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FY25 Principal Annual Title I Meeting

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September 25, 2024

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Agenda

  • Welcome & Attendance
  • Goals
  • What is Title I?
  • Meaningful Consultation with Parents
  • Our CIWP
  • Title I Allocation & its uses in our school
  • PAC Organizational Meeting
  • FACE Resources for you
  • Parent Survey

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Goals

  • Welcome back our Parents
  • Inform you about academic priorities as they relate to parent engagement
  • Inform you of Title I allocations
  • Receive your feedback about the use of parent engagement funds
  • Inform you of resources available

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What is Title I?

  • The largest and oldest federal allocation (1965)
  • Last time it was updated was 2017.This version is known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
  • Title I funds are targeted to support student academic performance – even the parent portion!
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Did you know that CPS has a Parent & Family Engagement Policy?

  • Check it out!
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  • (Board Report # 18-0926-PO1)

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Meaningful Consultation means…

  • …creating opportunities for parents to share their needs and their ideas about how to spend parent engagement funds.

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  • …transparency of information (Annual principal meeting, regular parent engagement budget reports)

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...respectful and timely response to parent concerns

The law says we need meaningful consultation

with parents!

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Mount Vernon will consult with our parents by…

  • Consulting with the PAC
  • OTHER METHODS….
    • Email
    • Class Dojo
    • School website - mtvernon.cps.edu
    • Flyers
    • Robocalls

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The school administrator who will be the PAC’s point of contact will be…

School Support

  • Assistant Principal Lipsett
  • ALLipsett@cps.edu
  • 773.535.29799

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The school will hold parent-teacher conferences

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The school will provide parents with frequent reports on their children's progress.

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The school will provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their children's classes.

$ 1014.00

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Parents will support their children's learning.

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Parents will participate in decisions relating to the education of their children.

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Parents will participate in extended day activities design for parents and students.

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Our community-facing CIWP is forthcoming!

SCHOOL’s

Parent Engagement Budget

What school needs from parents

SCHOOL’s

Parent and Family Engagement Commitment

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School’s Title I Allocation

Title I FY25 Parent Engagement Allocation

$1014.00

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How should we use

our funds?

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Remember…

  • Funds are meant to provide you with skills to better support your student

  • Funds should be spent in THIS school year

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  • We have to spend the funds timely (spread out over the year)

ISBE RECOMMENDS 10% PER MONTH

ISBE: Illinois State Board of Education

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How do we choose?

  • Be guided by the most urgent academic needs.

Example 1: Students are not showing up organized

Example 2: Reading scores are not at expected level for grades X & X

  • Think…
    • Supporting our meetings

(office supplies, refreshments, binders)

    • Supporting our space

(equipment, furniture, locking cabinets)

    • Supporting our knowledge

(workshops, teacher & staff buckets, materials, books)

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Spending Filters

  1. Reasonable & Necessary

  • For Parents (not staff, not students)

  • Direct connection to the classroom

  • Prioritize parents whose children are failing or at risk of failing

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What is allowed? What isn’t?

ALLOWED

  • Materials to send home (For parents, not students)
  • Buckets (budget lines) for teachers or staff to train parents (not students)
  • Virtual or in-person workshops Workshops
  • Conferences (equitable use)
  • Refreshments for meetings
  • Parent Room Furniture
  • Equipment (projectors, copiers, chairs)

NOT ALLOWED

  • Gift Cards
  • Incentives
  • Stipends
  • Raffle Items
  • Branded Merchandise (tshirts, tablecloths, pens, etc.)
  • Software
  • Memberships
  • Field Trips

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Principal

PAC

  • Transparency about the Title I budget & its use
  • Provides updated monthly budget reports
  • Collaborates with PAC to identify parent needs, especially as it relates to expenditures)
  • Provide general academic priorities that will guide parent skills building needs
  • Support PAC
  • Use funds equitably

Title I Roles & Responsibilities

  • Provide feedback to principal on the use of funds
  • Assist in increasing parent engagement
  • Serve as a bridge between the principal & the general parent population
  • Run monthly meetings (principal approval of agenda and dates is required).
  • Support of principal
  • Use funds equitably

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September 25, 2024

3:30 - 4:00 pm

Our PAC Organizational meeting will take place:

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For future

PAC meetings, the school will…

  • We will post meeting dates on our website and in our 1st floor PAC board.

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  • We will notify you of meetings on our website, on Class Dojo, and sent via flyer. Officers will also be reminded via calendar invite and a phone call.

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Parent Survey�Please take 5 minutes to complete the parent survey online.

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FACE Office Supports

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Have PAC questions?

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Need help with spending?

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CONTACT THE

TITLE I OFFICE

titleone@cps.edu

  • PAC Orientation Training
      • Register for PAC Training
  • 13 Parent Universities
      • PU Sites
  • Your FACE Specialist
      • FACE Specialist Directory
  • Monthly Collaborative Meetings
      • Attend regularly to get network and district updates! Ask your FACE Specialist to add you to their mailing list!

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Title I Leadership Seminars

(Each seminar topic is 6 hours – 2 hr/week for 3 weeks)

RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

  • Conflict Resolution (OCT)
  • Race Relations (DEC)
  • Increasing Engagement (FEB)
  • Storytelling to Create Community (APR)

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https://tinyurl.com/PACseminars

New!

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QUESTIONS?