Federal Programs
What is Title I?
Title I is the largest federal-assistance program. The goal is to provide a high-quality education for every child. Title I serves the children who are furthest from meeting the state standards set for all children. Title I supplements the instructional program for all students in a Title I designated school. Title I of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation is a federal program that provides opportunities for the children served to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to meet challenging state content standards.
Title I ensures that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.
Title I provides greater decision-making authority and flexibility within the schools. However, greater responsibility for student performance is the exchange made for this flexibility.
Federal Programs Handbook
Title I Provides
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Teachers and Teacher Assistants for Small Group Instruction
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Technology
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Tutorial Software
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Support for EL Services
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Teacher Assistants for Computer Labs
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Materials and supplies for instruction
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Staff development for teachers and administrators
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Parenting initiatives
How Does Title I Work?
The federal government provides funding to states each year for Title I. To get the funds, each state must submit a plan describing:
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What all children are expected to know and be able to do
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The high-quality standards of performance that all children are expected to meet
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Ways to measure progress
State Educational Agencies (SEAs) send the money to school districts based on the numbers of low-income families. The local school district (called a Local Education Agency, or LEA) identifies eligible schools and provides Title I resources. The Title I school (this includes parents, teachers, administrators and other school staff) works to:
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Identify students most in need of educational help (Students do not have to be from low-income families to receive help in school-wide settings.)
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Set goals for improvement
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Measure student progress, using standards set forth in the state’s Title I plan
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Develop programs that add to regular classroom instruction
Title I Implementation in East Voyager Academy
Title I resources allow opportunities for students to achieve high standards by providing research-based instructional programs, providing additional technology, and reading and math intervention.
The Title I program adheres to the rules and regulations of the “No Child Left Behind Act” of 2001 (NCLB). Under NCLB, each Title I school is required to make “Adequate Yearly Progress” (AYP) toward the goal of having all students score at the highest levels on PASS by the year 2014. Student attendance and teacher attendance also are used to measure AYP.
Title I schools offer parents an extra opportunity to become involved in their child’s education by participating in literacy and technology activities at the school and by joining the Parent Advisory Council (PAC). The PAC meets bi-annually to share Title I information, keep abreast of important events, visit Title I schools, and give input to the district from the parent’s perspective.
EVA parent and family engagement policy
Title III
English for Speakers of Other Languages (EL)
EL provides a safe haven and nurturing environment for East Voyager Academy’s growing population of linguistically and culturally diverse students. EL creates a learning environment that encourages student pride in cultural heritage and provides the cognitive and affective support to help them become contributing members of our society.
This program, beginning in primary school and continuing through high school, provides each non-English or limited-English proficient student the opportunity to be successful in academic areas and to develop English listening, speaking, reading and writing proficiency.
EL students are served daily by push-in, pull-out or EL classroom instruction. Students are served through the regular education classroom with differentiated instruction and are regularly monitored.
EL Overview
Students from non-English backgrounds are rated according to the following six levels of English proficiency:
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1. Pre-functional (Entering)
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2. Beginner (Emerging)
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3. Intermediate (Developing)
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4. Advanced (Extending)
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5. Proficient (Bridging)
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6. Native-like Fluency (Reaching)