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SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY Title I For additional information contact the school at 669-3275.

SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY Title I For additional information contact the school at 669-3275. Objective. The objective of this handout is to provide information regarding the Title I program. The use of Title I funds at Spring Creek Elementary The Title I Parent Involvement Plan.

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SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY Title I For additional information contact the school at 669-3275.

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  1. SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARYTitle I For additional informationcontact the school at 669-3275.

  2. Objective • The objective of this handout is to provide information regarding the Title I program. • The use of Title I funds at Spring Creek Elementary • The Title I Parent Involvement Plan

  3. What is Title I? • WHEN MOST PEOPLE REFER TO TITLE I, THEY ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT TITLE I, PART A OF THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001 (NCLB). PART A, IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED PROGRAM

  4. Title I is…. • The largest federal education program for elementary and secondary schools

  5. Title I funds • Targeted to high-poverty schools • Provide educational services

  6. Title I has existed since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 • The federal government first began to authorize formula grants to states and districts for the education of elementary and secondary students • low academic achievement • schools serving low-income areas.

  7. Four primary goals: • Provide supplementary education to students eligible for services; • Provide additional funding to schools and districts serving high concentrations of children from low-income families; • Focus educators on the needs of special student populations; and • Improve the academic achievement of eligible students, reduce performance gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students, and assist eligible students in meeting high academic standards (Riddle, 1996).

  8. STANDARDS-BASED EDUCATION • Have academic standards for all public elementary and secondary school students; • Test students in English and math every year between grades 3 and 8 and once in high school; • Report on student achievement by average school performance, as well as by the performance of specified subgroups; • Ensure that all students are academically proficient by the spring of 2014; and • Hold districts and schools accountable for demonstrating adequate yearly progress in student achievement.

  9. Adequate Yearly Progress Benchmarks in Florida • Reading Mathematics • 2001-02 31 38 • 2002-03 31 38 • 2003-04 31 38 • 2004-05 37 44 • 2005-06 44 50 • 2006-07 51 56 • 2007-08 58 62 • 2008-09 65 68 • 2009-10 72 74 • 2010-11 79 80 • 2011-12 86 86 • 2012-13 93 93 • 2013-14 100 100

  10. Schools that receive Title I funds • Targeted assistance program • School wide program, • A child poverty rate of at least 40 percent to operate a school wide program.

  11. How we use our Title I funds here at Spring Creek Elementary: Personnel Three highly qualified teachersTwo six-hour para-professionals Professional development Fees for consultants Stipends for participating teachers Registration fees for workshops

  12. How we use our Title I funds here at Spring Creek, continued… Substitutes for participating teachers Materials and supplies for inservices Parental Involvement Family School Liaison Parent Resource Center materials Travel for Family School Liaison Curriculum Nights

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