Delaware County School Improvement Hub
Delaware County Intermediate Unit
200 Yale Ave.
Morton, PA 19070
School Improvement and Accountability
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to develop a plan to designate schools for support and improvement. In a significant change form the No Child Left Behind era, these designations derive from both academic and non-academic student success indicators, and include both school-wide and student group-level determinations. Specifically, the process of designating schools for support - termed "Annual Meaningful Differentiation" by the federal statute - results in three distinct designations:
- Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI): Based on school-wide performance of the lowest 5 percent of all schools receiving Title I funds in the State or any high school (Title I or not) with a combined 4- and 5-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 67 percent or less and determined every three years beginning Fall 2018.
- Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (A-TSI): Based on performance by one or more student groups performing below CSI cut points and determined every three years beginning Fall 2018.
- Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI): Based on performance by one or more student groups performing below established thresholds and determined annually beginning Fall 2019.
Supports for A-TSI and TSI Schools in Delaware County
This Resource Hub
This resource up is designed to provide local education agency leaders in designated A-TSI and TSI schools with the necessary documents, timelines, guidance, and resources to successfully plan for, implement, and monitor school improvement plans.
A-TSI/TSI Network Meetings
DCIU has created a countywide network for A-TSI schools. Times are set throughout the year to help teams complete quarterly progress monitoring tasks and explore this repository of planning tools. Sessions will provide training on new state templates to ensure plans are well-designed and ready for submission by June 2020. In addition to network meeting dates, the DCIU School Improvement Team is happy to work closely with district teams on an as-needed basis.
There are also three data trainings at DCIU that may be helpful for teams in progress monitoring (PVAAS and CDTs for School Improvement Planning, PVAAS for Every Season, and Leveraging Data for Systems Change).
Please note that trainings can support newly designated TSI schools as the PDE templates are aligned. We encourage you to send representation from your school improvement teams so that DCIU Network Sessions are incorporated in site-based planning.
Meeting dates are as follows:
| Quarter | Topic | Date | Time | Registration Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | PVAAS and CDTs for School Improvement Planning | November 12, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Morning or Afternoon |
| Q1 | A-TSI Network: 2019-2020 Planning Tools | November 19, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Morning or Afternoon |
| Q2 | PVAAS for Every Season | November 25, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Morning Afternoon Session A Afternoon Session B |
| Q2 | A-TSI Network: Progress Monitoring and Plan Revision | December 12, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Morning or Afternoon |
| Q3 | A-TSI Network: Progress Monitoring and Plan Revision | February 4, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Morning or Afternoon |
| Q3 | A-TSI Network: Progress Monitoring and Plan Revision | March 5, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Morning or Afternoon |
| Q4 | Leveraging Data for Systems Change | April 14, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Morning or Afternoon |
| Q4 | Plan Development | May 5, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Full day |