1. What Parents Need to Know
NCLB and Title I:
What Parents Need to Know
NCLB and Title I: What Parents Need to Know

2. Understanding No Child Left Behind
As a parent of a school aged child you have probably heard about No Child Left Behind and would like to understand what it means, especially the benefits it offers to you and your child.
It is a somewhat complex law about federal support for education from kindergarten through 12th grade.
But the law’s purposes are simple -- to ensure that all children in the United States receive a high quality education and to close the achievement gap that exists between children who typically perform well in school and those who do not

3. many of whom are from minority, racial and ethnic groups; have disabilities; live in poverty; or do not have English as their first language

4. Four Broad Principles Holding schools accountable for results
Giving states and districts flexibility in how they spend federal money
Using scientific research to guide classroom practice
Involving parents by giving them information and choices about their child’s education
To achieve its broad purposes, No Child Left Behind works according to 4 common sense principles:
Holding schools accountable for results;
Giving states and districts flexibility in how they spend federal money
Using scientific research to guide classroom practice; and
Involving parents by giving them information and choices about their child’s education.

5. In 1965, Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act which provided, for the first time, significant federal funding for K through 12 education.
The first part, or title, of the law is improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged, often referred to as Title I, which is most of the federal K through 12 education funds.

6. Federal Government State School District School
Schools receive this money through their states and districts. In St. Tammany, qualifying schools receive Title I supplemental funding.
School

7. Accountability
No Child Left Behind requires strong accountability that for the first time holds every public school accountable for results.
The measure of accountability is Adequate Yearly Progress. Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is defined by the state.

8. To make Adequate Yearly Progress, schools, as well as the groups of students previously mentioned, must meet or make significant progress towards the state set levels of achievement on these tests.
Local school report cards are prepared every year by the state. They include information on how students performed on state tests not only for the district as a whole but also in individual schools.

9. Resources
No Child Left Behind gives states and school districts more control and more flexibility to use resources where they are needed most. In this way, they can use this money wisely and work to meet student needs.
In St. Tammany, the funds are used for a variety of purposes designed to support student academic achievement in the areas of English/Language Arts and mathematics.

10. Materials & Technology
Classroom
Materials & Technology
Additional
personnel
This includes hiring additional personnel to work with students in these areas as well supporting educational technology (such as computers, smart boards, and internet subscriptions to educational software) which enhance student learning. At the end of this short video, your school administrator will tell you about the specifics of the Title I program at your school.

11. Professional Development
Full State Certification
Bachelor’s Degree
No Child Left Behind provides funding to help educators learn to be better teachers through training and other professional development.
The law defines a Highly Qualified Teacher as one with a bachelor’s degree, full state certification and demonstrated competence for each subject taught.
Demonstrated Competence
Highly Qualified

12. No Child Left Behind requires the district to inform you of your right to know and how to get information on the qualifications of your child’s teachers.

13. Parental and Family Involvement
No Child Left Behind also requires that districts and schools develop specific parental and family involvement policies that encourage everyone to work together to support student learning

14. Six Components of Effective Parenting
National Network of Partnership Schools
In St. Tammany, all Title I schools belong to the National Network of Partnership Schools, or NNPS.
As part of this partnership, teams of parents and educators at each school write an annual action plan that encourages enhancing parenting skills, providing home/school communication, providing opportunities to volunteer, enhancing learning at home, participating in decision making, and collaborating with the community.
Six Components of Effective Parenting

15. No Child Left Behind empowers you to ask important questions and make informed decisions about your child’s education by ensuring that schools are held accountable and you get the up-to-date information you need.

16. Finally be sure to attend parent teacher conferences, parent organization meetings and other events at your child’s school where you can get a lot of information, ideas and help from teachers as well as from other parents.

17. Have a great school year!

18. Terry Meyer 985-898-3236 terry.meyer@stpsb.org
To learn more about No Child Left Behind and how it affects your child and your school, contact Terry Meyer, Title I Supervisor at or her at