1. Duluth High School Annual Title I Parent Meeting
GCPS Revised: February 27, 2018
9/13/18, Family Center
10:00 am & 5:30 pm

2. Overview of Title I What is Title I? The Title I Program…
is the largest federal assistance program for schools.
provides support to students who are at risk of not meeting the state’s academic standards.
bases funds on the number of students receiving free or reduced price lunch.
supports parents/families by offering activities and training opportunities to increase their engagement in their children’s education.

3. Overview of Title I Two types of programs: Targeted Assistance
Schoolwide

4. Targeted Assistance Program
Overview of Title I
Targeted Assistance Program
Students with the greatest academic need are identified and targeted for additional academic support.
Students receive additional support through pullout/push-in models, extended learning time or in-class programs.
Materials, equipment, professional development, extended learning time, and teachers that are funded through Title I benefit only the identified (targeted) students and parents.

5. Overview of Title I Schoolwide Program
While an emphasis is placed on students at risk of not meeting academic standards, all students at the school benefit from Title I funds.
Materials, equipment, professional development, extended learning time, and teachers that are funded through Title I benefit all students and parents.

6. Requirements of a Title I School
Title I Annual Parent Meeting
High Quality Curriculum
Academic Assistance to the Most At-Risk Students
Family Engagement and Input
Annual Evaluation of Title I Program(s)
Timely Communication to Parents

7. Implementation of Local School Plan for Improvement
What are our schoolwide goals?
1. Increase MOWR, Industry Certifications, and participation in Duluth Pathways and AP courses by 15%.
2. Perform above district and state averages on the Georgia Milestones.
3. Increase literacy through document based constructed response as evidenced by Gateway improvement from 535 to 565 in Science and 568 to 590 in Social Studies.
4. Continue to increase graduation rate and graduate 85% of our students (2018 – 84% - 5% increase from 2017) .
5. Increase CCRPI score from 81.4 to 85.

8. How will we accomplish these goals?
Increase MOWR, Industry Certifications, and participation in Duluth Pathways and AP courses by 15%.
AP Recommendation Process and Teacher Recommendation Process: teachers will recommend students for classes
Industry Certifications: Maxwell High Participation along with Duluth’s CTE and HOSA Programs will increase the number of certifications.
PSAT AP Potential Data Focus: DHS will use 8th grade data and 10th grade PSAT data to identify potentially successful AP students.
MOWR Participation: students will continue to attend dual enrollment classes as well as use the Ga Tech Math Lab at DHS.
Build Parent Capacity: providing parents and students support in transitioning to MOWR, Maxwell, or other programs offered through Duluth High School that prepare students for college and careers.

9. 2. Perform above district and state averages on the Georgia Milestones.
Constructed Response Strategies: teachers across content areas will incorporate open ended questions that require DOK 3 and 4 levels of understanding.
Lunch Lab/Summer Program: students who have failed critical subjects will be offered opportunities to participate in extended learning/credit recovery programs.
Literacy Initiative: teachers across all content areas will incorporate reading and writing strategies.
FIP Training: Curriculum teams will take part in Formative Instructional Practice Training on collaborative planning days to learn to deconstruct standards and examine current instructional practice.
EOC Bootcamp: teachers host EOC Bootcamps before/after school as practice opportunities to study for Milestone Assessments.
Build Parent Capacity: partnering with parents by providing materials, information and assistance in understanding state and local standards as well as assisting their child and working with educators to monitor and improve progress. Provide materials and information related to behavior management, attendance, and teaming with educators to improve student success.

10. 3. Increase literacy through document based constructed response as evidenced by Gateway improvement from 535 to 565 in Science and 568 to 590 in Social Studies.
Gateway Intervention Classes during Lunch/C25 (some with Senior focus): focus on on-track seniors and juniors, special ed students, and those students who may qualify for the alternate.
Peer Editing: 9th and 10th grade students will be exposed to Gateway rubric and practice editing released Gateway papers as well as peer papers.
Gateway Mini Tasks- students will perform Mini Tasks during the year across the curriculum to prepare for the Gateway
Build Parent Capacity: partnering with parents by providing materials and training, information and assistance in understanding local standards as well as assisting their child and work with educators to monitor and improve student literacy and document based writing.

