Comprehensive Planning: Charter School Training Comprehensive Planning: Charter School Training Comprehensive Planning Team Kelly Fortney Statewide Comprehensive Planning Educational Consultant 1

2  Introduce the components within the Comprehensive Planning web application  Introduce the Comprehensive Planning process  Review updated regulations  Share best practices, tips and tricks for quick plan approval Training Goals

Components of the Comprehensive Plan 3 Charter Schools School Improvement Plan (Priority and Focus Schools) Teacher Induction Plan Professional Education Plan Student Services Plan Charter Annual Report LEA Comprehensive Plan (Phases) The Pennsylvania Comprehensive Plan

4 Charter Schools  Comprehensive Plan (required)  School Improvement Plan (required for Priority & Focus schools)  Charter Annual Report (required) Planning Overview Your school name

5 Web Application: School Improvement Plan School Improvement Plan (SIP) – required for Priority and Focus Schools Action Plan in SIP and CP should be identical

6 Your school name Web Application: Annual Report Charter Annual Report – a component of the Comprehensive Planning Process Purpose: To provide an overview of the information within the Charter School annually

PlanWhenApproval Process Professional Education3 years28-day public review, Board approval, submit to PDE Teacher Induction6 years28-day public review Board approval, submit to PDE Gifted (Districts) 6 years28-day public review, Board approval Student Services6 years28-day public review, Board approval Pre-K Program (if applicable) 3 years28-day public review, Board approval, submit to PDE 7 Summary of Required Plans

Due Dates and Workflow 8  November 30, 2015 – Phase 1 Comprehensive Plan due  28-day public review and Board approval prior  November 30, 2016 – Phase 2 LEA Comprehensive Plan due  28-day public review and Board approval prior  November 30, Phase 3 LEA Comprehensive Plan due  28-day public review and Board approval prior)  June 30, 2016 – School Improvement Plan resubmission (Board approval prior)  28 day public review  August 1, Charter Annual Report due

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The CP Resource Page 12

Chapter 4 Updates 13  Web application meets all requirements for Chapter 4 revisions  Plans that are required for submittal to PDE MUST use the web application  Plans not required for submittal to PDE can choose own format  Within the Instructions for each section, the web application indicates required components in red text

ESEA Flexibility Waiver Update 14 3-Year Required School Improvement Plans Only required for Title I Schools designated as “Priority” or “Focus” Annual resubmission required by June 30th A 3-year Comprehensive Plan is also required, but may not fall in same timeframe

Title I Schoolwide Program 15 If implementing a Schoolwide Title I Program: OPTIONAL use of web application If using web application, schools must complete a School Level Plan (or SIP if designated Priority/Focus) AND additional addendum in the Title 1 Assurances section

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Professional Education Plan 17 The Comprehensive Plan must contain a minimum of 2 Professional Development implementation steps:  1 aligned to improving language and literacy acquisition  1 aligned to teaching diverse learners in an inclusive setting

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19 Professional Education Plan – Act 126 and Act 71

20 Professional Education Plan – Act 126 and Act 71

21 Professional Education Plan – Act 126 and Act 71

22 Go to LEA Comprehensive Planning web application or Training Site:

23 Web Application- Getting Started  Have an account on the PDE portal  Two Administrator roles are needed to set up Initial Access to the Comp Plan web application: a) Local Security Administrator: Top-level users, responsible for the overall security of the Education Portal for their institution b) Local Administrator: has the ability to add users who can access the Comp Plan web application  Identify roles of registered users  Viewer (can view)  Author (can edit)  Planning Leader (can edit, check plan for issues, and submit)

24 Roles for Access - Wikispace

25  Visit:  Under “I Would Like To”, select “Access My PDE Suite”  Log-in with your username and password My PDE Suite – Click on Comp Plan under Applications tab  Click on the banner with your school name Logging in to your Comprehensive Plan

26 Logging in to your Comprehensive Plan

27 Web Application: Navigation Your school name

28 Action Planning  Identify all of the “to-do list” steps that will be needed to implement the Strategies: Each “to-do list” step is an Implementation Step  Identify Strategies that have a significant probability of meeting the Action Plan Goal  Select/create a Systemic Challenge to be the Goal of an Action Plan (or create a Goal)

Action Planning: Strategies 29 Descriptions of proven interventions / best practices Descriptors tell “how” goals will be implemented Strategies provide significant probability of attaining goal Strategies designed for systemic implementation

Action Planning: Implementation Steps 30 A list of “to-dos” (the WORK) that includes evidence of the implementation step Tell HOW strategy will be executed Tell WHAT sequential actions will occur Tell WHO and WHEN actions will occur

31 Completing the Process Signers must have a PDE Portal account and must have at least Author access to the entity’s plan.

32 Completing the Process In order to ask the web app to check the plan for completion, a user must have Planning Leader Access.

33 Completing the Process In order for the ‘Submit’ button to appear, a member with ‘Planning Leader’ access should “Check Comprehensive Plan for Issues”.

34 Completing the Process Enter comments for the PDE reviewer (if necessary). Select ‘Submit’

35 Completing the Process Reports can be selected and printed using this page.

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37 Support and Communication Click PA Planning Click on Subscribe Comprehensive Planning Support Join the Listserv

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