No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

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No Child Left Behind Actof 2001

• PL 107-110

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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

• Reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary
  Education Act
• Redefines the federal role in K-12 education
• Helps close the achievement gap between
  disadvantaged and minority students and their
  peers
• Focus on the enhancement of Teacher Quality
• Eliminate the bigotry of low expectations!

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Based on Four Basic Principles

• Stronger accountability for results
• Increased flexibility and local control
• Expanded options for parents
• An emphasis on teaching methods that have been
  proven to work and have a scientific basis

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NCLB in Florida
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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

• The NCLB Act of 2001 was passed by Congress with
  overwhelming bipartisan support. In speaking of
  this sweeping overhaul of the federal education
  efforts, President Bush said, These reforms
  express my deep belief in our public schools and
  their mission to build the mind and character of
  every child, from every background, in every part
  of America.

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NCLB Themes

• Focus on What Works
• Reduce Bureaucracy and Increase Flexibility
• Increase Accountability for Student Performance
• Empower Parents

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Florida

• Major Components of NCLB
• Title I Improving Academic Achievement
  Overall, But Especially for the Disadvantaged
• Education of the Disadvantaged 522,364,373
• Reading First 45,639,080
• Even Start (Pre-K) 10,380,828
• Title II Educator Quality 129,044,058
• Title II Technology 28,312,771
• Title III English Language Acquisition
  25,124,291
• Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools
  23,707,108
• Title IV 21st Century Community Learning
  Centers 14,502,093
• Title V Public Charter Schools 25,564,000
• Other 42,710,160
• Total 867,348,762

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• Title I Improving Academic Achievement Overall,
  But Especially for the Disadvantaged -
  578,384,281 For the State of Florida
• 1. Develop and apply objective criteria for
  approving potential providers Section
  1116(e)(4)(B).
• 2. Develop, implement, and publicly report on
  standards and techniques for monitoring the
  quality and effectiveness of services offered by
  approved supplemental educational services
  providers Section 1116 (e) (4)(D).
• 3. The coordination of health and social
  services for such individuals if there is a
  likelihood that the provision of such services,
  including day care, drug and alcohol counseling,
  and mental health services, will improve the
  likelihood such individuals will complete their
  education Sec.1424 (3)
•    A provider of supplemental educational
  services may be a non-profit entity, a for-profit
  entity, educational service agency, or a local
  educational agency, and may include a public or
  private school. Other potential providers
  include public or private institutions of higher
  education and faith-based organizations.

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Title I Continued

• 4. Where feasible, provide transition assistance
  to help the child or youth stay in school,
  including coordination of services for the
  family, counseling, assistance in accessing drug
  and alcohol abuse prevention programs, tutoring,
  and family counseling Sec.1425 (3 )
• 5. Counseling and mentoring for at-risk students
  Sec.1822 (b)(1)(H )
• 6. Instruction for paraprofessionals on
  methodology in teaching reading, writing and
  math partnering with a degree-granting
  institution to provide coursework leading to the
  required 2-year Associate degree (Title I, Part
  A, Sec. 1119 Qualifications for Teachers and
  Paraprofessionals)
• 7. Effective instructional strategies, based on
  scientifically based research, for improving
  student achievement in reading, including
  instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics,
  vocabulary development, reading fluency, and
  reading comprehension, and instruction in the
  use of rigorous diagnostic reading and screening
  assessment tools (Title I, Part B, Sec. 1201
  Reading First)

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Title I Continued

• 8. Professional development for early childhood
  teachers for the development and assessment of
  pre-reading skills in children ages 3-5 (Title I,
  Part B, Sec. 1222 Early Reading First)
• 9. Family Literacy programs for families who have
  low levels of reading (Title I, Part B, Sec.1231
  Even Start Family Literacy Programs)
• 10.Assistance with identifying and implementing
  professional development and instructional
  strategies, support for corrective action
  (Title I, Part A, Subpart 1, Sec. 1116 Academic
  Assessment and School Improvement)
• 11. Establish Family Literacy services, providing
  direct instruction to parents who do not have a
  high school diploma or its equivalent or who have
  low levels of literacy 15 (Title I, Part A, Sec.
  1118 Parental Involvement)

