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Welcome to Educator & School Excellence

 

In supporting the Arizona Department of Education's misson, our purpose is to provide technical assistance, service and support to local educational agencies and schools to ensure equitable access to an excellent education for every child.

Our unit is proud to support Arizona's schools, educators and families. In collaboration with the rest of the Arizona Department of Education, our team members are dedicated to providing prompt, accurate and friendly service to all LEAs with grant applications, approvals and revisions. We are available for training, technical assistance, and monitoring.

 

ESEA Consolidated Programs

 

Title I-A     Title I-D     Title II-A

Title IV-A      Title V-B

 

BREAKING NEWS

 

FY24 Planning Tool Updates

*FY24 Planning Tool Changes

 

Planning Tool Micro-Training

FY24 SIAP Planning Tool Changes

FY24 Updated Program Tags

 

FY24 Equitable Service Certification Guidance

FY23 October 1 Enrollment Data

 

  • ESEA Poverty Guidance Memo - FY23 Update

 

FY23 Enrollment Data and Poverty Counts

  • Feb. 2022 USED Fact Sheet
  • Feb. 2022 ESE Poverty Data Article

  • Poverty Data Guidance Memo

 

FY22 Enrollment Data and Poverty Counts

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FY22 Low Income Data

How do you calculate school site poverty percentage for FY22?

For your FY22 Consolidated Grant Application, USED has give LEAs permission to use old year poverty counts (low-income data) if that year's data is more advantageous to the LEA, with a goal of providing the most accurate poverty percentage for the LEA given the challenges of COVID-19.

On the School Eligibility Page, LEAs may use EITHER FY21 (SY20-21) OR FY20 (SY19-20) low-income data, whichever is most advantageous to the LEAs poverty percentage. Pay close attention to rank and serve as the poverty percentage will have an impact. *The same year (either FY21 or FY20) must be used to calculate the poverty percentage or each funded site within the LEA.

On the Poverty Criteria Page, LEA's will verify which data they have used to determine their low-income count. If the LEA has chosen to use FY20 (SY19-20) low income data, there will be a document to complete in Title I-A Related Documents.

Private schools have the same option, to use EITHER FY21 (SY20-21) OR FY20 (SY19-20) low-income data, whichever is more advantageous. Pirvate schools do not have to use the same year or poverty criteria as their corresponding LEA. 

Funded School Site

If an LEA would like to add a funded Title I school site to their School Eligibility Page, that school site (entity) must have had 40% or more poverty in FY21. To have the entity added, the LEA needs to contact Grants Management via a ticket to request this entity be added. Grants Management will research to determine if it is a valid request. Final approval will come through School Finance at ADE. 

  • ESEA Poverty Guidance Memo - FY23 Update

 

FY23

Income Eligibility Form - English      Income Eligibility (Fillable) Form - English

Income Eligibility Form - Spanish     Income Eligibility (Fillable) Form - Spanish

 

Request Title I Data Sheet

The Poverty Percentage Reporting AzEDS

If you have specific questions regardig the collection of income eligibility data, please contact Aaron Tyler by email at [email protected]. 

1 Building Your Grant - Introduction

2 Building Your Grant - CNA RCA IAP

3 Building Your Grant - Set Asides

4 Building Your Grant - Coding and USFR

5 Building Your Grant - Labeling

6 Building Your Grant - Approval and Revisions

The Comprehensive Needs Assesment, Root Cause Analysis, and Integrated Action Plan for all Title I Schools includes Title I, II, III, IV, School Improvment and Move on When Reading. Schools will use the 6 Principles, Indicators and Elements to identify strengths and needs in order to increase student achievement and strenghten school systems leading to sustainable improvement.  The primary needs identified in the Comprehesive Needs Assessment become the foundation for the Schools Integrated Action Plan. The LEA Integrated Action Plan is based on the Schools' Comprehensive Needs Assessment findings. It supports the implementation of the School Integrated Action Plan. 

Planning Tool Navigator - Integrated Action Plans Resources

GME Planning Tool Training

Food Policy Rev. 10/20

Education of Homeless Children and Youth Non-Regulatory Guidance

Title I, Part A Education of Homeless Children and Youth Guidance

Prior Approval for Travel and Capital Expenditures

Rank and Serve Eligibility

Targeted Assistance to Schoolwide Transition

Budget Narrative Resource

Allocation   

Census

Comparability

Grant Budget Revisions

Grant Budget Revisions Quick Guide

Maintenance of Effort

Professional Learning

Schoolwide

Supplement, Not Supplant

Targeted Assistance

Teacher Loan Forgiveness

Teacher/Principal Evaluation

Title I - School List

Waiver Approved for FY21

The Differences between a webinar and a micro-training:

Webinars are longer recorded sessions of meetings that were recorded or held online and often include recorded participant questions. (approximately 30 minutes to 2 hours in length)

Micro-Trainings are short recorded instructional presentations designed to provide information about specific topics. There are no recorded participant questions and answers. (approximately 5-8 minutes in length)

Micro-Trainings:

Title Programs Food Policy

Planning for Single Site LEAs

Allocating Funds Part I: Eligibility and Rank & Serve

 Allocating Funds Part II: PPA and the 125% Rule

LEA Integrated Action Plans (LIAP) & Schools Integrated Action Plans (SIAP)

Tiers of Evidence

Archived Webinars

For questions or assistance, please contact your Title I specialist or the [email protected].

  • ADE Title I Finding_Resolution Summary Report
  • FY17 Revised Title I Allocations Calculations FINAL
  • FY18 Title I Part A Allocations Calculations FINAL
  • Title I Variance Analysis Revised Calc vs. Grant Allocation_Summary FINAL for USED
  • All-Staff Title I Allocation Process Overview
  • FY16 Revised Title I Allocations Calculations FINAL
  • FY15 Revised Title I Allocations Calculations FINAL
  • FY14 Revised Title I Allocations Calculations FINAL
  • Title I LEA Allocations Process Overview MEGA Breakout Session
  • MEGA Afton plenary session

  • FY2013-14 Title I Single Audit Finding Resolution Agreement
  • Payment Schedule per Resolution of FY2013-14 Title I single Audit Finding
  • ESE Grant Programs
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    • TItle I-D
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    • Committee of Practitioners - COP
    • Comparability
    • Cycle Monitoring
    • Equitable Services
    • Family and Community Engagement
  • EMS Calendar
  • Get SET for STEM! Scholarship
  • Title I Blog
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From the Educator & School Excellence Blog

Teacher Evaluation Affirmations Fri, Dec 16 2022

During the legislative session of 2022 the legislature repealed A.R.S. 15-952 as part of the K-12 Budget Reconciliation Bill that was signed by Governor Doug Ducey.  Due to this repeal an LEA will no longer be required to submit an Affirmation of Teacher Evaluations by February 1st to the Educator and School Excellence Unit.  The repeal of 15-592 though does not remove the evaluation requirements of the LEA for certificated teachers as required under A.R.S. 15-537.

October 2022 ESE Newsletter Wed, Oct 5 2022

This month's edition includes insightful information on the Stronger Connections Competitive Grant program , TitleIAdmin.com, and other important topics. 

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