1. Title I Annual Meeting West Orange Elementary School 2016-2017 Title I Program Overview for Schoolwide Program (SWP) Schools

2. What is Title I? is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.” Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Title I, Part A provides supplemental federal funds to help meet the educational needs of low-achieving students in the highest-poverty schools. In order to access Title I funds, OUSD schools must have a poverty threshold of at least 60% based on free- and reduced price meal applications and/or CalWORKS. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 2

3. Who Receives Title I Services? Although schools are eligible for Title I funding based on poverty, the selection process for providing Title I services to students is not based on low-income. It is based entirely on academic achievement. (List of services provided at site by Title I funds) Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 3

4. What are Supplemental Funds?  Additional monies above and beyond the general funds that districts and schools receive to support the regular program.  Granted to districts and to schools for specific program purposes and must be used only to support and enhance the district’s and school’s regular program.  May not be used to replace or supplant the funds and programs the district provides to all schools, which is also known as the “base” program. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 4

5. Local Educational Agency (LEA) Plan for Orange Unified School District The LEA Plan is required of all school districts that receive funds under ESSA. A copy of our LEA Plan can be found on our OUSD Website. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 5

6. Schoolwide Programs (SWP) Schools write a comprehensive school plan to upgrade the core academic program in a high-poverty school, without distinguishing between eligible and ineligible children. All students may benefit from the additional services in a school operating under a schoolwide program. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 6

7. Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) California Education Code 64001 requires that districts receiving state, federal and other applicable funding through the Consolidated Application (Con App) process ensure that participating schools write a SPSA. California Education Code 52852 requires these schools to establish a School Site Council (SSC) as the decision-making council for all programs funded through the ConApp. The School Site Council (SSC) is responsible for developing, reviewing, and approving the SPSA with written advice from appropriate school advisory committees. Expenses described in the SPSA must be aligned to data that will address specific needs and must be annually evaluated. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 7

8. SPSA Continued The SPSA* includes: ■ Comprehensive needs assessment – Data analysis and annual SPSA Evaluation ■ Goals, based on student data, that are measurable ■Effective methods and instructional strategies that are prioritized based on student needs ■ Budget ■Process of monitoring the strategies to be implemented in SPSA *Goals of the LEA Plan are embedded in the SPSA Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 8

9. The Cycle of Continuous Improvement in the Development of the SPSA Conduct Comprehensive Needs Assessment (Data analysis and SPSA Evaluation) Develop School Goals Develop strategies and align budgets to address identified student needs Monitor implementation Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 9

10. What is Parent and Family Engagement? Meaning under ESSA: The term, parent and family engagement, means the participation of parents and family members in regular, two-way and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 10

11. District Title I Parent Involvement Policy OUSD adopted a Districtwide Title I Parent Involvement Policy for parents on June 2008 (BP 6020). This policy is annually distributed to parents and is required for Title I schools. The policy describes how the District will: - Involve parents in the planning of parent involvement programs - Provide coordination and technical assistance to schools for parent involvement - Build parent & school capacity - Annually evaluate the policy - Involve parents in Title I school activities at their site The District’s annual Parent Student Handbook also provides parents with information on parental involvement and ESSA mandates. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 11

12. School Parent and Family Engagement Policy In addition to reviewing the District Parent Involvement Policy, each Title I school must develop, jointly with parents and family members of children receiving Title I services, a written school parent involvement policy that describes how the school will carry out the parental and family involvement requirements in Every Student Succeeds Act, Section 1116. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 12

13. School Parent and Family Engagement Policy Requirements School-level policies must:  Be jointly developed & distributed to parents  Describe how school will carry out requirements  Be provided to parents in an understandable language  Be reviewed and updated annually Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 13

14. Required School-level Activities (for Parent Involvement)  Annual Title I Meeting  Information about the Title I Program  Training on curriculum & assessment  Opportunity to request meetings  Home-School Compact  Capacity Building Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 14

15. Required Set-Aside for Parent Involvement (Program Code 7E046)  Title I schools are required to set aside 1% of Title I funds to support their Title I Parent Involvement Policy Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 15

16. 2016-2017 School Parent Involvement Activities Insert and discuss parent engagement activities planned for the school year (i.e., Math night, Back to School night, Open House, SSC meetings, parent workshops, etc.) Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 16

17. Parents’ Right to Know ESSA requires Title I, Part A schools to notify parents at the beginning of each school year that they may request information about the qualifications of their children’s teachers and paraprofessionals who provide educational assistance to their children. Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 17

18. Teacher Qualifications Teachers should meet applicable State certification and licensure requirements at the time of employment. (No more Highly Qualified Teacher status required under ESSA) Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 18

19. 2016-2017 School Data Insert and discuss school’s data (suspension rate, attendance rate, report card grades, SBAC data, other data sources ) Orange Unified School District's Accountability and Special Programs 19