- Water Valley Independent School District
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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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Title I, Part A - Improving Basic Programs
Program Description
Title I, Part A - Improving Basic Program provides supplemental funding for resources to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families provide a high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the state's student performance standards. Title I, Part A supports schools in implementing either a school-wide program or a targeted assistance program. These programs must use effective methods and instructional strategies that are grounded in scientifically based research.
Components of a Title I School-wide Program
· Comprehensive Needs Assessment
· School-wide reform strategies to improve academic achievement for all students
· Instruction by highly qualified teachers
· High-quality and ongoing professional development
· Strategies to attract high-quality, highly qualified teachers to high-need schools
· Strategies to increase parental involvement
· Plans for assisting preschool children in the transition to local elementary school programs
· Involve teachers in the decision making process regarding the use of academic assessments to improve, the achievement of individual students and the overall instructional program
· Activities to ensure that students who experience difficulty mastering the proficient or advanced levels of academic achievement standards shall be provided with effective, timely additional assistance
· Coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs, including violence prevention, nutrition, housing, Head Start, adult education, vocational and technical education, and job training