School Improvement Grants Webinar

1. School Improvement Grants Webinar July 23, 2010

2. Webinar Troubleshooting • Pin # enables audio communication • Questions may be submitted via the chat or by emailing: • ghancock@dpi.state.nc.us

3. Communication • SIGnificant Points (Updates) • Website • Orientation Visits • Monitoring/Quality Reviews

4. Finance Information You Need To Know

5. Topics • Requirements for ARRA funds • Chart of Accounts • Special Funding Considerations (timing) • Basic Compliance Issues

6. Requirements for ARRA Funds • Competition • Transparency

7. OERI Management Directives • Competition in all procurement transactions (goods and services) conducted using ARRA funds • Bidding • IPS • Advertise in local newsprint outlets

8. OERI Management Directives • Post jobs with Employment Security Commission • NCrecovery.gov  “Compliance” tab

9. Chart of Accounts • If additional codes are needed to accommodate your project, contact Donna Brown. Chart of Accounts codes are typically updated weekly.

10. Special Funding Considerations • Timing issue – allotment of PRC 143 funds may not be released until August • Special work-around for SIG LEAs only – post expenditures to PRC 143, but request cash from PRC 050 • Zero-out will be suspended on these 2 PRCs until allotment is made, then process will correct cash • Email with these procedures sent to Finance Officers and program directors on 7/8/10

11. Basic Compliance Issues • SIG funds are Federal funds, so Federal compliance requirements apply • Time & Effort documentation • Equipment inventory • Contracts, including specific invoices • Internal Controls and written procedures

12. Questions…

13. An SEA must post on its Web site a summary of the SIG grants it awarded, including the following information: • Name and NCES identification number of each LEA awarded a grant; • Amount of each LEA’s grant; • Name and NCES identification number of each school to be served; and • Type of intervention to be implemented in each Tier I and Tier II school being served. • All LEA SIG Applications.

14. Web Table

15. Additional Web Info • USED Guidance • Webinar Presentations • Resources from the Center on Innovation & Improvement

16. Orientation Visits • Application walk-through • Statewide System of Support • Monitoring Overview • Teacher Leaders Program

17. SIG Monitoring • Outcome measures (i.e., improvements in student performance) • Leading Indicators • Fidelity of model implementation • Budget vs. Expenditure • Quarterly feedback

18. Leading Indicators • Number of minutes within the school year; • Student participation rate on state assessments by subgroup; • Dropout rate; • Student attendance rate; • Number and percentage students completing advanced coursework, early college, or dual-enrollment; • Discipline incidents; • Truants; • Distribution of teachers by performance level on LEA’s teacher evaluation system; and • Teacher attendance rate

19. Questions…

20. SIG Contact Information: • George Hancock, Consultant (910) 783-5921 ghancock@dpi.state.nc.us • Donna Brown, Section Chief (919) 807-3959 dbrown@dpi.state.nc.us