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- and reduced price meal applications and/or CalWORKS.
Schools that rank into Title I deliver supplemental services through a targeted assistance (TAS) program or a schoolwide program (SWP) model. 3
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4. School’s Poverty Ranking and Title I Allocation
Title I Ranking: 671
Title I Allocation: $362,386 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?
Additional monies above the general funds 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.
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7. Local Educational Agency (LEA) LAUSD Plan
The LEA Plan is required of all school districts that receive funds under ESSA.
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8. Schoolwide Program (SWP) School8

9. Title I Model for Serving Students at VAAS
May serve All Students at the School based on the needs assessment but must address the needs of students most at risk.
Supplemental Services
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10. 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.
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11. 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. 11
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12. 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 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

13. 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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14. 2016-2017 School’s Title I Allocation and Expenditures
Teacher Professional Development
Release Time for Instructional Rounds
Supplemental Materials
Curricular Trips
2 Intervention Support Coordinators
School Nurse
School Psychologist
Categorical Programs Advisor
Intervention Counselor
Clerical time
Custodial time
Maintenance of equipment
Non-instructional contract services
Software licenses
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15. Title I SWP and Parent Involvement15

16. 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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17. District Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy
LAUSD adopted a Districtwide Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy for parents on December 11, 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 LEA Plan
- 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
The District’s annual Parent Student Handbook also provides parents with
information on parental involvement and ESSA mandates.
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18. District Parent and Family Engagement Policy18 18

19. 2016-2017 Parent-Student Handbook19

20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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: Instructional materials &
supplies for parents.
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24. 2016-2017 School Parent Involvement Activities
Parent Action Team (PAT)
ELAC
SSC
Student Led Conference Night
Science Night
Presentations of Learning
Back to School Night
Open House
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25. 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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26. and Paraprofessionals
Title I SWP
and Teachers
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27. Teacher Qualifications
Teachers should meet applicable State certification and licensure requirements at the time of employment.
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28. 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
Duties:
Provides instruction only if under the direct supervision of a “credentialed teacher”
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29. Accountability and The CORE Waiver
- Academic performance
- Social-Emotional
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30. 2016-2017 School Data Suspension rate - 0% (2015-2016: 0.70%)
92% graduation rate
68% of English Learners are making progress on the CELDT
74% of students with attendance 96% or better
For more information, visit the VAAS school information at
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31. CORE WAIVER
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 expires in August 2016, LAUSD will continue to implement interventions at the designated Priority and Focus schools. 31
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32. 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.

33. Resources
For additional questions regarding the school’s Title I Program, please contact the Principal or Mrs. Petrossian, Categorical Programs Advisor.
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