COTTONWOOD TITLE I

“Title I…provides financial assistance to states and school districts to meet the needs of educationally at-risk students.  The goal of Title I is to provide extra instructional services and activities which support students identified as failing or most at risk of failing the state’s challenging performance standards in mathematics, reading, and writing.

The Title I program will provide your student with extra educational assistance beyond the regular classroom. These services may come in the form of inclusion (within the classroom) extra services, pull-out as one-on-one, or in some form of a small group setting.

*The federal government provides funding to each state.

*The State Educational Agency sends money to its school districts.

 --The amount of money is determined by the number of low-income students attending that school.

 *Students DO NOT have to be low-income to receive Title I services.

  *A combination of three assessment forms is utilized for a notification.  These may include the following as well as other criteria: Dibels, RISE, summative and/ or formative assessments, classroom observation of student performance skills, and work. The combination of these may be as a referral from the regular educator or the Title I Coordinator.

 *A parent CAN NOT make a Title I referral.

-Smaller classes/special instructional spaces

-Additional paraprofessionals

-Extra time for teaching Title I students the skills they need.

-A variety of supplementary teaching methods.-Measurement of student progress to determine the success of each student.