1. Annual Title I Meeting Gullatt Elementary School
Review of Title I Plan
September 22, 2015
Shawanna Arnold
Assistant Principal

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3. Purpose Share Title I Plan with all stakeholders.
Share Focus School Status and Plan

4. Definition of Title I
Title I provides federal funding that is allocated to schools based on the percentage of students receiving free/reduced lunch.
See one-page summary
Support falls in 2 categories: Priority and Focus

5. Schoolwide Programs
The school uses Title I funds to upgrade the entire educational program of the schools.
The funds are used to serve all children in order to raise academic achievement.
The funds are used to provide additional assistance to students who experience difficulties meeting the state performance targets.

6. Schoolwide Program
The school must collect and analyze data that effects student achievement.
The school must develop a comprehensive school plan and annually review the effectiveness of the plan.

7. Focus Improve instruction in all content areas.
Reading/ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
Improve practices of using data to support and drive instruction.
Assist students in becoming critically engaged citizens who contribute to the school community.

8. Budget Approximately $196K
Staff (Teacher, Instructional Coach, Parent Liaison)
Technology (Chromebooks)
Student Materials
Extended Day Tutorial

9. The Title I Plan Professional Development Instructional Strategies
Guided Reading, Writing
Number Talks, Guided Math
Data Utilization
Instructional Strategies
Personalized Learning
Implementation of data teams and improved data practices
Frequent data talks
Data displays
Data binders
School wide Positive Behavior System

10. Monitoring the Plan Math Reading Social Studies/Science
End of the unit assessments, STAR Math, Redbird, common assessments
Reading
DIBELS, STAR Reading/Early Literacy, Scholastic Reading Inventory, common assessments, WriteScore, PBAs.
Social Studies/Science
End of the unit assessments, common assessments
Discipline data
Number of suspensions, incidents etc.

11. Gullatt Elementary School CCRPI Score (2014)

12. Achievement Gap Focus Schools
Focus Schools are identified as Title I schools having the lowest Achievement Gap performance in the state based on gap size and gap change.

13. Entrance Criteria for Focus Schools
The school must be a Title I school
The school must not meet the definition of a Priority school
The school must have three years of data
Calculation:
3-year average of Achievement Gap scores
Rank schools by 3-year average of Achievement Gap scores
Select lowest 10%
Schools identified as Focus Schools in 2012 which do not meet the exit criteria will be re-identified as Focus Schools.

14. CCRPI Overview Georgia Elementary Schools (2014)

15. Gullatt Elementary School CCRPI Three-Year Trend Data
CCRPI Component
2012
2013
2014
Achievement 38
35.4
35.2
Progress
14.9
11.9
14.5
Achievement GAP 11
Challenge 1 .5 .9
Overall CCRPI Score
53.9
47.8
61.6
Think-Pair-Share
What questions does this data raise for you? What surprises you ? What are our next steps in using this data to improve student achievement and teacher practices?

17. Achievement Gap Component
Gap size is defined as the difference between the state mean of zero (0) and the average z score of the students in the lowest quartile ( bottom 25%) by subject.
Gap change is defined as the gap size for the current year minus the gap size for the prior year. 

18. C. H. Gullatt Elementary School Achievement Gap
3-Year Average
3.67
6.33
7.00

19. Focus School Exit Criteria
Focus Schools will exit Focus status when they:
No longer meet the definition of a Focus School and
Demonstrate a 2.5 point increase in the 3-year average of Achievement Gap scores
year average will serve as the baseline
Schools that were identified as Focus schools in spring 2012 may exit Focus status if they no longer meet the definition of a Focus school and have increased their Achievement Gap points by 2.5 points or exceed the state level 3-year average of Achievement Gap Points.

20. Next Steps Additional Support Additional Funding
Professional Development

21. Let’s stay connected
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