1. Amana Academy Title I Annual Parent Meeting September 30, 2016

2. What is it?
The purpose of Title I under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.
Title I is the largest Federal Assistance Program for our nation’s Schools.
Our  primary goal is to ensure that all students, particularly those who are low-achieving, demonstrate proficient and advanced levels of achievement on State academic achievement standards.

3. Strategic Initiatives Strategic Initiatives Strategic Initiatives
Plan Goals
Objectives
Increase teachers depth of knowledge across all subject areas
Increase teacher knowledge of instructional technology utilization
Increase teacher collaboration through a school-wide Professional Learning Community
Strategic Initiatives
School-Wide Professional Learning Community
Collaboration between all departments
Focus Area #1
Professional Development
Objectives
Increase higher order thinking skills in students
Increase collaborative learning among students
Increase student engagement in differentiated learning and innovation of instructional practices
Focus Area #2
Strategic Initiatives
Integration of technology into daily instruction
Writing across content areas
Academic enrichment programs
Instructional Practices
Objectives
Increase family and community engagement
Increase academic support outside of school hours
Increase outreach to non-English speaking families
Strategic Initiatives
Parent Workshops
Community outreach events
Family resource events
Focus Area #3
Family and Community Involvement

4. How We Utilize the Title I money
Educational Supplies
Personnel
Parent Involvement
Technology (Hardware and Software)
Media Center
Professional Learning for Staff

5. How our School Participate in the Title I Program
Additional staff members to lower the student-teacher ratio
Additional resources for technology and instruction
Parent involvement resources

6. Our School’s Requirements
Amana Academy is a Schoolwide Title I School. Which means that ALL students benefit from Title I resources.
Schoolwide? What Does it Mean?
In , the Georgia Department of Education applied for a waiver seeking relief from the federal No Child Left Behind Act. As a result, the United States Department of Education agreed to use a new system, the College & Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), to report the progress of Georgia's public schools. Our CCRPI is 80.
Under ESEA waiver, Amana Academy is not designated as a Title I focus, priority or alert school.

7. Schoolwide Program and Goals
Provide more differentiated instruction, particularly in Math and Science.
Vocabulary development in all subject areas.
Implement more higher order thinking skills particularly in writing products
Math – This year we will begin to use EnvisionMath 2.0 in Grades k-5
Math ELA – All grades

8. Partnering with Parents to achieve schools goals
Specifically, as stated in the School-Parent Compact, parents and teachers will work together to reach the following school goals by May 2017:
Increase the percentage by 15% of students reading on grade level.
Increase the percentage by 15% of students scoring at Proficient Learner on the Georgia Milestones (GMAS) Math End of Grade Assessment.
Additionally, we will support student achievement through Parent Involvement.

9. What Curriculum Does our School Use?
Education ELA
EnvisionMath 2.0
Engineering is Elementary
STEMScopes
CPO Science

10. What Tests will my child be Taking?
State Assessments
ACCESS for English Language Learners
Georgia Milestones (Grades 3-8)
IOWA Test in 3,5 and 8 grades (ITBS)
District Assessments
Star Reading and Math all grades
School Assesments
Benchmark Test

11. What is Required by law for Parent Involvement?
Notification of Highly Qualified Teacher Status (Parents right to Know)
Notification of schools Status
1% of System Allocation must be reserved for Parent Involvement

12. Parent Involvement
District Parent Involvement Statement
Statement of districtwide support for parent engagement
School Parent Involvement Plan
Opportunities to improve parent engagement to support student learning
School-Parent Compact
Working together to help our students succeed.

13. Parent Involvement Opportunities
Parent Involvement Meetings and Workshops
Annual Title I Parent Survey (Spring)
School-Parent Compact Revisions
Teacher-Parent Conferences October 11
Volunteering

14. How will Amana be responsive to Parents?
Parents are invited to call the school at any time:
Cherisse Campbell, Principal
Christian Harden, Assistance Principal
Terrica Sloan, School Counselor
Brooke Heimerl, Dean of Students
Nicole Foster, School Nutrition Manager
Aine Ortiz Nausa, Title I Parent Liaison
Please see our website for staff directory.

15. School-wide and Parent Involvement Plans
Title I School-wide plan, Parent Compact and Parent Involvement Plan will be available in October on our website. The Compact and Parent Involvement Plan will be also sent home with students.