Title I Reading Richland Elementary

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Title I ReadingRichland Elementary

• Lorie Johnson, M.Ed
• Reading Specialist

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Title I Reading

• We are a school-wide Title I school.
• Miss Johnson can work with all Richland students.
• Miss Johnson will teach reading strategies to
  students to help them become proficient readers.
• She will work with students in their classrooms
  as part of their regular reading rotations and in
  her own classroom for special reading sessions.

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Meet Miss Johnson

• Background
• Undergraduate degrees in early childhood
  education and corporate journalism from Auburn
  University
• Masters degree in reading education from Auburn
  University
• Currently pursuing a Ph.D in reading.
• Experience
• Taught first and second grades.

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Miss Johnsons Goals

• To help all Richland students become proficient
  readers and writers.
• To provide resources (books, training,
  strategies, etc.) to parents to assist them as
  they help their children become proficient
  readers and writers.

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What is Title I?

• Section 1001 of the Title I Act says
• The purpose of this program is to ensure that all
  children have a fair, equal and significant
  opportunity to obtain a high quality education
  and to reach, at a minimum, proficiency on
  challenging state academic standards and state
  academic assessments.

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How do we accomplish this?

• High quality academic assessments
• Teacher professional development and training
• Instructional materials that align with state and
  academic standards
• Meeting the educational needs of low-achieving
  students in the area of reading/language arts
• Improve parental and community involvement
• Provide an enriched and accelerated intervention
  program

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• Ensuring that children have access to effective,
  research-based instructional strategies and
  challenging academic content
• Coordinating services with other agencies that
  offer assistance to youth, children and families
• Collaboration with all stakeholders

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Who receives Title I services?

• Students performing below grade level in reading
  will receive intensive intervention on specific
  reading skills.
• Students who need this intervention may be
  identified through DIBELS testing or recommended
  by the classroom teacher.
• Because we are a school-wide Title I school, any
  Richland student is eligible to receive
• Title I services.

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Parental Involvement in Title I Reading

• The success of our Title I reading program
  depends on strong partnerships among students,
  parents and teachers.
• To support our team effort, we expect parents to
  attend conferences, communicate regularly with
  teachers, and help their children with homework
  and reading each night.

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Together, we can help all of our students become
Richland Reading Champions!