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December 6,2022

Planning &

SIC Meeting

Title l

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Today’s Agenda

Welcome & Introductions

What Is Title l?

Current Plan &

Plan Changes & Updates

School Data

Ideas & Input for the 23-24 Plan

Next Steps

Adjournment

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What is Title l?

Title l, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), provides financial assistance to states and school districts to meet the needs of students.

The goal of Title l is to provide extra instructional resources and activities to help students demonstrate proficiency of the state’s challenging performance standards.

Title l funding ensures fair, equal, significant opportunity for high-quality education for all children.

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What is Title l?

In other words, Title I is supplemental funding that is strategically planned and used to-

improve student achievement
engage and involve families in the education of their child

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What do schools do with the Title l funding received?

RS 1- Opportunities to Meet State Proficiency

Budget: $353,852

Reduced Class Size Teachers

1st Grade Teacher
3rd Grade Teacher
4th Grade Teacher
5th Grade Teacher

RS 2- Strengthen core program, increase learning time, or serve underserved populations

Budget: $11,030

Communities in Schools
Summer School Teacher and Aide for rising K5

students

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What do schools do with the Title l funding received?

RS 3 – Address Needs of At-Risk Students

Budget $227,150

Copier Costs
Instructional Supplies
Technology Supplies-new Ipads, Ipad cases, poster printer supplies, etc
Instructional Technology (Examples include IXL, Raz Kids, Reflex, SeeSaw for Schools, Reading Horizons, Fraz, Nearpod, Brainpop, etc)
Intervention Aide
Cross Curriculum Educational Simulations with Making History, Challenge Island, and Academic Entertainment

RS 4- Instruction by Highly Qualified Teachers

Budget: $0

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What do schools do with the Title l funding received?

RS 5 – Professional Development

Budget: $168,453

1 Additional Instructional Coach (Grades 3-5)
Professional Development for Teachers (Includes Substitutes)
Teacher Planning Days

RS 6- Attract High Quality Teachers

Budget: $0

District Recruitment Fair

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What do schools do with the Title I funding received?

RS 7 – Increase Parent Involvement

Budget: $48,960

District Set Aside: $12,699

Employ 0.5 Parent & Family Engagement Coordinator
Interpreting Services for Parent Events & Newsletters
Parent Communication folders and Agendas
Parent Events: Spookley, STEM Night, ETC
Parenting Supplies- Parent Resource Room
Printing & Copying- Compacts & Engagement Policies

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What do schools do with the Title I funding received?

RS 8- Preschool Transition to Elementary School

Budget: $2,990

Kindergarten Orientation for Rising 5K Students
Provide literacy resources
Days for Teachers to screening rising K5 students

RS 9- Include Teachers in Decisions for Assessment

Budget: $0

Assessments
Reviewing Data
Developing strategic plans

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What do schools do with the Title I funding received?

RS 10- Additional Assistance for At-Risk Students

Budget: $0

On-Track

RS 11- Coordination of Programs

Budget: $0

Partner with Community Agencies

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Plan Changes & Updates

Additional Professional Development for Teachers
Additional Professional Development for Teachers
Purchasing new Translating devices
New laptops for both computer lab classes
Headphones and chargers for student computers
An additional Intervention teacher to serve grades K-5

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Parent & Family Engagement

December 15th @ 9:00	1st Grade Gingerbread Literacy Event
February 14th @ 7:30	Pastries with Parents
March 9th @ 5:00-6:30	Literacy Night
April 27th @ 5:00-7:00	Fang’s Spring Fling
May 11th @ 5:00-6:00	K5 Orientation

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SIC/Title I Planning Meetings

January 11th @ 9:00	SIC/Title I Planning Meeting- Teacher and Parent survey results
February 7th @ 5:00	SIC/Title I Planning Meeting-Draft Title I Plan 23-24
March 10th @ 9:00	SIC Meeting-Support Programs for Students
April 4th @ 9:00	SIC Meeting-Child Abuse

