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Title I Program at Voyage Academy: Ensuring Quality Education for Every Child

Learn about the Title I program, the largest federal assistance program for schools, which provides funding to public schools with economically disadvantaged children. Discover how Title I funds are allocated, utilized at Voyage Academy, and the benefits it offers to students. Explore important school documents, parent involvement opportunities, and ways to get involved in your child's education.

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Title I Program at Voyage Academy: Ensuring Quality Education for Every Child

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  1. Voyage Academy Annual Title I August 12th, 2019 at 6:30 pm

  2. • Title I is the largest federal assistance program for our nation’s schools. • Title I provides federal funds to public schools with high numbers or percentages of economically disadvantaged children to help ensure that all children meet the state’s challenging academic content and student achievement standards. • Schools with 40% or more of children from low income families can develop school wide Title I programs to serve all students. •Voyage Academy is a Title I target assist school. • The primary goal of the our Title I target assist program is a high quality education for every child What is Title 1?

  3. How Does Title I Work? • The federal government provides funding to states each year for Title I. • To receive the funds, each state must submit a plan describing what all children are expected to know and be able to do; the high quality standards of performance that all children are expected to meet and ways to measure progress. • The Title I target assist school (parents, teachers, school staff and administrators) set goals for improvement, measure student progress using standards set forth in the state Title I plan, develop programs that add to regular classroom instruction, and involve parents.

  4. Important, Required School Documents • Parent Involvement Policy – available tonight to view; will be reviewed/revised by our stakeholders, School Board, PCO crew and available on our website • Title 1 Policy– available on the website. It is regularly reviewed by the board of trustees and administration. • School/Parent Compact – available tonight to view; will be reviewed/revised by our stakeholders, School Board, PCO crew, and available on our website • Parent Survey – available each spring will be reviewed by administration and school board.

  5. How are Title I Funds Allocated to Schools? The funding for this program is based upon the percentage of students who apply for and receive free or reduced school meals. It is therefore important to our system to give every family an opportunity to apply for a free or reduced school meals through each school’s school nutrition program. Every student is given a free or reduced meal application at the beginning of the school year. Please take the time to complete this application if qualified when you receive it. This year the forms can be completed electronically. There is a link on our system website to access.

  6. Title I Programs Generally Offer: • smaller classes • additional teachers and paraprofessionals(Co-teachers) • additional training for school staff • extra time for instruction • a variety of teaching methods and materials • counseling and mentoring

  7. How are Title I Funds Utilized at Voyage Academy • To increase student achievement • Needs Based Assessment (conducted by school staff, Instructional Leadership Team, and School Board) • Instructional Assistants/Co-teachers • Additional faculty and staff • Professional Development • Voyage Title I fund is $47,293.00 per year

  8. Curriculum, Instruction and • Assessment at Voyage Academy includes; • Curriculum • Collaborative Planning • Differentiated Instruction • Small Group Instruction • Student Engagement • Workshop Model • Special Services (RTI, SPED, ESL etc.) • Benchmarks/Progress Monitoring (Leveled Reading Assessment, Writing Rubrics, pre/post tests) • Data Analysis • Technology • Student Learning Objectives • Student Growth Model • Academic Interventions • Continuous Staff Development

  9. Voyage Academy Work Plan 2019-2020

  10. Parent Rights Under Title I • Ask for meetings and trainings. • Review the results of our annual Parent Involvement Survey. • Review the school’s achievement data. • Review the School’s Work Plan. • Review and have input on the Title I Parent Involvement Policy and Parent Compact. • To know the credentials of faculty/staff.

  11. How Do We Involve Our Parents? • School Board Meetings • PCO Crew Committees • Open Lines of Communication Between Home and School • Crew Volunteer Program • Back to School Night • Town Hall Meetings • Student Led Conferences • Celebrations of Learning • Fieldwork • School Website, Newsletters, Facebook • Parent Portal

  12. Questions ?? Should you have any questions about the Title I program in our school please contact one of the following individuals: Nicole Jones—Principal-- njones@voyageacademyutah.org April Olson—Title 1 Coorindator—aolson@voyageacademyutah.org

  13. Thank you for your support! With the Voyage Academy faculty, students, and parents working together, we will accomplish great things for the future of our children.

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