IL-EMPOWER Pilot District Webinar FY18 IL-EMPOWER Pilot Grant - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

IL-EMPOWER Pilot District Webinar

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FY18 IL-EMPOWER Pilot Grant Application February 21, 2018 3:00 p.m. CST

Agenda

• Why Are You Attending?
• Core Values
• Application for Funds
• Purpose
• Data and Goals
• IL-EMPOWER Application Process

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Why Are You Attending?

• You are newly assigned with the

responsibility completing the application

• You have questions regarding the new

IL-EMPOWER application

• You want specific instructions and

guidance on how to complete the application quickly and effectively

• You are exploring the idea of doing

something awesome for your students

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Core Values

Whole Child – holistic and strength based Whole School – comprehensive and systemic Whole Community – engagement partners and resources Equity - greatest support for greatest need

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Application for Funds - Purpose

• To provide services and supports to best ensure access to

educational opportunities for all students

• Funding is for supplemental school improvement activities for

districts participating in the IL-EMPOWER Pilot

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Application for Funds – Data and Goals

• Districts must submit a completed needs assessment using

multiple data sources. This could be an existing school improvement plans with data analysis, but, at minimum, must include IBAM Rubric completion, Equity Analysis (e.g., an analysis of allocation of resources and access to educational

• pportunities for students) with supporting or identified data

sources

• Pilot districts are required to describe no less than two goals

in which they wish to investigate and identify evidence of success for each goal

• All grant activities must be completed no later than August

30, 2018.

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Application for Funds – Expenses

• Title I – Part A funds are for the purpose of supplemental

school improvement activities

• To provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair,

equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.

• Allowable Expenses
• Academic Support for At Risk Students
• Support Staff for TI Programs
• TI Program Supplies and Materials
• TI Parent and Family Engagement
• Professional Development aligned with TI

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Application for Funds – Unallowable Expenses

• Supplies and Materials
• Food and refreshments for staff activities, including working lunches
• Costs for basic reading series or materials for core instruction
• Promotional items, such as T-shirts, caps, tote bags, imprinted pens,

and key chains

• Door prizes, movie tickets, gift certificates, pass to amusement parks,

etc.

• Ceremonies, banquets, or celebrations
• Professional Development
• PD that is stand-alone, 1-day, or short-term workshops not aligned to a

schoolwide plan or school improvement initiative

Application Process

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Application for Funds - Examples

Teacher support activities

• Comprehensive induction or support programs for teachers
• Mentoring, observation opportunities
• Adding time to the day to support collaborative planning

time for teachers

• Job embedded professional development
• Time and/or assistance in using data in effective ways to

drive instructional decisions Schools with the greatest need for support

• Implementing rigorous interventions
• Preparing low-achieving students to participate successfully

in advanced coursework

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Application for Funds - Examples

Family and community engagement activities

• Family literacy programs
• Parent leadership academies
• In-home visits, transportation or child care costs to enable

parents to participate in parental engagement programs Implementation of community school model

• Hiring a coordinator to facilitate delivery of health, nutrition,

and social services to students in partnership with local service providers

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Application for Funds - Next Steps

• Submit the completed needs assessment using multiple data

sources to your school support manager

• Identify and articulate goals (in the application for funds –

(attachment 3)

• Select a Professional Learning Partner that can support your

identified goals

• Information on Professional Learning Partners is located at

www.isbe.net/Pages/IL-Empower.aspx

• School Support Managers are available to assist in any portion of

this work

• ISBE staff will follow up with you regarding the process of selection

and initiating the work with a Professional Learning Partner

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IL-EMPOWER Pilot Districts Keri Garrett – Program Manager

• Bushnell-Prairie City

CUSD 170

• Cairo USD 1
• Carbondale CHSD 165
• Danville CCSD 118
• DuQuoin CUSD 300
• East St. Louis SD 189
• LeRoy CUSD 2
• O’Fallon Twp HSD 203
• Paris CUSD 4
• Paris Union SD 95
• Pope County CUSD 1
• Sandoval CUSD 501
• Sparta CUSD 140
• Unity Point CCSD 140

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IL-EMPOWER Pilot Districts Roxanne Filson – Program Manager

• Berkeley SD 87
• Berwyn North SD 98
• Community Consolidated

Sch Dist 15

• Community Consolidated

Sch Dist 59

• Deerfield SD 109
• Galesburg CUSD 205
• Hazel Crest SD 152-5
• Keeneyville SD 20
• Kilder Countryside CCSD

96

• Lemont-Bromberek CSD

113A

• Plano CUSD 88
• Round Lake CUSD 116
• Schiller Park SD 81
• School District U-46/Elgin
• Sterling CUSD 5
• Township HSD 140

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LEA’s (District) Roles:

Know/Understand the Law

• Supplement vs. Supplant
• Allowable use of funds

Submit Application by March 30, 2018 Term of grant - March 1 – August 30, 2018

• Grant start date is submission date of grant, assuming the application is

“substantially approvable.”

• Failure to submit by the due date with all information may delay the

approval process.

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IL-EMPOWER Application Purpose

Each local educational agency desiring assistance under this subpart shall submit an application to the State educational agency that contains such information as the State educational agency may require (ESEA of 1965 as Amended, Sec. 1423).

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Function and Object Codes descriptions: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/AppE-function- codes.pdf#search=function%20code Whole Child • Whole School • Whole Community

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Assurances and Certifications

• Grant Application Certification and Assurances
• Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and

Voluntary Exclusion Lower Tire Covered Transactions

• Certificate Regarding Lobbying
• Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
• Instructions for Completion of ISBE 85-37 Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities

• Continuation Sheet Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
• Notice to All Applicants Regarding Section 427 of the General

Provision Act (GEPA)

• Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA)

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Questions/Discussion

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Contact Information

Roxanne Filson Manager of School Supports IL EMPOWER rfilson@isbe.net (217) 494-0171 Keri Garrett Manager of School Supports IL EMPOWER kgarrett@isbe.net (618) 267-5574 Kerease Epps Intern Innovation Systems Support kepps@isbe.net Annie Brooks Division Supervisor Title Grants Administration abrooks@isbe.net (217) 782-3950

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