presented by erin derr 2014-15 federal programs consolidated monitoring 1
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PRESENTED BY ERIN DERR
2014-15 FEDERAL PROGRAMS
CONSOLIDATED MONITORING
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OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS MONITORING
• Current Priority/Focus list will remain in place for 3 years.• 14-15 Monitoring cycle will include• All districts with at least one Priority school
(Title I, Title II, Title III monitoring will not be repeated)
• The other half of the districts with at least 1 Focus school (but no Priority schools) and will be monitored for Title I, Title II, Title III)
• All other schools will be placed on a 4-year cycle and will be monitored for Title I, Title II, Title III for the 14-15 school year and beyond.
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PURPOSE OF CONSOLIDATED PROGRAM REVIEW
• Ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations• Avoid audit exceptions• NOT a review of the quality of the Title I
program, yet…..
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LEA RESPONSIBILITIES
• Complete the online Fed Monitor instrument at least 2 weeks prior to the site visit
• Collect documentation for monitor review• Monitor will only review current year information• Contact parents for parent involvement
interviews• Ask at least 5 parents to participate• No more than 1 employed at the LEA• Coordinate their visit time/place with the monitor
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AFTER THE SITE VISIT
• Monitor completes instrument on Fedmonitor, ensuring all boxes are checked & comments added where appropriate.
• Monitor locks document when completed. This triggers an email to DFP. LEAs may go back into the instrument to review comments, etc. by the monitor.
• If LEA disagrees with a finding, contact the monitor.
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AFTER THE SITE VISIT (CONT.)
• Monitor Reports are then reviewed by Regional Coordinators in DFP
• If LEA has no citations & all programs are in compliance… • LEA receives a letter from DFP • letter states the review/visit was successful and LEA’s
federal programs are in compliance with Federal Law
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AFTER THE SITE VISIT (CONT.)
• If LEA does have citations and all programs are not in compliance…• LEA receives a letter from DFP that states which
program(s) are not in compliance with Federal Law & provides a “Corrective Action Plan” for LEA to follow.
• LEA is provided a due date for CA to be received in DFP.
• Once CA has been completed, LEA receives an “In Compliance” letter.
• Monitors may not revisit the schools.
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PREPARING FOR THE VISITS
• Work with the Lead Monitor to prepare the schedule.• Try to assign buildings within the same
geographic area to monitors.• Make sure all online documentation has
been completed• Consolidated application and funding
adjustment/amendment• Online monitoring instrument
• Gather and organize all documentation
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ONLINE CONSOLIDATED REVIEW INSTRUMENT
• Link to access Fedmonitor web site:
www.federalmonitor.com/pa/gov
Reminder:
• All requirements responded to with “Not Met” or “N/A” require a comment. • When selecting “Met,” must check off the
suggested evidence.
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SPRING/SUMMER OF PREVIOUS YEAR
• Equity Plan – prepare or update • Maintain agenda and sign-in sheets for Equity meetings• Maintain notes on any changes that were made as a result• Required by ALL LEAs and Charter Schools
• Continue 2014-15 nonpublic schools consultation
• If Inter-district or Third-Party Agreement sign contract for 15-16 prior to the first day of school
• Prepare for start of 15-16 nonpublic school services• Copy of complaint procedures• Maintain documentation
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HANDOUT – EQUITY PLAN GUIDING QUESTIONS
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SPRING/SUMMER OF PREVIOUS YEAR
• Distribute Needs Assessment to staff• Plan PD Activities for 15-16 based on Needs Assessment• Include parents in planning process – sign in sheets &
agendas• Include strategies to eliminate the achievement gap• Maintain copy of results
• If using Title IIA money for Class Size Reduction• Prepare data to show CSR money will be used • To lower largest average class size in Priority Schools, or in
highest poverty schools
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SPRING/SUMMER OF PREVIOUS YEAR
• Maintain documentation of poverty data to determine Title I eligibility• Free and reduced count• Direct Certification numbers – TANF, SNAP
• Update Schoolwide Plan• Must update every year• Agenda/sign-in sheets from meetings – parents must be
included• Notes on changes made
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FALL
• Maintain documentation of all PD provided by district• Agenda• Sign-in sheets
• Time certification forms completed• All Federally funded staff MUST complete time
certification• Partially funded – monthly PARs• Fully funded from single cost objective – semi-annually• Based in time spent on an activity, not the percentage for
funding source
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FALL
• Right-to-Know teacher qualification letter to parents• Evidence of distribution date• Translated copy for LEP parents
• Prepare draft Right-to-Know letter to notify of Non-HQ status of teachers• Must have a copy on record• If used, keep dated copy• Translate for non-English speaking parents
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FALL
• Hold Title I Parent Meeting • maintain agenda/sign-in sheets• Discuss• How Title I works in the school• Student achievement and how parents can monitor it• How to work with teachers to improve student achievement
• Update district and school parent involvement policies• Must be updated annually with parent input• Maintain agendas & sign in sheets• School policy must be aligned to the district but unique to
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FALL
• Update student-parent compact • With parent input – agendas & sign in sheets• document method of distribution
• Parent Resource Center• Not a requirement to have one• Must notify parents it exists
• During staff in-service training work on how to communicate and build ties with parents• Maintain agenda/sign-in sheets
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FALL
• Principal Attestation forms on file in all Title I buildings• PDE form 425
• Report Staff and Student Data to PIMS • Due October
• Submit Comparability Report to DFP• Due November
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WINTER
• LEAs notified of upcoming consolidated review (January)• Letter from DFP with monitor information and Fedmonitor
log in & password
• Update Consolidated Application Funding Adjustment/Amendment• Make sure nonpublic assurances are based on latest
funding amounts• Update business office with latest building allocations
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SPRING
• Hold Spring Title I Parent Meeting• Only 1 Annual Title I parent meeting required• Materials and Training to help parents improve child’s
achievement (e.g. literacy or technology)• Distribute parent surveys to gauge effectiveness of Title I
program• Collate results and maintain
• Agenda and sign-up sheets
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SPRING
• Create Transition Plan for 2015-16• Required for ALL schools• Head Start Program and other Pre-school Programs• Transfer of records• Holding joint meetings for parents with preschool teachers• Meeting with parents to discuss needs of particular
students• Maintain
• Meeting agenda and sign-in sheets• Training materials• Evaluation forms• Calendar of events
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SPRING
• Targeted Assistance building• Work with Business Office to prepare statements of
building allocations and building level expenditures• Invoices
• Schoolwide building• Work with Business Office to prepare statement of
federal and non-federal building-level expenditures for past two years.
