1. Welcome Annual Title I Meeting 2017/18
Wayne County High School
Bo Adams
1 Jacket Drive
School-wide Title I School
WCHS Kay Cagle Theatre, October 2, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
Make sure to thank parents for taking the time to come to this meeting!
Add in school name, address, telephone #, meeting location, date/s and time

2. Tonight’s Agenda . . . Title I Overview
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and What It Means to Us
Parent Right to Know
Comprehensive Needs Assessment
School-wide / School Improvement Goals (past and present)
Parent and Family Engagement
Add bullets (and slides) as needed to fit your needs.
Go over goals you focused on this year.
Did you make progress and/or achieve these goals?

3. Title I Overview Requirements of a Title I School –
Comprehensive Needs Assessment
School-wide Reform Strategies
Professional Learning for Teachers
Parent and Family Engagement Strategies
Highly Qualified Staff
Our school qualifies for Title I funds based on economic need as determined by our free and reduced meal count (>50%).
Our school follows the School-wide Title I program design
Title I funds supplement state & local educational programs to ensure that all students achieve academically. Services include additional teachers and support staff, teaching materials, and professional learning for staff in academic content areas.

4. Title I Overview continued . . .
Each spring, our school reviews the success of our previous year’s plan and then develops the new year’s School Improvement Plan, School Parent and Family Engagement Policy/Plan and Compact/s, and District Parent and Family Engagement Policy/Plan with stakeholder input. Our federal program budgets are created based on these plans. We invite all parents and other stakeholder groups to be involved. You will receive an invitation to attend the meetings in the spring. We encourage you to be involved.
Specific use of federal funds for our school include:
Instructional Coach
Class size reduction through additional teachers
After-school Tutoring
Community outreach
Parent outreach
Add in SPECIFIC use of Title I funds for your school. Examples include Parapros, Teachers, In-school or After-school tutoring, technology, professional learning, classroom supplies, media center resources

5. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
In December 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the replacement for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (commonly known as No Child Left Behind) was signed into law. The replacement of No Child Left Behind was long overdue, as it focused too heavily on a top-down federal government approach to education. As we transition from No Child Left Behind to the Every Student Succeeds Act, Georgia has carefully listened to feedback from all stakeholders interested in making education better for our students.
With bipartisan support, ESSA allows states and local schools/districts to make education decisions that are best for their students, rather than overreaching federal requirements. The new law requires that states develop plans that address standards, assessments, school and district accountability, and special help for struggling schools and students.
Georgia Department of Education will continue to, partner with educators, parents, community members and business/industry leaders and lawmakers/policymakers to personalize education for students to ensure they are ready to learn, ready to live, and ready to lead.
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6. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
School performance was based on the ESEA Flexibility Waiver Formula for the FY17 school year but will been replaced with ESSA for this school year (FY18).
The College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) is the statewide accountability measure. This is a comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform that promotes college and career readiness for all Georgia public education students.
Our school’s CCRPI score for 15/16 was CCRPI scores for the 16/17 school year will not be available until this year. Once those scores are available, they will be made public.
Add in your school’s CCRPI score
Go over Georgia Milestones assessment (you could add another slide in for this section to explain Georgia Milestones)
The Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) is a comprehensive summative assessment program spanning grades 3 through high school.  Georgia Milestones measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.  Students in grades 3 through 8 will take an end-of-grade assessment in each content area, while high school students will take an end-of-course assessment for each of the ten courses designated by the State Board of Education. Features the Georgia Milestone Assessment System include:
open-ended (constructed-response) items in language arts and mathematics (all grades and courses);
a writing component (in response to passages read by students) at every grade level and course within the language arts assessment;
norm-referenced items in all content areas and courses, to complement the criterion-referenced information and to provide a national comparison;
and transition to online administration over time, with online administration considered the primary mode of administration and paper-pencil as back-up until the transition is complete.
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7. Parents Right to Know Parents Have the Right:
To know the professional qualifications of their child’s teacher(s) including degrees and certifications held as well as whether the teacher is highly qualified in the area he/she is teaching.
To know the School Improvement status of the school.
To know the level of achievement of their child in each area of state assessment.
To know if their child has been assigned or has been taught for at least four consecutive weeks by a non-highly qualified teacher.
To be involved in the planning and implementation of the parent involvement program in their school.
You can add and discuss curriculum used and programs/supports you have at your school to help your students succeed here or do those on a separate slide.

8. Analysis of Data (Needs Assessment 16/17)
Survey Data:
Being more consistent
Create a standardized list of expectations
Providing clear information to all stakeholders
Add in survey (parent and teacher) and assessment data used to create your School Level Comprehensive Needs Assessment and SIP

9. 17/18 Priorities
School Improvement Plans and budgets will support our school’s efforts to address and impact student achievement in the following areas:
Graduation rate
Student growth both in the classroom and on state test
College Readiness
Literacy
CTAE
Add in your school’s academic priorities for FY18

10. School Improvement Goals
S(specific)M(measurable)A(mbitious but achievable)R(relevant)T(time-bound) Goals
By December 2017 we will develop a plan for monitoring instructional non-negotiables.
We will establish and communicate clear and consistent expectations across all facets of the educational process.
These should come from your CNA and School Improvement Plan.
You may want to add another slide and go over goals from Wayne County’s FY18 CLIP

11. Parent and Family Engagement
We are required to spend 1% of our Title I funds for parent and family engagement.
Schools spent this money on required notifications and mailings for parents, system coordinator’s salary as well as on parent and family engagement activities.
In the Spring of 2018 you will be invited to a parent meeting to help determine how parental involvement funds will be spent for the next year.
May want to add others specific to the needs of your parents
APTT (if applicable), Supplies for workshops, Resource Centers, etc.

12. Parent and Family Engagement continued . . .
The system, as well as each school, has a Parent and Family Engagement Policy/Plan which addresses the opportunity for parents and the school to work together to meet the needs of the students.
The school and system Parent and Family Engagement Policy/Plans as well as Compacts are revised each spring.
In Spring of 2018 you will be invited to a stakeholders’ meeting to help review survey data and provide input on revising the plans and compacts
Be sure to share information about your Parent Policy and Compacts. How/when will you share the compacts with parents and make them meaningful to student learning? Reference brochures for more parent engagement information.

13. Parent Resource Center
Parents are encouraged to use the Parent Resource Centers in the counselor’s office at your child’s school. Counselors have DVDs, books, games, and other resources on topics such as coping with divorce, step-parents, grandparents as parents, ADHD, ADD, and other timely topics.
Resource Center hours are posted in each school.
Give specifics about your Parent Resource Center.

14. Feedback
Do you have and questions / suggestions concerns about anything discussed tonight? Please share them with us!
Please complete evaluations to write your comments. You can leave these on your tables and we will pick them up after the meeting.
Are you interested in volunteering? Please see Nelda Simmons.
Be sure to give out evaluations for parent feedback.
Don’t forget to plan for handling the last bullet and having a table and someone available to get volunteer information!

15. Now What? Volunteer Opportunities
Parent and Family Engagement Opportunities
Decision making Opportunities
How to contact your child’s teacher/s?
List volunteer opportunities, parent engagement opportunities, and parent decision making opportunities you have at your school – encourage parents to be involved
Teacher contact information
OPTIONAL – Procedures for what’s coming next? Conferences, Class visits, voting for School Council, etc.

16. You can write your minutes in this section.