Welcome to Chestatee Elementary Schoolwide Title I Annual Meeting for Families 2014 - 2015

1. Welcome to Chestatee ElementarySchoolwide Title I Annual Meetingfor Families2014 - 2015

2. Introductions Title One • Amelia Wolfer, Scarlette Mason, Linda Ratliff, Rock Reed, Tamela Stanford ESL • Becca Donnell, Lori Faulkner, Susan Pinson EIP • Leslie Butler, Lori Holbrooks, Courtney McKinney

3. Academic Support Team

4. Parent Resource Room 302 • Hours: Monday – Friday: 7:00 – 7:50 AM 12:30 – 3:00 PM • Just past the media center near the front office • Self checking easy to use materials • Manipulatives, games, flash cards • Parenting materials • Computers for access to our website, ITS Learning and Infinite Campus

5. Parent Resource Room 302

6. What is Title I? Title I Part A is a part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).  This act provides federal funds through the Georgia Department of Education to local educational agencies and public schools with high numbers or percentages of students from low income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards. 

8. Title I Funding Funds are provided to schools based on the number of students qualifying for the free/reduced price lunch program.

10. How does our school spend Title I Money? Funds are used to provide students additional segments of reading and/or math instruction by a certified, highly qualified teacher, support materials in reading and/or math, transportation home from after school programs and transportation during summer school.  Funds are also used to promote parental involvement through an active parent involvement program.

12. What are Chestatee’s Title I Schoolwide Requirements? Chestatee Elementary is now Schoolwide Title I. We have reached this status through our Free and Reduced Lunch population reaching 49%. Students are still identified and served by a multiple criteria survey. The most academically challenged students receive services in additional small groups. Support teachers are pushing in to classes as much as possible. Teachers pull out of the classroom only when scheduling is an issue.

14. What is Chestatee’s Designation Status? Chestatee is a Title I School.  In a Title I Priority School overall achievement is low.  In a Title I Alert School there is a large gap between the lowest and highest achieving students.  In a Title I Reward School the school is in: Highest Performing 5% of Title I schools or, the highest Progressing 10% of Title I schools.

15. Welcome to Chestatee!

16. Small Group Activities Tables 1 & 2 • Title I schoolwide plan and goals • Teacher qualifications, Flexible Learning Programs, Intradistrict Transfer Option (ESEA) Table 3 • School and District Parent Involvement Policies and School-Family Compacts Table 4 • Curriculum, Assessments, and Report Cards Table 5 • Title I Parental Involvement Funding and Parental Involvement Opportunities

18. How responsive will the school be to my questions when staff is contacted? Procedure for Title I Questions or Concerns: 1. Speak with the Title I teacher: • Scarlette Mason– Ext. 722401 • Linda Ratliff– Ext. 722336 • Rock Reed – Ext. 722142 • Tamela Stanford – Ext. 722305

19. 2. Speak with the Title I Instructional Coach:   Amelia Wolfer - Ext. 722319 3. Speak with an Assistant Principal:   Jordan Livermore - Ext. 722203 Kristin Miskovsky- Ext. 722432 4. Speak with the Principal:   Polly Tennies – Ext. 722004 5. Speak with a Title I Support Personnel: FCSS – Amy Reutter(Federal Programs Specialist) 770-887-2461 ext. 202246 • The school will make every reasonable effort to respond to your concern within twenty-four hours.

20. Title I Support: Amy Reutter Principal: Polly Tennies AP: Jordan Livermore AP: Kristen Miskovsky Title I Instructional Coach Title I Teacher

21. Thank You for Coming! Math Tools & Games Family Night will be coming up on Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 6:00 PM or Friday, November 14th , 2014 at 7:30 AM