(definition)
Possible Location in the UIP
1. Comprehensive Needs Assessment
A comprehensive needs assessment of the entire school (including taking into account the needs of migratory children that is based on information which includes the achievement of children in relation to the State academic content standards and the State student academic achievement standards.
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
School Goals Worksheet and Action Planning Worksheet
Incorporate into Major Improvement Strategies in Action Plans
Section III: Narrative on Data Analysis and Root Cause Identification
Using information from Steps One and Two, incorporate into Data Analysis Worksheet 2. Data Analysis
Describe how teachers are involved with the analysis of academic assessment (especially CSAP) to improve the achievement of individual students and impact the overall classroom instruction
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
Incorporate into Title I Accountability Provisions (following Action Plans)
3. Reform Strategies
Identify what all students need in order to meet the state’s proficient and advanced achievement levels.
Implement scientifically research based methods and instructional strategies that:
Strengthen core academic programs Increase the amount and quality of learning Provide an enriched and accelerated curriculum Explain how the reform strategies:
Meet the needs of historically underserved populations
Address the needs of all students, particularly low-achieving students who are at risk of not meeting the state academic achievement standards Include strategies to support the needs of all students,
especially low-achieving students, to include counseling, pupil services, mentoring (if appropriate)
Include strategies to support the needs of all students at the secondary level, especially low-achieving student, to include college and career awareness, personal finance education, integration of vocation and technical education programs (if appropriate)
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
School Goals Worksheet and Action Planning Worksheet
Incorporate into Major Improvement Strategies in Action Plans
Required Element (definition)
Possible Location in the UIP
Identify how school staff will determine that all students’
needs have been met, including on-going evaluation for effectiveness and processes to make instructional adjustments as necessary
Describe how academic achievement results for each student are provided to parents in a language they can understand
4. Timely Intervention
Describe how timely assistance will be given to students who have difficulty mastering proficient and advanced level work
Describe how at-risk students are early-identified
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
Action Planning Worksheet
Incorporate into Major Improvement Strategy in Action Plans
5. Teacher Qualification
Describe the qualifications of all teachers
Describe the qualification of all classroom/instructional paraprofessionals
Include strategies to attract and maintain quality highly-qualified teachers
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
Action Planning Worksheet Title I Accountability Provision:
Teacher/Paraprofessional Qualifications (following Action Plans)
6. Professional Development
Describe on-going professional development opportunities that are based on assessments of student and staff needs Include professional development opportunities for
classroom teachers, principals, pupil services personnel, other staff, and parents
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
Action Planning Worksheet
Incorporate into Major Improvement Strategies in Action Plans
7. Integration of Programs
Describe how programs such as Head Start, Early Reading Fist, Even Start, Parents as Teachers, etc. are integrated into the plan (as appropriate)
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
Action Planning Worksheet
Incorporate into Major Improvement Strategies in Action Plans
8. Parent Involvement/Communication
Strategies planned to increase the level of parental
involvement, such as family literacy, and that aren’t included in the School Parent Involvement Policy and Compact.
Section IV: Action Plans
See Major Improvement Strategies and Action Steps in Action Plans on pp. 8-9
School Parent Involvement Policy and Compact should be added as an attachment to the UIP.
9. Transition plans
Describe how the school assists with the transition for children from preschool to kindergarten
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
Action Planning Worksheet
Incorporate into Title I Accountability
Provisions: Transitions (following Action Plans 10. Coordination of Federal, State, and local services
Describe how other NCLB Title Programs (Title I, Parts B, C, F, Title II, Title IV, Parts A & B, and Title V) are integrated and coordinated with the unified plan, if applicable Integrate other programs (such as violence prevention
programs, nutrition programs, housing programs, Head Start, adult education, vocational and technical education,
Section IV: Action Plans Step Four: Action Plans:
Action Planning Worksheet .
Required Element (definition)
Possible Location in the UIP
job training, etc.) into the plan, if applicable
List the various Federal, State and local programs that are consolidated within the plan (if applicable)
Describe how the plan will be evaluated yearly by staff and parents, and updated as needed
Plan Development
The following describe activities that must occur, but are not elements of the plan:
Developed/amended plan with the support of and in consultation with the district and other technical support Developed plan in coordination with programs under Early
Reading First, Even Start, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 and the Head Start Act (as appropriate)
Developed plan with the involvement of parents, other community members and school staff, including teachers, principal, program administrators (such as Even Start, Homeless Education, etc.), pupil services personnel, and, if the plan relates to a secondary school, students from such school.
Made the plan available to the district, parents and the general public in an understandable, uniform format and in a language parents can understand