Title IIA

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Title II-A Ed Prep Update

• Improving Teacher Quality Requires Decisive
  Action

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Overview

• Federal Title II-A Monitoring
• Section 2141
• PSC Rule Changes
• Federal Stimulus Package
• Teacher Quality Looking through the Equity Lens

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Federal Monitoring, Jan. 2009

• Georgia Team
• GADOE
• PSC
• 3 School Districts Decatur Co., Muscogee Co.,
  Gwinnett Co.

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Federal Monitoring, Jan. 2009

• Recommendations
• Clean-up terminology in Handbook
• Create a mechanism within the conapp re funding
  agreements under 2141(c)
• Findings
• Not HiQ at time of hire in some LEAs
• Annual report cards dont report of teachers
  who arent fully certified
• Not serving eligible non-public schools
• Higher Ed grants definition of high-need LEA

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Federal Monitoring, Jan. 2009

• Commendations
• Notification to parents when teacher not HiQ
• Project EQ equity rubric
• Met or Exceeded Requirements
• 24 of 31 Critical Elements

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Section 2141(a) and (b)

• The districts Title II-A Improvement Plan must
  directly address why the district didnt achieve
  100 HiQ status
• The plan must be revised if the districts status
  drops below 100 HiQ
• The revised plan must be implemented ASAP
• Your Title II-A staff consultant will work with
  you throughout this process the district will
  report progress to the consult.

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Section 2141(c)

• If district failures to make AYP 3 consecutive
  years and fails to achieve 100 HiQ then must
  clearly address in the Improvement Plan
  strategies to meet obj.
• Plan must be revised and implemented ASAP
• Self-assessment

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Section 2141(c)

• Intensive technical assistance will be provided
  by the staff consultant progress will be
  reported to the consultant
• Important for schools districts to maximize
  technical assistance
• Funds agreement that focuses dollars on
  implementation of the Improvement Plan

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Section 2141(c)

• Because of the number of districts falling into
  this category, number of visits limited
• Federal monitors brought attention to importance
  of this work clearly emphasized that this will
  be a focus of future monitoring

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PSC Rule Changes

• GaTAPP if approved, in effect on May 15, 2009
• Creates a non-traditional route umbrella that
  consolidates all non-traditional programs under
  GaTAPP as pathways
• Provides flexibility focus is on which pathway
  best meets the needs of the candidate
• Includes Adjunct Teacher License

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PSC Rule Changes

• New GaTAPP rule creates true non-traditional
  routes separate from university programs
• Results in rescission of many PSC certification
  preparation rules consolidation into one rule

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PSC Rule Changes

• Coaching Endorsement if passes, effective date
  of May 15, 2009
• Creates GA standards for educator coaching
• Intent is to create some consistency in the
  preparation of coaches (academic, leadership,
  etc)
• Note the emphasis on coaching in the leadership
  the GaTAPP rules expect expansion of this
  emphasis

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Federal Stimulus Package

• The education focus in the law (American Recovery
  Reinvestment Act ARRA) includes
• Advancement of education reform
• Long-term results esp. in college career-ready
  standards w/ aligned assessments
• PK-college career data systems
• Teacher effectiveness equitable distribution of
  effective teachers
• Effective supports interventions for the lowest
  performing schools

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Federal Stimulus Package

• State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - 48.6B
  to be spent quickly to prevent lay-offs of
  education personnel GA is eligible for
• Part A, Title I, ESEA Part B, IDEA - 11.7B,
  some for immediate use, some for fall 09 use.
  This is in addition to normal funds available in
  July October.
• LEAs encouraged to invest these funds in ways
  that will have long-term pay-offs

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Federal Stimulus Package

• State Incentive Grants (Race to the Top)
• 4.35B two rounds fall 09 spring 2010
• Reward states making the most progress on the
  laws goals
• Innovation Fund (What Works)
• 650m two rounds fall spring LEAs
  consortia to recognize gains in closing the
  achievement gap

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Federal Stimulus Package

• Teacher Incentive Fund
• 200m, competitive grants fall 09
• To recognize innovative principal teacher
  compensation models (focus on recruitment
  retention in high-need schools fields)
• Statewide Data System
• 250m, competitive to states fall 09

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Federal Stimulus Package

• Emphasis in this law is on
• Transparency how funds are used accounted for
  www.recovery.gov
• Thoughtful investment dont commitment funds to
  unsustainable purposes that cant be funded after
  ARRA funding expires

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Teacher Quality Through the Equity Lens

• Old model Teachers kids show-up top achievers
  often are assigned to the best teachers low
  achievers as well as children of poverty
  children of color often assigned to the least
  prepared teachers
• New model Equitable school environments expand
  the pool of top achievers since all children have
  access to the best teachers

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Teacher Quality Through the Equity Lens

• Revision of Georgia Equity Plan
• Data collection analysis in place
• Alternative routes to certification in place
• Monitoring of LEA implementation in place
• Specializes knowledge skills for teachers
  leaders
• Working conditions that impact recruitment
  retention
• Support through policy chg. collaboration

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Teacher Quality Through the Equity Lens

• Expectation that districts will select
  appropriate equity rubric indicators focus
  efforts to move from adequate implementation to
  target implementation
• This means moving from traditional approaches to
  out-of-the box approaches to address equity issues

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Teacher Quality Through the Equity Lens

• Consider focusing on improving induction for
  teachers in years 1, 2, 3
• Use learning community to create sustain
  working conditions that increase holding power
• Identify successful schools partner with these
  schools
• Partner with universities community agencies

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Teacher Quality Through the Equity Lens

• Ron Edmonds, the father of the school
  effectiveness movement, in the 1980s suggested
  that we know everything that we need to know to
  improve schools. We choose not to do these
  things.
• Pogo, a famous opossum from the newspaper comics
  said he had seen the enemy and the enemy is us.
  We choose to place the blame elsewhere, usually
  on the child, the parent, or the community.

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Teacher Quality Through the Equity Lens

• As we create a new equity plan for Georgia, the
  PSC and the GaDOE will provide support for
  district efforts to improve teacher quality so
  that all students have equitable opportunities to
  be taught by the best teachers. We look forward
  to working with you as you create and implement
  your district equity plans.

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Announcements

• Handbook Survey
• Overview of Sessions
• Conference Evaluation Forms