School Support Team Training. Nerissa Erickson, M.A.Ed., M.Ed. Title I/NCLB Consultant Region 10 ESC

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1 School Support Team Training Nerissa Erickson, M.A.Ed., M.Ed. Title I/NCLB Consultant Region 10 ESC

2 AGENDA: DAY ONE I. Functions of School Support Team II. Legal Requirements of School Support Team III. Conduct Data Scan Analysis IV. Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) (CNA) V. Highly Qualified Survey reports (CNA) VI. Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool (Excel) VII. Comprehensive Needs Assessment Probing Questions (booklets and electronic copies)

3 VIII.NCLB Evaluation: Legal Requirements and Template AGENDA: DAY TWO I. Ten Schoolwide Components (alignment to CIP strategies) II. Campus Improvement Plan Process: Legal Requirements and Template III. Parental Involvement Policy: Legal Requirements and Template IV. School-Parent Compact: Legal Requirements and Template V. Annual Title I Meeting: Legal Requirements and Presentation VI. NCLB Documentation: Legal Requirements and Documents VII. NCLB Documentation: Public Reporting Requirements

4 School Support Team Training Day 1, Session 1 Introduction to School Support Teams

5 Session Questions Who should be members of an SST? What are the functions of SSTs? Which Title I campuses are required to use SST services? Which other Title I campuses should have SST services offered to them? 2

6 Required SST Members: Highly Qualified teacher Highly qualified principal Pupil Services personnel (counselor, social worker) Subject area specialists: math, ELA, science Additional roles that may be represented: Parents Representatives of institutions of higher education Representatives of outside consultant groups A minimum of 7 members on an SST team 4

7 School Support Team Functions in PUBLIC LAW JAN. 8, STAT (i) review and analyze all facets of the school s operation, including the design and operation of the instructional program, and assist the school in developing recommendations for improving student performance in that school; current status of school on accountability factors 6

8 School Support Team Functions in PUBLIC LAW JAN. 8, STAT (ii) collaborate with parents and school staff and the local educational agency serving the school in the design, implementation, and monitoring of a plan that, if fully implemented, can reasonably be expected to improve student performance and help the school meet its goals for improvement, including adequate yearly progress under section 1111(b)(2)(B); focus and monitor its improvement efforts 7

9 School Support Team Functions in PUBLIC LAW JAN. 8, STAT (iii) evaluate, at least semiannually, the effectiveness of school personnel assigned to the school, including identifying outstanding teachers and principals, and make findings and recommendations to the school, the local educational agency, and, where appropriate, the State educational agency; high quality instruction is provided 8

10 School Support Team Functions in PUBLIC LAW JAN. 8, STAT (iv) make additional recommendations as the school implements the plan described in clause (ii) to the local educational agency and the State educational agency concerning additional assistance that is needed by the school or the school support team. - obtain resources for continuing improvement work 9

11 School Support Team Training Day 1, Session 2 Conduct Initial Data Scan

12 Review the Existing Plans Comprehensive Needs Assessment 10 Schoolwide Components Campus Improvement Plan Template Campus Improvement Plan Checklist Parental Involvement Policy School/Parent Compact 5

13 School Support Team Training Day 1, Session 4 Introduce the Comprehensive Needs Assessment

14 SST Function i (i) review and analyze all facets of the school s operation, including the design and operation of the instructional program, and assist the school in developing recommendations for improving student performance in that school; ESEA/NCLB Act of 2001; Section 1117 (a) (5) (B) (i) 2

15 Purpose of the CNA The needs assessment guides the development of the comprehensive schoolwide plan and suggests benchmarks for its evaluation, and, as such, is closely linked to all aspects of schoolwide program implementation. U.S. Department of Education. (2006). Designing schoolwide programs: Non-regulatory guidance (p. 7). Washington, DC: Author. 12

16 Legal Requirement for a CNA Elementary and Secondary Education Act/NCLB Title I, Part A Other NCLB Programs Texas Education Code (TEC) Chapter 39 6

17 Legal Requirement for a CNA ESEA/NCLB Act of 2001 Section 1114 (b) Components of Schoolwide Programs A schoolwide program shall include the following components: (1)(A) A comprehensive needs assessment of the entire school (including taking into account the needs of migratory children as defined in section 1309(2)) that is based on information which includes the achievement of children in relation to the State academic content standards and the State student academic achievement standards described in section 1111(b)(1). 5

18 ESEA/NCLB Act of 2001 Section 1114 (b) (2) (B) Plan Development (ii) developed with the involvement of parents and other members of the community to be served and individuals who will carry out such plan, including teachers, principals, and administrators (including administrators of programs described in other parts of this title), and, if appropriate, pupil services personnel, technical assistance providers, school staff, and, if the plan relates to a secondary school, students from such school 16

19 Committee Members CNA guide, page 2: parents members of the community teachers principals pupil services personnel, technical assistance providers, school staff students (if the plan relates to a secondary school) 15

20 8 Areas of a CNA 8 CNA Committees Demographics Student Achievement School Culture and Climate Staff Quality, Recruitment, and Retention Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Family and Community Involvement School Context and Organization Technology 14

21 Conducting a CNA TEA s No Child Left Behind Program Series: NCLB Comprehensive Needs Assessment 7

22 Steps for Conducting a CNA 1. Review the purpose and outcomes for conducting the CNA 2. Establish committees for each area of the CNA 3. Determine which types of data will be collected and analyzed by the committee to develop the school profile 4. Determine areas of priority and summarize needs 5. Connect the CNA to the district/campus improvement plan development and review process 10