improvement plan training

Improvement PlanTraining

NCLB

No Child Left Behind Program Series: Improvement Plans

Objectives

• To provide consistency across the State regarding a process linking the Comprehensive Needs Assessment to developing and reviewing improvement plans for NCLB program administration, funding decisions and documentation

• To provide a resource tool for understanding and reviewing the required components of improvement plans for both State and Federal requirements.


Acronym Ace? CNA

TEC

NCLB

CIP

DIP

LEA

AYP

AMAO

HQ

SRB

TA

SW

SCE

ELL

SMART


Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Texas Education Code

No Child Left Behind

Campus Improvement Plan

District Improvement Plan

Local Education Agency

Adequate Yearly Progress

Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives

Highly Qualified

Scientifically Research-Based

Targeted Assistance

Schoolwide

State Compensatory Education

English Language Learner

[Several Options]

What do you believe is the purpose of improvement plans?

Create an acrostic using the word ‘PLANS’ to answer this question!


Purpose-driven document… L ____________A ____________N ____________S ____________


“We want to gather and analyze data that will help us understand the system that produces the results we are getting…from random acts of improvement to focused improvement that centers on… improving results for students.” Victoria Bernhardt


To this!


Please read paragraphs 1 and 2 on Page 1.


Why Planning?

A focused, well-developed plan Provides clear direction, Defines programming, Creates accountability for growth and

improvement, and Serves as a program and financial audit

document


Texas Education

Code

No Child Left Behind


Form the Planning Team

Conduct the CNA

Develop/Revise the Improvement Plan

Link the Plan to Federal, State, and Local

Funding Sources

Implement the Improvement Plan

Use Formative and Summative Measures to Evaluate the Plan and Link to the CNA

State and Federal Process


State: Improvement Plan Requirements

Read pages 2 and the top of page 3.


Quiz Me…Q. Who’s responsible for the CIP?

A. Campus Principal and SBDM

Q. Each campus is required to have a policy and administrative procedures?

A. No, each district must do so.

Q. Who must serve on the committee?

A. Professional staff, parents, community members, business/industry representatives.

Q. How many public meetings must be held per year?

A. At least one


State: Improvement Plan Requirements

Planning Team


State (TEC)• Professional Staff• Parents of Students

Enrolled• Community Members• Business/Industry

Representatives

Federal (NCLB) • Teachers, Principals,

Administrators, Pupil Services Personnel

• Parents and other members of the community

• Technical Assistance Providers

• Secondary Students

Federal: Improvement Plan Requirements

What are the general requirements by program?


NCLB:Campus Improvement PlansProgram CIP RequirementsTitle I, Part A HQ / Recruitment-Retention Strategies

10 Schoolwide or 8 Targeted ComponentsHow funds are spent, including Scientifically Research-Based Strategies

Title I, Part C The LEA identifies and addresses the special educational needs of migrant children through a comprehensive plan for needs assessment and service delivery.

A Priority for Services Action Plan must be developed for: In providing MEP-funded services, the LEA must give priority to migrant children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State’s challenging State academic content and academic achievement standards, and whose education has been interrupted during the regular school year. These children are classified as Priority for Services (PFS).

Title II, Part A The LEA will address HQ professional development, recruitment, and retention, as coordinated through Title I, Part A.

Title II, Part D The Title II, Part D funds are aligned with the approved District Long-Range Technology Plan on file with TEA.

NCLB:Campus Improvement Plans

Program CIP RequirementsTitle III, Part A [The LEA must submit a program evaluation that

outlines a description of programs and activities conducted during the preceding year and the progress of current, M1 and M2 students. This evaluation is to be used to assess and plan Title III activities.]

Title IV, Part A The SDFSC program must: -Include a review of drug use and violence data for the CNA-Include measurable goals and objectives-Comply with the Principles of Effectiveness


Title I, Part A Schoolwide and Target Assistance campuses are required to annually develop or amend an annual plan that incorporates the SW or TA planning requirements. Page 4, Paragraph 1

Adopt NCLB Goals and Objectives – Page 4


Federal: Improvement Plan Requirements

And…

TIPA funds on a schoolwide campus may be use only to support activities identified in the CNA and described in the CIP!

Schoolwide programs must develop a comprehensive plan for reforming the total instructional program in the school…


Read silently and discuss as a table group.

And the Plan Shall Be…


Let’s Talk SW…

Pair-Square! Find a partner who is not at your table

and pair-up! Then, pair-up with another partner pair so

that you are a group of 4.


Let’s Talk SW…

Task: SW Components Read through pages 6 through 9 in the

book using the following coding:

= Got it!

T = I think I understand, but want to talk about this.

? = Not sure what this means.


Auto Synectics Partner pairs now pair-up with a new partner

pair. Come to consensus about your favorite

type of car. Complete the phrase:

__ (type of car)___ is like the 10 components because ______.


Let’s Talk TA…Table Task Read through the 8 TI, PA Targeted

Assistance Components.

What are the similarities and differences between these and the SW components?


SCE Planning

Read the 3rd Paragraph on Page 11.

Who is the target group for SCE?

What is required for SCE planning?


JigsawGroup 1 Comprehensive Needs Assessment p.14

Group 2 SMART Goals pp. 15-16

Group 3 Objectives & Strategies/Action Steps p.17

Group 4 Person Responsible/Resource/Timeline

p.18

Group 5 Evidence of Impact/Evidence of Implementation & Evaluation

p.19


Parts of the Plan

Provide a short definition of the section.

What is the purpose of this section of the planning process?

Which guiding question is most important? Why?

Parts of the Plan Jigsaw


What defines a ‘Quality Plan?’

How might we use this rubric?

What other tools should we use?

Parts of the Plan Jigsaw


Let’s look at the Campus Improvement Plan Checklist to identify exactly what must be included in the plan to meet STATE and FEDERAL planning requirements.

Quality Plans Checklist


How does this tool support our work?

What are our next steps?

Debrief



Planning is Strategizing! It’s about making the right moves! It’s about winning…

…When we know that our program funds are yielding results!

NCLB Improvement Plans

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