Title 1

 

Title1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides financial assistance to state and local educational agencies to meet the needs of at-risk children. The goal of Title 1 is to provide instructional services and activaties which support students in meeting the state’s challenging performance standards.


What will Title 1 do for
my child?

The Title 1 program will
provide your child with
extra educational
assistance beyond the
regular classroom.


Which schools does
Title I Serve?

The program serves children
in elementary and secondary
schools who have
demonstrated that extra
assistance is needed. Title I
also serves children who
attend parochial and private
schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First, the federal
government provides
funding to each state.

How does our
school receive Title
1 money?

 

Then, State Educational
Agencies send this money
to school districts. How
much money each school
receives is determined by
the number of low-income
students attending that
school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, Title I schools:

• Identify the students at their school who need
the most educational assistance based on the
criteria that school has chosen. Students do NOT
have to be from low-income families to receive
Title I services.

• Set goals for improving the skills of
educationally disadvantaged students at their
school.

• Measure student progress to determine the
success of the Title I program for each student.

• Develop programs for each individual student
in order to support/supplement regular
classroom instruction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Title I programs generally
offer:
• Smaller classes or special
instructional spaces.
• Additional teachers and aides.
• Opportunities for professional
development for school staff.

• Extra time for teaching Title I students
the skills they need.
• A variety of supplementary teaching
methods
• An individualized program for students.
• Additional teaching materials which
supplement their regular instruction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Parents… you can influence the success of your child
in school more than any teacher or federal program. By becoming
an active participant in the Title I parent involvement plan at your
school, you will:
• Serve as a role model, showing your child that you support
his/her education.
• Assure that you are aware of your child’s educational
progress; thereby demonstrating how important that
progress is to you.
• Teach your student that your input at the school is appreciated
and that you support its efforts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research shows that how well a child does in
school depends a great deal upon how much their parents get
involved in their education. You can become more involved by:
• Joining local and national school/parent organizations.
• Supporting school extra-curricular activities.
• Volunteering at the school.
• Attending parent-teacher conferences.
• Communicating with your child’s teacher regularly, by writing
notes, telephoning the school, etc.
• Keeping your child’s teacher informed about events in your
child’s life which may affect his/her performance at school.
• Discussing with your child’s teacher and parent organizations
other ideas for parent involvement.