Title I Program Coordination

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Title I Program Coordination

• Anywhere ISD
• Campus
• Date

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Title I of No Child Left Behind

• Schools with high concentrations of children from
  low-income families receive Title I money, which
  is most of the federal K-12 education funds.
• This program along with other federal and state
  programs challenge us to close the achievement
  gap. The achievement gap is the difference in
  performance between groups of students defined by
  race, ethnicity, migrant status, limited English
  proficiency, and family income.

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Fund Sources

• Local
• State Funding
• Bilingual/ESL
• Special Education
• State Compensatory Education
• Other
• Federal Funding
• IDEA
• NCLB
• Title I
• Title II A Teacher/Principal
• Title III Limited English Proficient
• Title IV Safe and Drug Free

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Title I Funds are Supplemental

• Federal dollars should not supplant state and
  local fund sources. Federal dollars cant be
  used to meet State requirements.
• Example State requires a teacher/student ratio
  of 22 to 1. Federal dollars cant be used to
  meet this requirement but they could be used to
  further reduce class size. (From 22/1 to 18/1)

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Campus Improvement Plan

• Districts must conduct a Comprehensive Needs
  Assessment.
• Program schedules in the Consolidated Application
  for Federal funds should be checked in order to
  be sure that program requirements are met.
• The CIP will outline how the district is going to
  meet the identified needs and fulfill program
  requirements.
• The CIP will prevent fragmentation and
  duplication of program activities.
• Fund sources should be referenced in the resource
  column of the CIP.

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Parent Involvement

• Parents must be informed regarding their childs
  eligibility and how the different programs are
  working together in order to meet the needs of
  their child.
• Parents must have an opportunity to make
  suggestions and recommend improvements.

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Information and Resources

• Parents must be informed about the Title I
  program at their school. (This includes NCLB
  Report Card Information.)

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Federal Resources

• U.S. Department of Education
• www.ed.gov or call 1-800-USA-LEARN
• Help with homework and school projects
• http//free.ed.gov
• Nutrition
• www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html
• Special Education
• www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.htm
  l?srcmr
• Title I
• www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/parentinvguid.doc
• Early Childhood
• www.nccic.org/pubs/goodstart
• www.pbs.org/readytolearn
• High School
• Upward Bound http//www.ed.gov/programs/trioupboun
  d/index.html
• Reading
• www.rif.org/readingplanet
• www.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders/index.html

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State Resources

• Texas Education Agency
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/
• Division of NCLB
• http//ritter.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/

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Community Resources

• Sometimes we dont provide services directly but
  we do coordinate with other agencies within the
  community to help meet the needs of our students.
• Police
• Homeless shelter
• Workforce commission
• Communities in Schools
• Adult Education
• Universities

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We wear many hats

• Here are some individuals you may need to
  contact. Some school personnel are listed more
  than once because their responsibilities vary.
• Title I contact Mr. Everywhere
• Special Education contact
• Homeless Liaison
• Safe and Drug Free contact
• Counselor
• Parent Liaison