Plans for January 19, 2016

 Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a federally funded educational program, authorized by Congress, provides supplemental funds to school districts to assist schools with the highest student concentrations of poverty to meet school educational goals.

 Improve student achievement for all participating children  Provide staff development  Increase parent and community involvement

 High academic/achievement for all children in math and reading  A greater focus on teaching and learning  Flexibility to stimulate initiatives coupled with responsibility for student performance  Improved connections among schools, parents, and communities

 Purchase, lease, rent or improve facilities  Provide routine transportation costs  Purchase school library books

 Parents  Community Members  Teachers and Support Staff  Principals  Guidance Counselors  Instructional Coaches  Parent Coordinators  High School Students  District Personnel

 We will discuss strategies 1-7 with an emphasis on the ones that involve funding.  All have equal importance but our ultimate goal is to set goals for the title I Plan  Sharing how we utilized funding last year will inform our decisions this year.  Each strategy discussed will include examples.

By employing the following classroom teacher positions, we were able to reduce class sizes ratios from 30:1 to 24:1:  Two.5 Middle School  Three.5 High School  1.0 Middle School Math

 Extended Day- $210,295 on personnel $3,500 on transportation  Saturday School  Summer School- Amount TBD

 Instructional supplies such as novels, manipulatives, easels, book sets etc.  Instructional Technology such as Raz kids, Compass, Document Cameras, USA Test Prep, iPads, LLI leveled Literacy kits, Carnegie Learning and Aquos boards  Personnel- Interventionists & 5 Elem. Teacher Assistants, Bi-Lingual Parent Services, Part- time computer lab, IT Technologist

 As a charter school we are allowed 25% non- yet highly qualified personnel. We are currently above that rate.  Title I contributes to teacher incentives which ultimately improve teacher retention rates.

 Instructional Coaches at each school play a lead role in staff development. Title I provided.5 Elem. Math Coach  Dr. Coleman provided contracted staff development services & data reports  Teachers received stipends for creation of curriculum resources  1.0 Federal Programs Coordinator

 Four Parent Coordinators – Two 1.0 and Two.5 positions including an ESOL Parent Coordinator that translates documents, parent resources, phone calls and conferences  Parent Trainings that include materials, meals, child care and translation  Parent Communication Materials such as Agenda books, communication folders, flyers, Printer services  Parenting room materials such as 4 desktop computers, technology programs & books

Our staff survey included a number of questions. Only responses relevant to the Title I plan will be presented here. Indifferent responses are not included. Q1:Teachers have sufficient time to meet the instructional needs of students. 53% Agreed while 33% Disagreed Q5:Teachers have sufficient access to a broad range of professional support personnel. 76% Agreed while 13% Disagreed

 Q6:Teachers have sufficient access to a variety of instructional materials. 79% Agree while 12% Disagree  Q7: Teachers are adequately trained in use of technology resources 46% Agree while 29% Disagree

 Q9:Consistent two way communication exists between Legacy and parents. 56% Agree while 19% Disagree  Q18: Differentiated Professional Development is provided to meet individual teacher needs. 67% Agree while 15% Disagree

 Parents were surveyed early January. Parent Coordinators revised the questions with Mrs. Messer. Below is a summary of the results. On a scale of 1-5, 1 being not at all and 5 being very much. The average score for each question is indicated. 1. I’m kept well informed of LCS activities-3 2. Information received is easily understood-4 3. I’m pleased with frequency of teacher contacts-5 4. As a parent, I feel a part of LCS family-3

 The best 3 means of communication for events: Newsletter/Car line/Phone calls  Limits on participation in school events: Language/ Childcare  Preferred parent trainings/programs: ESOL classes/ Computer programs  Most important Title I funding: Computer programs/ESOL support

 Use Survey Data to Design Comprehensive Needs Assessment as a Planning Team  Design new Title I Plan based on new findings as a Planning Team  Share results and proposed plan with all Stakeholders

 Title I Plan will be presented to Greenville County for approval in Spring  Funding is contingent on approval as well as 135th Day Student Count  Adjustments will be made according to final funding calculations Our Next Steps

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