Build capacity, turn around low performing campuses, improve teacher effectiveness and increase student achievement with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds

Soon, school district leaders will be deciding the best way to make a difference for all of their students using the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds. IDRA is committed to help you make that difference.

See article, “Strategic Planning for the Effective Use of ARRA Funds – Building a Blueprint for Success,” by Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D.

Get info on IDRA’s Contextual Analysis Toolkit

See a list of ESEA Title I allocations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to local education Agencies by state

Ways IDRA Can Help Your School District …

Flier available in PDF.

Below are samples of IDRA products and models based on what works for all students, especially English language learners.

Coaching and Mentoring
Smart Coaches –Teacher coaching for success in the content areas. more

Contextual Analysis Toolkit for Setting Baseline and Getting High Impact Results

• Good Schools for Children Learning English – Rubric
• Teacher and Student Efficacy SurveysClassroom Observation Analysis
• State-mandated Tests and Benchmarking Analysis
• Teacher Quality Assessment
• Student Engagement Survey
• Key Stakeholder Focus Group Interviews

Dropout Prevention

• Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program, keeps 98 percent of at-risk students in school. more
• School Holding Power Portal, an online database of individual school conditions for school and community action. more

Instructional Leadership – Intensive language-across-the-curriculum program created through sustained and intensive campus-based professional development. more

Family Leadership – Meaningful school-home engagement for student success (Spanish and English). more

Professional Learning Community and Mentoring – Peer support for individual student success.

Math Smart! – Teacher training of dynamic diverse student learning in mathematics in elementary and secondary grades. more

Science Smart! – Teacher training to strengthen science curriculum and pedogogy to engage diverse learners. more

Engagement-Based Sheltered Instruction – Effective engagement strategies for English language learners across the content areas. more

Integrating Technology in the Classroom – Program that translates students’ technology expertise and teachers’ knowledge of what works into effective practice that infuses technology into content areas, leading to solid and sustainable student achievement. more

WOW Workshop on Workshops – Train the trainers program to transform school capacity to leverage and sustain campus leadership and professional development by providing practical, research-based tools for your campus mentors, coaches and support staff that results in a self-renewing process for adult learning. more