• Equipment Inventory• Physical inventory done within past 2 years• Include “Small and Attractive” items
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SPRING
• Parent Involvement activities• If Title I allocation exceeds $500,000• Building-level Parent Involvement expenditures• If less than 95% of Parent Involvement funding was spent at
the building level, meeting minutes showing parents agreed
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REAP
• If your LEA receives Rural and Low Income Schools funding:• Prepare statement of allocations and expenditures• Include copies of invoices and purchase orders
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1 MONTH BEFORE SITE VISIT
• PIMS system• Collect Teacher Qualifications Report• Collect Low Income data report
• Prepare list of instructional paraprofessionals and their HQ status• Paid in whole or in part with Title I funds• Working in a Schoolwide school
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1 MONTH BEFORE SITE VISIT
• Quarterly reports for federal programs• Two latest Single Audit Reports (federal programs
only)• Waiver approval letters • Carry-over - more than 15% from Title I• Ed-Flex Schoolwide waiver for schools less than 40%
poverty
• Addendums for Inter-district Agreements• Schoolwide Plan
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1 MONTH PRIOR
• Program Approval letter showing date district was allowed to start spending funds • Previous years (6) federal program records
location• Prepare monitoring visit schedule• Complete monitoring online instrument through
Fed Monitor using login and password assigned• Line up parents, principal, business manager, etc
for date of site visit
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10.Annual Title I meeting; Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals; Parent Right-to-Know letters (5 LEAs)• Title I annual meeting - to discuss the Title I program with
Title I parents• For compliance only need one meeting annually• Sign in sheets and agendas
• Instructional paraprofessionals are HQT• In TA all Title I paid must be HQT• In SWP all instructional paras must be HQT• Show list of qualifications
• Right-to-Know teacher qualification letter to parents• Evidence of distribution date
• Right-to-know Non-HQT letter to parents• Must have a copy even though letter was not sent• If sent, must have a dated letter 27
TOP 10 MONITORING FINDINGS 2013-14
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TOP 10 MONITOR FINDINGS, CONT.
9. Parent-School Compacts updated annually and distributed to parents (6 LEAs)• School-parent compact – updated annually with parent
input & distributed• Sign in sheets & agendas
10.Parent involvement assessment (parent surveys) (6 LEAs)• Distribute surveys to parents to assess the Title I program• Must have a copy of the surveys and the results
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TOP 10 MONITOR FINDINGS, CONT.
7. Coordination of parent involvement programs with public
preschools, early childhood programs, Head Start, etc. to encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children and parents have participated in the development of a Transition Plan (6 LEAs)• Transition Plan – ALL schools
6. Schools’ Parent Involvement Policy updated annually and distributed to parents (7 LEAs)• School PI policy – updated annually with parent input & distributed
• Must be aligned with the LEA but unique to the school• Sign in sheets & agendas
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TOP 10 MONITOR FINDINGS, CONT.
5. Instructional staff, with parent assistance, have been educated in the value and utility of the contributions of parents, how to reach out to and communicated with parents as equal partners and implement and coordinate parent programs that build ties between parents and schools (8 LEAs)• Value and utility of parent contributions• How to reach out to and communicate with parents• How to work with parents as equal partners• How to implement and coordinate parent programs
6. LEA Parent Involvement Policy updated annually and distributed to parents (8 LEAs)• Sign in sheets & agendas• Copy of the LEA PI policy• Methods of distribution 30
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TOP 10 MONITOR FINDINGS, CONT.
3. Equitable distribution of experienced (more than 3 years) and Highly Qualified teachers between and within the district’s schools to ensure that low-income and minority children are not taught at a higher rate by inexperienced and/or out-of-field teachers (Equity Plans) (9 LEAs)• See document
4. Parents are involved in the planning of staff Professional Development activities (10 LEAs)• Sign in sheets & agends• Can be done through surveys• Must have a parent on your needs assessment team
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TOP 10 MONITOR FINDINGS, CONT.
1. All core content teachers in ALL district schools are Highly Qualified (certified in area in which they are teaching) (11LEAs)• All core content teachers – language arts, math, science,
foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history and geography – must be highly qualified
• Use PIMS report to show evidence• If all teachers are not HQT, must show plan as to how
they will become HQT
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DESK AUDIT
• No on site visit with a monitor.• Do to the high level of monitoring, more LEAs will
be assigned a desk audit.• This will be indicated in your monitoring letter.• LEA responsible for uploading required
documents.• Documentation does not need to uploaded for all
questions, ONLY when upload files button appears:
33HANDOUT – FOR INSTRUCTIONS
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QUESTIONS?
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DFP CONTACTS FOR MONITORING INFORMATION:
Karen [email protected]
717-787-7278
Kelly [email protected]
Erin [email protected]
717-787-781535