1. Title I Annual Meeting 2016-2017 Title I Program Overview for Schoolwide Program (SWP) Schools
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2. Purpose of the Overview
To inform parents about the Title I Program and its requirements
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3. 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, LAUSD schools must have a poverty threshold of at least 50% based on free- or reduced-price meal applications and/or CalWORKS.
Schools that rank into Title I deliver supplemental services through a targeted assistance (TAS) program or develop a comprehensive school-wide plan under the schoolwide program (SWP) model. 3
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4. School’s Poverty Ranking and Title I Allocation
Title 1 Allocation: $155,059
(based on 265 students; will increase after norm day) 4
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5. 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. 5
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6. What are Supplemental Funds?
Federal Title I, Part A funds are supplemental to the other state resources (general funds) that the school receives for providing an educational program for students and services that are required by law for English learners and children with disabilities.
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7. Schoolwide Program (SWP) School7

8. The Two Title I Models for Serving Students
May serve All Students at the School based on the needs assessment but must address the needs of students most at risk.
Supplemental Funds
Schoolwide Program (SWP)
Supplemental Services
Serve Identified Title I Students based on multiple objective criteria
Targeted Assistance Program
(TAS)

9. 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 based upon the identified needs described in the plan.
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10. Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
California Education Code requires that districts receiving state, federal and other applicable funding through the Consolidated Application (ConApp) process ensure that participating schools write a SPSA.
California Education Code 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. 10
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11. Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
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 based on research that address student needs
Budget
Process of monitoring the implementation of the planned actions
*Goals of the LEA Plan are embedded in the SPSA

12. 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
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13. 2016-2017 School’s Title I Allocation and Expenditures
Two 0.5 Coordinators: $113,405
Coordinator Differential: $1,487.90
2nd Community Rep: $12,341
Rest of 1st Community Rep: $7,632
Staff Training Rate ($25) for Summer PD: 15 people, 22 hours = $10,000
X-Time Direct for 3 team leads (4 hours a month at $65 an hour with benefits): $9,675
Total: $154,540.90
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14. Title I SWP and Parent Involvement14

15. 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.
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16. School Parent and Family Engagement Policy
In addition to the District Parent and Family Engagement Policy, each Title I school must develop, jointly with parents and family members of children receiving Title I services, a written school parent and family engagement policy that describes how the school will carry out the parental and family involvement requirements in Every Student Succeeds Act, Section 1116.
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17. 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 “periodically” updated
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18. Required School-level Activities
Annual Title I Meeting
Information about the Title I Program
Training on curriculum & assessment
Opportunity to request meetings
School-Parent Compact
Capacity Building
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19. 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
The following are the expenditures from this
year’s allocation of $2,500:
Part of a Community Representative (costs roughly $12,000 total)
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20. 2016-2017 School Parent Involvement Activities
Semester One:
SSC Meetings (ongoing)
Back to School Night
Parent Conferences (Fall & Spring)
Dia de Los Muertos (Sotomayor-wide event)
Winter Showcase
Semester Two:
Coffee with the Principal
Coffee with the Counselor
Coffee with the Coordinator
Open House
Spring Showcase
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21. 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.
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22. and Paraprofessionals
Title I SWP
and Teachers
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23. Teacher Qualifications
Teachers should meet applicable State certification and licensure requirements at the time of employment.
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24. Paraprofessional Qualifications
All new hires are required to pass the District Proficiency Test* and must meet the following criteria:
HS diploma/GED
AND
Have 60 semester or 90 quarter units from a recognized college or university OR
Have an associate (or higher) degree from a recognized college or university OR
Pass the Instructional Assistance Test
*new hires with a Bachelor’s degree or higher do not need to take the District Proficiency Test
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25. Accountability and The CORE Districts
- Academic performance
- Social-Emotional
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26. School Data
ELA:
42% Meeting/Exceeding ELA Standards (vs. 36% for LAUSD)
56% of 8th graders Meeting/Exceeding ELA Standards (vs. 37% for LAUSD)
23% Not Meeting Standards (vs. 37% LAUSD)
Reclassification Rates:
35% for Studio vs. 11% LAUSD
Math
12% Meeting/Exceeding Math Standards (vs. 27% LAUSD)
47% Not Meeting Standards (vs. 46% LAUSD)
Attendance (percent at 96%):
Staff: 90% for Studio vs. 76% LAUSD
Students: 74% vs. 78.5% LAUSD Central Middle Schools
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27. CORE DISTRICTS
On August 6, 2013, eight California school districts, including LAUSD, received a waiver from some of the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act from the U.S. Secretary of Education.
While the NCLB CORE Waiver expired in August 2016, LAUSD will continue to implement interventions at the designated Priority and Focus schools. 27
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28. YOU ARE OUR PARTNERS
At LAUSD, schools and families are working together to ensure all students are college-prepared and career-ready. Together we can equip our students with the foundation of skills needed for the 21st century.

29. Resources
For additional questions regarding the school’s Title I Program, please contact the Principal, Leah Raphael or Coordinators, Stephanie Shawn & Nikki Christensen.
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