Mt. Zion Middle

Mt. Zion MiddleTitle I Parent and Stakeholder Meeting

Monday, September 16, 20135:45 pm

Mt. Zion Middle School Gym

◦ To inform parents of their school’s participation in Title I

◦ To explain the requirements of Title I

◦ To explain the rights of parents to be involved

The Purpose of the Meeting

What does it mean to be a Title I School?

What is the 1% Set Aside for Parental Involvement?

What is the LEA Title Plan?

What is a Title I Schoolwide Plan?

What Will You Learn. . . .

What is a School-Parent Compact?

How do I request the qualifications of my child’s teacher?

How will I be notified if my child is taught by a teacher who is not Highly Qualified?

How can I become involved with Title I?

What Will You Learn. . . .

Schools receiving federal funding to supplement the school’s existing programs.

The funds are used to:

What is a Title I School?

Conduct parental involvement meetings/trainings/activities

Purchase supplemental staff/programs/materials/supplies

Identify students experiencing academic difficulties and provide timely assistance to these students to meet Georgia’s

challenging content standards

Each school system receives federal funds based upon the poverty level ◦ (Number of students receiving free/reduced—F/R

lunch)

How are Title I Funds Used?

The school system is required to set aside money in certain areas to include (FY13):


Set-Asides

After set asides have been addressed, the remaining funds are allocated to each participating school based upon the number of students who receive F/R Lunch

FY13 LEA Allocation--$3,784,176


School Systems exceeding $500,000 in Title I funds are required to set aside1% for Parental Involvement

Of the 1% Parent Involvement Set Aside:

Parental Involvement1% Set Aside

5% •May be reserved for LEA systemwide initiatives related to parental involvement

95% •The remaining amount must be allocated to all participating schools for parental involvement activities

Title I Parents have a RIGHT to know how the funds are spent.—Title I Parent Coordinator and Resources for Parent Center/Parent Involvement

Plan/Supplies

The LEA Title I Plan addresses how the LEA will use Title I funds throughout the school system. Topics include:

LEA Title I Plan

Student academic

assessments

Additional assistance

provided for struggling students

Coordination and integration of

federal funds and programs

Parental Involvement strategies, including

the LEA Parental Involvement Plan

Title I Parents have a RIGHT to be involved in the LEA Title I Plan.

This plan addresses how the LEA will implement the parental involvement requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It includes…

LEA Parental Involvement Plan

LEAs expectations for parents

How LEA will involve parents in decision-

makingHow the LEA will work to build the school’s

and parent’s capacity for strong parent involvement to

improve academic achievement

Title I Parents have a RIGHT to be involved in the development of this plan.

The SIP is your school’s Title I School Improvement Plan (Schoolwide Plan)and

includes:

◦ A Needs Assessment and Summary of Data◦ Goals and Strategies to Address the Academic

Needs of the Students◦ Professional Development Needs◦ Coordination of Resources/Comprehensive Budget◦ The School’s Parental Involvement Plan

Title I SIPSchoolwide Plan

Title I Parents have a RIGHT to be involved in the development of this plan.

This plan addresses how the school will implement the parental involvement

requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Components include. . .

School’s Parental Involvement Plan

Parental Involvement in Decision-Making and Activities

Utilization of Parental Involvement Funds

Information and

Training for Parents

Building Capacity in Parents and

Staff for Strong Parental

Involvement

Title I Parents have a RIGHT to be involved in the development of their school’s Parental Involvement Plan

A commitment from the school, the parent(s), and the student to share in the responsibility for improved academic achievement.

Compact Distribution-by school Must have one back from each student and

parent in the school.

School-Parent Compacts

Title I Parents have a RIGHT to be involved in the development of the School-Parent Compact

Parents have a right to request the qualifications of their child’s teachers

Parents Right to Know Letter and Student Handbook-Mailed home

“Parent’s Right to Know”

Title I Parents have a RIGHT to know the qualifications of teachers.

