What is Title I?
Title
I came into being as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(better known as NCNB - No Child Left Behind in recent years) as a way
to help students who were not eligible for school support from other
programs. Funding for a school is based on the number of students
receiving free or reduced lunch, but the services are available to all
students. You can find more information at: http://
www.ed.gov.
What Does Being a Title I School Mean to Weaverville Elementary?
Achieving
Title I status at Weaverville Elementar has brought changes both in and
out of the classroom. If you visit the school during the day, these are
some of the differences you might notice:
- Each
student spends 30 minutes every day reading at his or her reading level
with a trained adult. If you should come to the school during your
child's Leaders Achieve Time, you would notice students reading in three
or four small groups in each classroom. Each group is led by a
trained/qualified adult. Students are tested to find their instructional
reading level (the level that they read making only a few errors). The
focus of the small group lessons is designed specifically in response to
teacher observations and are intended to move your child forward as a
reader.
- Staff members are exposed to more professional development and more instructional materials.
- As a school we have increased our leveled book library for the school and created a leveled library for the Title I Staff.