Title I, Part A: School Improvement 

Title I, Part A: School Improvement 


Title I, Part A: School Improvement through the Center for Continuous School Improvement

In 2020, The Center for Continuous School Improvement (CCSI) began with the intention of supporting school improvement efforts across all schools in Utah. The mission of the Center for Continuous School Improvement is to create an aligned, equitable system of support for school improvement where all Utah schools engage in the continuous improvement cycle resulting in safe, healthy schools for all students where achievement gaps close, graduation rates increase, families and communities are engaged, and students are college and career ready.

Programs to help achieve this include:

  • Academic Growth - CSI
  • CCSI programs 
  • Elevate and Springboard
  • Family and Community Engagement
  • Four Domains CALL
  • Graduation Growth - CSI
  • TSI and ATSI

Center for Continuous School Improvement

For anyone who needs information related to Priority Schools and Focus Schools under previous legislation, please contact us for information.

   

School Turnaround Grant

The School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act is a State Initiative that identifies low performing schools as being in the bottom 3% of schools statewide for two consecutive years regardless of Title I status. More information is available at the link below.

Utah State Board of Education School Turnaround Grant

Competitive School Improvement Grants (SIG)

Competitive School Improvement Grants, authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by No Child Left Behind (NCLB), are grants to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) that SEAs use to make competitive subgrants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools.

Application for Fiscal Year 2014 New Awards Competition

Application for Fiscal Year 2014 New Awards Competition: Utah Local Education Agency Application

Utah School Improvement Grant (SIG) Schools Cohorts

Utah's Approved and Non-approved Local Education Agency School Improvement Grant Applications

2015
Applications Awarded

Granite School District

South Kearns Elementary

West Lake Junior High

Tooele County School District

Wendover High School

Applications Not Approved

Dual Immersion Academy

San Juan District

Tse'bii'nidzisgai Elementary

2014

SIG Awards

Applications Awarded

Granite School District

Lincoln Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary

Salt Lake District

Lincoln Elementary

Meadowlark Elementary

San Juan School District

Montezuma Creek Elementary

Monument Valley High

Applications Not Awarded

San Juan School District

White Horse High

2012

SIG Awards

Applications Awarded

Davis School District

Fremont Elementary

Ogden School District

Ogden High/Washington High

Salt Lake School District

Edison Elementary

Horizonte Center

San Juan School District

Tse'bii'nidzisgai Elementary

Tooele School District

Wendover High School

Uintah School District

Eagle View Elementary

Applications Unsuccessful

Carbon School District

Dual Immersion Academy

Granite School District

2010
Applications Awarded

Granite School District

Granger High School

Ogden School District

Dee Elementary/James Madison Elementary/Odyssey Elementary

Salt Lake District

Glendale Middle/Northwest Middle

San Juan District

Bluff Elementary

Applications Unsuccessful

Dual Immersion Academy

Pinnacle Canyon Academy

Uintah School District

Reward Schools

Under Utah's Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver, Utah was to identify its Title I Reward Schools. The Utah State Board of Education reviewed the State Federal Accountability Reporting System (SFAR) scores to identify those Title I schools that achieved the highest levels of student proficiency and those that achieved high levels of student growth. Title I Reward Schools are performing in the top 15% of Title I Schools in the state. Utah State Board of Education recognized 48 Title I schools for their outstanding performance.

Reward Schools 2017

Reward Schools 2015

Reward Schools 2014

Reward Schools 2013

Reward Schools 2012

Resources

School Improvement Grants
United States Department of Education

The Center on School Turnaround (CST)
WestEd

Contacts

Sara Wiebke
Director of the Center for Continuous School Improvement
Phone: (801) 538-7893 | E-mail

Dr. Gregory Firn
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7846 | E-mail

Susie Estrada
Family and Community Engagement Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7846 E-mail

Maggie Cummings, Ph.D.
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7567 | E-mail

Janiece Seegmiller
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7851 | E-mail

Megan Tippetts
School Improvement Data Analyst
Phone: (385) 295-7891 | E-mail

Armela Christiansen
Administrative Assistant
Phone: (801) 538-7937 | E-mail