What is Title I?
Title I is the largest federal program for schools across the nation. The goal of Title I is to provide a high quality education for every child.
The federal government provides funding to states each year for Title I. Each state must submit a plan to the federal government in order to get the funds. The state, in turn sends money to school districts based on the number of low-income families. Before the district can receive Title I funds, the district must submit a consolidated application to the state outlining goals, strategies and how the fiscal resources will be used.
Our Title I program at Kingsville Elementary is a school wide program with Title I teachers, tutors, and staff working together. The Title I teacher this year is Mrs. White, and five half-time title teachers are, Mrs. Deek, Mrs. Bernato, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Makynen, and Mrs. Peaspanen. All of our teachers use instructional research-based strategies of high quality. Primarily, they go into the classroom to work with children during guided reading groups and/or provide interventions for some students on an individual or small group basis basis.
In addition to working with the classroom teacher during class time, the Title I staff:
identifies students in need of educational help
sets goals for student improvement
measures student progress
develops programs that add to regular classroom instruction
encourages parent involvement through:
volunteerism
literacy nights or activities
family reading and/ or math game night
parent/student/teacher compacts
reading and/ or math incentive programs
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent Newsletters
participates in on-going,high quality staff development at the district level and on site.
Provides information to preschool parents so children can make an easier transition from preschool to the elementary school setting.
Collaborates with community organizations, such as the Kingsville Public Library
At the end of the year, parent surveys are administered providing feedback for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of our program and giving insight as to how to make the program more effective.
Another service available to parents is the Ohio Parent Information and Resource Center in Columbus, Ohio. Parents can learn more about ways they can help their child and ways they can strengthen their partnership between home and school. Information regarding this service can be retrieved at www.ohiopirc.org or 1-888-OHPIRC9 (647-4729).
If parents are interested in learning more about Title I in the Buckeye Local School District, they can call Mrs. White, Title I Teacher at Kingsville Elementary.