11. 4. Continue to increase graduation rate and graduate 85% of our students (2018 – 84% - 5% increase from 2017) .
9th grade Academy: dedicated 9th grade academy, administrator, and counselor
Connect 25/Intervention: 24 minutes daily where students may receive support in academic classes
Lunch Lab/Summer Programs/Credit Recovery: programs to help students who failed critical subjects recover credit for graduation
9R Focus: intensive focus on high incidence group to prevent attendance and discipline issues and help promote to next grade
10th grade NTI Room: students assigned when failing to complete work- continuation of 9th grade NTI room.
9th/10th L. Arts Block: opportunity for students failing 9th grade L Arts to take a black class and receive credit for both 9th and 10th grade L. Arts.
Build Parent Capacity: providing support and information to parents in transition phases (9th grade transition meeting, MOWR, etc. ) during their child's high school experience.

12. Teacher intervention before school Parent/teacher conferences
5. Increase CCRPI score from 81.4 to 85.
*** All of the above***
What programs/supports are in place to help my child?
Teacher intervention before school
Parent/teacher conferences
Credit Recovery
Parent Instructional Coordinator

13. Title I Budget Review Local School Allocation Title I Wish List
Additional Personnel: $70,000
Chrome Books:
$203 each/each class set of 40 is approx $9000 w/cart- $45,000
Laptops:
$478 each/ each class set 32 is approx $29,000 w/cart- $60,000

14. Title I Budget Review District Family Engagement Allocation
The district is required to set aside 1% of the total Title I district allocation to go toward family engagement.
For the school year , the 1% will be equally distributed among all Title I Programs to partially fund a parent support person or to further promote parent engagement at the local school.

15. Family and Community Engagement
What is the District Family and Community Engagement Plan?
The Gwinnett County Public Schools Family and Community Engagement Plan describes the means by which the district commits to establishing partnerships with parents, families and community members and encourages their participation in the design, implementation, and evaluation of its Title I Program.
The plan is printed in the Title I Handbook issued to all parents of students attending Title I Schools. It is also available on the Gwinnett County Public Schools website:

16. Family and Community Engagement
What is Duluth High School’s Family and Community Engagement Plan?
The Title I Family and Community Engagement Plan describes our school’s plan for involving parents, families and other stakeholders in the education of our students.
The Duluth High School Family and Community Engagement plan describes how our school will provide opportunities for our families that will support student learning at school and at home. This plan can be accessed from our website, MyPaymentsPlus, the Parent Center and the Counseling Office.

17. Family and Community Engagement
What is a School-Family Compact?
The School-Family Compact is an agreement developed with parent input that outlines how families, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement at Duluth High School This Compact also describes how the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s challenging academic standards.
Our School-Family Compact contains elements such as strategies that our staff, families, and students can use to improve student learning. Parents may access this on our website, MyPaymentsPlus, the Parent Center and Counseling Office.

18. Family and Community Engagement
The funds allotted to family and community engagement are used for workshops, parent computers in the parent center, books, chromebook laptops, etc.

19. Family and Community Engagement
What opportunities does the school provide for family engagement?
Parents may attend workshops
Parents may volunteer in the Parent Center or PTSA
Parents participate in document review and advisory council
Parents may contact: Shenee Holloway
Parents should hear from staff within 24 hours of initial contact.

20. Professionally Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals
Right-to-Know
Parents have the right to request information about the degree and qualifications of their child’s teacher(s) and paraprofessional(s), if applicable.
[Share how this information is noted in the GCPS Student Handbook as well as the Title I Parent Handbook.]

21. Curriculum
AKS
Local school initiatives to support effective implementation of the curriculum
[Discuss in detail each of the bullets below]

22. Assessments National, state, district, and local school assessments
How these tests measure student progress
Proficiency levels students are expected to meet
Promotion and graduation requirements
[Discuss in detail each of the bullets below]

23. Intradistrict Transfers
GCPS has a permissive transfer process in place.

24. Closing And Evaluations
Thank you for coming!
Please complete an evaluation.
[Be sure parents receive an evaluation regarding information shared at this meeting. The evaluation form can be found in the Title I Handbook.]
Remember – You do not collect input at the Annual Title I Parent Meeting!