Montessori Academy Kindergarten Middle School Elementary and Secondary

Montessori Academy Kindergarten – Middle School

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) LEA Plan/Strategic Plan p Highly Qualified Teachers p Professional Development Plan p Adequate Yearly Progress/Testing p Improvement Plans p School Choice p Title Funds/IDEA-Part B/Grants p

LEA Plan – State Requirements p Continuous Improvement n Integrated Action Plan p Effective Leadership Effective Teachers and Instruction Effective Organization of Time Effective Curriculum Conditions, Climate, and Culture Family and Community Engagement p Strategic Plan – ends FY 18 p p p n High Academic Achievement p p n Organizational Stability p p n Curriculum Plans Technology Plan Enrichment Plans – Art, Culture, Spanish, Gardening, etc. High School Facility Plan Financial Plan (Enrollment) Community Engagement p p Volunteer Program Outreach

Highly Qualified Teachers p p Teachers Bachelor’s Degree Montessori Certificate p p p Student Teachers Credentials in Progress Supervised by Director of Education Assistants High School Diploma Associates Degree In House-Montessori Assistant Training

Professional Development Plan (Based on Needs Assessment) Montessori/General Educational What is a Montessori Education? p AMS Conference p Personal Development p. Synergy Training p p p p Project Read – Language Read Naturally – Title I Technology - typing Special Education Using Data to Inform Instruction AZMerit – Computerized Version

Adequate Yearly Progress- Academic p Accountability – A-F Letter Grades n Under Appeal n “B” n Science – 119% n Action Plan p Reading p Math

Adequate Yearly Progress - Financial q The Charter is in Good Standing q ADE ADM Audit - FY 15, FY 16, FY 17 q Does Not Meet Financial Performance q Based on FY 17 Audit q Corrective Action Plan is being implemented q Compliance Company q Restructuring of Financial Information

Title Funds Title I School-10%Poverty Title I $20, 206. 42 Reading Interventions Homeless Set Aside Title II $2626. 55 Professional Development Title IV-A $9503. 00 Technology Pending Title V $0 Teacher Quality Programs

Performance Pay – 301 Monies p p p Teachers, who meet Highly Qualified status and are Lead Teaching, will turn a request for a personal goal. The evaluation team will review the request and determine the approved goal based on the previous performance evaluation and request. n Each teacher will have one approved personal goal: p Professional Development in a specific area p Creating a new program p Improving classroom environment p Other n Each teacher will have 2 -5 academic goals for each grade level taught within their program level. These goals must be measurable. For grades 3 -8 the goals must be related to State assessments. Verified achieved goals are subject to 301 performance pay. 2017 -18 funds for performance pay are approximately $78, 000

Enrollment p p Current Enrollment: 160 Charter, All Students 24227 Enrollment for Fall 2018 – Charter Goal 200, All Students 260 Level T 3 4 K 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th Total Open Charter Private FY 19 Spaces FY 17 FY 18 - 1 FY 18 - 2 Proj WL 18 20 19 18 12 19 20 26 24 14 19 19 21 25 26 30 26 13 14 21 26 24 24 16 19 26 26 27 27 22 26 20 24 22 25 18 14 15 22 22 18 18 22 22 21 18 18 12 11 19 20 12 15 14 11 20 16 12 12 12 258 233 230 227 224 25 28 31 41 174 59 164 66 160 67 172 52 FY 19 Open 1 6 2 6 5 0 9 7 4 1 -4 -3 -1 9 8 41

Additional Information p p p p Extended Day Kindergarten – Not funded IDEA- Part B - $23, 0358. 42 (Special Education) IDEA – SETTA – $3, 436. 00 (Special Education College Courses) Passed State Special Education Monitoring ADE ADM Audit of FY 15, 16, 17 – Finding $10, 796. 38 for the school Annual Audit FY 17 – update and changes Fundraising Updates Highly Qualified Teachers – Resumes in the school office Calendar 2018 -19 School Choice High School - Additional Grades AZMerit – “Grade” Appeal FY 17 AIMS Science – Computer version