Title I Information
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act is the largest federal program in K-12 education. The primary objective of Title I is to assist local education agencies in providing supplemental instructional services for students. To receive Title I funds, states and districts must establish academic standards, a system of assessments, teacher quality requirements, and continual improvement plans.
Title 1 Coordinator for GMSD: Dr. Ted Fuller ([email protected])
Primary Job Responsibilities: Help schools with Title I planning, budgeting and required federal and state paperwork.
Title 1 Contact for Riverdale Elementary: Katie Faught ([email protected])
Based on a school’s Needs Assessment and School Plan, Title I funds will provide your child with supplemental educational assistance for a well-rounded education. Title I programs generally offer:
- Academic coaches
- Professional development for school staff
- A variety of evidenced based supplementary teaching programs and methods
- Additional supplemental teaching materials and technology
- Opportunities for parental involvement
Parents can look forward to opportunities to participate in developing a School-Parent Compact, Parent and Family Engagement Policy, and input on the School Wide Plan.
RES Parent Engagement Plan 2024-2025
School Plan for Shared Student Achievement
What is Title 1?
- Federal funds that support state and local school reform to support students, improve teaching and learning for students.
What is a Parent Engagement Policy?
- It is a plan that details ways Riverdale School will support family engagement by providing activities and events for families that promote student learning at school and at home.
How is it created and revised?
- Opportunities for parents to contribute during the Annual Title 1 meeting.
- Google form on Title 1 webpage for feedback throughout the school year.
- Surveys to collect feedback regarding possible family engagement events & activities.
Where can the Family Engagement Plan Be Found?
- Title 1 page of Riverdale’s website.
Who is it for?
- All Riverdale families.
Want more information?
- Please refer to the Federal Programs link on the GMSD webpage.
- You can also attend our Annual Title One Informational Meeting Monday, August 26th @ 5:15 in room B131.
How will Riverdale ensure family involvement in an organized, timely manner during the planning, reviewing, and improvement of Title I programs?
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Annual Title Meetings
- In-Person and virtual option.
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Communication
- Riverdale Folders.
- Weekly teacher and administration emails.
- Forms in other languages when needed.
- School Website.
- Meet the Teacher/Curriculum Nights.
- Parent Surveys.
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School-Parent Compact
- PTO volunteers.
- Committee volunteers.
- Feedback through website and Google form.
- Compacts sent home with students.
- Posted on the Title 1 section of RES webpage.
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Reservation of Funds
- Determined with admin & staff committees.
- Stakeholder needs addressed by committee.
- Information provided at annual meeting.
- Information on school’s webpage.
- Meetings.
- Admin. emails, school & teacher websites, Skyward & Schoology.
- Admin. PLC meetings to discuss school goals.
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Building Capacity of School staff through training focused on:
- Increasing family engagement outside the classroom.
- Increasing content knowledge.
- Increasing pedagogy.
- Learning new digital platforms.
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Assisting parents with training focused on:
- Literacy training.
- Social emotional wellness.
- Digital platforms.
School and Parent Compact 2024-2025
Riverdale School
Germantown Municipal School District
Title I - School-Parent Compact
Dear Parent / Guardian:
We value your role in working to help your child achieve high academic standards. The following is an outline of some of the ways you and school staff can build and maintain a partnership to share the responsibility for supporting your child’s learning.
School’s Responsibility:
- Provide high-quality curriculum and learning materials to help children achieve rigorous academic standards.
- Provide a safe and supportive learning environment.
- Provide you with assistance in understanding academic achievement standards and assessments and how to monitor your child’s progress.
- Provide opportunities for ongoing communication between you and teachers through, at a minimum:
- Annual parent-teacher conferences.
- Frequent reporting regarding your child’s progress.
- Maintaining updated grades in Skyward.
- Riverdale folders (our home-school communication tool).
- Weekly emails and Schoology calendars.
- Opportunities to talk to staff and schedule parent conferences.
Parent’s Responsibility:
- Encourage your child to attend school regularly.
- Encourage your child to show positive school behavior.
- Review your child’s homework and graded assignments.
- Monitor screen time and encourage positive use of your child’s extracurricular time.
- Volunteer in your child’s school or classroom if time or schedule permits.
- Attend parent-teacher conferences and participate, when appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of your child.
Student’s Responsibility:
- Talk with my family about what I am learning at school.
- Inform parents and teachers when I need help academically, socially, or emotionally.
- Bring home my Riverdale Folder and share it with my family.
- Come to school prepared and ready to learn.
Please review this School-Parent Compact with your child. This School-Parent Compact may be discussed with you during a parent-teacher conference as it relates to your child’s school progress.
Thank you for your support and involvement in your child’s education. Please contact your child’s school principal for more information.