Transcript Purpose of Title I

Title I
No Child Left Behind
The Parent Piece
Purpose of Title I
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Improve teaching and learning
Fair, equal, and significant chance to get
a high quality education
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 All
children will reach at least proficiency
on State academic achievement standards
and State academic assessments
Definitions
Parent –
Legal guardian or other person standing in
place of parents, such as a grandparent
or stepparent, with whom a child lives; or
a person who is legally responsible for
the child’s welfare
Definitions
Parent Involvement –
The participation of parents in regular twoway and meaningful communication that
involves student learning and other
school activities
The Four Pillars
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Accountability for Results
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Local Control and Flexibility
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Expanded Parental Choice
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Effective and Successful Programs
Accountability
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Individual Student Reports
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School Report Cards
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State Report on Dropouts
Accountability
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State Committee on Practitioners
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Parents’ “Right to Know”
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Adequate Yearly Progress and Parent
Notification
Expanded Parental Choice
School Improvement –
When any elementary or secondary school
fails to make adequate yearly progress
on the same indicator for two
consecutive years, the school is in
improvement.
Expanded Parental Choice
Choice –
Parents must be notified, not later than the
first day of the school year following
being identified for improvement, that
their child has the option to transfer to
another public school served by the
district.
Expanded Parental Choice
Choice –
Supplemental educational services are
available to students who remain in
failing schools when public school choice
is not exercised or is unavailable.
Expanded Parental Choice
Supplemental Educational Services –
Tutoring and other academic enrichment
services that are in addition to instruction
provided during the school day and are
offered outside the normal school day.
These services must be provided by Stateapproved SES providers—not simply
homework help.
Section 1118
Parental Involvement
Parental involvement activities must be
planned and implemented with
meaningful consultation with parents of
participating children.
Section 1118
District Responsibilities
Must develop written parent involvement
plans at the district and local school
levels, with parents of participating
children
 Must involve parents in decisions on how
to spend the parent involvement funds
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Section 1118
District Responsibilities
Must involve parents in the development
of local education agency school review
and improvement plans
 Must provide coordination, TA, and
support to help schools plan and
implement effective parent involvement
activities to improve student
achievement
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Section 1118
District Responsibilities
Must build the schools’ and the parents’
capacities for strong parental
involvement
 Must coordinate and integrate parental
involvement strategies under other
programs, such as Head Start
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Section 1118
School Responsibilities
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Schools must develop and use the
school-parent compacts that outline how
parents, the entire school staff, and
students share the responsibility for
improved student academic achievement
and how each school and its parents will
build and develop a partnership to help
children achieve the State’s high
standards. (1118 (d))
Section 1118
School Responsibilities
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Each school will develop or amend school
parental involvement policies with parents
whose children are eligible and distribute the
policy in a language parents understand.
 Parents must agree on the policy.
 The policy will include policy involvement,
shared responsibilities for high student
academic achievement, and how to build
capacity for parent involvement.