How does Title I operate in New Bedford Public Schools?
Title I is Federally funded to the State. Funds for Title I are secured by writing a complex grant to the State.
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Preschool
- Five
teachers provide service for a maximum of 200 four year old children in
half day sessions in Title I classrooms at Gomes, Brooks, and Pacheco
Schools.
- Children must reside in New Bedford and be age four by the start of the school yer.
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Bus transportation is available in designated areas of the city.
- The Program addresses the development of readiness school skills, social, emotional and physical skills.
- A preschool facilitator coordinates the program at the schools.
- Visit the Preschool Page to learn more about the program.
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Elementary
- Title I assistance is provided in all elementary schools.
- All schools are Title I Schoolwide projects at this time
- Teachers are funded by Title I to reduce class size.
- Technology, reading, and ongoing assessments of academic skills are the focus of Title I activities.
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Teaching
and Learning Specialists (TLS) support our teachers and students in
level 3 and 4 schools to increase academic performance.
- Middle School
- Teaching
and Learning Specialists support our teachers and students in all three
middle schools to increase student, academic performance.
- Online reading programs as interventions supported in the ELA and SEI classrooms with struggling readers.
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Professional Development (PD) for literacy and instructional practices.
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Embedded PD, professional learning communities for reading instruction associated with our oonline reading programs.
- Suport in professional development for school-to-home teacher visits.
- High School
- Funding, staffing and continued involvement in the College and Career Forward Family Engagement Center.
- Consultation to support our teachers and students to increase student, academic performance.
- Online reading programs as interventions in the ELA and SEI classrooms with struggling readers.
- Embedded PD, professional learning communities for reading instruction associated with our online reading programs.
- Parent Program
- Each
school develops both a parent policy statement and a parent compact
which is distributed to parents during Open House or are contained in
the school handbook.
- Title I works cooperatively with individual schools to involve parents in the educational process at the school level.
- Two Parent Support Liasons assist schools with parental involvement activities focusing on literacy development.
- The Title I Office maintains a District Parent Involvement Policy.