Welcome! Lake Forest Annual Title I Meeting August 24 th at 5:00 pm - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome!

Lake Forest Annual Title I Meeting

August 24th at 5:00 pm August 25th 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
• 3rd Grade – Language Arts and Math
• 4th Grade – Language Arts and Math
• 5th 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
• f 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