Hiawatha Middle School

Annual Title I Parent Meeting

2020-2021

Marissa LeMay

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-Title I Coordinator, Interventionist, & ESOL

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-7th year in education

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-Certifications: BS Education, ESL Endorsement, MS Educational Leadership, Building Leadership License

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mlemay@usd415.org

What is Title I?

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-Title I is a program provided by the state of Kansas that provides financial assistance to local educational agencies and schools with high numbers of children from low-income families, to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.

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-At HMS, students work with highly qualified teachers to meet academic standards and work on skills specific to their needs to ensure their academic success.

Who are Title I students?

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-Title I students are any students at a Title I school that need help meeting challenging academic standards. These are students that are typically below grade level in academic performance.

What is HMS doing to ensure success of Title I students?

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• Small group instruction
• SPED services for Tier 3 students
• Individualized instruction when possible
• Interventions tailored to students’ specific needs
• Encouraging parent involvement
• Collecting & analyzing data to improve specific skills

What is the Science of Reading?

• Language comes naturally to children by listening to sounds, repeating them, and developing meaning of those sounds and words
• READING DOES NOT COME NATURALLY like language does!
• 5 components of reading
• Phonemic Awareness (listening, speaking, rhyming)
• Phonics (knowing & decoding groups of letters and their sounds)
• Fluency (steady reading)
• Vocabulary (knowledge of a lot of words)
• Comprehension (ability to understand what they are reading)

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READING COMPREHENSION = Decoding Ability x Language Comprehension

How are parents involved?

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• Notification of child’s participation in the program
• Parent/Teacher/Principal compact
• Encouragement of participation in meetings & parent/teacher conferences
• Encouragement of close contact between teacher and parents

What are my parental rights?

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• Parents have the right to ask to participate in meetings that involve decisions made for your child
• Parents have the right to a copy of the parental involvement policy

-Parental Involvement Fact Sheet

http://www.hiawathaschools.org/title-1-school

• Parents have the right to receive information in a language that can be understood by you

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My Questions for YOU!

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• How would you suggest that I communicate with you?
• How often?
• Do you have any concerns that I can help alleviate going into this school year?
• How can I further help you?

Resources

The Science of Reading

https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/how-do-kids-learn-to-read.html

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Kansas Parent Information Resource Center

https://ksdetasn.org/kpirc

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A Toolkit for Title I Parental Involvement

https://sedl.org/connections/toolkit/index.html