1003(a) School Improvement Grant for Focus Schools Allowable Expenditures These funds must be used to support strategies in Focus Schools that are part of a systemic, ongoing effort, and are designed to assist those schools in closing the identified achievement gap, and in addressing the root cause(s) for why that gap exists. Activities aimed at improving student achievement and closing the achievement gap Examples of Allowable Expenditures Providing tiered interventions strategically designed to address the needs of the students, for example, periodic screening of those students and a customized implementation of intervention; or, a thorough diagnostic assessment of those students, and a more customized implementation of intervention and one-to-one support for these students. Salaries of interventionists Purchase of screening instruments if not provided to other schools (Please note: If the LEA provides a screening instrument to other schools, using these funds to purchase the same instrument may be supplanting) Providing evidence-based interventions for the lowest-performing students or those who are at risk of needing Tier III support. Purchase of program materials Substitutes or stipends for teachers whom attend the training Creating and implementing multiple, collaborative structures for the ongoing collection and analysis of data, and providing professional development around the use of data. Substitutes Consultants, if needed Stipends for teachers, if needed Hiring additional, highly-trained teachers to implement a co-teaching model in one or more grades. Salaries and benefits of teachers Hiring additional highly-trained staff that has been trained in instructional methodologies, differentiation, scaffolding, acceleration strategies, and progress monitoring to provide small group and/or one-to-one support to the lowest-performing students. Salaries and benefits of teachers Purchasing and providing professional development on programs that provide accelerated learning for the lowest-performing students. Purchase of program(s) Substitutes Consultants, if needed Stipends for teachers, if needed Facilitating collaborative planning combined with an extensive teaming structure that bring together teachers of students with disabilities and English Learners with regular education teachers with a focus on the specific academic needs of the lowest- performing students through ongoing analysis of data and the provision of instructional strategies in direct response to these needs. Consultant, if needed Materials
Contracted Services Example: Consultant fees- East Elementary School Consultant fees – West Middle School $1,000 $15,000 Total Contracted Services $1,000 $15,000 Supplies & Materials Example: Materials to support the literacy development of LEP students – West Middle School- (50 books at $19.85 each + $7.50 shipping) Book to accompany professional development for teachers – East Elementary School – ($20.00/book x 15 teachers) “Implementing Tiered Instruction” Example: $1,000 $300.00 $0 Total Supplies and Materials $1,300 $0 Other Charges Example: Indirect Costs Example: 3.23% of grant = $1,379 $0 Total Other $1,379 $0 Equipment Example: Example: $0 $0 Total Equipment $0 $0 Grand Total $12,217 $15,000