Day 1 Presentations – Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Opening Session
Greetings and Messages from the U.S. Department of Education
- Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
- Dean Kern, Director, Parental Options and Information, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
- Anna Hinton, Deputy Director, Parental Options and Information, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
Session One
Parking Lots, Highways, and Byways: Updates for PIRC Performance Reporting and Quality Indicators for Success
- Dean Kern, Director, Parental Options and Information, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
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PIRCs, start your engines. The PIRC team is here to provide guidance and technical assistance to ensure you finish the race successfully. This session will provide updates on annual performance reporting, program progress, funding and budgeting, and other key issues to strengthen PIRC outcomes for Years 4 and 5.
Session Two
Title I: The Basics
- Bill McGrady, Education Program Specialist, Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
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This presentation will provide a refresher course on the Title I legislation. The presenter, a former state Title I director, will discuss PIRC support for Title I and review the following topics as they relate to the work of the PIRCs: Title I eligibility; the Title I school improvement process; state accountability; Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP); state report cards; Public School Choice; Supplemental Educational Services; and parental involvement set asides under Title I. This presentation will provide a context for focusing PIRC efforts on those lowest-performing Title I schools not making AYP. Time will be set aside for questions.
Session Three
Connecting the Dots
- Rosie E. Kelley, Education Program Specialist, Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
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Based on information presented in Session Two, "Title I: The Basics," this presentation will highlight and describe effective PIRC practices and strategies that target those lowest-performing schools not making Adequate Yearly Progress. Case studies drawn from the PIRC 2009 Annual Performance Reports (APR) will be used as the context for this discussion.
Session Four
Strategies for Data Collection to Support Annual Performance Reports (APR)
- Zena Rudo, Project Director, National PIRC Coordination Center, SEDL, Austin, TX
- Helen Westmoreland, Research Analyst, National PIRC Coordination Center, Harvard Family Research Project, Oakland, CA
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This presentation will provide discussion and strategies to assist PIRCs in accurately reporting their effectiveness in their Annual Performance Reports (APR), including such topics as models for data collection, direct and indirect services, and other strategies for aligning their work with APR requirements.
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