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Annual Title I Meeting

Burdell-Hunt Magnet School

September 24, 2013

Tanya G. Allen, Principal

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Agenda • What is Title I?• Title I Requirements• Possible Benefits of Title I• Title I Changes• School Classifications• Flexible Learning Program• Parental Involvement• Questions

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What is Title I?

• Title I was enacted in 1965 under the Elementary and Secondary Act. It is the largest Federal Assistance Program for our nation’s schools.

• Title I provides federal funds through Georgia Department of Education to schools with at least 40% of the student population receiving free and reduced meals.

What is Title I?

• Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and meet and exceed state standards.

• The goal is to provide a high-quality education for every child, so the program provides extra help to students who need it most.

Title I Requirements

• All teachers must be highly qualified in the core subjects they teach. Parents have the right to know the qualifications of the teachers.

• Proven, research based instructional methods must be utilized in the classrooms.

Benefits of Title I Funds

• Hiring additional teachers and other support staff to reduce class size.

• Purchasing supplemental instructional materials and educational programs.

• Conducting parent activities and workshops focusing on content academic areas.

• Providing professional development for teachers and staff.

Title I Changes

• Georgia is currently implementing a new standards-based curriculum called the Common Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS). Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS). The CCGPS outlines grade-level student expectations and core subjects.

• College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCPRI) is the new state accountability method used to measure school performance.

• The following indicators will be used to determine performance instead of a single test score:

1. Achievement 2. Achievement Gap Closure3. Progress4. Exceeding the Bar Indicators

Title I Changes

• Schools moved from Needs Improvement (NI) status based on Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) to Reward, Priority, Focus, and Alert schools status based on definitions provided by the US Department of Education.

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Reward SchoolsThere are two ways to be identified:1.Highest-Performing Reward School

• Five percent of Title I schools in Georgia.• Highest performance for the “All Students” group over three years.

• High schools with the highest graduation rates.

2.High-Progress Reward School • Ten percent of Georgia Title I schools.• Highest progress in performance for the “All Students”group over three years.

• High schools that are making the most progress in increasing graduation rates.

Priority Schools

There are three ways to be identified:

1.School Improvement Grant School (SIG),

2.Graduation rate lower than 60% for the past two years, or

3.Lack of progress on student achievement for the past three years in a row.

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Focus Schools

There are two ways to be identified:

1.Graduation rate lower than 60% for the past two years, or

2.Largest in-school achievement gap between the highest achieving subgroup of students and the lowest achieving subgroup of students.

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Alert Schools

There are three ways to be identified:

1.Low graduation rates,

2.Low achievement in a particular student subgroup (such as English Learners or Special Education), or

3.Low achievement in a particular subject content area (such as math or science).

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Status of Bibb County Schools

Priority Schools• Hutchings Career Center• Northeast High• Rutland High• Southwest High• Central High (SIG)• Westside High (SIG)• Burghard Elementary • Ingram-Pye Elementary • Hartley Elementary (SIG)• King-Danforth Elementary

Focus Schools• Howard Middle• Miller Middle • Weaver Middle Alert Schools

• To Be Announced

Reward Schools

• L. H. Williams Elementary

What is a Flexible Learning Program (FLP)?

• The FLP Plan is an alternative supplemental academic intervention that allows Bibb County School District the flexibility in designing an extended learning program.

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Status of Burdell-HuntPercentage of Students Meeting & Exceeding Standards

ReadingEnglish/ Language

ArtsMathematics Science

Social Studies

11 12 13 11 12 13 11 12 13 11 12 13 11 12 13

3rd 75 88 87 79 85 74 60 71 65 62 76 68 72 72 80

4th 68 71 83 84 78 85 48 63 77 50 45 60 55 57 82

5th 79 89 97 83 85 95 91 91 99 49 59 62 50 69 91SchoolTotal 74 83 89 82 83 84 66 75 80 54 60 64 59 66 84

What are our goals?

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Subject Current

Data

Target Data

Reading 89% 95%Math 80% 90%Science 64% 70%Social Studies

84% 90%

How Does Burdell-Hunt Spend Title I Money?

• Classroom Resources• Staff

Pam Montgomery – Academic CoachCharlotte Ross – Reading TeacherIngrid Brown – Family Engagement FacilitatorCathy Myers – Multi-Media TeacherStephanie Slocumb – Success Maker LabEvelyn Gilbert – Intervention Teacher

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Resources Provided By Title I • The Parent/Teacher Resource Center – provides parents with curriculum support, assistance with projects such as science fair and math, lamination and printing services, a print collection that supports academic studies such as CRCT material, computer use, Ellison machine and construction paper.

• Various workshops at the school through out the year as well as workshops at the Parent/Teacher Resource Center. These workshops provide parents with tools to help their child succeed.

Highly Qualified TeachersNCLB places a major emphasis upon teacher quality as a factor in

improving student achievement.ALL teachers must be “highly qualified” Certified by the PSC

plusContent test (PRAXIS II or other state certification test)

orMajor/concentration in subject/content area(s)

orHOUSSE (veterans only) to establish content expertise

andTeacher must be assigned to teach appropriate subject/content

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Title I Documents

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•School Improvement Plan•Needs Assessment•Parent Involvement Policy•School-Parent Compact

Federal Rank Order

Tier 1: Students who are eligible for free or reduced priced meals (FRM) and not meeting standards as identified by state assessment results and based on available funding.

Tier 2: Students who are eligible for FRM and meeting standards as identified by state assessment

results and based on available funding.

Tier 3: Students who are not eligible for FRM and not meeting standards as identified by state assessment results and based on available funding.

Tier 4: Students who are not eligible for FRM and meeting standards as identified by state assessment results and based on available funding.

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Parental Involvement - We Need Your Help!

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• Develop a relationship with your child’s teacher.

• Support your child’s academic skills by providing reinforcement at home.

• Actively serve on advisory teams, school councils, parent leadership teams, and parent councils.

• Participate in the school’s needs assessment surveys to determine parental involvement needs and goals.

• Attend parent training workshops and school conferences.

Parental Involvement – We Need Your Help!

• Assist with the development and review of the Schoolwide Improvement Plan.

• Involve yourself with the development and review of the District and School Parental Involvement Plan and Policy, School-Parent Compact, FLP and the District’s Comprehensive Improvement Plan.

• Receive a description of the school’s curriculum, information on student’s progress on academic assessments, and guidance on the State’s academic content standards and assessments.

• Collaborate with planning parental involvement activities.

Questions

“Parenting is not easy, but it is the most important job that we will ever have in our lifetime.”