
  towards meeting the HQd criteria

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NCLB Criteria for HQd Teachers

• Regular Public School
• Undergraduate degree
• Certified in AZ to teach level and/or content, or
• Meets the AZ Housse Rubric

• AZ Charter School
• Undergraduate degree
• Has completed AZ determined of content courses
  to teach core academic area, or
• Meets the AZ Housse Rubric, or
• Takes and passes the Content area test

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Determining Professional Development Needs

• Conduct a Needs Assessment that looks at
• a. Student academic performance on multiple
  measures of assessment,
• b. Student learning styles,
• c. Teacher qualifications, knowledge, skills
  related to instruction, and awareness and
  readiness to implement SBR and Best Practice
  Models,

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Who are the instructors or tutors provided
through supplemental services?

• Teachers hired by approved providers implement
  the supplemental services program,
• Parents select the service provider from a list
  approved by the Arizona Department of Education.
  (The school does not identify a provider for the
  parent).
• d. Administrative readiness to support and
  implement SBR and Best Practice Models,
• e. Available resources,
• f. Funding, etc.

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NCLB Monitoring

• Cycle 3
• Title I School Improvements Planning
• Notice to parents regarding schools in improvement

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Documentation Needed

• LEAs list of all schools in school improvement
• Sample notice to parents regarding schools in
  improvement

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Parent Notification of School Improvement Status

• Provide
• a definition of In need of improvement,
• what district and school are doing to address the
  problem,
• how parents can become involved,
• information about public school choice,
• information about available supplemental
  services,
• Information about student eligibility for choice
  and/or supplemental services.

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Supplemental ServicesSchool Improvement

• Definition
  - Free extra
  academic assistance that the school provides to
  assist eligible students in a designated school
  to help him/her improve academic performance.
  This assistance is provided through classes or
  tutoring offered outside the regular school day
  (before or after school, weekends or summer
  school).