1. Title I Annual Parent Meeting
Keyport Central School
Media Center
September 13, 2018
5:00 PM

2. Why Are We Here?
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires that each Title I School hold an Annual Meeting of Title I parents for the purpose of…
Informing you of your district and school’s participation in Title I
Explaining the requirements of Title I
Explaining your rights as parents to be involved

3. How is Title I funded?
The United State Department of Education gives a share of Title I funds to each state based on the percentage of poverty in the state.

4. How is Title I funded?
New Jersey then gives the money to school districts based on the district poverty level as compared to the rest of the state.

5. Title I Services
The purpose of the Office of Title I is to ensure that all children obtain a high-quality education and achieve, at a minimum, proficiency on the challenging Common Core State Standards as measured by state assessments.
In addition, this office ensures that districts and schools implement all requirements under the Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of To this end, staff provides guidance, professional development, and technical assistance.

6. Title I Requirements
Title I programs must use instructional strategies based on scientifically based research and implement parental involvement activities.
Targeted Programs service identified students.
Schoolwide Programs can service all students in the school.

7. Targeted Assistance Program
Title I schools with less than 40 percent low- income students or that choose not to operate a schoolwide program offer a "targeted assistance program" in which the school identifies students who are most at risk to meet the state's challenging academic achievement standards. Keyport High School operates as a Targeted Assistance School.

8. Selection Criteria Multiple Measures including: Prior Course Grades
Results of State Testing
Reading Levels
Benchmark Results
Teacher Recommendation

9. Schoolwide assistance programs
Title I schools with more than 40% low- income students that have applied for and been approved with a program can operate as a Title I Schoolwide school.
The Keyport Central School completed this process during the school year and has been operating as a Schoolwide School since the School Year.

10. Creating the Schoolwide plan
The Schoolwide Plan is created by a committee of community and school stakeholders using data from the Comprehensive Needs Assessment
Schoolwide Title I funding can support ALL students that attend the school
Schoolwide Plan can be found on the Website
Priorities for both the Schoolwide Plan and the Targeted Assistance plan are determined from findings in each school’s Comprehensive Needs Assessment

11. Program
Students receive differentiated instruction through small group instruction based on instructional need. The instruction usually occurs during the ELA and Math blocks. (CS)
High School Title I opportunities are course- based.
After-School Programs for students run from November until May.
Extended year programs run in July.

12. Parental Involvement Annual meeting required
Parents notified that their child will participate in Title I
Parent Conferences
Participation on the Stakeholder Committees
School-Parent Compact
Family Literacy and Math Nights
Information in language families understand

13. Compact
The compact is a commitment between the school, the parent, and the student to share in the responsibility for improved academic achievement

14. Parental Rights Request the qualifications of your child’s teacher
Request opportunities for regular meetings with staff in order to make instructional suggestions
Participate in decisions relating to the education of your child

15. Use the website
All presentations and parental information relating to Title I are under the Curriculum page of the website