Title I Parent Meeting

Miami Elementary School2011-12

What is Title I?

Funding provided by the federal government for academically at-risk students.

Miami is a School Wide Title I school.

All students at Miami benefit from the Title I funding.

What is the Title I funding used for?

Professional Development opportunities throughout the year for staff members.

Parent Involvement activities.

Additional instructional materials and classroom supplies to benefit the students at Miami.

Salaries for a Title I Lead Teacher, Kindergarten PAL teacher and 10 additional highly qualified teachers (each has a college degree or has passed the Para Pro Exam) for intervention.

A student qualifies for Title I services by meeting one or more of the following criteria:

Score at the “Well Below Level” on the DIBELS Next assessment

Score at the “Below Level” level on the DIBELS assessment

Score at or “Below Average” on any other nationally accredited standardized test

Teacher recommendation

How is my child helped by Title I?

Small group time daily for reading interventions. (STAR Reading-30 to 45 min. daily Grades 1-4)

One on one time with a teacher to help improve their reading fluency and comprehension. (Highly qualified teachers)

Programs provided for assistance outside of the school day. (Kindergarten Learning Clubs and After School Programs)

Who works with my child?Meet the Miami Title I Intervention Staff!!!

Mrs. Anita Hoggard

Title I Intervention

Mrs. Carin Hollandbeck

Title I Lead Teacher

Mrs. Susan Durnil

Title I Intervention

Mrs. Connie Sandy

Title I Lead Intervention

Mr. Dennis Musial

Title I Intervention

Mr. George Doughty

Title 1 Intervention

Mrs. Edie Lawson

Title I Intervention

Ms. Kim Donoho

Title I Intervention

Mrs. Kim Littlefield

Title 1 Intervention

Mrs. Trish Garrison

Title I Intervention

Mrs. Annette DeLaCroix

Title 1 Intervention

Mrs. Joyce Walker

Kindergarten PAL Teacher

What programs are we using?

Read NaturallyRead WellReading MasterySRA Reading Scott Foresman Reading StreetsOptimize (kindergarten)

DIBELS Next Assessment Overview

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy – research based assessment

Measures fluency in phonemic awareness & reading – predicts how well students are likely to be doing in Reading Comprehension by the end of 3rd grade and beyond

1 minute timed measures

Helps teachers identify, monitor and intervene with at-risk students

What does DIBELS Next Measure at each grade level?

First Sound Fluency (FSF) Kindergarten

Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) Kindergarten & 1st Grade

Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) Mid-K to End of 1st Grade

Nonsense Word Fluency (NSF) Mid-K thru beginning of 2nd Grade

DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (DORF) Mid 1st Grade thru 4th Grade

Retell Fluency -- Mid 1st Grade thru 4th Grade

DAZE - Silent reading maze comprehension --3rd and 4th grade

There are “benchmark” goals for each measure that are

established and tracked with an aimline throughout the year

to see how students are progressing with each skill.

What labels are given to students by DIBELSNext results?

A student who is at Benchmark is at grade level.

A student who is Below Level is in need of additional strategic interventions.

A student who is Well Below Level is in need of intensive interventions.

***Teachers meet in Grade Level Collaboration meetings monthly with the Principal and Title I Lead Teacher to review each student’s aimlines and their STAR group placement and programming.

DIBELS Next Assessment Schedules

Benchmark testing of all students is done 3X a year. (Fall-Winter-Spring)

Progress Monitoring Benchmark students-monthly Strategic & Intensive students –

every two weeks.

Progress monitoring scores are placed on an aimline created between the initial fall benchmark test score and the end of the year target score. This allows teachers to see how close the student is to achieving his or her goal.

STAR (Student Academic Resource)

30-45 minute block for grades 1-4Special Education to Special Education

roomsStrategic and Intensive students go to

intervention teachers for small group instruction

Benchmark and Enrichment students are in a larger group with a classroom teacher

Kindergarten Interventions at Miami

Since there is not a STAR time block for kindergarten, they receive additional support outside of the regular school

day.

The most in need are serviced through PAL (Primary Accelerated Learning). This class meets in the afternoon after the students have attended a regular kindergarten class in the morning.

Additional kindergarten students are supported with a Learning Club that is intensive instruction 30 minutes before the regular kindergarten class.

Miami’s Schoolwide Reading Plan (K-4)

What is it?90 minute Reading Block

Literacy StationsSmall Group InstructionLarge Group Instruction

Home Connect Parent ReportsSent home 3 times a yearContain student aimlines to help parents

track the progress of their students

Additional Assessments

Indiana Acuity Math and ELA (grades 3-4)

STAR reading and STAR Math monthly assessments

MClass Math (K-2)Reading 3-D (TRC) Grades K-23-week Math ASsessments on

Indiana CORE standards (Grades 3 and 4)