Annual Title I OverviewChester County School District

2016-2017 School YearMarch 6, 2017

12:00

District Office

What does Title I Mean?

Title I is a federal program that provides opportunities for the children

served to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to meet challenging

state content standards.

Are all schools Title I?Title One eligibility is based upon the number of students who qualify for free/reduced lunch. We serve the grade band of elementary:

• Chester Park Center of Literacy through Technology

• Chester Park Elementary School of the Arts

• Chester Park Elementary School of Inquiry

• Great Falls Elementary

• Lewisville Elementary

• We also are required to serve any school with a poverty index of 75% or greater. Chester Middle School falls into this category.

What are the key components of Title I?

• Parent and Family Engagement

• Parent and School Resources

Parent and Family Engagement (Formerly Parent Involvement)

Registration / Open House

Annual Title I School Meetings

Parent and Family Engagement Nights

Title I/School Improvement Council (SIC) Meetings

School Parent Compact

Parent and Family Engagement Policy

Title I Newsletter

What are Title I Parent Promises?

✓Information regarding student achievement

✓ Opportunity to review/make suggestions to the School’s Parent and Family Engagement Compact and the School’s Parent and Parent Engagement Involvement Plan (PIP)

– Parents have the opportunity to review/make suggestions to our District Parent and Family Engagement Policy each year!

✓Opportunity to attend Parent and Family Engagement Meetings (SIC)

Title I Schools Receive…• District Literacy Coordinator

• District Instructional Technology Coach

• Reading Interventionist (at each school)

• Pre-K Expansion for full-day classes at elementary schools

• Professional Development for literacy coaches, interventionists, teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators

• Substitute pay for teachers to attend professional development

• Student Assessments, such as Fountas & Pinnell and LL1

• Student technology programs, such as SuccessMaker and Letterland

• Instructional Materials and Supplies (reading, math, science, social studies and technology)

• In-House Field Trips ( i.e. Dr. Doug, Ben Franklin, Dome Theater)

• Family Engagement funds to provide workshops, training, and activities!

• Summer reading materials

Parent Opportunities• Parent and Family Engagement Resource Center at

each school

• Title I Planning/SIC Meetings

• Parent and Family Engagement Workshops (i.e. Family Math Night, Family Literacy Night, Family Science Day Technology, etc.)

• Parent and Family Engagement Activities (Doughnuts for Dad, Muffins for Mom, Grits for Grandparents etc.)

• PTO (Parent Teacher Organization)

• Pre-K Parent Workshops

What can I do to be a part of the decision-making at my child’s

school?

• Volunteer to be on the ballot (and if elected) to serve as a member of the School Improvement Council (SIC).

• Sign up to volunteer in your child’s school.

• Provide the principal with ideas of parent and family engagement activities you would like to see at your school.

• Provide ideas/suggestions to improve the Parent-School Compact and Parent and Family Engagement Policy at your school.

• Complete your school’s Title I Needs Assessment (usually Spring of each year).

Other Important Information

• School & District Websites, Facebook, Twitter

• Parent Portal

• Peachjar flyers

• Parent and Family Engagement Policy- located on the district’s website

– www.chester.k12.sc.us

– Departments

– Curriculum and Instruction

– Resources

– Title I

– http://www.chester.k12.sc.us/Departments/CurriculumandInstruction/tabid/85269/Default.aspx

What were our specific district Title I

expenditures this year?2016-2017

• LEA Administration

• Parent and Family Engagement

• Homeless

• Data Informed Professional Development for teachers, paraprofessionals and school/district administrators (i.e. Math Conference, RtI Workshops, Reading Conference, Guided Math Training, Science Conference, Technology Conference, Early Childhood Conference, Pre-K/Kindergarten Conference, Literacy Workshops, Title 1 Conference)

• Title I District Literacy Coordinator

• Title I District Instructional Technology Coach

• Technology programs such as SuccessMaker and Letterland

• Full day pre-k classes

What do we propose to use District Title I

funds on for the 2017-2018 school year?

✓ Parent and Family Engagement

✓ Homeless

✓ LEA Administration

✓ Title I District Literacy Coordinator

✓ Title 1 District Instructional Technology Coordinator

✓ Title 1 District Elementary Math Coordinator

✓ Reading Interventionists at each Title 1 elementary school

✓ Professional Development for administrators and staff at Title I schools (literacy, math, science, social studies, technology, pre-k, instructional best practices opportunities

✓ Instructional technology (Letterland, Reading Eggs, etc.)

QUESTIONS / SUGGESTIONS ?

