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- 1. Title I
By:
Shanda Ashby
Laura Beckham
Heather Brantley
For Partial Fulfillment of EDUC 4763
LeTourneau University
October 16, 2011
2. What is Title I?
Title I is the nations oldest and largest federally funded program
according to the United States Department of Education.
Title I is a program that was created in the Elementary and
Secondary Act as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001.
It was also mentioned in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009.
3. Program Purpose
Title I was created to ensure that all children have a fair, equal,
and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality
education
Students must also reach, at a minimum, the proficiency levels of
challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic
assessments.
4. Basic Principles of Title I
The principles of Title I state that schools with large
concentrations of low-income students will receive supplemental
funds to assist meeting students educational goals.
Low-income students are determined by the number of students
enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program.
For an entire school to qualify for Title I funds, at least 40% of
students must enroll in the free and reduced lunch programs.
5. Who Does it Affect?
Title I serves a variety of subpopulations within schools:
Economically disadvantaged children
Limited English proficiency children
Migratory children
Children with disabilities
Indian children
Neglected or delinquent children
Young children in need of reading assistance
Or any at-risk student or student in need
6. Use of Program and Funds
Funding is used to guaranty that students, teachers, parents, and
administrators can measure academic achievement progress against
common expectations.
Program funding also seeks to close the achievement gap between
high- and low-performing students and between advantaged and
disadvantaged children.
It also provides alternatives to students from low-performing
schools so that students are able to receive a high-quality
education.
Students also receive an enriched and accelerated educational
program.
7. Qualification Requirements
Schools must meet financial requirements that are based on the
level of poverty at each campus.
Children that are eligible for free and/or reduced price lunches
under the National School Lunch Act are eligible.
Individual student requirements include those students who are
scoring below 70% in the Reading and Math Accelerated Instruction
Program at the beginning of the year.
Sometimes children are considered based on teacher
recommendation.
Teachers may also recommend a student who is failing in math and
reading.
8. Instructional Requirements
Teachers and paraprofessionals must be highly qualified.
Most schools are required to have 100% highly qualified teachers
and staff employed on campus.
Title I teachers must coordinate with homeroom teachers to ensure
that curriculum in the classroom is reinforced during small
group.
TEKS are used in writing lesson plans for accelerated instruction
in the state of Texas.
Tutoring opportunities are available that meet the specific needs
of students.
This allows opportunities for differentiated instruction and
intervention in the school.
9. Teacher-Specific Regulations Regarding Implementation
Teachers are held accountable for student performance.
Teachers and paraprofessionals must be highly qualified.
They must continue in their professional development which might
include attending workshops, reading articles and books, and taking
online classes.
Teachers are also required to provide proof of monitored student
progress at their school district in the required core subjects as
required by Title I.
The curriculum must be challenging to the students which in-turn
gives teachers a more demanding job to perform.
10. Controversy With Title I
Teacher comparability is becoming a hot button issue with teachers
unions, civil rights groups, and researchers.
School districts will be required to provide equitable state and
local resources to both low- and high-income schools.
Expenditures are also required to be the same in both low- and
high-income schools.
Higher income schools will have more available funds to pay their
already higher paid teachers salaries.
11. References
Bullard ISD.Title 1 Entrance/Exit Criteria.(2011, August).Bullard,
TX.
California Department of Education.(2011, July 29).Compliance
monitoring, intervention, and sanctions.Retrieved from
http://www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/tq/tiicmis.asp.
Cohen, J.(2011, October 11).Harkins ESEA reauthorization bill makes
strides in fixing Title I teacher comparability.Retrieved from
http://edmoney.newamerica.net/blogposts/2011/harkins_esea_reauthorization_bill_makes_strides_in_fixing_title_i_teacher_comparabili.
Green, C.(2010, February 1).Guidance for the implementation of
Title I, Part A:Improving basic programs operated by local
education agencies.Retrieved from
www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488052&libID=2147488051.
Malburg, S.(2011, October 5).Understanding the basics of Title 1
funds.Retrieved from
http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11105.aspx.
Texas Education Agency.Glossary of terms, 2007-08:Division of
accountability research.Retrieved from
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/acctres/gloss0708.html.
U.S. Department of Education.(2004, September 15).Title I:Improving
the academic achievement of the disadvantaged.Retrieved from
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html.
U.S. Department of Education.(2004, March 1).Title I
paraprofessionals:Non-regulatory guidance.Retrieved from
www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/paraguidance.doc.