TITLE I READING SUPPORT

Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged

WHAT IS TITLE I-A?
Title I-A is a federal program that helps fund programs in schools to help disadvantaged students meet the same high academic standards expected of all children.

WHO GETS MONEY FROM TITLE I-A?
Title I funds are provided to schools with the highest percentages of children from low-income families.

SO, DOES THAT MEAN WE’RE POOR?
No. This means that we receive money to help students be academically successful, regardless of their socio-economic status. Since the federal government has limited money to spend, they have to determine who needs the money most. They decide how to spend their money based on the percentage of students in a school that qualify for Free and Reduced lunch.

HOW DO WE SPEND OUR MONEY?
We have a Title I-A program at Lundy Elementary. Through this program, students needing extra help are identified to participate in the program based on information collected from classwork, parent/teacher input and testing results. Any child who falls within the specified range received services.

HOW DOES THIS FIT IN WITH RTI?
The RTI component of this program will look differently after we receive approval for a schoolwide program. At this time, students still must be identified for services and are considered “Title I participating students” until they are exited from the program using a test. Usually, this means that a student is qualified by the time school starts and then remains in the program until spring when they are tested to see if they made enough progress towards their grade level goal. When we move to a schoolwide program, students aren’t “identified”, they simply move in and out of the program as they need help. The “test” will no longer be used and, instead, students will get a quick “check-up” every two weeks. Our Title I program will change to follow all the rules and procedures set up by our RTI plan.

NOTIFICATION OF TEACHER AND PARAPROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
No Child Left Behind requires that parents have the opportunity to request information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teacher including the license held by the teacher, the baccalaureate degree earned by the teacher, the teacher’s major, endorsements and other academic degrees. Parents also have the right to request the qualifications of any paraprofessionals working with their child. Parents must be individually informed if their student is taught for four weeks or more by a teacher that is not highly qualified.

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?
Please contact Christina Cox, Principal (937-2105) or Aaron Brown, Superintendent (937-2124) or visit the Oregon Department of Education’s website at http://www.ode.state.or.us