The 10 Components of a Schoolwide
Title I Program
Presented by:
Dr. Denise Ellis
Director
State and Federal Programs
Dr. Ken Wagner
Principal
Rancho Mirage High School
Let’s Review:
• NCLB requires ten components in a Schoolwide
Title I Program Plan (and PSUSD requires all
schools to follow these ten components)
• These ten components must be reviewed with
parents and staff annually
ALL students are included in the Schoolwide Title I Plan
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Establishing a Schoolwide Program
Schools electing to become a schoolwide program (SWP) school should follow the steps listed below:
1.
The school district informs the school that it meets the criteria (at least 40 percent of the students come
from families at the poverty level) to operate a SWP.
2.
The school (i.e., staff and parents) makes the decision to become a Title I SWP school.
3.
The school establishes a school planning team composed of representatives from all stakeholder groups: the
principal, teachers, school site council (SSC), other staff who will carry out the SWP plan, parents and
community members, and (in secondary schools) students. The SSC may serve as the school planning team.
4.
The school planning team, in consultation with the district, selects a technical assistance provider. The
technical assistance provider may be an expert from the district office, the county office of education, an
external provider, or a representative from higher education.
5.
The school planning team begins the process by conducting a comprehensive needs assessment.
6.
The school planning team develops a comprehensive SWP plan based on the results of the comprehensive
needs assessment. The plan is developed with the involvement and support of all stakeholder groups. The
plan contains all the required components of a SWP and is approved by the SCC.
7.
The local governing board reviews and approves the SWP plan. The date of local board approval is the
eligible start date for implementing the SWP.
8.
The district reports the change in Schoolwide Program status within the Consolidated Application and
Reporting System utilizing the data collection report named Title I, Part A Notice of Authorization of School
Wide Program for the fiscal year in which implementation of SWP is begun. The status information provided
by the LEA in this report feeds into other reports, and therefore, it is very important that the change is
reported in the data collection report that pertains to the correct fiscal year of the initial implementation.
The 10 Schoolwide Title I Components are:
1.
School sites develop a comprehensive needs
assessment of the entire school with information
about the academic achievement of students (CST
scores and CAHSEE). This is contained in the site’s
SPSA.
2.
Sites conduct Schoolwide reform strategies that
provide:
•
Opportunities for all children to meet proficient and advanced
levels of achievement
•
Effective methods and instructional strategies based on scientific
research that
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Strengthen the core academic program in the school
Increase the amount and quality of learning time by providing an
extended school year, before and after school and summer programs,
and an enriched and accelerated curriculum
Schoolwide Title I Components
2. Schoolwide reform strategies that:
• Address the needs of all children and include:
– Counseling, pupil services, and mentoring services
– College and career awareness and preparation such as
college and career guidance, personal finance education,
innovative teaching methods, applied learning, and teamteaching strategies
– Integration of career technical education programs
• Key Point to address: How will the school assess the
effectiveness of the programs?
Schoolwide Title I Components
3.
Must include instruction by highly qualified teachers
(PSUSD has 100% highly qualified teachers) 
4.
Must provide high-quality and ongoing professional
development for teachers, principals, and paraprofessionals and pupil services personnel, parents,
and other staff to ensure students meet state
academic content standards
5.
Must include strategies to attract highly qualified
teachers to high-need schools (the District addresses
this need if there is one)
Schoolwide Title I Components
6.
Include strategies to increase parental involvement.
7.
Ensure there are plans for assisting preschool children
in the transition from early childhood programs (Head
Start, Even Start, etc) to local elementary school
programs (this is a District goal this year)
8.
Ensure that teachers are included in decisions
regarding the use of academic assessments to
improve the achievement of individual students and
the overall instructional program (PLC’s, data teams,
etc.)
School Wide Title I Components
9. Offer effective, timely assistance for students who
experience difficulty in attaining the proficient or
advanced level of the academic content standards
(Response to Intervention - RtI)
10. Coordinate and integrate all federal, state, and
local services and programs supported under
NCLB – ie: violence prevention, nutrition, Head
Start, adult education, career technical education.
For additional information contact:
Denise Ellis, Ed.D.
Director of State and Federal Programs
dellis@psusd.us
760-416-6069