What is Title I?
Title I is a federally funded education program. The program provides supplemental funds to school districts to assist schools with the highest student concentrations of poverty to meet school educational goals.
What is a Schoolwide Title I school?
A Schoolwide Title I school
is an individual school with 40% or more students living in poverty. The federal funds are used to benefit all
students and families who are enrolled in the school.
Which CASD schools receive Title I funding?
Hamilton Elementary School,
Bellaire Elementary School, LeTort Elementary School, Mount Holly Springs
Elementary School, Mooreland Elementary School, North Dickinson Elementary
School, and Crestview Elementary School are all Schoolwide Title I schools
within our district.
How is Title I funding being used?
Title I funding supports the hiring of additional staff to ensure we meet the diverse needs of all students. This includes instructional coaches, reading specialists, and interventionists. This funding supports professional development for staff within these buildings. Title I money also supports a family resource center in each school. These centers contain many activities and learning games that students can check out and use in their homes. Title I funding is also used to host multiple family engagement nights throughout the school year.
Can the money be used only for students who are economically disadvantaged?
No. Schoolwide Title
I programs serve all the students who are enrolled in our 7 elementary school
buildings.
What are the responsibilities of Title I Parents?
Parents have a large
role in Title I. Parents are invited to Schoolwide Title I meetings,
conferences, and workshops annually. They receive standards-based report cards
about their child’s progress and suggestions for how they might help the child at
home. Children who receive intensive literacy (reading and writing) or math
(Kindergarten and 1st grade only) services also receive intervention
reports that detail their child’s progress in the intervention program. Research indicates that
children whose parents are involved have a much better rate of success in
school!
Parent Involvement
Schoolwide Title I strives to engage parents in all aspects of their children's education experience. The Parent Resources tab include the Parent Compact and Family Involvement Policies for each of the schoolwide Title I schools.
Parent Resource Center
We encourage parents to use
the Parent Resource Center in each of our Schoolwide Title I buildings. The
centers work like a library and contain many exciting games and activities that
can be used at home and then returned to school. Our teachers and instructional
coaches in each building can assist you in selecting the items that will be
most useful to your child.
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