Title 1 programs ATS Parent Information Night Thursday

Title 1 programs @ ATS Parent Information Night Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018

Title 1 programs @ ATS Welcome! Introductions: Kristin Schell, CSA Melissa Strawderman, SOAR Language Arts Karen Murphy, SOAR Math

Students have a jagged learning profile…….

Title 1 programs @ ATS Agenda: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Title 1 Overview ATS Title 1 Criteria Elementary Program - Language Arts Elementary Program - Math Middle School Programs Parent Partners

1) Title 1 Overview ● Title 1 is a federal aid program that funds school programs that ensure all students meet the challenging state academic standards. ● ATS is a targeted assistance school which means the programs are only for a select group of students who are identified as either not meeting or are at risk of not meeting NJSLS in math and language arts. ● Title 1 students are the only students who can participate in Title 1 funded programs and activities.

1) Title 1 OVerview ● Title 1 programs provide targeted assistance to students so that they have fair, equal, and significant opportunities to meet the State’s standards in math and language arts. ● ATS has capacity in the 8 period schedule to provide elementary students with daily ‘“Tiger Time” for supplemental instruction in math and/or language arts during the school day. ● Title 1 staff includes teachers at the elementary level and aides at the middle school level.

2) ATS Title 1 Criteria Language Arts ● ● PARCC score (Grades 4 -8) Dibels scores (Grades 1 -3) Fountas & Pinnell reading level MAP score Math ● PARCC score (Grades 4 -8) ● MAP score ● Mc. Graw Hill Intervention Assessment

3) Elementary Program - Language Arts SOAR (Supportive Opportunities for Academic Resources) ● During school: Daily pull-out for small group instruction for 12 weeks using F&P’s Leveled Literacy Intervention materials ● After school: Roaring Readers ● Development of a Parent Teacher Alliance - possible “make and take” activity nights, informational meetings, Family book clubs

4) Elementary Program - Math SOAR (Supportive Opportunities for Academic Resources) ● During school: Daily push-in for small group instruction using Mc. Graw Hill’s Number Worlds ● Students will be placed in a level in Number Worlds that is based on their individual learning level ● Number Worlds has weekly lessons, checklists, and assessments to measure progress

5) Middle School Programs SOAR (Supportive Opportunities for Academic Resources) ● During school: Daily in-class support for one of the two class periods provided by aides ● Mrs. Rishel - 6 th and 8 th Grade Math ● Mrs. Katz - 6 th and 7 th Grade Math ● Mr. Kaufmann - 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th Grade Language Arts ● After school: Homework Clinic

6) Parent partners ● Information pertaining to Title 1 can be accessed on our Website under ‘Title 1’ ● Your rights, the law, and other regulations pertaining to Title 1 ● HQT Letter ● School-Parent Compact ● Parent Advisory Committee

Title 1 programs @ ATS Thank you For Coming! Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018