10 th Annual Title I Program Conference June 20-21, 2012 Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel Atlanta, Georgia

1. 10th Annual Title I Program ConferenceJune 20-21, 2012Atlanta Airport Marriott HotelAtlanta, Georgia

2. Resources for Title I, Part AFlexible Learning Program (FLP) PlanningYvonne Hodge, JDFLP Team LeadGeorgia Department of EducationFlexible Learning Program (FLP)404-656-2423 yhodge@doe.k12.ga.us

3. AGENDA • Overview • Definitions and Terminology • Flexible Learning Program(FLP) Review • Resources for Developing FLP Plan • Evaluation of Flexible Learning Program • Websites

4. Overview • This session will provide resources and strategies for LEAs to consider when developing their academic intervention for a Flexible Learning Program (FLP) plan • Including a brief overview of FLP • References to websites will be identified to assist in developing the FLP plan

5. Definitions and Terminology 5

6. Definitions and Terminology • Flexible Learning Program (FLP) is an alternative supplemental academic intervention that is required for Priority and Focus Schools • Title I Alert Schools may implement an alternative supplemental academic intervention FLP plan if the LEA chooses to do so

7. Definitions and Terminology • FLP allows local educational agencies (LEAs) greater flexibility in designing an extended learning program tailored to meet the needs of the school to serve students requiring additional academic intervention

8. Definitions and Terminology Priority Schools • Priority Schools will be identified every three years. These schools are among the lowest five percent of Title I schools in the state based on the achievement of the All Students group in terms of proficiency on the statewide assessments and have demonstrated lack of progress on those assessments over a number of years in the All Student groups (graduation rate less than 60 percent, Tier I or Tier II schools under the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program that are using SIG funds to implement a school intervention model

9. Definitions and Termology Focus Schools • Focus Schools will be identified every three years. A Title I-participating high school with a graduation rate less than 60 percent over two years; or A Title I school that has the largest within-school gaps between the highest-achieving subgroup or subgroups and the lowest-achieving subgroup or subgroups or, at the high school level, has the largest within-school gaps in graduation rates (“within-school-gaps” Focus School)

10. Definitions and Terminology Alert Schools • Alert Schools will be identified annually. These schools are both Title I and non-Title I schools that fall into one of the following disaggregated subgroups or subject performance on statewide assessments and graduation rate (graduation alert, subgroup alert and/or subject alert)

11. Flexible Learning Program(FLP) Review 11

12. Flexible Learning Program (FLP) Review • FLP activities should involve careful planning by the LEA to ensure that the academic intervention and activities will be used to improve eligible Title I student achievement • Input from parents, teachers, students and community partners • List of schools and school status • Academic intervention activities • Budget available

13. Flexible Learning Program (FLP) Review LEAs will be required to • Notify and involve all eligible Title I parents in developing the LEAs FLP plan since Section 1118 was not a part of the ESEA Wavier and all Title I, Part A, Parental Involvement and Parent Engagement regulations still apply

14. Flexible Learning Program (FLP) Review LEAs will be required to • Design a FLP plan to address the needs of the identified schools and students based on disaggregated school level data to provide academic intervention to improve eligible Title I student achievement

15. Flexible Learning Program (FLP) Review Please remember that RT3 Lowest Achieving Schools and SIG/Priority schools: - will not have the same requirements for implementing an FLP Plan since the requirements of Increased Learning Time  for RT3/SIG schools (300 additional hours of learning for targeted students, all students, and teacher collaboration) are non-negotiable elements of those grant programs and a separate plan for FLP is not required.

