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Title I Annual Parent Meeting

Parent and Family Engagement

2024-2025

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The Bath Central School District recognizes that parent and family engagement is vitally important to a child’s education.

The purpose of the Title I annual parent meeting is to provide information to parents of participating children about the Title I program and their right to be meaningfully involved in their child’s education.

Why are we here today?

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Students with involved families, regardless of income or background, are more likely to:

Earn high grades and test scores

Enroll in higher-level programs

Improve their behavior and attitude

Pass their classes, earn credits and be promoted

Attend school regularly

Graduate and go on to post-secondary education/careers

Parent and Family Engagement is required because it has a positive impact on student achievement.

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What is the Every Student Succeeds Act?

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a federal law to improve education for all children. The ESSA legislation establishes that:

  1. Schools will be responsible for results
  2. States will have more flexibility and authority to set accountability standards
  3. States will have more flexibility and authority to develop learning standards
  4. Schools will promote teaching methods that work

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States will have significantly more flexibility in terms of learning standards, accountability, and educator evaluation systems.

More federal funding will be distributed through block grants.

Most provisions of ESSA took effect in the 2017-18 school year.

New York State must develop an accountability plan that establishes a system for annual measurement of all students and subgroups, a methodology for identification of schools in need of intervention, a process for determining appropriate interventions identified through required improvement plans, and setting ambitious long-term goals for student achievement.

Parents must be informed about the professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teacher, assessments required by the State, and their child’s level of achievement and academic growth.

What are the key provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act?

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Title 1, Part A

The purpose of Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and assessments.

Schools are eligible for Title I services based on their student poverty rate. The designated Title I Targeted Assistance Schools for the 2021-22 school year are:

  1. V.E.W. Primary School
  2. Dana Lyon Middle School
  3. Haverling High School

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Targeted Assistance Schools

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Goals of Title I, Part A

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Title I schools receive federal funding to supplement the school’s existing programs. These dollars are used to:

Fund supplemental programs

Fund supplemental staff and materials

Fund programs and services that specifically support students with the greatest academic need

Title I funds are to be used to directly impact student achievement by:

Providing additional services that increase the amount and quality of instructional time

Providing enriched academic programs

Significantly elevating the quality of instruction

Affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children

Title I Schools

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Eligibility for Title I services is determined by:

  1. Performance on New York State assessments.
  2. Multiple educationally related and objective criteria.

English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities are selected and served on the same basis as other participants.

Homeless students automatically receive services, regardless of whether or not they attend a Title I school building.

Who can receive Title I services?

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What are Academic Intervention Services?

Academic Intervention Services (AIS) are services designed to help students (who score below State-designated performance standards) achieve the learning standards in ELA and Math in grades K-12 and Social Studies and Science in grades 4-12.

Parental Notification

AIS Services Include:

  1. Additional instruction that supplements the general curriculum
  2. Student support services needed to address barriers to improve academic performance

Schools must notify parents about:

  1. The type and intensity of services provided
  2. Why their child will receive AIS services
  3. Why and when services have concluded

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What is Response to Intervention?

(RTI)

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What happens at AIS?

  • Work with teacher or teaching assistant in small group setting on various skills.
  • Math – facts and math skills that are being focused on in regular classroom
  • ELA – reading literacy and comprehension skills and strategies
  • The goal is for your child to develop skills that will make them more successful in their classroom.

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What criteria is used to receive or end AIS?

  • i-Ready Diagnostic Results
  • Parent Recommendation
  • Teacher Recommendation
  • Report Card Grades

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What services are available for English Language Learners?

(ELLs)

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What is Parent and Family Engagement?

•Districts receiving Title I funds must conduct affirmative outreach to all parents and family members as part of their implementation of programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement and engagement of parents and family members.

•Districts must continue to develop jointly with, agree on with, and distribute to, parents of participating children the written school district-level Parent and Family Engagement policy that applies to all parent and family members

•Copies of the Parent and Family Engagement Policy are available today in hard copy.

•The school district-level Parent and Family Engagement Policy is also available and can be viewed on the district’s website at http://www.bathcsd.org.

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A Parent and Family Engagement Policy Tells You…

how the school will work with you and other parents to help all the students in the school meet high academic standards.

what your rights and responsibilities are as a parent

how the school will communicate with you and other parents

what learning goals students are expected to meet

how student progress is measured

how parents can participate in decisions related to the education of their children

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Parents rights and options to request and review

  • Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy
  • State Assessments
  • School Report Cards
  • Teacher Qualifications
  • Academic Intervention Services
  • Written Complaint Procedures

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What are School Report Cards

Your child's school and school district will get a report card every year from the New York State Education Department. You will be able to learn how well your child's school and school district did in meeting New York State's academic achievement goals.

The report cards will not only show how well all students are doing but will also show if there are achievement gaps among different subgroups of students.

District and School Report Cards are available at https://data.nysed.gov/

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At the beginning of each school year, LEAs receiving Title I funds must notify parents that the parents may request, and that the LEA will provide parents upon request and in a timely manner:

  • Information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teacher, including whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline for which he/she is certified, and whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals, and if so their qualifications;
  • Information regarding any State or LEA policy regarding student participation in any required State assessments mandated by ESSA and by the State or LEA, which shall include a policy, procedure, or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable; and
  • Information on each assessment required by the State, including assessments required to comply with accountability provisions of ESSA, and, where feasible, the assessments required districtwide by the LEA, including information on the subject, purpose, source of the requirement for the assessment and, where available, the amount of time students will spend on the assessment, the schedule and the time and format for disseminating results.

Parents Right to Know

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LEAs must provide parents with:

Information on the level of achievement and academic growth of their student on each of the State academic assessments, if applicable and available; and

Timely notice when their child has been assigned or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.

Parent Notification

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ESSA-Funded Programs Written Complaint Procedures

The Bath Central School District has developed Written Complaint Procedures that are available to parents upon request.

The district’s Complaint Policy is also available online and can be viewed on the district’s website at http://www.bathcsd.org.

The NYS Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education have similar Written Complaint Policies and Procedures.

Additional information is available online at http://www.nysed.gov/essa/new-york-state-essa-funded-programs-complaint-procedures

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If you have any questions about the information presented in these slides or how to get involved, please talk with your building principal

Information Resources for New York State Parents

https://www.engageny.org/topic/parents-and-family-resources

U.S. Department of Education’s Parent Information Website

http://www2.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml

Where can I find additional resources?

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Contact Information

Shelby Rodbourn~ srodbourn@bathcsd.org ~ 6th-8th Grade AIS Teacher

Julie Faulkner ~ jfaulkner@bathcsd.org ~

5th Grade AIS Teacher

Carrie Isaman~ cisaman@bathcsd.org ~

4th Grade AIS Teacher