What is Title I and How Can I be Involved?

1. What is Title I and How Can I be Involved? Annual Parent Meeting Sequoyah Elementary School August 7, 2014

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. Sequoyah 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%. (tbd) • 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. Sequoyah’s Title I Schoolwide Program

7. Planning Team: • Tanya Jones, Principal • Kristin Stark, PK Academic Coach • Tiffany Cacy, Teacher/Tech Rep • Carol Horn, Teacher • Linda Wofford, Support Staff • Kelly Atkinson, Parent • Crystal Hendricks, Parent

8. WISE Tool Summary:

9. Focus Goals: • Our school wide goal is to have every child prepared for the rigorous expectations for kindergarten. More specifically, on grade level according to the Literacy First assessment at the end of PK.

10. Curriculum: • The state of Oklahoma state Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) for Pre-Kindergarten are used. An overview of these skills is available on the Oklahoma State Department of Education Website.

11. Assessment: • Students will be assessed using the state approved Literacy First test. They also will be assessed with the district math assessment and the DIAL-4 (Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning). Students are informally assessed on a continual basis through teacher interaction in large and small group teaching.

12. Title I Parent Notification Requirements

13. Parent Involvement Policy • The Sequoyah Elementary Parent Involvement Policy will be available to every parent this evening and copies will be available in the office at any time. Copies will also be available electronically.

14. School-Parent Compact

15. Parent’s Right to Know – Student Achievement • Students at Sequoyah Elementary are assessed using the Literacy First model. Student achievement will be provided on quarterly report cards, parent-teacher conferences and daily reports.

16. 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. • 100% of our teachers at Sequoyah are HIGHLY QUALIFIED.

17. How Can You Be Involved?

18. Parent Involvement Opportunities • PTO • Classroom Volunteers • Field Trip Chaperones • Sunshine Assemblies • Book Fairs • Special Events (example: Thanksgiving Lunch, Polar Express Day, Fall Festival)

19. Parent Involvement in Decision Making • PTO Meetings • Committees such as: • Title I Site and District Committee • Safe and Healthy Schools Site and District Committee • Reconfiguration Committee • Calendar Committee

20. 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.

21. Questions?

22. Contact Information Tanya Jones Principal 918-458-4130