1. Title 1 Annual Parent Meeting
Isom Elementary
Nov. 10, 2017

2. What is Title 1?
Title I provides federal funding to schools to help students who are low achieving or at most risk of falling behind.
Title I is allocated to schools based on the percentage of student receiving free/reduced lunch.
Schools with a percentage of at least 40% are eligible for a schoolwide program.
Explain funding and how it is linked to NCLB

3. School-wide Means…
The school uses Title I funds to upgrade the entire educational program of the school.
Title I funds are used to serve all children in order to raise academic achievement.
Title I funds will be used to provide additional assistance to all students who experience difficulties in meeting the State’s performance targets.

4. Requirements for School-wide Programs
Teachers must be highly qualified
Parent Involvement Policy and Home/School Compact
Parent involvement activities including Annual Meeting
Annually examine data in five areas:
Student Achievement
Curriculum and Instruction
Family and Community
Professional Development
School Context and Organization
Briefly explain areas of data analysis

5. Requirements for School-wide Programs
Provide supplemental instruction to students at-risk academically
Use teaching methods that are based on scientifically based research
Use assessment data to determine who is at-risk and how much progress they have made during the year
Explain curriculum and assessments used at Isom including proficiency level expectations

6. School Improvement Plan
Overall Isom students do better in English Language Arts than Math
Isom students perform well on IREAD
Isom subgroups perform about as well as the average Greenwood subgroups
Last year Isom students increased the number of 3,4,and 5 scores on the writing portion of ISTEP+

7. School Improvement Plan
Isom has a strong intervention system in place including interventions in English Language arts and math
Isom parents have many opportunities to be involved in their students’ education
Students feel bonded to Isom through Ethic of Care and many after-school opportunities for involvement

8. SIP Goal
Isom students will demonstrate a student proficiency (passing rate) of 80% passing in math by May 2018 as measured by ISTEP+.

9. Assessments Aimsweb Grades K through 2 Engrade Grades 2 through 5
Reading Street and Envision assessments
Math Benchmarks
Guided Reading Levels Grades K through 2
IREAD grade 3
ISTEP+ grades 3 through 5

10. Parent Involvement Policy
Multiple opportunities to be informed
Regular and timely communication
Multiple opportunities to be involved
Highly trained teachers
Help with transitions
Annual evaluation with parental input
Home/School Compact
Annual meeting, surveys, letters to parents of students participating in intervention group
Conferences, PTO meetings, teacher and phone numbers
PTO, report cards, parent reports, family literacy nights
Kinder and MS transitions

11. Parents have the right to request opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children. We will respond to any such suggestions as soon as is practically possible.

12. Homework
Homework should

13. Homework Help

14. Questions, Concerns, or For More Information Contact:
Dr. JoAnn Hurt
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