1. Overview of the Title I Program at [school name]
Title I Annual Meeting
Overview of the
Title I Program at
[school name]

2. Purpose of Meeting
Federal guidelines require Title I schools to hold an Annual Meeting to explain and discuss Title I programs and requirements.

3. What is Title I? Title I is a federal grant that:
provides supplemental funds to schools with high concentrations of poverty to meet educational goals
supports the professional development of teachers
supports parent engagement programs 

4. Qualifying for Title I
Eligibility is based on the percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced price meals
Must be supplemental to District funds
Required to set-aside a minimum amount for Family Engagement
Parents are stakeholders in determining how Parent Engagement funds are to be used

5. Schoolwide Title I Programs
Add pictures of students reading, conducting experiments, attending tutorials and sample picture of parent teacher conferences and teachers attending professional development

6. Parent and Family Engagement Plan
Referred to as the PFEP
Describes how the school will carry out the parental engagement requirements
Developed jointly with parents
Written summary of the PFEP is distributed to parents

7. Parent and Family Engagement Plan
Title I schools must:
Provide information on how the school works with parents, community, volunteers, and business partnerships to increase student achievement
Provide trainings to staff on effective strategies to engage parents in their children’s education
Provide academic parent trainings designed to increase student achievement
Explain the curriculum, assessments, and the minimum standards that students are required to meet

8. School-Parent Compact
Each Title I school must have a School-Parent Compact that is written by parents and school personnel
The compact sets out the responsibilities of the students, parents, and school staff in striving to raise student achievement

9. School-Parent Compact
At the elementary level, the compact should be shared during parent-teacher conferences
The compact is to be reviewed and signed each year by stakeholders
School-Parent Compact

10. Parents’ Right to Know
Parents have the right to request and receive timely information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s teachers and paraprofessionals
Parents must be notified if their child is assigned to or taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified

11. Parents’ Right to Know
Parents should be provided information regarding the level of achievement of their child on state required academic assessments
To the extent that is feasible, information must be in a language the parents can understand

12. Parent Engagement
Research by Epstein and Associates in 2009 shows no matter the socio-economic status, when parents are involved, students are more likely to:
attend school regularly
earn better grades
obtain better test scores
be promoted to the next grade
adapt to change
have better social skills
graduate
continue their education

13. School and Parents
School should work with parents to ensure child’s success
School and parents should jointly make decisions that affect child’s education

14. School and Parents
School and parent partnerships are built within Advisory Councils (School and District)
School provides opportunities for parents to volunteer time and talents
School offers parent workshops, trainings, parent/teacher conferences, and Family Resource Centers

15. Title I Assessments
Assessments are used to help teachers determine if a student is understanding the content presented in the classroom.
We use the following assessments for all of our students:

16. Title I Funds Title I Parent and Family Engagement Funds
Schoolwide Funds
Amount of Funds available for this year: $________________
Description of Title I Program
Title I Parent and Family Engagement Funds
Amount of funds available for this year: $________________
What funds were used for last year.
How parents can be involved with deciding how funds are spent this year

17. Migrant Education Program
Purpose of the Migrant Education Program
To improve educational opportunities of migrant students by helping them:
succeed in the regular school program
meet the challenging state academic content
achieve grade level academic standards
graduate from high school

18. Migrant Education Program
Purpose of the Migrant Education Program
To ensure the special needs of migrant students are coordinated to help them overcome:
educational disruption
cultural and language barriers
social isolation
various health-related problems
barriers for a successful transition to postsecondary
education or employment

19. Students Experiencing a Time of Transition
The McKinney-Vento Act: Who are eligible for services?
Families who, due to a loss of housing, live:
in a shelter, motel, vehicle, or campground
on the street
in abandoned buildings
or are doubled-up with relatives or friends
Eligible children in transition have rights and privileges under the McKinney-Vento Act.

20. Students Experiencing a Time of Transition
Every school district has a Transition Education Liaison who helps to:
decide which school would be best for the child
communicate with the school
provide school supplies, uniforms, supplemental services and free school meals
set up transportation to and from the school of origin
find community support

21. Transition to School’s Leadership
Parents are our great partners and advocate in their child’s education.
It is time to turn the presentation over to the school’s administrators to discuss their academic goals this year and how Title I Schoolwide Program will provide support in meeting those goals.

22. Title I Focus School Name: _________
For this school year, our strategic academic goal is to increase student achievement in the following core areas:
ELA
From ______ to ______
Math
EOCs
Science

23. Title I Focus School Name: _________
To meet our strategic academic goal, we are using this year’s Title I supplemental funds for the following:
Teaching/Coaching position(s)
Discuss the work he/she/they do to impact student achievement
Technology and supplies
Why and what is the impact to student achievement?
Tutorial/Extended learning Opportunities
Discuss the tutorial procedure and schedule
Parent Engagement and Trainings
How will the school increase home-school communication? What are the different academic trainings parents and families could attend?

24. Academic Parent Trainings
In compliance with the Parent and Family Engagement Plan, we would like to invite you to attend our upcoming parent trainings:
(1) Name/Title of the parent training
What will the parents learn to help their children master some foundational skills at home; Date and time
(2) Name/Title of the parent training
What will the parents learn to help their children learn at home; Date and time
(3) Name/Title of the parent training

25. School-Parent Compact
Here is a sample of our school’s academically focused School-Parent Compact
What to discuss:
(1) the importance of the School- Parent Compact
(2) how it was developed and
(3) how it is going to be used to impact student achievement

26. Conclusion Parents’ opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback
Complete evaluation
Thank you for your attendance, participation and feedback. We look forward to a successful school year!