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What is Title 1? Title 1 is the nation’s oldest and largest federally funded
program, according to the U.S. Department of Education Originally, the idea of Title 1 was enacted in 1965 under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This policy committed to closing the achievement gap between low-income students and other students.
The policy was rewritten in 1994 to improve fundamental goals of helping at-risk students. With the implementation of No Child Left Behind, schools must make adequate yearly progress on state testing and focus on best teaching practices in order to avoid funding reallocation.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the purpose of Title 1 funding, “is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education and reach, at minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.”
Focus
Provide direct, intensive, individualized, consistent, and research-based interventions to students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 district wide.
Administer diagnostic assessments to Tier 2 and Tier 3 students to determine target areas of need
Progress monitor Tier 2 students once a month and Tier 3 students every two weeks to determine growth
Maintain student portfolios containing assessment data
Guide monthly RTI meetings to analyze student data, growth, and areas of need
Guide quarterly Grade Level/Department meetings to implement best practices consistently district wide and provide professional development, mentoring, and training opportunities
Provide support and modeling opportunities for classroom teachers
Provide parent/community involvement opportunities
How Do Students Qualify?
AIMS Web is used as a benchmark assessment on all students in the Fall, Winter, and Spring.
Students that fall below the 25th % on benchmark assessments qualify for Title services.
What Happens Next?
Students that qualify for Title services are given diagnostic assessments to better target
needed interventions.
Fountas & Pinnell: Tests foundational reading skills, independent & instructional reading level, and comprehension
Words Their Way Spelling Inventory: Helps determine each student’s developmental spelling stage
Moby Max: Targets areas where students are struggling in math and determines grade level equivalent
“All effective instruction begins with assessment that tells us what students know, what they’re missing, or what they’re using incorrectly.” WTW/Pearson
Support Curriculum
Direct, Individualized, and Research-based InterventionsConsistency District WideDiagnostic Assessments
Professional Development Opportunities Parent/Community Involvement
Title 1 Parent Open House/MeetingsFamily Reading NightRead Across AmericaTechnology Night
Monthly data meetings to determine student growth or need for additional interventions
Grade Level/Department Quarterly Meetings
K-2
Words Their Way: Word study approach, individualized plan for each student, word sort working on a particular skill that can be applied to all words.
Jolly Phonics: Fun and child centered approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics, multi-sensory method
Michael Heggerty: An auditory training process, phonemic awareness
Beanie Baby Strategies: Teaches decoding and comprehension strategies in a fun & memorable way
3-5
Dolch Words/Heart Words: The most common 220 words and 95 nouns encountered in children’s books, critical in early reading development because they represent high-frequency words and are difficult to sound out or to illustrate.
Frye Phrases: Contain the most used words in reading and writing, It is important for young readers to instantly recognize these words by sight in order to build up their reading fluency
Comprehension Passages: To practice reading and responding to text
Leveled Readers: Students are taught at their instructional reading level
Literacy
Touch Math: Supplemental, multisensory program that uses “TouchPoints” to engage students of all abilities and learning stylesRocket Math: Supplemental, math facts practice curriculum, uniquely structured curriculum for the sequential practice and mastery of math facts.Moby Max: Adaptive curriculum creates a unique, individualized education plan for each student, built from the ground up on Common Core standards.
Math
We Need Your HelpDistrict/School Parent
Involvement PoliciesParent MeetingsFamily Reading NightCurriculum NightsParent/Teacher Conferences
1. To annually increase the number of students meeting or exceeding district norms on benchmark assessments by 3-5%.
2. To implement diagnostic assessments to better target interventions.
3. To provide direct and consistent interventions district wide.
4. To organize quarterly grade level/department meetings to increase collaboration and consistency with curriculum, instruction, and assessments.
5. To increase parent/community involvement opportunities.
Link To District Goals & Mission“To cultivate students’ abilities to live well as
functioning members of society; informed citizens of our community, our country, and the
world; responsible members of families; and self-directed, lifelong learners.”
Utilizing data to drive curriculum, instruction, and assessments
Increasing community relations through parent/community involvement opportunities
Staff communication and collaboration is increased
Equalizing and increasing remedial and enrichment opportunities for students.
Your Title1 TeamWe are really excited about having the opportunity to work with your child! We have a great team in
place and are confident in the interventions we are using. We can’t wait to watch your child grow in
learning!
Angie MerbothTitle Director, Serena CUSD 2
Betsy DolderTitle Aide, Sheridan
April KaforskiTitle Aide, Harding
Pat EntwistleTitle Aide, Serena
Angie MerbothTitle Director
Serena CUSD 2815-496-2850, ext. 4118
*Visit our website for more information
unit2.net (District/Interventions)