1. Provide a brief overview of the Title I Schoolwide Narrative and Budget Plan:
After paying for current intervention staff, Jefferson Elementary will have roughly $90,000 to spend on supplies, parental involvement, professional development, and curriculum related experiences. Our major goal this year is to purchase technologies that will be sustainable throughout the next few years without grant money
This will include Imagine Learning accounts, the Tutorial program serving all students who can attend and need extra help, a pre-kindergarten jump start program, professional development for teachers and paraprofessionals, supplies for academic programs, content standard driven field trip opportunities, parental involvement activities and family nights, and an opportunity to help our ESL population with learning the English language at home.
Jefferson Elementary is committed to high student achievement and we believe that the programs and personnel proposed in this plan will help in this accomplishment.
2. Provide an explanation of what schoolwide services are being provided to all students:
Tutorial Program (Approx. $10,000)
The Tutorial program will be two days a week in the morning before school. Each grade level will pick their highest need and work on that during these sessions. Each grade level will have one teacher and one paraprofessional to assist in the teaching. This will be a skills based program giving students additional time to acquire the skills not mastered in the regular classroom setting. Our hope is that students will "catch up" to their classmates and master skills appropriate at their grade level.
Imagine Learning (20 Lifetime accounts) ($15,000)
Imagine Learning is a computer program that Jefferson has been utilizing for the last few years. It is an individualized program that helps students grow in reading and writing. We have observed noticeable gains in our students who have accounts. Growth includes phonemic awareness, comprehension, decoding, and more. This program has served our ESL population well. We have also put students on this program who are part of the SAT/ RTI process. Our Imagine Learning representative has generously given us 10 free accounts this year bringing our total to 90 accounts. We will also use this money to buy lifetime licenses.
Content Standard Driven Field Trips (Approx. $10,000)
The Title 1 program is about giving students opportunities that they would not otherwise get to have. Jefferson feels it is important to take students places in Omaha where learning can happen. We are proposing to give each grade level $1,000 to use toward educational field trip experiences. This will include the cost of a bus. Administration must approve each field trip before it is taken. We will look for a tie to Content Standards and extension activities in place. Some examples of field trips taken in the past have been; Durham Western Museum, Omaha World Herald, Lewis and Clark landing, local food markets, Children's Museum, Henry Doorly Zoo just to name a few.
3. Describe Professional Development activities:
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Title of PD
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Provider
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Participants
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# of Sessions
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Dates/Location
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Indication of
Success
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Cost
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Acuity Testing
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Jefferson
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15 teachers
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Ongoing
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10-11 school year
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RTI/ high test scores
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$3,000.00
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Book purchases
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Barnes & Noble
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All staff
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Book studies
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10-11 school year
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Student success
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$3,000.00
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Team Planning
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District
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24 teachers
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Ongoing
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10-11 school year
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Long range planning improvement
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$2,000.00
for substitute teachers
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SDE |
6 teachers |
1 |
October 2010 |
Guided Math |
$6,000 |
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Math
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Kim Sutton
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All staff
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1
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2011
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Teaching
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$5,000.00
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4. Review and provide examples of the plan for Parental Involvement including:
a. District parent policy (use plan already developed)
b. School parent policy (Refer to the sample and checklist)
c. School compact (Refer to the sample)
d. Strategies to increase parental involvement
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Strategies
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Person Responsible
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Dates/Times
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Indicator of Success
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Cost
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Parent Nights
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Administration/ Teachers
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Once a Quarter
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High Attendance
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$1,000.00
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Title 1 Nights
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Administration/ teacher
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October 1 & 1 in Spring
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Attendance/ Objectives met
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$1,000.00
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DVD Learning
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Teachers/ Administration
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Ongoing
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Student achievement
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$2,000.00
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Parent Training
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Academic Facilitator
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Ongoing
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Parental Involvement
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0
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Newsletters/ Flyers
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Administration
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Bi-monthly
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Involvement
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$500.00
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5. Describe the Materials, Resources, and/or Curriculum that are proposed purchases. (All requisitions for curriculum, materials and resources must be approved by Curriculum and Learning/Title I.)
We will use Title 1 funding for supplies throughout the year. We have budgeted $18,919.00 for supplies for the 10-11 school year and summer school activities. Things that have not been listed in other areas of the Budget plan may include but are not limited to:
General School Supplies: Paper, pencils, art supplies, magazine subscriptions, student books, index cards, tape, etc.
Technology Items: 5 smart boards, 5 IMAC computers, 2 cameras for classroom use
Curriculum: Leveled books for classroom use and Bookroom use
Summer School: Field Trips and supplies necessary to run an effective program
6. Explain how federal, state, and district services will be coordinated and integrated:
As a Title I schoolwide building, all students are eligible for the services, programs, and resources Title I monies provide. In addition, certain identified students may also be eligible for English as a Second Language Services, Special Education Services, and other programs. Services and programs for students are coordinated in inclusive and the least-restrictive environments in order to ensure integration of services.
7. Describe the Transition Plan for assisting preschool students in the transition from early childhood programs:
Each year, Jefferson Elementary holds a Kindergarten Round-Up. We have students come to the Kindergarten classrooms and get a feel for what it will be like. They come back about a month later to do some classroom activities and go to the Lunchroom for that experience.
This year we will do the same but include one very important piece to the Round Up. We propose to give a small screening assessment to the pre-Kindergarten students. This will help us determine what students may need an additional Jump Start.
Early Childhood Summer Jump Start Program
We believe at Jefferson Elementary that early childhood interventions of high quality have lasting effects on learning and motivation.
Utilizing assessment information from both the screening of Pre-K students during Kindergarten Round-up and current Kindergarten students, participants will be selected to participate in a three week Early Childhood Summer Jump Start Program to be held July 11 through July 29. The program will run 9:00 am to 2:30 pm with breakfast being served at 8:30am each morning.
The selected participants will be those indentified to be most in need (based on screening and available assessment information) for additional academic assistance. The goal of the program is to serve approximately 25-30 students in two classrooms.
Proposed Budget for this program:
Two teachers: $4,000
Two Paraprofessionals: $2,000
1 administrator: $3,000
1 cafeteria manager: $1,000
Supplies, Food: $2,000
Total: $12,000