1. Title IIA Needs Assessment Collaborative Planning for the LEA Title IIA Plan

2. Purpose of The Needs Assessment Maintain an up-to-date plan of improvement. Needs of the teaching force: All students meet challenging State content and academic achievement standards. All teachers highly qualified by the end of 2005-06 SY

3. The Needs Assessment Should Include Information about numbers of teachers not HiQ (disaggregated by subject taught and grade level) A strategy for closing the achievement gap that separates low-income and minority students from other students. A process to engage teachers, principals, and other staff in identifying key professional development and hiring needs in the context of developing a strategy for eliminating the achievement gap.

4. Activities the school system will conduct in order to give teachers the means to provide all students the opportunity to meet challenging state academic standards. The activities that the system will conduct in order to give principals the instructional leadership skills they need to lead their schools’ efforts to increase student academic achievement.

5. Begin With Data Student data – disaggregated by sub-group (test scores and other appropriate data) Teacher certification data: HiQ reports Teacher recertification needs: HiQ report on teachers who have not met the Integrated Technology requirement Paraprofessionals: HiQ status and recertification data AYP Reports

6. Engage All Stakeholders Surveys or focus group meetings with Teachers Paraprofessionals Principals and Assistant Principals Parents Community Members Private Schools Great place to create online surveys: http://www.surveymonkey.com/

7. Collaboration Title I Title IID – Enhancing Education Through Technology Title IIIA Title V A – Innovative Programs Professional Learning Other grant programs such as PRISM (Georgia Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics) Special Education Human Resources Instruction Other appropriate staff RESA Local Universities

8. Human Resources Teacher Retention Teacher Recruitment Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals

9. Title I Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals Resources for teachers Standards-Based Instruction Academic Coaches Content Courses Differentiated Instruction

10. Professional Learning Coursework to help teachers and paraprofessionals recertify Coursework supporting teachers and paraprofessionals that helps students achieve at high levels Differentiated Instruction Pedagogy Content Courses Classroom Management/Behavior Management Working with Parents and Community Mentoring for new teachers and teachers on Professional Development Plans

11. Exceptional Child Highly Qualified Special Education Teachers Resources for teachers Content Courses (Reading) Differentiated Instruction Classroom Management

12. Curriculum and Instruction Implementation of Georgia Performance Standards Focus on Content Needs American History Grant Georgia Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) English Language Learners Fine Arts

13. Academic Affairs Leadership Principals Assistant Principals System Improvement Goals and Objectives

14. Mentoring Programs New Teacher Induction National Board Certification Academic Coaches Teacher Support Specialists Mentoring for New Principals

15. Technology Integrating Technology Online Parapro Praxis Computer Skill Competency Assessment

16. Local Universities Armstrong Atlantic State University Teacher Leaders Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program (GaTAPP) Troops to Teacher Reading Endorsement Georgia Southern University GaTAPP Reading Courses Savannah State University General Classroom Behavior Management

17. RESA/GLRS Mathematics Language Arts and Reading Endorsement Programs Leadership Training Georgia Performance Standards Effective Teaching Strategies

18. Georgia Professional Standards CommissionGeorgia Department of Education Georgia Alternative Teacher Preparation Program Troops to Teachers Georgia Performance Standards Academic Coaching

19. Prioritized Goals and Objectives Broadly address the most important findings of the Needs Assessment: Teacher Quality Professional Learning Needs Teacher Recruitment and Retention Paraprofessionals Leadership

20. Any Questions? Charlene Jones and Karen Connelly Professional Learning 208 Bull Street, room 207 Savannah, Georgia 31401 912-201-5573 Karen.Connelly@savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us Charlene.Jones@savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us