What is Title I and How Can I be Involved?

1. What is Title I and How Can I be Involved? Annual Parent Meeting (School Name) (Date)

2. Definition of Title I: • Title I provides federal funding to schools to help students who are low achieving or at most risk of falling behind. • Title I is allocated to schools based on the percentage of student receiving free/reduced lunch. • Schools with a percentage of at least 40% are eligible for a schoolwide program.

3. (School Name) operates a Title I Schoolwide Program.

4. Schoolwide means: • The school uses Title I funds to upgrade the entire educational program of the school. • Title I funds are used to serve all children in order to raise academic achievement. • Title I funds will be used to provide additional assistance to all students who experience difficulties in meeting the State’s performance targets.

5. To be a “Schoolwide” School: • The school must have a free/reduced lunch count of at least 40%. • The school must collect and analyze data that effects student achievement. • The school must develop a comprehensive site plan and annually review the effectiveness of the plan.

6. (School Name)’s Title I Schoolwide Program

7. Planning Team: • (List planning team members here. Remember, the planning team must include at least one parent.)

8. Summary: • (Insert summary of schoolwide plan here including a brief explanation of needs assessment and how the school will meet all 10 components.)

9. Focus Goals • (Insert the identified goals for the upcoming school year.)

10. Curriculum and Instructional Strategies: • (Insert a summary of the school’s curriculum and school reform strategies to be used in the upcoming school year.)

11. Assessment: • (Insert a description of how students will be assessed during the school year. Parents must be given an explanation of state achievement tests. This section may also include information on teacher-created assessments, reading inventories, and district benchmarks.)

12. Proficiency Levels for [School Year]: • (Insert state performance targets for reading and math for the current school year.)

13. Title I Parent Notification Requirements

14. Parent Involvement Policy • (Insert here information on where the policy is located and how parents can obtain a copy of the policy. Provide parents at the meeting a copy and discuss the policy at this time.)

15. School-Parent Compact • (Insert here information on where the Home-School Compact is located and how parents can obtain a copy. Provide parents at the meeting a copy and discuss at this time.)

16. Parent’s Right to Know – Student Achievement • (Insert here information on how parents will be provided information regarding their child’s achievement on state assessments.)

17. Parent’s Right to Know – Non-Highly Qualified Teachers • Schools are required to notify parents if their child has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher that is not highly qualified. • (Insert here information on Highly Qualified status of teachers. Provide parents a sample letter and discuss at this time.)

18. How Can You Be Involved?

19. Parent Involvement Opportunities • (Insert a list of parent involvement opportunities at the school. You may want to include a calendar with the information given to parents during the meeting.)

20. Parent Involvement in Decision Making • (Insert a list of opportunities for parents to be involved in decisions at the school including how they can be involved in various committees.)

21. Right to Request Meetings • Upon the request of parents, the school must provide opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children. • The school must respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.

22. Questions?

23. Contact Information • (Insert names and phone numbers of contacts at the school.)