- Springtown Elementary School
- Overview
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Title I Part A Program
Springtown Elementary School
Quick Reference Guide
for Staff, Parents and Students
2021-22
SES: Students
Exemplifying Success
Quick Look at Title I Part A Program
Formerly called Chapter 1, began as “Head Start:
Program, provides financial support to schools.
- Purpose is for students to have a fair and equal opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and to master state academic standards (TEKS) and state assessments (STAAR and TELPAS).
- Not all SISD campuses are eligible to be Title I; free and reduced lunch count is used to determine which campuses can be a Title I campus. (SES rate is 65%.)
- Brings additional funding from the United States Department of Education to the campus.
- Funds must supplement reading, math, and other core subjects.
- SES is a Title I Schoolwide campus, which allows every student and all teachers and instructional aides to be eligible to benefit from Title I resources.
- Title I program information and supplemental academic strategies must be in the campus improvement plan.
- Parents are partners in the student’s education; School Parent Compact encourages this partnership. These are discussed during the beginning of the year parent conferences.
- There is federal and state accountability.
- There are sanctions for not making progress two years in a row, in the same content area and same sub-group.
SES Strategies to Increase Student Achievement
- Salaries for three certified interventionists (Reading/Math/ Bilingual)
- Salary for a Parent Liaison
- Amplify/mClass Supplemental Reading Program
- NWEA/ DreamBox Supplemental Math Program
- Partnership and communication with parents
- Other
What Can Teachers Do to Improve Learning at SES?
- Use highly effective teaching strategies and methods.
- Participate in reviewing student and school data, campus plan review, and campus planning.
- Stay focused on improvement.
- Actively participate in professional learning and implement those strategies to increase student learning.
- Utilize campus resources, share successful methods and strategies, benefit from more experienced staff members.
What Can Parents Do to Improve Learning at SES?
- Have students at school every day, on time, having had sufficient sleep and not leave early during the day.
- Participate in Title I and other parent meetings’
- Read, sign, and utilize SES School Parent Compact.
- Talk to student’s teachers about achievement
- Monitor and discuss work with student.
- Keep open communication between home and school.
SES: Students Exemplifying Success
Springtown Elementary School
416 E. 3rd Street
Springtown Texas 76082
817.220.2498
817.523.4094 FAX
Pearl Russell, Principal
Amberlie Thomas, Asst. Principal
Vanessa Shackelford, Counselor