For the FY13 School Year, Carroll County Schools had. . .◦ 99.83% Highly Qualified Teachers◦ 100% Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals◦ Mt. Zion Middle has 100% Highly Qualified

Teachers Notification to parents regarding teachers

not meeting NCLB’s requirements for Highly Qualified

How parents are notified-Letters mailed home

Parent Notification of Non-Highly Qualified (HiQ) Teacher

Evaluation of the School andLEA Parental Involvement Plan

Evaluation

Requirements(Parent

Surveys)

Conduct Annuall

y

Conduct with Title I Parents

Analyze Content and Effectivenes

s of the Current Plan

Identify Barriers to Parental

Involvement

Data Input:

Parent Surveys Focus Groups

Parent Advisory Committees

Process and Timeline-Spring of each year

How the evaluation informs next year plan-Feedback helps planning for next year

Title I Parent Surveys

Ways to be Involved in Title I Program

School Leadership Team/Parent

Advisory Committee/PTO

Comprehensive LEA Plan (CLIP)

Title I Schoolwide Plan

Parental Involvement Plan

Title I Schools are required to host an Annual Title I Meeting each year

School Annual Title I Meeting

Highest-Performing SchoolsIthica Elementary

Roopville Elementary

High Progress SchoolsCentral ElementaryMt. Zion Elementary

Sharp Creek ElementaryVilla Rica Elementary

Villa Rica Middle

Title I Reward Schools

Temple High School

Title I Priority School

Bowdon Middle School

Mt. Zion Middle School

Temple Middle School

Title I Focus Schools

The (3) Focus Schools are required to develop a Flexible Learning Program Plan

What are Focus Schools? Have a significant achievement gap between 2 subgroups in one or more performance area—Students with Disabilities/Hispanic Students in Math

What is a Flexible Learning Program Plan (FLP Plan)? Mt. Zion Middle-Offers FLP Math classes during connections time for students who meet the criteria

For more information, please contact Mrs. Robison at the school

Flexible Learning Program

What is the Comprehensive LEA Plan (CLIP)?

Parental Involvement--CLIP

Comprehensive LEA Plan

Parent Resource Areas in Schools-Located in our Data Room

Parent Information and Resource Center

Grounds for a Complaint

Federal Programs for Which Complaints Can Be Filed

Procedures for Filing a Complaint

Complaint Form

Title I Complaint Procedures

Overview of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

www.naehcy.org

National Center for Homeless Education

www.serve.org/nche

NCHE • www.serve.org/nche • NAEHCY • www.naehcy.org

Causes of Homelessness

• Lack of affordable housing• Deep poverty• Health problems• Domestic violence• Natural and other disasters• Abuse/neglect (unaccompanied youth)


Eligibility—Who is Covered?

• Children who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence—• Sharing the housing of others due to loss of

housing, economic hardship, or similar reason• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, camping

grounds due to lack of adequate alternative accommodations

• Living in emergency or transitional shelters• Abandoned in hospitals


• Awaiting foster care placement• Living in a public or private place not designed

for humans to live• Living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, bus

or train stations, etc.• Migratory children living in above circumstances

Eligibility— Who is Covered? (cont.)


Local HomelessEducation Liaisons

• Every LEA must designate a liaison for students in homeless situations

• Responsibilities• Ensure that children and youth in homeless

situations are identified• Ensure that homeless students enroll in and

have full and equal opportunity to succeed in school

• Link with educational services, including preschool and health services


Local HomelessEducation Liaisons (cont.)

• Inform parents, guardians, or youth of educational and parent involvement opportunities

• Post public notice of educational rights• Resolve disputes• Inform parents, guardians, or youth of

transportation services, including to the school of origin


School Stability—Key Provisions

• Children and youth experiencing homelessness can stay in their school of origin or enroll in any public school that students living in the same attendance area are eligible to attend, according to their best interest

• School of origin—school attended when permanently housed or in which last enrolled

• Best interest—keep homeless students in their schools of origin, to the extent feasible, unless this is against the parents’ or guardians’ wishes


School Selection—Key Provisions

• Students can stay in their school of origin the entire time they are homeless, and until the end of any academic year in which they move into permanent housing

• If a student becomes homeless in between academic years, he or she may continue in the school of origin for the following academic year

• If a student is sent to a school other than that requested by a parent or guardian, the district must provide a written explanation to the parent or guardian of its decision and the right to appeal


Transportation—Key Provisions

• LEAs must provide students experiencing homelessness with transportation to and from their school of origin, at a parent’s or guardian’s request (or at the liaisons request for unaccompanied youth)

• If the student’s temporary residence and the school of origin are in the same LEA, that LEA must provide or arrange transportation; if the student is living outside of the school of origin’s LEA, the LEA where the student is living and the school of origin’s LEA must determine how to divide the responsibility and share the cost, or they must share the cost equally


Homeless UnaccompaniedYouth—Key Provisions

• Definition: youth who meets the definition of homeless and is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian

• Liaisons must help unaccompanied youth choose and enroll in a school, after considering the youth’s wishes, and inform the youth of his or her appeal rights

• School personnel must be made aware of the specific needs of runaway and homeless youth.

QUESTIONS

Carroll County SchoolsMt. Zion Middle School

Title I Program

Mt. Zion Middle

Documents

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