What is a Title 1 School

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What is a Title 1 School?

• Title I, the cornerstone of the No Child Left
  Behind (NCLB) Act, is the largest federal
  education program.
• About half the schools and all school districts
  in North Carolina receive Title I funding.
• Many of the major requirements in No Child Left
  Behind are outlined in Title I.

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What is a Title I School?

• Title 1 began with the passage of the Elementary
  and Secondary Education Act of 1965. It is
  intended to help ensure that all children have
  the opportunity to obtain a high quality
  education and reach grade-level proficiency.
• Title 1 funds help students who are behind
  academically or at risk of falling behind.

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Services BDS Provides with Title 1 Funding

• Reduced Class Size
• English as a Second Language Services
• Instructional Support Staff (K-2 Assistants,
  Instructional Coach, Curriculum Specialist)
• Intervention Programs
• Computer Lab Instructor
• Parent Involvement Activities
• Professional Development

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How Does No Child Left Behind Affect Title 1
Schools Differently?

• Title 1 Schools are required to meet Adequate
  Yearly Progress goals.
• For more information about Title 1 Schools go
  to
• 
  http//www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb/titleI/facts/
  

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Our Teachers

• The federal definition of a "Highly Qualified"
  teacher is one who is fully certified and/or
  licensed by the state holds at least a
  bachelor's degree from a four-year institution
  and demonstrates competence in each core academic
  subject area in which the teacher teaches.
• 100 of BDS classroom teachers are highly
  qualified.

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Parent Involvement

• Parent Involvement Committee meets once a month
  to plan Curriculum Events to inform and educate
  parents in the education of their children and
  ways parent can support classroom instruction at
  home. Currently we have three parent
  representatives on this committee Angie Reid,
  Katy Gash, and Sonya Coleman.
• Six Curriculum Events are planned for the school
  year. Proposed dates are set for September,
  October, December, January, February, and April.
  
• Final dates will be announced via AlertNow calls
  and sent home in Monday folders at least two
  weeks prior to the upcoming event.

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Why Should Parents Get Involved with their
Childs Education?

• Decades of research show that when parents are
  involved students have
• Higher grades, test scores, and graduation rates
• Better school attendance
• Increased motivation, better self-esteem
• Lower rates of suspension
• Decreased use of drugs and alcohol
• Fewer instances of violent behavior

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Why Should Parents Get Involved with their
Childs Education?

• The more parents participate in schooling, in a
  sustained way, at every level -- in advocacy,
  decision-making and oversight roles, as
  fund-raisers and boosters, as volunteers and
  para-professionals, and as home teachers -- the
  better for student achievement.
• The more intensely parents are involved, the more
  beneficial the achievement effects.
• When schools encourage children to practice
  reading at home with parents, the children make
  significant gains in reading achievement compared
  to those who only practice at school.
• Parents, who read to their children, have books
  available, take trips, guide TV watching, and
  provide stimulating experiences contribute to
  student achievement.

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Ways Parents Can Get Involved

• Join the PTO.
• Volunteer in the School or Classroom.
• Communicate with the teacher to better understand
  what your child is learning (agenda, phone call,
  conference).
• Provide a quiet place, time, and materials for
  your child to do homework.
• Ask your child about school every day.
• Read with your child every day.

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Our School

• We, at Bruce Drysdale, are here to foster
  learning in a child-centered atmosphere. We
  believe learning to be a series of mental,
  physical, emotional and social experiences that
  center around success on an individual basis. We
  will provide all students the opportunity to
  learn and the encouragement to succeed. We will
  honor the individual and nurture the potential of
  all children.