Tracking High Quality Professional Development

Title II Requirements and Best Practices

Robert Mellace

• Increase student achievement and close academic gaps between economically advantaged students and students who are from different economic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds as well as students with disabilities – Education.com

• Student achievement is measured by assessing annual yearly progress via state testing.

Purpose of NCLB

Purpose of NCLB

Statements by George Bush at the time of NCLB Reauthorization:• http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhe51atTQAw

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=invKzk3vaRI&playnext=1&list=PL9DD7FFC75BD0E488&feature=results_main

Core Subject Areas Identified by NCLB

• English and reading or language arts• mathematics• science• foreign languages• civics and government, economics, history,

geography• arts (including music, dance, theatre, art, etc.)• special education (because they teach core

subject area information to students)

Purpose of Title II, Part A

To increase academic achievement by improving

teacher and principal quality.

NCLB Requirements for High Quality Professional Development

Must be:• Based on scientific research• Based on the needs of the school district• Sustained and ongoing training(s) • Review collaboration is provided

Tracking Requirements of Title II, Part A

Monitoring Standard 3.1• The LEA must meet the state goal for

teachers receiving professional development as defined by NCLB– 100% of teachers must be engaged in high

quality professional development– LEAs must present a calculation for the

percentage of teachers engaged in high quality professional development in each individual year of the three year monitoring cycle.

Best Practices for Meeting Standard 3.1

Summers CountySarah Brown

Uses a spreadsheet based system of tracking high quality professional development• Has the ability to separate core subject

area teachers from all teachers• Separates high quality professional

development from all professional development

• A percentage is calculated manually for each year of the monitoring cycle

• Still tracks the state required 18 hours

Lincoln CountyCharlene Coburn

Uses an internet based system of tracking high quality professional development• Has the ability to separate core subject

area teachers from all teachers• Separates high quality professional

development from all professional development

• Automatically calculates a percentage for each year of the monitoring cycle

• Still tracks the state required 18 hours

Questions?

Discussion

Contact Information

Robert P. Mellace IIIWest Virginia Department of EducationCoordinator of Title I, Title II, Title VI and Troops to TeachersOffice of Federal ProgramsBuilding 6, Room 3301900 Kanawha Boulevard EastCharleston, WV 25305Phone (toll free): 1-800-982-2378Phone: 1-304-558-7010E-mail - rmellace@access.k12.wv.us WVDE Title II and Title VI Homepage- https://sites.google.com/a/wvde.k12.wv.us/title-ii/Home