SPSA Planning Summary for CSI, TSI, and ATSI

CSI, TSI, ATSI

Collaborate with the school and educational partners in the development of the improvement plan.

Meaningful involvement of parents, students, and other educational partners is critical to the development of the SPSA and the budget process. Schools must share the SPSA with school site-level advisory groups as applicable (e.g., English Learner Advisory committee, student advisory groups, tribes and tribal organizations present in the community, as appropriate, etc.) and seek input from these advisory groups in the development of the SPSA.

This requirement may be addressed in the Educational Partner Involvement section of the SPSA template.

CSI, TSI, ATSI

The improvement plan must be informed by all State indicators

Schools must conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and establish goals for improving student outcomes based on analysis of student performance data. This includes verifiable state data, including local and state indicator data from the California School Dashboard (Dashboard) and data from the School Accountability Report Card, including local data voluntarily collected by districts to measure student achievement.

This requirement may be addressed in the Goals, Strategies/Activities, and Expenditures section, or the Identified Needs section of the SPSA template.

CSI, TSI, ATSI

The improvement plan must include evidence-based interventions.

A description of the specific planned strategies/activities a school will take to meet identified goals, including a description of the expenditures required to implement the specific strategies/activities is required.

This requirement may be addressed in the Goals, Strategies/Activities, and Expenditures section of the SPSA template.

CSI (required)

The CSI plan must be based on a school-level needs assessment.

TSI & ATSI (recommended)

A description of any areas that need significant improvement based on a review of Dashboard and local data, including any areas of low performance and significant performance gaps among student groups on Dashboard indicators, and any steps taken to address those areas is required.

Available state and local data, including input from educational partners, must be used to identify successes and areas of need.

This requirement may be addressed in the Comprehensive Needs Assessment section of the SPSA template.

CSI & ATSI (required)

The improvement plan must identify resource inequities and address those inequities through implementation of the plan.

TSI

(recommended)

Identify and describe any resource inequities identified as a result of the school-level needs assessment and summarize how the identified resource inequities are addressed in the plan.

This requirement may be addressed in the Resource Inequities section of the SPSA template.

CSI, TSI, ATSI

The improvement plan must be approved by the school and LEA.

The SPSA must be approved by the Schoolsite Council, as well as by the governing board of the LEA.

This requirement may be addressed through the LEA’s governing board/body’s approval process.

CSI, TSI, ATSI

Implementation of the improvement plan is monitored by the LEA upon approval and implementation.

Identify the metric(s) and/or state indicator(s) that the school will use as a means of evaluating progress toward accomplishing the goal. A school may identify metrics for specific student groups.

This requirement may be addressed in the Annual Measurable Outcomes section of the SPSA template.