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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?

Parent Involvement activities.

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

Salaries for a Title I Lead Teacher and 11 additional highly qualified teachers (each has a college degree or has passed the Para Pro Exam) for intervention.

Professional Development opportunities throughout the year for staff members.

How is my child helped by Title I?

Small group time daily for reading interventions. (STAR Reading-30minutes Grades K-4, Math and Reading Station Assistants-30 minutes each daily

Learning Log Meetings--Every 3 weeks for ELA and Math for 1st-4th Grade

Star intervention groups evaluated every 6 weeks.

Title I Complaint Resolution Procedures: 2015-16Lafayette School Corporation strives to meet the needs of all families and students served through Title I. However, if we have failed to meet your expectations we want to know about it. When concerns are shared with us in writing, the procedures outlined below will govern the investigation and resolution of

these concerns.

Who may submit a complaint?Public or private school parents, teachers, and administrators as well as other concerned individuals or organizations.

What must a complaint to the Lafayette School Corporation contain?

 

All complaints must:be writtenbe signed by the individual or organization filing the complaintspecify the federal and/or state statute or regulation that has been violated describe the concern using facts related to the matterstate the nature of the corrective action desired

Where should a Title I complaint be sent?

 

Julie A. Gustafson, Ph.D.LSC Title I Program Director3101 Elmwood AvenueLafayette, IN 47904

How will a Title I complaint be handled by the Lafayette School

Corporation?

Upon receipt of a written complaint, appropriate central office and school level administrators will be notified and the concern will be investigated by the Title I Program Director and/or the Director of Elementary Education. Once the investigation has been completed, a report describing the complaint, summarizing the investigation, and recommending a resolution will be prepared and issued to all parties involved. The recommended resolution will become effective upon issuance of the report. The Title I Program Director and the Director of Elementary Education will ensure that the resolution recommendation is implemented. The period between complaint receipt by the Title I Program Director and resolution of the complaint shall not exceed sixty (60) calendar days.

Can LSC’s resolution decision be appealed?

Either party may appeal the final resolution to the Indiana Department of Education. Send appeals to:Office of Grants Management, Title IAttn: Linda CumminsIndiana Department of Education151 West Ohio StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204

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Who works with my child?

• Mrs. Carin Hollandbeck, Title 1 Lead Teacher

• Mrs. Connie Sandy, Intervention • Mr. Dennis Musial, Intervention• Mrs. Susan Durnil, Intervention• Mr. Greg Deere, Intervention• Mrs. Linda Fassnacht, Intervention• Mrs. Brittney Bushman, Intervention• Miss Martha Vega, Bilingual Assistant• Mrs. Annette DeLaCroix, Intervention• Mrs. Phyllis Landon, Intervention• Mrs. Lori Schulz, Intervention• Ms. Katerina Webb, Intervention

Assessments

Indiana Acuity Readiness Math and ELA (grades 2-4)

STAR Reading and STAR Math assessments(2-4)

MClass Math (K-1)

DibelsNext/Reading 3-D (TRC) Grades K-1

3-week Math Assessments on Indiana College and Career Readiness Standards (Grades 1-4)

3-week Language Arts Assessments on Indiana College and Career Readiness Standards (Grades1-4)

STAR (Student Academic

Resource)30 minute block for grades K-4

Special 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

ELL Student receive language acquisition support.

Miami’s Schoolwide Reading Plan (K-4)

What is it?90 minute Reading Block

Small Group InstructionLarge Group Instruction

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At Miami elementary school we encourage parents to be involved in the education of their children. As a school-wide Title I program, we have specific parent involvement requirements

that we must meet. In accordance with our philosophy of reaching out to parents as educational partners, Miami’s staff is committed to the following Title I parent involvement policy guidelines.

Title I legislation requires us to: Miami’s staff will facilitate home-school connections by: 

Convene an annual parent meeting held at multiple times convenient to parents to inform parents of their school’s participation in Title I Part A, describe the program and explain the rights of parents to be involved.

Inviting parents to a meeting in August and September to accommodate parents on multiple dates. Included topics:o explanation of the Title I program, its requirements, and the rights of parents to be involvedo discussion of ways that parents can be involved in program improvement (e.g., serving on the School Improvement 

Plan Committee, organizing/attending family-school events)o review of our parent involvement policy and school-parent success compact – parental input requestedo description of the LSC Title I Written Complaint Policy for parents 

Involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely way in the planning, review, and improvement of school programs and Allow parents the opportunity to comment on the School Improvement Plan when the school makes the plan available to the school district administration.

Inviting parents’ feedback on Title I programs during the annual Title I parent meeting and via Social Media postings. Encouraging parents to serve on the School Improvement Plan Committee while they are attending Title 1 meeting and Open 

House/Data Night. Sharing program improvement information with and gathering feedback from the Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) Reviewing comments submitted via the LSC Title I Written Complaint procedure Viewing Grade and Attendance records on PowerSchool.

Keep parents informed about Title I programs, curriculum, assessment, and expected achievement standards. If requested by parents, offer opportunities for parents to participate (as appropriate) in decisions related to their children’s education.

Using individual conferences, meetings, bi- monthly newsletters, letters home, and electronic media (e.g., website, Twitter and Facebook), to keep parents informed about Title I programs, curriculum, assessment, and expected achievement standards. 

Providing school/student profiles on assessments such as ISTEP+, MClass Home Connect Reports, DIBELS, and Acuity (quarterly or annually as applicable)  as well as classroom report cards every 9 weeks

Considering other suggestions for parent involvement upon request A K-2 Fall Data night is held in order to provide parents with baseline data so that they may follow the progress of their 

children toward achievement goals.Help parents understand state academic and assessment requirements, provide materials to help parents work with their children to improve achievement, coordinate parent involvement activities with local preschool programs, ensure that information is in a format and language understandable to parents (as practical), and respond to reasonable parent suggestions for other types of parent involvement support.

Referring parents to learning resources that help parents support their child’s learning (e.g., Indiana Partnerships Center @ www.fscp.org)

Sending additional academic materials home (e.g., homework kits, helper tools) Bi-Monthly Homework assignments are sent home in grades K-4 to help parents work with their children in the areas of 

Reading Comprehension and Math Problem-Solving. Inviting parents from local preschools to kindergarten round-up in the spring to support the transition to kindergarten Providing family-friendly written materials translated into Spanish (our school’s most common second language) and 

providing a English-Spanish translator (on request) to facilitate conferences and phone conversations Supporting parent involvement and education through the following activities: Scholastic Book Fairs, Data Nights, and the 

Miami Spring Fling. Support of the United Way’s Born Learning Academy monthly program for parents of children birth through pre-school.

Educate teachers (with parent input) about the value of parent contributions, effective communications with parents, working with parents as equal partners, implementing and coordinating parent programs, and building ties between home and school.

Engaging in ongoing study of research-based, effective home-school collaboration strategies Participating in conferences and meetings with parents

Include a School-Parent Compact Joining with parents and students in a Success Compact to support student success

Family Involvement Opportunities

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• Attend SWP Meetings throughout the year. September 22nd and December 14th.

• Miami PTO Meetings. • Family Involvement Tribe that plans events

like Movie Nights and Game Night.• Bi-weekly homework that requires parent

participation and assistance.• Recipes for Success will be sent home or

posted providing numerous monthly ideas on how to work with your child in fun and educational ways.