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Title II Educator Quality 129,044,058 For
the State of Florida 

• 1. The use of technology and its application to
  the curriculum and
• academic content areas (Title II, Part D
  Enhancing Education
• Through Technology)
• Instruction for teachers and principals in
  the use of data and academic assessments (Title
  II, Subpart 2, Sec. 2123)
• Instruction for teachers and principals in
  the ways to teach children with special needs
  (Title II, Subpart 2, Sec. 2123)
• Instruction in methods of improving student
  behavior in the classroom (Title II, Subpart 2,
  Sec. 2123)
• Assistance with the establishment of beginning
  teacher mentoring
• programs (Title II, Subpart 1, Sec. 2113)
• School leadership academies to help
  exceptionally talented aspiring or current
  principals and superintendents become outstanding
  managers and educational leaders (Title II,
  Subpart 1,Sec. 2113, c-13 Subpart 2, Sec. 2123,
  a-6)
• Instruction in methods for teaching civics
  (Title II, Part C, Chapter C, Subpart 3)
• Professional development for school personnel
  to heighten awareness of specific problems in
  the education of homeless children (Title II,
  Part C).

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Title II Continued

• 2. Media and Technology - 28,312,771 (Title II,
  Part D Enhancing Education Through Technology)
• Support for innovative technology initiatives,
  including public-
• private partnerships, partnerships with
  public libraries and with
• Public Television to enhance those
  initiatives
• Development of an effective educational
  technology infrastructure
• Professional development that promotes
  integration of technology
• into the curriculum and alignment with
  state standards
• Use of electronic means for teaching and
  student learning
• Use of electronic networks for professional
  development of LEA
• personnel

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Title III English Language Acquisition -
25,124,291

• English Language Acquisition, Language
  Enhancement and Academic Achievement program
  provides funds for helping limited English
  proficient (LEP) and immigrant children attain
  English proficiency.

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Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools
23,707,108 For the State of Florida

• Partnerships Funding will flow directly from
  the federal government for those public entities
  who become a partner with communities and
  community-based organizations to provide programs
  when school is not in session (Title IV, Part A
  Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities. Such
  programs might include
• Strategies to prevent use of illegal drugs,
  suicide and violence
• establishing a safe drug-free
  environment
• Comprehensive mental health services
• Student assistance programs, counseling,
  mentoring and referral
• services
• Crisis management
• School safety hotline
• Pedestrian and bicycle safety program
• Community learning centers to provide
  quality extended learning
• opportunities to meet performance
  standards in reading and mathematics
• Remedial and enrichment learning activities
• Tutoring and mentoring services.

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Title V Public Charter Schools 25,564,000

• Start-Up grants for new charter schools

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Opportunities for the Psychological Community

• Psychologists, social workers, mental health
  workers, and school counselors

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Professional Development

• Effective methods and instructional strategies
  that are scientifically based
• Effective methods to strengthen corrective
  actions
• Scientific researched based reading instruction
• Cognitive and language domain
• Empirically-based interventions
• Diverse educational needs of children
• Participate in defining highly qualified teachers

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Accountability

• Aiding with the establishment of annual
  objectives for academic plans
• Develop screening assessments
• Assist teachers in selecting and using screening
  and diagnostic assessments to improve teaching
  and learning
• Assist with reading and language arts assessments
  of children with limited English proficiency
• Aid in the development of culturally-sensitive
  academic assessments
• Work with school on annual yearly progress

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Accountability

• Assist in the identification of instructional
  assessments, programs, and materials
• Monitor and evaluate educational programs
• Serve as a resource for understanding and
  implementing a methodology for scientific enquiry
• Measurement issues (uses and abuses)

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Program Development

• Supplemental educational services
• Scientifically-based programs that teach children
  cognitive and language skills
• Reading programs
• Culturally sensitive programs for migrant
  children
• Family literacy programs
• Teacher training (pre and in-service)

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Program Development

• Counseling programs
• Recreational programs
• Character education programs
• Community-based programs
• Violence and drug prevention programs
• Services for retained students
• Whole school reform
• Student readiness
• Parental Involvement

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The Future

• Ready to Teach Act
• Aims to align teacher preparation with the
  expectation of NCLB Title II