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Title I and Families

Title I and Families. Purpose of Meeting. According to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 , schools are required to host an Annual Meeting to explain and discuss: Title I programs and requirements Family Involvement Policy/Plan School-Parent Compact Parents’ Right to Know

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Title I and Families

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  1. Title I and Families

  2. Purpose of Meeting • According to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, schools are required to host an Annual Meeting to explain and discuss: • Title I programs and requirements • Family Involvement Policy/Plan • School-Parent Compact • Parents’ Right to Know • Additional support • School and Parent Partnerships • Business Partnerships

  3. What is Title I? Title I is a federal grant that: • provides supplemental funds to school districts to assist schools with high concentrations of poverty to meet educational goals • assists with building capacity of parents and teachers • encourages parents to be involved in their children’s education 

  4. Goal of Title I To ensure that all children have the opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach proficiency on challenging state academic standards and assessments

  5. Title I Funding • Districts allocate Title I funds to qualifying schools based on the number of students eligible to receive free/reduced price meals • Title I must supplement District funds • A specified amount of the Title I grant must be spent on Family Involvement and Professional Development • Parents have the right to give input regarding how the school will use its Title I funds

  6. Title I Programs • All Title I schools in Palm Beach County are schoolwide programs • All students in Title I schools are served, but primary focus is on the lowest achieving students • All staff, resources, and classes are part of the overall schoolwide program

  7. Family Involvement Policy/Plan • Each Title I school must jointly develop, agree upon, and distribute to parents a written Family Involvement Policy/Plan • The Family Involvement Policy/Plan describes how the school will carry out the parent involvement requirements, including the development of a School-Parent Compact

  8. Family Involvement Policy/Plan • Title I schools must: • adopt and implement parental involvement programs • provide timely information about Title I programs to parents • involve parents in making decisions about how Title I funds reserved for parent involvement should be spent

  9. Family Involvement Policy/Plan • Title I schools must: • explain the curriculum, assessments, and the minimum standards that students are required to meet • provide trainings to staff and parents designed to increase student achievement and support family involvement, including literacy training, parent conferencing, etc.

  10. Family Involvement Policy/Plan • Title I schools must: • involve parents in the development of staff trainings and train parents to help other parents • offer a flexible number of meeting/training dates and times

  11. Family Involvement Policy/Plan Title I schools must: • show evidence of continuous communication between the school, families, students, and community • provide documents to show that families were given information translated in their native language

  12. Family Involvement Policy/Plan Title I schools must: • provide information on how the school worked with the community, volunteers, and business partners to increase student achievement • develop roles for community organizations and/or businesses in family involvement activities

  13. Family Involvement Policy/Plan Title I schools must: • monitor and evaluate the strategies of the Family Involvement Policy/Plan periodically • jointly conduct an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the school’s Family Involvement Policy/Plan • use the findings of the evaluation to design and revise strategies for more effective family involvement

  14. School-Parent Compact • Each school must have a School-Parent Compact that is written by parents and school personnel • The compact sets out the responsibilities of the students, parents, and school staff in striving to raise student achievement • The compact should be shared during parent-teacher conferences • The compact is to be reviewed and signed each year by the parent, student, and teacher

  15. Parents’ Right to Know • Parents have the right to request and receive timely information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s teachers and paraprofessionals • Parents must be notified if their child is assigned to or taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified

  16. Parents’ Right to Know • Parents should be provided information regarding the level of achievement of their child on each state academic assessment required by law • To the extent that is feasible, information must be in a language the parents can understand

  17. Research shows…(Epstein and Associates, 2009) No matter the socio-economic status, when parents are involved, students are more likely to: • attend school regularly • earn better grades • obtain better test scores • pass courses • be promoted to the next grade • adapt to change • have better social skills • graduate • continue their education

  18. School and Parent Partnership • School should work with parents to ensure child’s success • School and parents should jointly make decisions that affect child’s education • School and parent partnerships are built within School Advisory Councils, District Parent Advisory Council, and school decision making committees

  19. School and Parent Partnership • School provides opportunities for parents to volunteer time and talents • School offers parent workshops, trainings, and parent/teacher conferences

  20. School and Parent Partnership School provides materials to help parents work with their children. Some Title I schools have Parent Resource Centers that provide materials and resources that parents may check out to use at home.

  21. Family + School = Success

  22. Consequences for Not Making Adequate Yearly Progress (NAYP)

  23. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • Measures proficiency of all students in reading, math, and writing • Measures graduation rates • Requires school to make grade of “C” or better • Applies consequences if a Title I school does not make AYP in all areas and all subgroups

  24. Proficiency Targets for AYP Proficiency targets increase yearly until 100% of students are proficient in 2014.

  25. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • NCLB requires all schools to measure Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • All public schools receive AYP designations • Non-Title I Schools • Title I Schools • Charter Schools • AYP measures progress of nine subgroups

  26. Total Students White Black Hispanic Asian American Indian Economically Disadvantaged Students Limited English Proficient Students (ELL) Students with Disabilities (SWD) Nine Subgroups

  27. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report • Insert your school’s AYP Report

  28. ALL schools receive an AYP designation Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, only Title I schools receive consequences if AYP is not met After 2 years of not making AYP (NAYP), a school is identified as a School in Need of Improvement (SINI) Adequate Yearly Progress AYP

  29. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Consequences for Title I schools that did not make AYP (NAYP) are as follows :

  30. Federal Consequences for Not Making AYP (NAYP) Consequences are cumulative. Each year, new consequences are added to those applied the previous year.

  31. Parents of students attending a Title I school that did not make AYP for two or more consecutive years are offered NCLB Choice for their children’s education. NCLB Choice Options for SINI Schools

  32. Corrective Action - SINI 3 No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for SINI 3 schools: • Replace school • Implement new curriculum • Decrease management authority at school • Extend school year or school day • Restructure internal organization of the school

  33. Planning for Restructuring SINI 4 Schools No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for restructuring: • Reopening as public charter school • Replacing school staff, including principal • Entering into contract with a private entity • State takeover • Alternative major restructuring reform

  34. Restructuring Schools SINI 5 **Implement the plan prepared while a SINI 4 No Child Left Behind dictates one or more of the following options for restructuring: • Reopening as public charter school • Replacing school staff, including principal • Entering into contract with a private entity • State takeover • Alternative major restructuring reform

  35. Restructuring Schools SINI 6, 7, 8 and 9 • Continue implementing Restructuring Plan

  36. Two Accountability Systems Federal No Child Left Behind AYP State Differentiated Accountability School Grades + AYP

  37. Two Accountability Systems Federal No Child Left Behind State Differentiated Accountability

  38. Florida’s Differentiated Accountability (DA) Plan • Discuss your school’s DA Category and District Interventions

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