Our Title I Program

1. Our Title I Program Quakertown Community School District Neidig Elementary School 2018-2019

2. What is Title I? • Part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • Largest federal assistance program for our nation’s schools • A program to help every child get a high-quality education • A program for students who are in need of literacy support

3. How Does it Work? • Federal government provides funding to states • States must submit a plan in order to receive funds • State educational agency sends the money to school districts based on the number of families below a set income level • School districts identify eligible schools and distribute Title I funds

4. How Are Eligible Schools Determined? • Free and reduced lunch count is used to determine the low income percentage of a building • The percentage must be higher than the district’s total low income percentage to qualify as a Title I school • Funds are provided to the school based on the number of low income students multiplied by a per pupil allocation • Once a school is determined a Title I school, the low income information is put aside when determining what children will be in the program

5. How Did My Child Qualify for Reading Support? • All students in grades K-5 are assessed along with grades 6 and 7 at the middle school. • Students who perform below the expected performance levels on assessments grades K-4 qualify for Title 1 support at Neidig. • Reading Specialists and classroom teachers also discuss your child’s current progress in the classroom.

6. What assessments are used? Primary Grades * DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) • Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency * Guided Reading Levels (reading accuracy & comprehension) * Other untimed beginning-of-year assessments (ie. phonics, spelling/writing, etc.) Intermediate Grades * DIBELS • Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension * NWEA MAP Testing • Measures reading growth over time

7. Neidig’s 2018 PSSA Achievement • English Language Arts – 74% Advanced / Proficient • Mathematics – 59%Advanced / Proficient • Science – 84%Advanced / Proficient

8. What Does This Mean For My Child? Core Curriculum • ReadyGEN (K-2) • Wit & Wisdom (3-5) Additional literacy support • Individual (RAP/Tutorial) • Small group pull-out • Support within the classroom

9. Types of Interventions • My Sidewalks • LLI • RAP/Tutorial • Project Read • RAVE-O • Sonday • Power Reading (with or without phonics) • Rewards • Various In-classroom Supports

10. Intervention Goals • Develop lifelong readers • Develop strategic readers • Read with comprehension • Read with fluency

11. My Sidewalks • Small Group • Early readers • Systematic phonics intervention • Focus on sound/symbol relationships • Phonemic awareness (first sound, blending) • Letters to words to connected text • Writing

12. LLI (Leveled Literacy Intervention) • Small Group • High interest texts, range of levels • Phonics instruction integrated • Writing in response to reading • Meant for readers who are nearing grade level proficiency

13. Reading Acceleration Program (RAP) • What • Intense one-on-one direct reading instruction • Who • Geared toward those students who are more dependent • Goal • For students to gain control of the 3 systems that work together for independent reader

14. Project Read • Small group • Direct concept teaching • Systematic phonics instruction • Letters to words to connected text • Multi-sensory processing • VAKT: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile • Incorporates higher level thinking skills

15. RAVE-O • Small group • Focus on the “power” of words • Comprehensive reading approach • Phonics, Spelling Patterns, Parts of Speech (grammar), Morphology (affixes, suffixes & roots), Vocabulary (multiple meaning words) • Fluency– building accuracy and automaticity through repeated readings • Comprehension

16. Sonday • Small group • Systematic Phonics Instruction (3rd & 4th) • Letters to words to connected text • Building fluency through automaticity • Writing (word and sentence)

17. Power Reading Fluency – Power Reading • Focus on the elements of fluency • Accuracy, rate, phrasing, expression, use of punctuation • Repeated reading of familiar text • Assisted reading (listening to a fluent reader on tape) • Comprehension checks Optional Phonics Integration • Systematic review of phonics patterns needed to reach accuracy with automaticity

18. Rewards Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies • Decoding strategies for intermediate students • How to approach and solve longer words • Complex vowel patterns/syllables (ie. –tion) • Expand vocabulary • Spelling • Building fluency through practice to improve comprehension

19. In-classroom Support Core Curriculum Support (some examples) • Scaffolding to access grade-level text • Vocabulary strategies • Comprehension strategies • Providing structure and support to complete written responses Independent Reading Support • Assisting with book choice (interest + level) • Conferencing (promoting self-reflection and a release to independence) • Goal-setting to target and improve reading weaknesses Other (based on individual student needs)

20. PARENT Involvement… we need you! • Review and Revise Home-School Compact • Review and Revise School Parent and Family Involvement Policy • Parent Advisory Committees (Individual Schools & District Level) • Parent Literacy Events • Workshop… coming soon! • PAL Reading Events (Bookfair: Dec 7th, 6:30-8pm) • Conferences • At-home Reading • Varies as per intervention You are your child’s most important cheerleader!!

21. Contact Us • Email • vbreiner@qcsd.org • kwainwright@qcsd.org • Reading Room Ext. 215-529-2381 • Note

22. Parent Survey • We get to hear from your children all the time! We are excited to hear from YOU. • Your parent perspective is so helpful as we learn how to help our growing readers. • Please take a few moments to respond to the survey. • If you’d like to add anything additional, feel free to write on the back.