March 6, 2015
TO:Title I Contacts
FROM:Thersea Burzynski
Leah Ahneman
Nancy Estrem-Fuller
RE:Annual Local Evaluation of Title I 2014-15
Here is the end-of-the-year reporting information for Title I.
It is expected that the results of your local annual review will be shared with teachers and parents. You may want to consider publishing a summary in a school/district newsletter.
Please feel free to contact Thersea at 715-720-2036 or , Leah Ahneman at 715-720-2049 or , or Nancy Estrem-Fuller at 715-720-2057 or , if you have any questions.
Enclosures
PLEASE SHARE WITH APPROPRIATE STAFF –
ONLY ONECOPY WAS SENT TO EACH DISTRICT.
These forms are due on June 8, 2015.
TITLE I EVALUATION CHECKLIST
Spring 2015
1.Complete: Title I Evaluation Report for Annual Review – Sheet #1
2.Complete: Parental and Community Participation and Involvement – Sheet #2 (One for each PROGRAM)
3.Complete: Extended Day Program form (Only if you have an extended day program funded by TitleI.) - Sheet #3
4.Complete: Title I Narrative Report for Annual Review – Sheet #4
Date needs assessment was completed:
5.Identify the Title I 2014-15 contact/coordinator including phone/email.
Name:Phone:
Email:
PLEASE SEND COPIES TO CESA #10 BY June 8, 2015.
Completed by:Date:
Sheet #2
ESEA team leader will need to be consulted in the completion of this form.
District:Building:
Completed By:Date:
ESEA: No Child Left Behind
Parental and Community Participation and Involvement
1.If your building has been identified as “in need of improvement”:
Describe how parents were (will be) notified.
Describe how parents were (will be) involved in developing an improvement plan.
Describe how parents were (will be) informed of their options.
2.Describe how parents were notified of their right to request and receive timely information on the professional qualifications of their children’s classroom teachers e.g. district newsletter article, letter to parents, etc. Please attach copy.
3.We have a written parental involvement policy in place. Attach a copy of your board approved parent policy.
4.An annual meeting for parents was held on . Attach copy of agenda and attendance.
5.Building Parent’s Capacity for Involvement – Title I LEA and School Requirements.
Check to indicate where your building is in providing the following:
Yes / No / In Progress /Each LEA and School Shall Provide --
1.Program Information for Parents – Each LEA and school shall provide assistance to parents of participating Title I children in understanding such topics as the state’s academic content and achievement standards, the assessments being used, the requirements of the Title I, Part A, and how to monitor their children’s progress and work with educators to improve their achievement.2.Materials and Training – Each LEA and school shall provide materials and training, such as literacy training and training on how to use technology, to help parents to work with their children to improve achievement.
3.Educate Educators – Each LEA and school shall educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties, between parents and the school.
Yes / No / In Progress / Each LEA and School May Provide --
4.Preschool Coordination – Each LEA and school shall, “to the extent feasible and appropriate,” coordinate and integrate parental involvement programs with Head Start, Even Start, and other preschool programs, and conduct other activities, such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children.
5.Understandable Communication – Each LEA and school shall ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to the parents of participating children in a format, and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand.
6.Other Requested Activities – Each LEA and school shall provide such other reasonable support for parental involvement activities as parents may request.
7.Input on Professional Development – Each LEA and school may involve parents in the development of training for teachers, principals, and other educators to improve the effectiveness of such training.
8.Literacy Training – Each LEA and school may provide necessary literacy training for parents with Part A funds in the LEA has exhausted all other reasonably available sources of funding.
9.Parents’ Expenses – Each LEA and school may pay reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parental involvement activities, including transportation and child care costs, to enable parents to participate in school-related meetings and training and training sessions.
10.Parents Reaching Out to Parents – Each LEA and school may train parents to enhance the involvement of other parents.
11.Convenient School Meetings – Each LEA and school may arrange school meetings at a variety of times, or conduct in-home conferences between parents who are unable to attend the school meetings and the teachers and other educators who work with their children.
12.Model Approaches – Each LEA and school may adopt and implement model approaches to improving parental involvement.
13.District-wide Parent Council – Each LEA may establish a district-wide parent advisory council to provide advice on all matters related to parental involvement in funded programs.
14.Community Involvement – Each LEA and school may develop appropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses in parent involvement activities.
6.Required School-Parent compacts are in place. Yes No
Attach copy of compact.
7.What process does your building use to assess the effectiveness of parental involvement? e.g. minutes of parent meeting, parent survey, etc.
8.Describe your 2014-15 parental involvement plan of activities.
Sheet #3
EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM FORM
2014-15
To be completed ONLY if Title I dollars are funding a before school, after school, or summer school program.
DISTRICT:
BUILDING:
Check the type of program(s) funded by Title I
Before School
After School
Summer School
For a Before School or After School Program complete the following and return with this evaluation packet by June 8, 2015. If you offer a summer school program funded by Title I, complete this form after summer school and return to CESA by September 3, 2015.
1.Describe services offered, i.e., when, where, how often, subject areas, etc.
2.Who provides the services? What are their qualifications/certifications?
3.How are students identified/selected to receive services?
4.How many students received services during the 2014-15 school year?
5.How were services assessed?
6.What are the benefits of the program?
7.Are there any changes that need to be made to improve the program?
Sheet #4
District:Building:
Completed by:Date:
TITLE I NARRATIVE REPORT FOR ANNUAL REVIEW
SPRING 2015
1.Based on the Title I Evaluation Report results, describe the strengths of the program:
2.Based on the Title I Evaluation Report results, describe the needs of the program:
3.Based on the needs assessment results and the program needs identified above, what changes do you anticipate for next year?
4.How and with whom will you share the results of the Local Annual Review?
(By law, results must be shared with teachers and parents.)
5.Describe the professional development activities that Title I funded staff participated in this year. (include local, CESA, state, and other)
Please send copies to CESA #10 by June 8, 2015.