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Welcomes You
To Our
Annual Title I Parent Meeting
Fort Valley Middle School
FVMS
Damika Glover Principal
Janet ClarkAssistant Principal
Marecia GregoryParent Coordinator
Administrators
Our VisionLearning Today…Leading Tomorrow
Our MissionTo graduate college and career ready
students
Our MottoOn Time…On Task…On a Mission
Our Vision, Mission, and Motto
Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
provides financial assistance to states and school districts to meet the needs of educationally at-risk students. The
goal of Title I is to provide extra instructional services and activities which support students identified as failing or most at risk of failing the state’s challenging performance
standards in mathematics, reading, and writing.
What Is a Title I School?
With the Title I designation comes certain federal guidelines and
restrictions; however, the additional funding enables us to provide a quality education for our students. In addition to equipment and technology, we are able to hire additional highly qualified teachers to populate our classrooms.
What Is a Title I School?
Salaries and benefits for Title I paid teachers
Parent Coordinator Substitutes for salaried Title I
Teachers Stipends for Direct Instruction Communications Supplies Books other than textbooks Computer Software
How Does Fort Valley Middle School Spend Title I Funds?
Additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low achieving children master challenging curricula and meet state standards in core academic subjects
Professional Development for Teachers
Enhance Classroom Instruction Enhance Classroom Technology
School’s Participation in Title I
School Wide ProgramsNCLB Section 1114
1. Option for buildings with not less than 40% of the children from low income families
2. Can reach any student needing services3. Must meet intent and purpose of programs4. Written plan must contain all 10 components and
implement them (School Improvement Plan)5. Successful school wide model requires the
commitment from entire building and year planning process requirements
Our School’s Title I Requirements
Fort Valley Middle School was named by Georgia Department of Education as a 2014 Alert School. This is a designation developed by Georgia officials to ensure that the state could identify both Title I and non-Title I schools that need additional support. Alert Schools are identified based on lower than average graduation rates, lower performance by the all student group and lower in particular subject areas on statewide assessments. Alert School is defined as a:
• A Title I or non-Title I School in state• Based on the lowest achievement of the “all students”
group in terms of proficiency on the statewide assessment• Has demonstrated a lack of progress on state assessments
over three years in the “all students” group• Is not identified as a Priority School or Focus School
Our School’s Designation Status and What It Means
Fort Valley Middle’s school wide goals are aligned with the Peach County School District goals.
Goals1. All students will reach high standards, at minimum attaining proficiency or better in Reading/English Language Arts and Mathematics.2. All Students will graduate from high school, college and career ready.3. All students will be taught by highly qualified teachers.4. Operations will enhance learning environments that are healthy, safe, orderly and conducive to learning.
What Are Our Schoolwide Goals ?
Advanced Content in all subject areas-High ability learners
English Language Learners-ESOL Gifted Education RTI- Response to Intervention Remedial Math and English Language Arts Afterschool Tutorial –beginning in October in
every subject content area Instructional Facilitators for all subject
content areas Curriculum Coordinator for grades 6th -8th
Programs/Supports In Place to Help Students
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS)• English Language Arts• MathematicsGeorgia Performance Standards (GPS)• Science• Social StudiesCCGPS and GPS will ensure that all Georgia students have an equal access and opportunity to master the skills and knowledge needed for success beyond high school. The standards create a foundation to work collaboratively across states and districts, pooling resources and expertise, to create curricular tools, professional development, common assessments, and other instructional materials.
Curriculum Used at FVMS
This year the State of Georgia is moving to a new assessment called Georgia Milestone. Grades 3-8 will take the End of Grade Test (EOG) in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.There will be Four performance levels associated with the
milestone The levels have not yet been named. However, they will be more prescriptive in nature
and will not be Do Not Meets, Meets, and Exceeds.
Provide a clear signal of the student achievement of state content standards across the full achievement continuum.
Tests Given at FVMS
Annual meeting required Parents notified their child will
participate in Title I Parent Conferences Regular Meetings Notify parents of resources available
to them Assist parents in attending
workshops
What Is Required by Law for Parent Involvement?
The Title I Program of Peach County School System supports and encourages parental involvement. The Peach County School system believes that effective parent involvement results from a collaborate effort among parents, the system, schools, and program personnel. All stakeholders hold the belief that parental involvement is critical to student success.
District’s Parental Involvement Policy
This plan addresses how the school will implement the parental involvement requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. How parents can be involved in decision-making and
activities How parental involvement funds are being used How information and training will be provided to parents How the school will build capacity in parents and staff for
strong parental involvement.
You, as Title I parents, have the right to be involved in the development of your school’s Parental Involvement Plan.
School’s Parent Involvement Plan
Our School-Parent Compact is an agreement that parents, students, and teachers develop together. It will explain how parents and teacher will work to together to make sure all our students reach grade-level standards.
What Is a School –Parent Compact?
At the beginning of each school year, any district that receives funds under the NCLB Title I shall notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving funds that the parents may request, and the agency will provide the parents on request and in a timely manner, the information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers including, at a minimum, the following: Whether the teachers have met State qualifications Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency
or other status The teacher’s college major, graduate certification Whether the child is provided services by
paraprofessionals and if so, their qualifications
Highly Qualified TeachersTitle I, Part A of ESEA (The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)
Each year (with your input during the Spring) our school reserves a percentage of funds for parental involvement. The following is a list of items that you suggested during our Spring meeting.
Parent Involvement Funds Supplies Parent Communication and Postage Professional Learning (Travel, Registration, and
Lodging)-Georgia Parent Workshops
How is Title I Parent Involvement Money Spent?
Meetings and parent learning opportunities are scheduled during the day as well as early morning and evening hours. Throughout the year our faculty will foster a parent-friendly environment and provide you with strategies to use at home that
support academic achievement.Opportunities At least five workshops are held throughout the year such
as Academic Parent Workshop, Math, Writing, Bullying and Academic,
Participate in survey to gather data Volunteer opportunities with approved background check Budget developed with input from parents and staff Provide input for the Parent Involvement and FVMS Action
Plan (yearly)
Parental Involvement Opportunities
Fort Valley Middle School Grades 6-8
Damika Glover, Principal ([email protected])Janet Clark, Asst. Principal (
Marecia Gregory ([email protected])712 Peggy Drive
Fort Valley, GA 31030Phone: (478) 825-2413
Fax: (478) 825-1332
Contact Information
Fraud , Waste, and Abuse of Federal Funds
Complaint Procedures http://www.peachschools.org/acquia-drupal/content/
complaints-federal-fraud-waste-abuse http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/hotline.htm
l 1-800-MIS-USED
Reporting Procedures
We would like to thank all the parents and guardians that came out this evening. We appreciate all your help, support, and input concerning our school to better serve you and our students.
Please fill out our evaluations forms before you leave.
Closing and Evaluations