1. Title I Back to School Night Meet the Teacher Night
Welcome Families!
Title I Back to School Night
Meet the Teacher Night

2. Tonight’s agenda Welcome & Introductions What is Title I?
Reading Support During WIN
Parent Advisory Council
Split into groups by building / Meet the Teacher
Questions and Answers

3. Introductions Tracey Cook (Title I Coordinator)
Lauren Swigart (Assistant Reading Chair)
Kelly Bales
Mary Beth Helbig
Noelle King
Denise Ginter
Jennifer Roberts
Kathy Schumacher
Karyn Cunningham

4. What is Title I?
Title I provides FUNDING to schools. It is through Title I funding that we have the ability to work with small groups of students to target their area of need.
The government bases our funding on the number of students who receive free/reduced lunch.
Your child DOES NOT need to be on free/reduced lunch in order to receive reading services.
Funds provide SUPPLEMENTARY reading support to students with identified need. TC

5. How Was My Child Selected for Title I?
Every student in the school is assessed. Some criteria include PSSA scores, MAP testing, and Aimsweb Universal Assessments that assess the 6 different components of reading. (The 6 areas, or components of reading will be shown on the next slide)
Benchmark scores are used (the average score of all the children, nationally, at different points throughout the year) to determine if a child is above, below, or at the level for their current grade.
Assessment results are evaluated by reading teachers, building principals, and instructional coaches to determine which students have an area of need in reading.
Students are placed into intervention programs based on their biggest area of need. LS

6. Building blocks of readingLS

7. When Is My Child Getting Reading Support?
Every building designates a specific time called WIN each day. During this time, all children work on their biggest area of need in reading. Some children switch among the different classroom teachers. Some children go to a reading teacher to receive their intervention.
When your child comes with his/her reading teacher, he/she is NOT missing anything being taught in the classroom. Every child in the grade goes to a specific WIN group.
Your child’s group can change. He/she may work with different reading teachers throughout the course of the year. LS

8. What Is My Child Doing During WIN Time?
At Big Spring, we have multiple researched based intervention programs we use to help build gaps for children struggling with reading. Your child may have a need in phonics, fluency, or comprehension.
Phonological Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Comprehension
Phonemic Awareness: Michael Heggerty
(1st or 2nd Grade)
FUNdations
95% Phonics Phonics Lesson Library (PLL)
(2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th Grade)
REWARDS
(3rd, 4th or 5th Grade)
Read Naturally Live
(2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th)
Leveled Literacy Intervention (2nd Grade)
SOAR to Success
(3rd, 4th, 5th)
JR/KC

9. Where Can I Find this Information?
On the district website, there is a Title I Section. You can find resources there.
KC/JR

10. Parent ADVISORY COUNCIL
Parent Advisory Council (PAC)
Meet throughout the year to plan events and give recommendations for events and programming
Review Parent Involvement Policy
If you’re interested in joining PAC please see Tracey Cook, the Title 1 Coordinator.
Parent Involvement Policy (Available on the District Website)
If anyone would like to offer suggestions for amending the Parent Involvement Policy, please contact Mrs. Robyn Euker, Director of Curriculum and Instruction. KS

11. Parent involvement policyKS

12. Meet your teacher
Newville –
Mt. Rock –
Oak Flat – KB