eProve and Title I ACIP Requirements

eProve and Title I ACIP Requirements

Your School’s ACIP Team Have a strong ACIP Committee/Leadership Team in Place ACIP committee must include: Teachers Principals Administrators Other appropriate school staff Students (secondary school) Parents Other appropriate Community Members

All Title I expenditures must be included in a school’s needs assessment and ACIP.

Conducting a Needs Assessment Work in collaboration with school faculties and other LEA stakeholders to: Identify the needs of the school. Lead discussions on how funds can be effectively leveraged to meet the needs in the best possible way.

Data Points for Conducting a Needs Assessment State Assessment Data State Report Card Data for your School Other Academic Data Sources Program Evaluations Student and Teacher Attendance Data School Demographics (example: high EL population) Discipline Data Community Needs Survey Results Stakeholder Dialogue

WHERE TO FIND THE REQUIRED COMPONENTS Title I Parent Survey (The required Title I Parent Survey can found under the ALSDE Content Tab in both English and Spanish) Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I Comprehensive Needs Assessment *For Title I Schools Only Teacher Surveys or Inventories (LEAs may use any teacher survey/inventory found under the AdvancED Certified Content Tab or utilize another survey of their choice) Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I ACIP Assurances This is an annual plan that contains strategic themes, objectives, critical initiatives, activities, financial resources, etc. Title and Non-Title Schools will complete a plan in eProve Strategies. The Annual Implementation Plan within eProve Strategies will function as your school’s yearly ACIP. *For Title and Non-Title Schools Student Surveys or Inventories (LEAs may use any student survey/inventory found under the AdvancED Certified Content Tab or utilize another survey of their choice) *For Title and Non-Title Schools Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I Parent and Family Engagement Plan Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I Coordination of Resources- Comprehensive Budget Be sure to include all federal dollars used in the financial resources section of the plan (Title I Schools)

Directions for Title I Parent Surveys 1. Sign in to eProve My Journey 2. Select your school 3. Click on “Go to eProve Surveys” 4. Click on the ‘hamburger’, upper left corner 5. Select Content Library 6. Select second tab, ALSDE 7. Select Family & Community 8. Click on the hot dog, ‘Actions’ 9. Select Create Survey 10. Rename to ‘Title I Parent Survey 2019-20 11. Click on ‘Distribution & Response’ 12. Copy link for parents to use. Highlight and be sure copy the entire link 13. Have parents select English or Spanish in the upper right corner

Continuous Improvement Plan/ACIP Vision Mission Beliefs Priority Statements Strategic Themes Objectives Critical Initiatives Key Measures

eProve Strategies “Outputs” Strategy Map a tool used to communicate an institution’s long-term improvement plan that features longterm objectives, critical initiatives, key metrics, vision, mission and beliefs. Annual Improvement Plan a summary of an institution’s short-term or immediate focus for the coming year that features its strategic themes, objectives, critical initiatives and key measures. Annual Implementation Plan The Annual Implementation Plan – a detailed yearly improvement plan that provides staff members with clear direction on the activities, financial resources, activity measures, launch dates and target dates to execute the plan.

he Annual Implementation Plan This output should be used as your school’s yearly ACIP plan. The Annual Implementation Plan – a detailed yearly improvement plan that provides staff members with clear direction on the activities, financial resources, activity measures, launch dates and target dates to execute the plan.

Preparing for 2020-2021 Review current outcome results (based on the key measures/ activity measures) Administer surveys and review the collected survey data (students, parents, and staff) Review all pertinent data in order to current needs

Preparing for 2020-2021 Have conversations about the outcomes and results. Refer to the inFocus Guide to help facilitate conversations. Determine the impact of the critical initiatives Judge the success of the 2019-2020 plan Complete the evaluation of the 2019-2020 plan

Developing the 2020-2021 Annual Implementation Plan Review the Strategy Map Reflect on the evaluation results of the current year’s plan Continue having conversations. Determine the next steps for developing the 2020-2021 Annual Implementation Plan. What critical initiatives and/or activities will we focus on next year from the Strategy Map? Should we continue to focus on current critical initiatives/activities next year as well? Should we revise any of our critical initiatives on our Strategy Map? Begin to create next year’s plan Update the dates in eProve Strategies as needed Make changes to any critical initiatives and/or activities as needed How will Title I funds be used to support the critical initiatives and activities?

