1. Welcome to Northside Primary School Title One Night
School Motto
E– Excellence
A– Always Thinking
G-Great Citizens
L– Leaders of Tomorrow
E– Eager Learners
S– Soaring Above the Rest
We Are the Eagles!!!!!
Kelly Pearson, Principal
Leah Johnston, Assistant Principal

3. The mission of the faculty, staff and
Northside Primary School is
“Seeking Every Child’s Fullest Potential”.
We strive each day to ensure that your child is safe and has an opportunity to an equitable education.

4. All Tift County Schools are Title One Schools!
Title One supports intervention programs, parent communication, and additional school resources.
Our curriculum is based on the Georgia Standards of Excellence.
Our goal is to work together to form a unified experience for all of our students.

5. What is Title One?
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
TITLE I — IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED
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.
A Title I school has qualified to receive federal funding under this act.

6. How Does NSP participate with Title One?
Title I schools are based on percent of students eligible for free and reduced lunch.
Northside Primary is an identified Schoolwide Title I School!
In a schoolwide school , all students benefit from Title I resources.
We receive funding from the federal government where we are generally able to offer:
Additional staff members to lower the student-teacher ratio.
Provide Parent Involvement Resources.
Provide additional training from school staff.

7. How does NSP spend our title One dollars?
Resources!
Technology!
Reading Recovery!

8. How Does NSP spend our Title One Dollars?
Parent Liaison:
Mrs. Melinda Howell
Retired teacher with 30 years of classroom experience!
She is at NSP every Tuesday!
Mrs. Howell has plenty of parent resources for you to check out!
Please come visit her in room 202!

9. How Does NSP Spend Our title one Dollars?
Resource Teachers!
Additional Staff including academic coaches!

10. NSP’s School Requirements:
To obtain a high-quality education for all of our students by highly qualified faculty and staff.
Development and Annual Revision of Our Parent Policy.
Development and Annual Revision of Our Parent/Student/Teacher Compact.
Development and Annual Revisions of the Schoolwide Plan.
Parent Notification Requirements.

11. What is our Schools Designation Status and 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. In January 2013, the Georgia Department of Education released the final list of indicators on which schools will receive a CCRPI score. For more information on the CCRPI, please visit the following link:

12. Northside Primary’s Data

13. Northside Primary’s 2013 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) Score is
Under the ESEA wavier, Northside Primary is not designated as a Title I focus, priority, or alert school.
NSP is not currently under any federal or state requirements to offer a Flexible Learning Program or other tutoring sessions.

14. Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)

15. Third Grade CRCT
CCRPI Score is based on CRCT scores for When Georgia Milestone Assessment (GMAS) scores come in this will be updated, and CCRPI will be based GMAS.

16. Northside Primary 2015 STAR Rating!

17. NSP’s School Wide Goals:
Become a 5 STAR school!
Improve Parent and Student surveys
Improve Schoolwide discipline
Improve academic achievement in:
ELA and Science
Increase parental involvement, community collaboration, and business partnership

18. Supports in Place to Help NSP Reach our Goals!
Reading Recovery (First Grade)
Early Intervention Program (EIP)
Leveled Learning Intervention (LLI)
Eagle Block (Flex Time)
Breakfast Club (Extended Day)
Tiers of Intervention (RTI)
Professional Learning
Practice Guides, Curriculum Mapping Documents, and Unit Frameworks for teacher
Unit of Assessments for and of Learning
Formative and Summative Assessments
Regrouping

19. What Curriculum and Programs does OUR School Use?
Literacy Collaborative
Eureka Math
Lucy Calkins Writing
Houghton Mifflin Science
Integration of Social Studies
PE Standards
Quaver Music
IStation
Moby Max
TenMarks
Accelerated Reader
Learning.com

20. What Test will my Child be Taking?
State Assessments
Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)
Access for English Language Leaners (Kindergarten-3rd Grade)
Georgia Milestone Assessment (GMAS): 3rd Grade
Local Assessments
Kindergarten Readiness Test
Running Records and Reading Rubrics (Kindergarten – 3rd Grade)
Formative Assessments (Kindergarten- 3rd Grade)
Summative Assessments (Kindergarten – 3rd Grade)
Math Fact Fluency (Kindergarten – 3rd Grade)
Literacy Collaborative Guided Reading Benchmark Test (Kindergarten -3rd Grade)

21. Right to Know Qualifications:
 Parents have the right to request the qualifications of your child’s teacher and any instructional paraprofessional that works with your child.
To learn the qualifications of these staff, make an appointment with the principal.

22. Is my Teacher and Paraprofessional Highly Qualified?
Teachers
State Certified, licensing, examinations, and BA degrees
Rigorous Test and/or State Evaluations
Teacher Keys Evaluation (Yearly)
Paraprofessionals
Complete two years of higher educational study, OR
Associates Degree, OR
Formal Assessment

23. Are there Opportunities for Parents to get Involved at Northside Primary?
Absolutely!
Parent Engagement Activities
Join PTO
Student of the Month Breakfast
Parent Lunches
Fall Festival
AR Family Nights
Math Family Night
Field Trips
Fundraisers
Book Fair
Make A Difference Campaign
PE Play Time with Parents
Olympic Week (field day)

24. Parent Decision Making Opportunities!
School Council
Teacher-Parent Conferences
Parent Involvement Meetings
Title I Survey (Fall and Spring)
Revisions Of:
School- Parent Compact
Parent Policy
Schoolwide Plan

25. Things you can do to support your child!
Show Interest in your child’s school day
Ask Questions
Ask to see Homework
Praise their Efforts
Encourage good study habits-set aside a time and a quiet place for them to study and do their homework
Take them to the Library
Let them read to you each night

26. School Website Resources
Title One Plan
School-Parent Compacts
School Improvement Plan
Parent Involvement Policy
District Improvement Plan

27. Social Media! Keep Informed!
Look Us up on Facebook!
Where to find all the Flyers that are sent home from NSP!
Twitter!

28. How will Northside be Responsive to Parents?
Parent are invited to call the school anytime:
Kelly Pearson, Principal
Leah Johnston, Assistant Principal
CaMicha Ryce, Counselor
Tara Harris, Behavior Specialist
Melinda Howell, Parent Liaison
Tracey Dicks, Media Specialist
Maggie Brooks, Lunchroom Manager

29. Thanks for coming!