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Benefits for Schools/District
SIMPL is a database that
has been developed for No Child Left Behind to benefit the following:
Principal
Benefits
- Provides statistics
to determine and report if students meet performance goals set by The
State Accountability System and the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Captures data from
several sources and compiles data into compact meaningful format.
- The Planner provides
templates in which to develop strategies and performance objectives
for the following:
- Action Plan
for Student Achievement
Improved Student Academic Performance
- Maintain
a safe, secure and orderly educational environment.
- Staff
Retention and Professional Growth
- Fiscal
and Program Compliance
- Instructional
Strategies and Professional Development Activities
- Professional
Development Activities
- Teacher/Paraprofessional
Qualifications
- Staff
Development Plan
- Instructional
Development Plan
- Parental Involvement
Policy
- Parental
Involvement Activities
- School-Parent
Compact
- Parent
Participation Evaluation
- Community
Involvement Plan
- Community
Involvement Activities
- Extra-Curricula
Activities
- Coordination
Plan
- Funding
and Program Coordination
- Instructional
Activities and Professional Development Coordination
- Parent/Community
- Other
Agencies- DPRS, TYC, JJAEP
- Contact
and Responsibility
- Date/Time
Coordination
- Saves many hours
of preparation time for the principal and organizes all data into an
annual Campus Improvement Planner.
- The Campus Improvement
Planner collects data from the following sources:
- PEIMS System
- Special Education
- Human Resources
- State Testing
- The Campus Improvement
Planner report the following data:
- Student Demographics:
-
Ethnicity
- Gender
- Special
Education
- LEP/Bilingual/ESL
- Economically
Disadvantaged
- At-Risk·
Dyslexia
- Discipline/Restraint
- All reportable
PEIMS data
- Teacher Demographics:
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Year of
Experience
- Highly
Qualified
- Teacher
retention
- Certifications
- NCLB progression
ratio
- Para Professional
Demographics:
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Highly
Qualified
- NCLB progression
ratio
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State
Testing Results
- Annual
Results
- Percent
of Passing per subject
- Percent
of passing per student group
- Percent
of passing per grade level
- Percent
of passing per test instrument (TAKS, SDAA, LDAA)
- The Campus Improvement
Planner presents the data in the following statistical reports:
- State Testing
Results
- Subject specific
State Testing Analysis Reports
- Demographics
- Teacher Recruitment
and Retention
- Adequate Yearly
Progress
- Student Transition
- Student Growth
- Summary of
Comprehensive Need
Curriculum
Benefits
- Students meet performance
goals set is The State Accountability System and the No Child Left Behind
Act.
- Provides data to
ensure curriculum is aligned with TEKS and TAKS based on State testing
results report.
- State Testing analysis
reports provide statistics to insure teachers are equipped with appropriate
instructional materials and instructional support based on performance,
student group, grade level and subject.
- Reports show academic
growth.
- Identifies staff
development issues that align with the instructional program.
- Current curriculum
is effective in classroom environment.
- Identifies if "content"
specific staff development issues exist.
- Provides data to
determine is teachers are effectively instructing the current curriculum
by determining student success in mastering TEKS on the TAKS.
Teacher Benefits
- Minimizes the time
teachers take assessing and observing individual students to determine
functional instructional level at the beginning of each school year
or semester by providing the a history of mastery levels for each subject.
Enables
teachers to develop IEP's based on historic student performance quickly
and accurately.
- By using established
teaching strategies reduce the students' frustration level and increases
instruction time.
- Aids teachers in
marking progression rate to insure current state testing recommendations
are within student's potential.
- Ensures student
receive appropriate intervention strategies based on assessment results.
- Allow teachers
to communicate with each other successful teaching strategies year to
year on an individual student basis.
- Better ARD recommendation
minimizes the potential for failure during the state-testing event.
Accounting/Grant
Manager Benefits (In Progress)
- Database collects
and compiles statistics to assess if campus qualifies and is eligible
to receive Supplemental Federal Grants.
- Database collects
and compiles statistics to report annually on application for Supplemental
Federal Grants.
- Provides a budget
worksheet that outlines the principal's budgetary requirements.
- Funding Budget
Planning Worksheet for the following fund sources:
-
State
Funds
- Regular Foundation
School Program
- State Compensatory
Education (SCE)
- Accelerated
Reading/Math Instruction (ARI/AMI state grant)
- Title-I, Part
A- Improving Basic Programs
- Title II,
Part A- Highly Qualified and Professional Development
- IDEA-B- Special
Education· Formula
- Capacity Building
- Preschool
- Identifies Allowable
and Unallowable costs associated with each Supplemental grant.
- Outline intent
and purpose of each fund source.
State Testing
Coordinators Benefits
- Effective tool
to easily retrieve data in order to better organize for upcoming state
testing event.
- Provides pivoting
tables to allow testing coordinator to sort and query recommendations
quickly and easily.
- Compiles and calculates
the number of assessments at each grade level to aide testing coordinator
to effectively order testing materials.
- Filters provide
a quick way of identifying incomplete or recommendations not in compliance
state regulations. Allows coordinators to identify and take corrective
measures in a timely manner.
- Tracks compliance
issues and identifies problem areas with the administration and organization
of the state-testing event.
- Tracks accommodations
and modifications so coordinators can properly assign staff.
- Provides historic
rosters of annual state testing results.
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