Title I Parent Meeting Thursday, July 15, 2010 Penderlea School Title I Parent Meeting Thursday, July 15, 2010

As a Parent in a Title I School: You have the right to be involved on many topics that affect your child’s education. You can do this by: Speaking regularly with your child’s teacher about how he/she is performing in school Serving on the Parent Advisory Board or the School Improvement Team Completing surveys Participating in Parent Trainings Helping in the development of the School-Parent Compacts and the Parent Involvement Policy Talking to the principal Helping your child with homework

You Have the Right to Know: The qualifications of your child’s teacher The Parent Involvement Policy of your child’s school and to be involved in its development The curriculum your child will be taught and how that curriculum will be measured on state tests How your child’s school is performing on the state’s standards How your child measures to the state’s standards

How Does Title I Help Your School? Provides additional teachers Provides money for intervention programs Provides money for supplies and materials, including computers and computer software Provides opportunities for parents to be partners with the school in helping children do their best Provides opportunities for teacher training

How does Penderlea spend their Title I Money? Personnel ($84,000) 1.3 full time teachers 1 full time Teacher Assistant Parental Involvement ($1,141) Instructional Supplies/Technology ($24,000) Professional Development ($11,410) Total Allotment $128,000 (includes carryover)

Title I Benefits… The Children You as a Parent Teachers and Staff The Entire Community

School Improvement Continues… Penderlea … has entered the 2nd Year of the School Improvement process under No Child Left Behind because targets were not met in mathematics 3 years in a row.

What does this mean? Penderlea … becomes a school of choice in addition to offering Supplemental Educational Services (SES) under No Child Left Behind. Possible school transfers include: Rocky Point Primary, Cape Fear Elementary, South Topsail Elementary, Burgaw Middle, and Cape Fear Middle

Notification You should have received a letter explaining the school improvement process and your choices for school transfer.

What is Penderlea going to do to exit the School Improvement Process? Full implementation of the Responsiveness to Instruction (RtI) model. A Penderlea team participated in eight days of training with the state RtI team during the 2009-2010 school year. Penderlea will fully implement RtI during the 2010-2011 school year offering an intervention/enrichment block for all students success. Penderlea will continue to purchase technology and provide professional development for teachers to support 21st Century learning.

Questions? Contact Information: Molly White, Director K-8 Student Learning and Title I 910-259-2187 molly_white@pender.k12.nc.us