Title I UpdatesDonna Brown, Director

North Carolina Department of Public InstructionFederal Program Monitoring and Support

September 29, 2015

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Approximately $514,000,000 in federal funds provided to districts and schools each year

• Title I (Economically Disadvantaged Youth)• Title II (Improving Teacher Quality)• Migrant Education Program (MEP)• School Improvement Grants 1003a and 1003g • Neglected and Delinquent Programs• 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)• Rural Low-Income Schools (RLIS)• Small Rural Schools Achievement Program (SRSA)• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program

Federal Initiatives• ESEA Flexibility for

Priority, Focus and Reward Schools

• National Title I Distinguished Schools Program

• Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program

• Comparability Reporting• Prayer Certification• Ed-Flex Authority• Consolidated Federal Data

Collection System (CFDC)• Migrant Student Interstate

Exchange Initiative (MSIX)• Profile and Performance

Information Collection System (PPICS)

• Committee of Practitioners (COP)

• Section 504

State Initiatives• Superintendent's Parent

Advisory Council• After-School Quality

Improvement Grant Program

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• Statewide System of Support• ESEA Flexibility – Focus, and Priority Schools• Indistar – School Improvement Planning• NEW Schoolwide Guidance• Status on Use of Funds

Title I Updates

Statewide System of Support

From Roundtables to Service Teams…

North Carolina’s Statewide System of Support is coordinated and monitored primarily through three leadership councils. The leadership structure includes a Senior Leadership Council, a Service Advisory Council, and four Service Support Teams.

Statewide System of Support

The Senior Leadership Council is comprised of NCDPI senior leadership

– Meets quarterly– Manage the selection of districts and schools that

will receive the most intensive support – Monitoring progress toward the priority

objectives.

Statewide System of Support

The Service Advisory Council is comprised of a core group of division directors

– Collect qualitative and quantitative data to identify priority needs across the state

– Identifies current initiatives being provided to the region by the agency

– Reviews comprehensive needs assessment outcomes – Identifies gaps and redundancies – Targets available resources to identified needs – Routes continued services through NCDPI staff assigned to

regions, districts, and schools

Statewide System of Support

Four Service Support Teams are comprised of regional NCDPI staff

– Analyze data to develop and implement targeted professional learning

– Identify and develop resources for educator growth and improvement

– Guide LEAs and Charters with effective resource allocation decisions

– Assess and modify the quality and alignment of the services provided by the team

ESEA Flexibility - Priority and Focus

Priority Schools• Notify parents by August 2016• Select a model

– Turnaround– Transformation– Restart– Closure– Turnaround Principles

• Utilize Indistar ®– 2015-16 Assess indicators– 2016-17 Create and implement plan– 2017-18 Monitor and modify

intervention plan (as needed)– 2018-19 Monitor and modify

intervention plan (as needed)

Focus Schools• Notify parents by August 2016• New – Implement interventions

for identified subgroups• Continuing – Utilize Indistar ®

– 2015-16 Assess indicators– 2016-17 Create and implement

intervention plan– 2017-18 Monitor and modify

intervention plan (as needed)– 2018-19 Monitor and modify

intervention plan (as needed)

NOTE: 2015-16 is a planning year for non-SIG schools.

What is Indistar®?Indistar® is a web-based tool that guides Leadership Teams (district, school, or both) in charting its improvement and managing the continuous cycle of assessing, planning, implementing, and progress tracking of effective practices.

Focus will be clear, responsibilities assigned, efforts synchronized.

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Indistar ® – School Improvement Planning

• Watch the Indistar® video by clicking here.

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• Guides improvement teams — whether district, school, or both — through a continuous cycle of assessment, planning, implementation, and progress monitoring.

• Allows for a “rapid improvement” or turnaround track that includes different indicators than a “continuous improve-ment” track.

Indistar ® – School Improvement Planning

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Indistar ® – School Improvement Planning

• More information: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/program-monitoring/planning/

2014-15

* School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools* Priority Schools

2015-16

* SIG Schools* Priority Schools* Focus Schools (not exiting)

2016-17

* SIG Schools* Priority Schools* Focus Schools (not exiting)* ANY SCHOOL

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USED Updates

• July 30, 2015, letter to Chief State School Officers highlighting the advantages and flexibilities in schoolwide programs

• Offers some clarification to common misunderstandings

• Clarifies a “word of caution” around supplemental funding tests in schoolwide programs

• Should be used in addition to existing guidance

• The letter and enclosed guidance may be found HERE.

Schoolwide Guidance

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True or False?

• Title I funds may only be used to support reading and math.

• Title I funds may only be used to provide remedial instruction.

• Title I funds may only be used to serve low-achieving students.

• Title I funds may only be used for instruction.• Title I funds may not be used to support

children below the age of compulsory attendance.

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But what if…?

• An LEA does not have sufficient non-Federal funds to provide even the most basic education program in all its schools.

• An LEA is required by State or local law to provide funding for a specific purpose for all students.

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How is the money used?

Approximately $400,000,000 supports the salaries of instructional staff that work directly with students.

69 local education agencies use Title I

funds

Over $48,000,000 being invested

7,618 students being served

High-Quality Preschool Programs

Status on Use of Funds

Approximately $24,000,000 in Title I, Title II, and SIG funds• High-quality professional development for

instructional staff• Instructional leadership development for

principals• Salaries for instructional coaches/lead

teachers

Status on Use of Funds

Federal grants are not merely a funding source, but an opportunity to think about teaching and learning in a different way.

Final Thought

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Questions?