16. Flexible Learning Program (FLP) Review LEAs will be required to • Include in FLP plan: student selection process, strategies for the academic intervention, program delivery model, professional development of FLP staff, monitoring, internal controls, evaluation and identify measureable performance goals

17. Flexible Learning Program (FLP) Review LEAs will be required to • Defined how the FLP program will be evaluated • Provide budget amounts for school allocation, personnel/contracted services expenses, supplies and materials, evaluation, transportation, professional learning for FLP staff and other expenses

18. Flexible Learning Program (FLP) Review LEAs will be required to • Complete the FLP template and attach the FLP plan in the Consolidated Application • Maintain all required records and documentation for monitoring by GaDOE Title I staff

19. Resources for Developing (FLP) Planning 19

20. Resources for Developing FLP Planning • When developing your FLP plan a few things to consider • Most importantly – how educators relate to students • Consistent classroom instruction amplifies learning • Ensure student engagement • Several strategies will be reviewed

21. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Expanded learning time Small group instruction Teacher rotation Student Observations Thinking Maps Hands on learning Math Manipulates Differentiated Instruction Evidence Based Instructional Models • Extended learning time • Real world connections • Technology integration • Modified curriculum • Thematic instruction • Integrated programs • Project based • Reading Recovery

22. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Extended Learning Time • Extended learning time is an extension of an LEA’s normal school day, week, or year to provide additional instruction or educational programs for all students beyond the State-mandated requirements for the minimum number of hours in a school day, days in a school week, or days or weeks in a school year

23. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Extended Learning Time • All time from the beginning of the school day for students, until the end of the school day for students, counts as instructional time except for the time set aside for recess, passing time, lunch, or parent conference time beyond that which is provide in State Board Rule 160-5-1-.02 School Day for Students

24. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Extended Learning Time • Modified Calendars or Year-Round Schools serve to shorten the long summer break, when some students suffer significant learning losses, by distributing vacation time more evenly throughout the year • Most schools that have adopted a modified calendar use the same number of school days • Some have also added school days to the schedule

25. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • Extended-day programs are part of the normal school day, adding between a half-hour and two hours of school time • Used to lengthen regular classes • Used to add specific programs FLP • Extended-Year programs add days to the regular school year (by increasing the normal 180 instructional days to the school year)

26. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • Out of school Programs operate separate from the regular school day or year • After-School • Saturday School • Summer School • These programs are stand-alone programs with specialized curricula, which often are aligned with the regular school curricula

27. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Increased Learning Time • At the Doing What Works (DWW) website http://dww.ed.gov funded by the U.S. Department of Education is designed to translate research-based practices into tools and examples that support and improve classroom instruction • DWW devotes an entire topic to Increased learning time with recommended practices that include

28. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Increased Learning Time • How to align out of school academic activities with instruction provided during the regular school day • Ways to maximize student participation and attendance • Provides engaging instruction tailored to students’ needs, as part of out-of-school programs

29. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Increased Learning Time • Ways to structure instructional time to engage, enrich, and support students, as part of a longer school day • Strategies on how to monitor and evaluate implementation and outcomes to improve program quality

30. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Expanded Learning Time • Expanded learning time activities should involve careful panning by the eligible entity to ensure that the programs or activities will be used to improve student achievement and ensure a well-rounded education that prepares students for college and careers

31. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • Expanding learning time in schools is a core and proven strategy to increase student achievement among high-poverty students and is on the national education reform agenda as policymakers and educators recognize that the standard school calendar does not fit many students’ needs Adapted from Expanded Learning Time by Numbers Center for American Progress April 22, 2010

32. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • Most U.S. students attend school for an average of 6.5 hours a day, for 180 days a year. This is not nearly enough time for many students • Particularly those who are English language learners and those who start the school year learning below their grade level Adapted from Expanded Learning Time by Numbers Center for American Progress April 22, 2010 Expanded Learning Time by Numbers Center for American Progress April 22, 2010

33. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • In the last several decades their has been, greater interest and research on extending learning time among such organizations as Massachusetts 2020, the Center for American Progress, the Harvard Family Research Project and others • A Review of Research on Extended Learning Time in K-12 Schools can be found at The Chalk Board Project • http://chalkboardproject.org/images/PDF/Extended%20Learning%20final%20rev.pdf

34. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • In this article research has revealed that the relationship between time and learning is not straightforward • Research has demonstrated that simply adding more time to the school schedule does not translate directly to higher academic achievement • The effect of additional time depends upon how that time is used