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Literacy Event, K5

Story- Spookley the Pumpkin
Pumpkin Carving
Book to go home QR code to listen to the story together in English and Spanish, Spookley ordering activity to do together
Reading tips for parents at home
Feedback on the event

Great Event
Parents and families had a great time
Police officers joining was a great addition to the event
Carving was so much fun

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Turkey Trotting STEM Night

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Families were able to come into their student’s classroom and complete a STEM activity
Each family received the book How to Catch a Turkey and an at home activity
Families received a pizza dinner once they complete the STEM activity.
We had 132 families attend the event.
Feedback

Great Event
Families loved the STEM activities
Fun and engaging for families
Get family engagement event
Loved having our Welcome Wolf Families back in the building.

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Let the Planning Begin!

In order for us to be able to make informed decisions about the needs of our students, we must understand what our needs are.

Things to Consider…

Parent Feedback
Teacher Feedback
Student Performance Data
Research
Needs vs. Wants

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School Demographics

34 Classrooms-639 students

Welcome is a Community Eligibility School. We are categorize at 100% poverty. Everyone receives free breakfast and lunch.

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
African American	39%	37%	33%	34%	33%	30%	30%
Caucasian	19%	18%	19%	16%	13%	13%	12%
Hispanic	35%	37%	41%	44%	46%	49%	52%
Other	6%	8%	7%	6%	8%	8%	6%

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K5 FastBridge BOY

101 Students

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1st Grade FastBridge BOY

108 students

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2nd Grade FastBridge BOY

121 Students

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2022 Math Data Grades 3-5

During the 2022-2023 school year, the percentage of students (grades 3-5) Meeting/Exceeding Expectations on SC Ready Math will increase from 38% in spring 2022 to 43% in spring 2023.

Grade	2019 Meets/Exceeds Expectations	2021 Meets/Exceeds Expectations	2022 Meets/Exceeds Expectations
3^rd	52%	44%	29%
4^th	41%	40%	44%
5^th	41%	39%	40%
School	45%	41%	38%
District	58.6%	52.2%	59%

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2021 ELA Data Grades 3-5

During the 2022- 2023 school year, the percentage of students (grades 3-5) Meeting/Exceeding Expectations on SC READY ELA will increase from 38% in spring 2022 to 43% in spring 2023.

Grade	2019 Meets/Exceeds Expectations	2021 Meets/Exceeds Expectations	2022 Meets/Exceeds Expectations
3^rd	52%	44%	29%
4^th	41%	40%	44%
5^th	41%	39%	40%
School	45%	41%	38%
District	58.6%	52.2%	59%

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Benchmark 1 ELA

Grade	2021 B1 (BOY)	B1 (BOY)	School Goal	ELA scores if we move the 2 and 2+
2	20.4%	22.1%	43%	30.4%
3	27.9%	32.3%	43%	45.4%
4	35.6%	32.2%	43%	51.7%
5	42%	38%	43%	58.4%
3-5	35%	34.2%	43%	51.8%

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Benchmark 1 Math

Grade	2021 B1 (BOY)	B1 (BOY)	B1 district avg	School Goal	Math scores if we move the 2 and 2+
2	35.5%	27%	37.7%	43%	52.3%
3	54%	29.6%	55.6%	43%	53.9%
4	25.8%	32.2%	52.5%	43%	44.4%
5	38.2%	25%	46.8%	43%	47.8%
3-5	39.3%	28.9%	51.6%	43%	49.3%

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Let’s Hear From You!

What are some things to consider as we begin to plan for next year?

What ideas or feedback would you like to share with the team?

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Comments & Questions

Next Steps:

Our next meeting will be January 11th at 9:00 AM in the cafeteria
TOPIC: Teacher Survey Results & Parent Survey Results
Please take a moment to scan the QR code on the sheet you were given and fill out the survey.