Nclb Community Presentation

Community Presentation
Kewanee CUSD #229
April 20, 2009
Federal and State Grants

District Goals
Relationship- Relevance-Rigor
Ruby Payne’s work on “The Under-Resourced Student
Higher Order Thinking, Differentiated and Cooperative instruction techniques
Response to Intervention using Lexia Learning, Reading Plus and Symphony Math to assist all students at risk of failure

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Title I and Title II

NCLB
Grants I,II and III
Goal: All children to meet state academic achievement standards
Kewanee CUSD #229 is a school wide program
Our paraprofessional are all highly qualified

Title I
FY 09 $658,983 for Pre K - 8th grade
FY10 ARRA Stimulus Dollars $226,723 for Pre K - 8th grade (this is a one time only amount)
FY 10 Approximately $658,983

Title I for 2009-2010

Title I FY 10
ARRA $224,723
School Year 2009-2010
Computers
Computer software for Response to Intervention
Lexia Learning
Reading Plus
Symphony Math
Teacher and staff training in the use of software and new equipment
Salaries for teachers and paraprofessionals
Summer school
After school tutoring
Response to Intervention (RTI) software
Professional training for RTI software, differentiated higher order instructional methods.
Support materials to assist students at risk in math and language arts.

TITLE II $122,101
Class size reduction $119,385
Allows the district to hire an additional teacher in kindergarten and first grade each year
Professional Development $1406
Private School Professional Development allotment $1310

Reading Improvement Grant
FY 09 $72648
Provides 4.25 paraprofessionals in kindergarten –grade 8

Illinois Preschool Grant
FY 09 $218,134
Provides 80 three and four year olds with preschool at Lyle School
Provides 2 preschool classrooms
2 teachers and 2 paraprofessionals
1 part time parent coordinator