District Parent and Family Engagement Policy

Please complete the Title I District Parent and Family Engagement survey on our district’s website, district’s Facebook and school’s

Facebook page! We value your input.

SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON Monday, March 13, 2017

If you have any questions about Title I, please contact:

• Your child’s principal

• Title I district contact:Wanda Frederick, Executive Director of Early Childhood and Elementary EducationChester County School District509 District Office Dr.Chester, SC 29706(803) 581-9500

TITLE 1 PARENT AND FAMILY

ENGAGEMENT

LITERACY WORKSHOP

Dr. Alisha GreenDistrict Literacy Coordinator

Chester County Schools

Why is reading so important??

• Children who struggle with reading in first grade often continue to struggle in fourth grade and beyond.

• Research indicates that students reading below grade level at the end of third grade are six times more likely to leave school without a high school diploma.

Juel, 1994; McGuinness, 2005; Senechal, 2009; Stanovich & Siegel, 1994; Scharlach, 2008; Murnane, Sawhill, and Snow, 2012; Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998; Walker & Severson, 2002; Kelly & Campbell, 2006; Mathes, et al., 2005).

Reading Strategies for Younger Children

As your child reads, point out spelling and sound patterns such as cat, pat, hat.• Spelling/sound patterns help your child learn how to read and spell

unknown words.

• If you can read and spell the word “cat” (/-at/ pattern), then you can substitute the initial consonant letter (c) and read and spell new words: pat, sat, mat, splat, hat, chat, etc…

Before getting to the end of a story, ask your child what he/she thinks will happen next and why.• This strategy is called prediction. Prediction is a great strategy because it

allows children to think deeper about the story and provides the opportunity to practice their summarizing skills.

• If your child comprehends everything that has happened in the story up until that point, they should be able to provide you with a plausible answer.

▪ If your child misses the same word again in the same book, don’t become too frustrated. It’s normal!▪ Research shows that it takes a child anywhere from 7-30 repetitions

before they commit new words to their memories!

▪ When you do correct the word, take time to show your child how you figured out the word. This is a great time to show your child your reading strategies!

Incorrect Words

Reading Strategies for Older Children

Before reading•Schema - Tap into what they already know!

•Provide background information. For example, use vocabulary, context, and •content that students might not know, but which they'll need in order to make sense •of the text.

•Preview the text - glance through the material before they read it.

During reading•Help students monitor their own comprehension. Some readers often focus so intently on the mechanics of reading that they neglect to attend fully to the meaning of what they read.

•Teach students to draw visual representations of what they read. A great deal of research has shown that the use of "graphic organizers" — any kind of outline, annotation, mapping out of the text, tend to be particularly helpful in boosting comprehension.

After reading•Teach students to summarize accurately. Summarizing texts can help both to clear up any confusion about the meaning of a text and to secure it more firmly in students' memories.

•Discuss the text. Probably the most important comprehension strategy of all. When students engage in high-quality text-based discussions (with a parent, a sibling, a classmate…) they tend to come away with much clearer understanding of what they read.

Read to Succeed Legislation• Law passed in June 2014.

• Requires all teachers (PreK-12) to take Reading courses.

• Requires PreK-5 schools to provide 90 minutes of daily ELA instruction.

• Requires PreK-12 schools to provide reading intervention to students who are struggling readers.

• Requires districts to create a PreK-12 Reading Plan.

• Requires a 3rd grade summer reading camp for struggling readers.

• Beginning in 2017-2018 – the law requires schools to retain third grade students who are struggling readers.

• Literacy Coach at every elementary and middle school.

• Reading Interventionist at every elementary school.

Is reading during the summer really that important?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahhj3wxxkdM

Is reading during the summer really that important?

Questions? Comments?

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

1:1 Initiative

■ Currently 4th – 12th Grades

– Lenovo Thinkpads (8th – 12th)

– HP Elite Tablets (4th – 7th)

■ 3rd – 12th Grades in 2017-18

– Lenovo Thinkpads (3rd – 12th)

– HP Elite Tablets (K – 2nd)

Title IInstructional Technology Assistance

■ Collaborate and plan with classroom teachers

on real-world, interactive educational

experiences

■ Mentor at each school location

■ Monthly meetings at District Office to

prepare for hiTEC Tuesday

■ On-staff to assist teachers with potential

technology options

Mentors

Instructional Technology Resources

■ SuccessMaker (ELA and

Math)

■ Study Island (Core)

■ Reading Eggs

■ MathSeeds

■ NWEA MAP2016-17