Resources about Title 1

Student Transition from Middle to High School

A parent's involvement in the transition from middle school to high school makes a difference in a student's academic success. This fact sheet will give parents information on how to stay involved from middle school through high school.

Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education and tagged with family family engagement family school partnership education high school teachers Supporting Student Success Title 1 testing ESEA school readiness student performance middle school on October 13, 2011 #

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2011 Proclamation of Family Engagement Month

Governor Sam Brownback has declared October, 2011 to be Family Engagement Month. This official proclamation will download as a pdf file.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with collaboration family family engagement governor's proclamation proclamation parenting leadership parent involvement family professional partnership family school partnership Title 1 on October 11, 2011 #

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NCLB Action Brief: Parent Involvement

While parents are mentioned over 300 times in various part of the No Child Left Behind act, this Action Brief will concentrate on Section 1118, Title I of the Act. It is the only section in the Act devoted solely to parental involvement, and if implemented effectively, provides the core elements that incorporate many of the other parental involvement provisions of NCLB. As you become familiar with NCLB through the various other PEN/NCPIE Action Briefs, you will find parental involvement roles defined throughout. These are important for you to know as well, but Section 1118 provisions are the core around which all of the other parental involvement provisions revolved. This resource includes templates for Parent Involvement policies and checklists for schools and districts to ensure compliance.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with NCLB Action Brief Title 1 Parent Involvement Plan on April 12, 2011 #

Ruth Clark Elementary School-Mid Year Report, 2010-2011

The Ruth Clark SuperHero program is designed to encourage students to read and to encourage parents to take an active part in their child’s reading practice. At the beginning of the year students were given a STAR reading test to determine the reading level and zone of proximal development (ZPD). This data then determined the number of Accelerated Reading points each child should earn during the school year.

Filed under Schools and tagged with family school partnership family project partnership FPP Parent Involvement Plan Title 1 on January 25, 2011 #

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How To Help Your Child Become a Better Reader - Espanol

As a child learns to read, your role is to help young readers experience joy and begin to view reading as a pleasurable experience. You can also help children become independent readers through praise and encouragement provided while reading. It is critical that children realize success while reading. This booklet will help children become better readers through offering guidance and giving you tips on how to encourage and support a child’s reading. This is the Spanish version.

Filed under Parents Schools Espanol and tagged with family engagement family literacy Title 1 Order from KPIRC tips parent involvement phonics testing fluency on November 03, 2010 #

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Literacy Activities Packet

This packet of reading activities is courtesy of the Kansas Parent Information Resource Center. Parents can do these activities with their children to reinforce literacy skills in five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency and Comprehension.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with literature early literacy Title 1 tips Order from KPIRC writing homework literacy family reading education teachers phonics parent involvement fluency fathers development on October 13, 2010 #

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Parental Involvement Fact Sheet (Family Engagement)

What is Parental Involvement per the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)? What are Title I districts and schools required to do regarding parental involvement? What must be included in a Parental Involvement Policy? These and other questions about the responsibilities of schools are answered in this two-page fact sheet from Kansas State Department of Education.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with Title 1 Parent Involvement Plan on September 27, 2010 #

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Creating Family, School and Community Partnerships Featuring Successful Parent Involvement Practices in Kansas Schools

The following pages highlight examples of parent involvement in schools and districts across Kansas. While parent involvement is alive and well in many schools, we are sharing these exemplars of parent involvement and to inspire educators and parents in other schools to also implement practices that address the National Standards.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with exemplary practices successful parent involvement practics in kansas schools Title 1 on August 27, 2010 #

Parent involvement Policy Template

This template is designed to help schools in Kansas become compliant with their Parent Involvement Plans, required of schools that received Title I funds and found in education law under Title 1, Section 1118. In January of 2008, the Kansas State Board of Education, (KSBE), endorsed the six National Standards for Family-School Partnerships (NSFSP) to promote parent involvement in all KS districts and schools. Schools will be able to incorporate these standards into their parent involvement policy to promote parent involvement using this template. These standards include: (1) Welcoming all families into the school community, (2) Communicating effectively, (3) Supporting student success, (4) Speaking up for every child, (5) Sharing power, (6) Collaborating with community.

Filed under Schools and tagged with Parent Involvement Plan Title 1 on August 19, 2010 #

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A Parent's Guide to Supplemental Education Services (SES) Under No Child Left Behind

This brochure describes what supplemental education services are and who can receive these services.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with Title 1 supplemental education services on August 16, 2010 #

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