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New Bedford Public Schools

Title I Project Lift

Title I Project Lift

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.

    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.
    • Teaching and Learning Specialists (TLS) support our teachers and students in level 3 and 4 schools to increase academic performance.
       

    • 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.
    • Professional Development (PD) for literacy and instructional practices.
    • Embedded PD, professional learning communities for reading instruction associated with our oonline reading programs.
    • Suport in professional development for school-to-home teacher visits.

    • 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.

    • 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.