35. Relationship Between the Types of Time in Schools

36. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • Researchers have recommended that efforts to increase time in school should first be directed at maximizing the amount of academic learning time in the existing school day and year • Strategies such as improving teacher training, improving and aligning the curriculum, reducing distractions, year-round schedules and block scheduling have been shown to help increase the amount of academic learning time

37. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • Some schools have dramatically improved student achievement by increasing instructional time in the form of a longer school day, week, or year for all students • Schools that expand learning time formally incorporate into the official school calendar so all students can participate in the FLP to close the academic achievement gap Expanded Learning Time by Numbers Center for American Progress April 22, 2010

38. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • LEAs may consider a comprehensively redesign school day or year as part of school strategy to turnaround low-performing schools • www.timeandlearning.org/2010-2011-update-ma-expanded-learning-time-initiative • More Time in classroom raises student test scores • www.desertnews.com/article/print/765560878/More-time-in-classroom-raises-student-test-scores.html

39. Resources for Develop FLP Plan School Turnaround Learning Community (STLC) http://www.schoolturnaroundsupport.org • The STLC was created by the U.S. Department of Education to provide states, districts, and schools with easy online access to resources and to facilitate networking that will enable members to support schools more effectively

40. Resources for Developing FLP Plan • At this website an entire group is devoted to Increased learning time Examples of webinars include • Overview/Making Every Minute Count • Resource Allocation • Individualized Instruction and Tiered Academic Support • Using Additional teacher collaboration time to improve student achievement

41. Resources for Developing FLP Plan At the National Center on Time & Learning(NCTL) website http://www.timeandlearning.org • NCTL generates knowledge, influences policy, and affects practice through ongoing support to state and local education agencies • Provides access to profiles of high-performing ELT schools, achievement data, videos, webinars • Examples of Quality Time Analysis Tool and • Classroom Time Use Tool

42. Technology Intergration 42

43. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Technology Integration • Multimedia effective and thoughtfully deployed, can improve how schools work, how teachers teach and how students learn • Most students have used some type of hand held electronic device (computer games, play station, smart phones, notebook tablets, etc.) and are adept at navigating digital and social media

44. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Technology Integration • LEAs may provide computer lab time where students can access educational tools on core subjects and enrichment programs that will strengthen student engagement in learning • These specific programs are designed to teach and reinforce instructional learning based on the student’s individual needs (feedback, pop up quizzes, interactive demonstrations, sound, videos)

45. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Technology Integration • LEAs may consider incorporating hand held electronic devices and increase computer lab time as a strategy to reinforce and help struggling students as an educational academic intervention

46. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Technology Integration • Consider project-based multimedia projects with a strong real-world connection, student engagement is just about guaranteed • At this website http://www.ascd.org you will find free webinars and information of this membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead

47. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Technology Integration • In an article written by Bob Benoit in Classroom Leadership entitled Integrating Technology into the Classroom Problem-Based Learning and Technology, Love at First Byte • The use of technology can help students learn how to think critically and analyze the vast amount of information readily available to them on the internet Adapted from Integrating Technology into the Classroom Benoit, Bob Love at First Byte February 1999 | Volume 2 | Number 5

48. Resources for Developing FLP Plan Technology Integration • By using technology as a tool to help students solve real problems, students become better prepared for the dynamic world in which they will live • http://www.ascd.org/publications/classroom_leadership/feb1999/Problem-Based_Learning_and_Technology.aspx • http://www.ascd.org/SearchResults.aspx?s=computerbasedlearning Adapted from Integrating Technology into the Classroom Benoit, Bob Love at First Byte February 1999 | Volume 2 | Number 5

49. Instructional Learning Strategies 49

50. Instructional Learning Strategies • Educators are at special point in time because the art of teaching is rapidly becoming the science of teaching and can be consider both • Researchers have began to look at the effects of instruction on student learning and the overall effects of instructional techniques • Instructional strategies determine the approach a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives Instructional Strategies That Affect Student Achievement --In rank order of effect size-- Compiled by Dr. Robert Marzano The Art and Science of Teaching, @ 2007 by ASCD