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What is Title I?

Parent Meeting Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Who are the Title I teachers?

• There are two Title I
• teachers. Both

teachers are certified reading specialists.

– Mrs. Shearer – Mrs. Fagan

Who are the paraprofessionals?

• There are two Title I

paraprofessionals.

– Mrs. Weiss – Mrs. Costa

What is Title I?

• Title I is a federally mandated program meant to

provide reading assistance to students according to need.

• Over 30 years ago, Congress created the federal

education program called Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act so that school districts could provide extra help to children.

• ESSA

Title I Schoolwide Program

• Its focus is primarily reading and literacy

development

• Every teacher and every student are considered

Title I because of our school wide designation

• The School Wide Plan prioritizes Title I support

by providing instructional interventions in the Kindergarten through third grade ELA classrooms

How are students selected for small group instruction?

• School wide

assessments

• Progress monitoring

data

What are the school wide benchmark assessments?

School wide benchmark assessments are given three times during the year to measure student performance against a set

• f uniform grade level standards.

Some examples include:

• AimsWebPlus
• Study Island Benchmarks

What are the school wide diagnostic assessments?

Diagnostic assessments are given as needed to determine specific strengths and areas in need of

• improvement. Diagnostic

assessments include:

• Heggerty Phonological Awareness
• 95% Group PSI
• Exact Path- 3-6 Grade
• Local classroom assessments

Assessments By Grade Level

• Kindergarten-

– language – AimsWebPlus – letter names and sounds – phonological awareness

• Grade 1-

– AimsWebPlus – letter names and sounds – phonological awareness – phonics and decoding

Assessments By Grade Level

• Grade 2-

– AimsWebPlus – phonics and decoding

• Grade 3-

– Study Island Benchmarks – phonics and decoding – Exact Path

• Grades 4-6-

– Study Island Benchmarks – Exact Path

What is RtII?

• RtII is a comprehensive, multi-tiered,

standards-aligned strategy that provides instruction and interventions to match the needs

• f students.
• The goal is to proactively improve student

achievement for ALL learners.

• ALL students are placed into an RtII group during

their classroom’s RtII block based on specific skill need determined by assessments and progress monitoring.

What happens during small group instruction?

• We identify

instructional need and teach to that need in small group settings.

• We then assess our

instruction to determine next steps and levels of mastery.

What happens during small group instruction?

• Kindergarten-

○ gross and fine motor skills with OT ○ language with SLP ○ letter names and sounds

• Grade 1-

○ phonological awareness ○ letter names/sounds ○ phonics/ decoding

What happens during small group instruction?

• Grades 2-3-

○ advanced phonological awareness ○ phonics and decoding

• Grades 4-6-

○ phonics and decoding as needed ○ reading comprehension ○ writing

How can parents get involved in Title I?

• Title I law recognizes the importance of parental

involvement in a child’s education

• Some ways to be involved in your child’s education

include: – Volunteer paperwork/packets – Attending open house and parent conferences – Attending training workshops – PTO – Parent Advisory Council (PAC)

Parent Advisory Council

• This is a fairly new committee of parents that help

to guide our Family Events sponsored by the Title I team

• We will be sending out a survey if you are

interested in being a committee member

• Currently we are having the meetings in

conjunction with the PTO meetings, however these time will likely to accommodate various schedules

How can parents get involved in Title I?

• Contacting the Midwestern

Intermediate Unit which houses a Parent Resource Center.

• The PA State Parent Advisory

Council offers a wealth of information for parents – Workshops and conferences for parents – www.spac.k12.pa.us

If you are interested in attending the SPAC Conference this summer, please fill out the interest form and return it to the Title I teachers:

Name:____________________________ Child’s name and grade:_______________ Address:__________________________ Phone:____________________________ Email (if applicable):__________________

Upcoming Parent Events

PTO Meetings Dassa McKinney Library

• November 13, 2019 @ 6:30 p.m.
• December 11, 2019 @ 6:30 p.m.

Upcoming Parent Events

• November 7th
• Time: 9:30-11:30
• Dassa McKinney

Elementary

• Grandparents’

Day

Upcoming Parent Events

• November 11th
• Time: 11:00-6:30
• Dassa McKinney

Elementary

– Parent/Teacher Conferences

Upcoming Parent Events

• Book Swap
• December 20th
• Time: During the

school day

Upcoming Parent Events

• Family Game Night
• February 2020
• Time: evening TBA
• Dassa McKinney

Cafeteria

– Pizza – Pjs – Games

Upcoming Parent Events

• Celebration of Learning
• March 5th
• Time: 5-7:30
• Dassa McKinney

Elementary

– K thru 6

Upcoming Parent Events

• Camp Dassa
• May 2020
• Time: evening

TBA

• Dassa McKinney

Elementary

– PreK thru Gr. 6

Upcoming Parent Events

• State Parent Advisory Council

Conference

• Time: TBA
• Seven Springs Mountain Resort

(Thoughts from Mrs. Huth)

Questions?

• rfagan@moniteau.org
• mshearer@moniteau.org