ACIP One Pager REQUIRED ACIP COMPONENTS Data from survey results assist with developing a school’s needs assessment. Parent Surveys Title I Schools must use the required Title I Parent Survey that can be found under the ALSDE Content Tab in both English and Spanish Non-Title Schools may use any parent survey/inventory found under the AdvancED/Cognia Certified Content Tab or utilize another survey of their choice. Teacher Surveys or Inventories Title I Schools and Non-Title Schools Schools may use any teacher survey/inventory found under the AdvancED/Cognia Certified Content Tab or utilize another survey of their choice. Student Surveys or Inventories Title I Schools and Non-Title Schools Schools may use any student survey/inventory found under the AdvancED/Cognia Certified Content Tab or utilize another survey of their choice. The Title I Diagnostic can be found under the ALSDE Content Tab in eProve Diagnostics. The Title I Diagnostic is for Title I Schools ONLY. Both Title I and Non-Title Schools must complete an ACIP in eProve Strategies. Title I Schools Only Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I Comprehensive Needs Assessment Title I Schools and Non-Title Schools This is an annual plan that contains strategic themes, objectives, critical initiatives, activities, financial resources, etc. Title I Schools Only Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I ACIP Assurances Title I Schools and Non-Title Schools The Annual Implementation Plan within eProve Strategies will function as your school’s yearly ACIP. Title I Schools Only Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I Parent and Family Engagement Plan Title I Schools and Non-Title Schools If a Title I School, be sure to include all federal dollars used in the financial resources section of the plan. Title I Schools Only Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance Title I Coordination of Resources- Comprehensive Budget Title I Schools ACIP Checklist Non-Title Schools ACIP Checklist Administer Title I Parent Surveys (Spring or Fall) Administer Parent Surveys (Spring or Fall) Administer Staff and Student Surveys (Spring or Fall) Administer Staff and Student Surveys (Spring or Fall) Complete the applicable Title I Diagnostic (Schoolwide or Targeted Assistance) Complete plan in eProve Strategies Complete plan in eProve Strategies

eProve Strategies: Copying and Pasting Feature Schools can copy and paste last year’s plan and rename it to contain 2020-2021 in the title. Information in the plan, including the dates related to critical initiatives, outcomes, key measures, funding sources/amounts, etc. can be adjusted if needed.*

eProve Strategies Envisioning Phase 1) There are two new features within the Envisioning Phase that allow schools to input information: Determine Current Reality and Explore The Future. Completing these sections is optional. 2) Schools must complete or revise the Synthesize Results section in the Envisioning Phase as needed. This section includes the vision, mission, beliefs, priority statements, and strategic themes. Determine Current Reality Explore The Future Optional

eProve Strategies Help 1. Download the inFocus Guidebook after logging in to myJourney. 2. https://padlet.com/andrel harrison1970/StrategicThinkingResourcesAlabamaSchools

Cognia Resources Cognia (formerly AdvancEd) is in the process of developing step by step webinars on how to use eProve Strategies. We will send the link out to LEA Federal Programs Coordinators once available. Additional resources can be found at: https://alsde.onlinehelp.cognia.org/ https://extranet.cognia.org/ Log-in using your My Journey/eProve password.

Contact Information Technical Assistance for the ACIP website Jean Scott [email protected] 334-694-4715 Technical Assistance for the ACIP and Title I Requirements Dr. Milanda Dean or Jina Rudolph [email protected] [email protected] 334-694-4524 334-694-4532