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1 ESSA Title II, Part A Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High- Quality Teachers, Principals, and Other School Leaders Kathleen Dowling and Armir Doka Whole Child Whole School Whole Community Whole Child Whole School Whole


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ESSA Title II, Part A Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High- Quality Teachers, Principals, and Other School Leaders

Kathleen Dowling and Armir Doka

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Whole Child ● Whole School ● Whole Community

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Illinois State Board of Education

Vision

  • Illinois is a state of whole, healthy children nested in whole,

healthy systems supporting communities wherein all people are socially and economically secure.

Mission

  • Provide leadership and resources to achieve excellence across

all Illinois districts by engaging legislators, school administrators, teachers, students, parents, families, and other stakeholders in formulating and advocating for policies that enhance education, empower districts, and ensure equitable

  • utcomes for all students.
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Illinois State Board of Education

Goals

Every child in each public school system in the State of Illinois deserves to attend a system wherein…

  • All kindergartners are assessed for readiness.
  • Ninety percent or more of third-grade students are reading at or above

grade level.

  • Ninety percent or more of fifth-grade students meet or exceed

expectations in mathematics.

  • Ninety percent or more of ninth-grade students are on track to

graduate with their cohort.

  • Ninety percent or more of students graduate from high school ready

for college and career.

  • All students are supported by highly prepared and effective teachers

and school leaders.

  • Every school offers a safe and healthy learning environment for all

students.

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Community Home School

Emotional Physical Social Cognitive

The Whole Child

A child within an ecology of multiple and interconnected parts nested in overlapping systems

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Title II-A Presentation Objectives

  • Purpose of Title II-A
  • Allowable Funds Uses under Title II-A
  • Planning Strategies
  • Non-public consultation
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Purpose of Title II-A

  • Increase student achievement
  • Increase quality and effectiveness of

teachers, principals, and other school leaders

  • Increase the number of effective teachers,

principals and other school leaders

  • Provide low-income and minority students

greater access to effective teachers, principals and other school leaders

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Title II-A Uses of Funds

  • Provide training and capacity building in selecting assessments and

data to improve student achievement

  • Districts receiving Title II professional development funds must use the

money to address the learning needs of all students including children with disabilities, English learners and gifted and talented students

  • Provide high quality personalized professional development that is

evidence-based

  • Develop programs and activities that increase the ability of teachers

to effectively teach children with disabilities and English language learners

  • Provide programs and activities to increase instruction in the early

grades

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Title II-A Planning Strategies

  • Identify local needs
  • Select relevant, evidence-based strategies
  • Implement
  • Examine and reflect
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Identify Local Needs

  • What data are available or needed to best

understand local needs?

  • What are the potential root causes of areas

where student’s performance falls short of goals?

  • How should needs be prioritized when there

are several identified?

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Relevant Evidence-Based Strategies

  • Are the findings in this study or studies positive

and statistically significant?

  • Are there other rigorous studies with

contradictory (e.g., negative or null) findings?

  • How will the effectiveness of the intervention be

measured?

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  • Is the implementation plan being followed as

designed? Are changes necessary?

  • Do resources need to be realigned or

timelines adjusted?

  • Are stakeholders regularly engaged in the

implementation process?

Implementation

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  • What are reasonable expectations of success and

how can success be measured?

  • Do the data suggest that implementation be

continued, modified or replaced?

  • What have the participants in the activities shared

about their experiences and how it was implemented?

Examine and Reflect

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Non-Public School Consultation

  • Make sure that you consult with your non-public

schools regarding participation

  • Non-public schools should sign the documents

regardless, indicating if they will participate or not

  • Comparable services v Same services
  • Pool funds with other non-public schools
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Secular  Neutral

Title II-A Funds may NOT be used to:

  • Pay for programs designed to support religious

instruction

  • Used in any manner intended to advance or inhibit

religion, or particular political views

  • Help teachers better evaluate students’ mastery
  • f various religious precepts
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Transferability of Funds

ESSA allows 100% transferability of Title II-A funds

Between Title II Title IV From Title II Title I

  • May not transfer funds out of Title I
  • State or district may transfer funds
  • May transfer only for current fiscal year
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  • 1. USDE guidance

https://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/essa/essassaegrantguid 10212016.pdf

  • 2. USDE Office of Nonpublic Education Page

(http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/index.html) 3.Illinois State Board of Education ISBE.net/essa

  • 4. ASCD:

http://www.ascd.org/public-policy/essa-updates.aspx

Resources

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Thank you!

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Questions/concerns, please contact: Armir Doka adoka@isbe.net Kathleen Dowling kdowling@isbe.net Title Grants Administration: 217-524-4832

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