Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School Distict

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Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School Disticts Title I
Program

• (Almost all you ever wanted to know)

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What is Title I?

• Title I is a federally funded program to help
  educationally disadvantaged children
• It is an entitlement program, which means funds
  are allocated on the basis of census poverty,
  student enrollment, and other data.
• For more information, please visit
  http//www.doe.mass.edu/

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Schools with Title I

• Station Avenue Elementary
• E. H. Baker Elementary
• M. E. Small Elementary
• All schools are now Targeted Assisted
• In addition, this year, we have an after school
  program at N. H. W

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• Title I funds are supposed to boost spending for
  high-poverty students, not fill holes created by
  district allocation practices.

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What are Target Assisted Schools

• Target assisted schools provide services to
  eligible children who are identified by multiple
  criteria as having the greatest need for special
  assistance
• Children included are children who are
  economically disadvantaged, children with
  educational depravation, migrant children, and
  limited English proficient children, children who
  have attended Head Start, Even Start, or Reading
  First children, Neglected or Delinquent children,
  and Homeless children
• Special Rule Funds received under this part may
  not be used to provide services that are
  otherwise required by law to be made available to
  children described above, but may be used to
  coordinate or supplement such services
• Each targeted assistance program shall help
  participating children meet the States
  challenging student achievement standards
  expected for all children, ensure that planning
  for these children is incorporated into existing
  school planning, use effective methods and
  instructional strategies that are based on
  scientifically based research that strengthens
  the core academic program of the school,
  coordinate with and support the regular
  educational program, provide instruction by
  highly qualified teachers, provide opportunities
  for professional development with teachers,
  principals and paraprofessionals, including
  parents, and to provide strategies to increase
  parental involvement.

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Supplement vs. Supplant

• This is the most important regulation in Title I.
• What it means is that Title I is in addition to
  whatever the regular classroom offers.
• If a child receives a half hour of mathematics
  instruction in Title I, s/he must receive at
  least a half hour of Title I instruction in the
  regular classroom.

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The basic school represents instruction provided
by the Dennis-Yarmouth District. Title I would
be the bell tower. It is over and above what the
district is providing for all the children of the
district. This is supplementing.
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Selection Criteria

• A multiple criteria sheet is used.
• DY Criteria Sheets
• Students receive points, children with the most
  points are served first.
• A rank order list is established for each school.

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Selection Criteria (cont)

• Once children have been put on the rank order
  sheet, the Title I teachers set up class groups
  based on the most educationally deprived children
  entering first.
• The teachers then work down the list. As
  children either move or graduate from Title I the
  next child on the list is picked up.

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Title I Services

• Reading Recovery (Available in grade 1 only)
• One on one by Reading Recovery trained teacher

Reading
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Reading and Writing
Small group instruction and/or pull out to Title
I room with a Reading certified Title I teacher.
Reading
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MathematicsGenerally there is homework
every night. It is important to play the games
and for the youngsters to learn their
facts.mathematics
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Mathematics (Cont)

• Usually done by co-teaching within a classroom.
  The Title I teacher is highly qualified.
• //www.edletter.org/past/issues/1999-ma/coteaching
  .shtml

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School Choice

• Under NCLB (No Child Left Behind) any school or
  district which is deemed in school improvement as
  a result of the MCAS must offer school choice to
  parents.
• This means that your child can go to any school
  in the district which you want them to attend.

public school choice
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What to expect this year

• A newsletter each month, usually close to the
  first of the month
• A reading workshop and a mathematics workshop to
  help build your capacity for helping your child
  at home
• A Title I report card issued at the same time as
  regular report cards
• A meeting with your childs classroom teacher and
  their Title I teacher on the release days first
  and third terms.
• conference hints
• Availability of Title I teachers to answer your
  questions
• Availability of the Title I Coordinator to meet
  with you and assist you with anything concerning
  your childs education. Either call 509-778-7599
  or e-mail

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Title I Staffing and Budget

• At Station Ave. , Colleen MacNamee, Eileen
  Terwilliger, Rebecca Bunce
• At E. H. Baker Elizabeth Bader, Janet Murphy
  (.5), Kate Richter (.6), Katherine Geremia
• At M. E. S. Neeley Martin, John French, Cookie
  Stewart (.4)
• The amount of money which we will be working with
  this year is 1, 028,373 a decrease of 24,789.
• This amount is allocated to each of the schools
  based on the amount of poor children in each of
  the schools.

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Home/School Compact

• For each youngster enrolled in the Title I
  program, there must be a signed home/school
  compact.
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  Home/School Compact

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We Need You to

• Volunteer to serve on the Title I Board of
  Directors
• This group runs the Title I program
• It meets every other month for one hour
• Meetings are usually in the afternoon, but can be
  arranged for any time that the members can come
• There is one parent representative from each
  Title I school
• Please put a star next to your name on the sign
  up sheet.

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Parent Resources

• http//www.scholastic.com/parents/index.asp
• http//puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
• Positive Parenting Articles
• Math help
• Parents homework helper
• Developmental information for parents
• 17 ways to tie shoelaces
• ABC Poem for parents

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More Parent Resources

• Family tips for literacy
• More family tips
• State Department of Education Title I page
• Federal Department of Education Title I
• Resources for Parental Involvement
• Title I Dissemination Project

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What do you remember?

• 1. What is the most important Title I
  Regulation?
• 2. What type of flash cards should you use with
  your child?
• 3. Where can you find more information about
  Title I?
• 4. What is the name of the list from which Title
  I children are selected?
• 5. Can all children take advantage of
  supplemental education and school choice?
• 6. How many Title I schools are there this year?
• 7. How big is the Title I budget this year?
• 8. Is Title I a state program or a federal
  program?
• 9. How often is the Title I newsletter
  published?
• 10. Will your building have a reading and a
  mathematics workshop this year?
• 11. Which building is Neeley Martin in?
• 12. What is the range of time your child should
  be reading each evening?
• 13. What sheet has to be completed before a
  child can be considered for Title I?
• 14. What must the district offer if a school or
  district is in School Improvement for two
  years?
• 15. Do you have any questions? If so, please
  write them below and I will get back to you.