Welcome!
Lake Forest Annual Title I Meeting August 24 th at 5:00 pm August 25 th at 5:00 pm
What is a Title I school? • Title I is a federally funded program designed 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 standards and state academic assessments. • Schools qualify for Title I funds based on the school's percentage of students who meet the criteria to receive free or reduced lunch.
How does our school spend Title I money? • Literacy Coach • 1 + Classroom Teacher • .5 Intervention Teacher • + 1.5 Parent Liaison • Paraprofessional • Materials and Supplies • Training • Extended Day Program
How does our school participate in the Title I Program? • Personnel • Parent Engagement • Extended Day • Materials and Supplies • Professional Development Training
What are our school’s Title I requirements? Lake Forest Elementary is a Schoolwide Title I School. In a schoolwide school, all students are eligible under Title I, Part A, and therefore benefit from Title I resources.
What is our school’s Designation Status? • Lake Forest has been designated as a Focus School for the 2016-2017 school year. • A Focus School is one that has within-school achievement gaps between the highest-and lowest achieving subgroups
Lake Forest Schoolwide Program – Past and Present • What are our schoolwide goals? • Increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding STAR reading by at least 30% - from 30% to 60% • Increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding Benchmark Assessment System grade level literacy by 10% in each grade level. • Decrease the percentage of students in Intervention or Urgent Intervention in STAR Math benchmarks by 20%, from 24% to 14%
Flexible Learning Program • Focus schools are required to develop and offer a Flexible Learning Program (FLP). • FLP is a supplemental academic intervention program that provides extra academic support to students in the area of math. • Instructional support will be offered during the school day by a highly qualified math teacher along with a scientific research-based computer assisted instructional component.
What curriculum does our school use? • Georgia Standards of Excellence K – 5 • Resources To Support Curriculum • Orton Gillingham Training • Supporting Professional Learning Communities
What tests will my child be taking? • Grades 3 – 5 • Georgia Milestones • 3 rd Grade – Language Arts and Math • 4 th Grade – Language Arts and Math • 5 th Grade - Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science • Achievement Levels on Georgia Milestones • Beginning Learners do not yet demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level of learnings, as specified in Georgia’s content standards • Developing Learners demonstrate partial proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level of learnings, as specified in Georgia’s content standards • Proficient Learners demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level of learnings, as specified in Georgia’s content standards • Distinguished Learners demonstrate advanced proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level of learnings, as specified in Georgia’s content standards • Grades 3 & 5 • ITBS – Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science • K – 5 – STAR Math and Reading • K – 5 – BAS Literacy Assessment
What is required by law for parent involvement? • District Parent Involvement Statement • School’s Parent Involvement Plan • School-Parent Compact • Notification of School Status • 1% of Title I School Allocation must be reserved for Parent Involvement • Academic parent workshops • Provide parents with information on school curriculum and student assessments and progress. • Give parents the opportunity for input on district and school parent and family engagement programs.
Parent Involvement District Parent Involvement Statement • Statement of districtwide support for parent engagement School Parent Involvement Plan • Opportunities to improve parent engagement to support student learning • Written parental involvement plan developed jointly with the school and parents that describes how the school will carry out the requirements of Title I, Part A. School-Parent Compact • Working together to help our students succeed • The school-parent compact outlines how parents, the school staff, and students will share responsibility for improved academic achievement. Please visit Lake Forest website and find these and other important Title I documents/information on the Title I folder under the About tab
Parent’s Right to Know • All Title I schools must provide notification to all parents regarding their right to request teacher and paraprofessional qualifications. This parent right-to-know notification is sent home at the beginning of the school year. • 100% of our teachers are highly qualified.
How will the school use its 1% Title I Parental Involvement funds? Parent Involvement Budget: • Parent Workshops • Training • Salary for Olivia Sanchez, Title I Parent Liaison • Supplies for Parent Resource Center
What opportunities does the school provide for building parent capacity in the school? • On-going parent workshops including: technology, information on your rights, how to help your child at home, etc. • Volunteer opportunities (tutoring, copying, making materials for teachers, interpreting) • Supporting PTA programs • Leadership opportunities through Room Parent, PTA, and School Governance Council • Parent Resource Center • Family Events (Thanksgiving Dinner, Carnival, Trick or Trunk, Publix Math Night, Read Across America, Book Character Dress Up Day, etc.)
How responsive will the school be to my questions when staff is contacted? • Parents are invited to call the school at any time: 470-256-8740 • Taylor Barton , Principal • Danielle Miller, Assistant Principal • Lashonda Mills, Counselor • Luz Flores, Data Clerk • Liliana Velasquez, Cafeteria Manager • Penny Zinsenheim, Media Specialist • Ingrid Montenegro, Community Liaison • Olivia Sanchez, Parent Liaison • Email – please see our website for staff email directory • Conferences – scheduled with teachers, counselor, administrators • Twitter, School Website
Closing • You are always welcome to give us your input! • Bartont@fultonschools.org • SanchezO@fultonschools.org
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