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Title I
Title I
In 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) introduced the federal support program that would become known as Title I. Title I, Part A provides financial assistance to local school systems and schools with high percentages of poor children to support the academic achievement of low-achieving students. Nearly all the school districts in New Hampshire receive Title I funds.
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The identification of a school for Title I status is based upon the poverty level of the families and students who reside in the attendance area of the school. The designation as a Title I school has nothing to do with the academic level of the students in the school. It is strictly and solely based on the economics of the surrounding area
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The percentage of free-lunch students determines the poverty level which determines whether or not a school is eligible to receive the added resources of Title I funding.
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Fisk, Soule, and Lancaster Schools qualify for Title I funds.
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Students who are below grade level in reading are identified through teacher referral and a review of data from the administration of assessments used regularly throughout the District:
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Adhering to Federal parameters for the use of Title I money, Salem uses the funds to:
- Hire part-time teachers and highly qualified paraprofessionals who provide supplementary reading instruction to qualifying students at the elementary schools
- Purchase additional instructional materials
- Purchase support materials for students to take home
- Provide professional development to Title I staff
- Offer extended year and/or extended day programming when funding is available
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Supplemental -- Services must be in addition to reading instruction with the classroom teacher.
Coordination -- Supplementary instruction is coordinated with classroom instruction. It is designed to re-teach, reinforce, or remediate. Instruction may also be for the purpose of introducing or pre-teaching a skill, concept or vocabulary that will be presented in class.
Communication -- Communication between and among teachers and specialists. Communication with parents.
Parent Involvement -– Parents receive Progress Reports from Title I teachers, Monthly Newsletters with suggestions for helping their child, and are invited to school-based informational activities. Materials are sent home for parents to use with their children. Title I teachers are also available for conferences with parents.