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     Title 1

    What is Title I? 

    Title I is a federally funded program designated to improve academic achievement in schools with a high percentage of students eligible for free and reduced lunches. 

    Title I, Part A campuses are either designated as targeted-assistance campuses or schoolwide campuses.  All Ennis Title I, Part A Campuses are designated as schoolwide campuses.  Schoolwide campuses are able to use Title I, Part A funds to supplement services, programs and activities that impact the entire school population.  Campus planning and training must include the Ten Schoolwide Components, listed here:

    • A comprehensive needs assessment of the entire school
    • Schoolwide reform strategies that provide opportunities for all children, particularly the needs of children of target populations
    • Instruction by highly qualified professional staff
    • High quality and ongoing professional development for teachers, principals and paraprofessionals
    • Strategies to attract high-quality highly qualified teachers to high-need schools
    • Parental involvement
    • Assisting preschool children in the transition from early childhood programs
    • Include teachers in the decisions regarding the use of assessments
    • Students who experience difficulty mastering any of the state’s standards will be provided with effective, timely additional assistance
    • Coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs

    Funds are primarily used to provide supplemental highly-qualified staff, extended learning time for students, additional materials and supplies, staff development for teachers and family involvement activities.

     

     

    Teacher Qualifications- Parent’s Right to Request
    Compliance with Public Law 114-95, Section 112(e)(1)(A)(i)-(ii) and Section 112(e)(1)(B)(ii)

    In accordance with Every Student Success Act (ESSA)/PARENT’S RIGHT-TO-KNOW, this is a notification to every parent of a student in a Title I school that you have the right to request and receive in a timely manner: a) information regarding the professional qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers and/or paraprofessionals.

    The information regarding the professional qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers/paraprofessional shall include the following:

    1. If the teacher has met state certification/qualification criteria for the grade level and subject areas taught:
    2. If the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state certification/qualification criteria are waived;
    3. The teacher is assigned in the field of discipline of the certification;
    4. Whether the student is provided services by paraprofessionals, and if so, their qualifications [ESSA 112(e)(1)(A)(i)-(ii)]

    In addition to the above information you will be notified if your child has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet the applicable state certification requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.  [ESSA 112(e)(1)(B)(ii)]