•A federally funded program based on the economic level of the schools it serves within the Bedford County School System.

•Accountable for adequate progress in the schools it serves.

•Promotes researched based instruction in language, reading, and math to ensure effective instructional strategies.

•Affords parents opportunities to participate in the education of their children at home and school.

•Provides opportunities for professional development within schools and in the Bedford County School System.

Parent Services

•Advisory Boards represent each school’s population.

•Administrators, principals, teachers, and parents serve on advisory board.

•Activities appropriate to each school are planned and paid for by Title I.

•Plato home deployment .

•Newsletters provided to assist parents in making school a positive experience.

Parents: Click here to see the latest newsletter from The Parent Institute.

Click here to see the latest newsletter from The Parent Institute in Spanish.

Click here for the latest calendar from The Parent Institute.

SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR BEDFORD COUNTY TITLE I PROGRAM IN SCHOOL WIDE AND TARGET ASSISTED SCHOOLS

School Wide Service

•East Side Primary

•75-100% Poverty

•Grades K-3

•Instruction: East Side Faculty assisted by Educational Assistants

•South Side Primary

•50-74%Poverty

•Grades K-3

• Instruction: South Side Faculty assisted by Educational Assistants

  Reading Recovery  (1)

•Deery Eakin Primary

•75-100% Poverty

•Grades K-3

•Instruction: Deery Eakin Primary Faculty assisted by Educational Assistants

  Reading Recovery  (1)

•Thomas Intermediate

•50-74%Poverty

•Grades 4-5

• Instruction: Thomas Intermediate Faculty assisted by Educational Assistants

Community Elementary

•35-49% Poverty

•Grades K-6

•Instruction: Community Elementary Faculty assisted by Educational Assistants

Targeted Assisted Service

•Cascade Elementary

•35-49% Poverty

•Grades 1-4

•Teacher 1

•Liberty Elementary

•35-49% Poverty

•Grades 1-3

•Teacher 1

•Harris Middle School

•50-74% Poverty

•Grades 6-8

•Teacher 1

District-wide Professional Development

Dr. Marcia Tate, Consultant  www.developingmindsinc.com

A Framework for Understanding Poverty  www.ahaprocess.com

School Based Professional Development

•Consultants and Trainers as school need requires

Migrant Education Services

Summer Program Only

•Serves as liaison between home, school, and community.

•Translates system correspondence, and forms to Spanish language.

•Distributes information and makes referrals to the health clinic and other agencies as needed.

•Assists school programs to help reduce educational gaps as a result of frequent relocation of the family.

•Recruits eligible migrant children and fills out certificate of eligibility for each.

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Requirements For No Child Left Behind

In order to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind [Section 1111(h) (6)] concerning parents’ right to know, you are formally being notified that as a parent of a child attending a Title 1 school you may  request information regarding your child’s teacher, including, at a minimum: (1) whether the teacher has met the State requirements for licensure and certification for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction; (2) whether the teacher under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; (3) the college major and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree; and (4) whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals, and if so, their qualifications.

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Release of Student Information to Military and College Recruiters

Recognizing the challenges faced by military recruiters, the No Child Left Behind Law [Title IX, Part E, Subpart 2, Section 9528] requires high schools to provide the military recruiters, upon request, access to names, addresses, and phone numbers of high school juniors and seniors.  The law also requires high schools to release information to colleges or other higher education institutions, upon request.

If parents of eligible students (18 years old) do not want to disclose this information, you must notify us in writing. 

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Victims of Violent Crime/ Right To Transfer To Another School

The No Child Left Behind Law [Title IX, Part E, Subpart 2, Section 9532] requires parents receive written notification if their child should become a victim of a violent crime at school and that he/she has the right to transfer to another school within the LEA.

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Professional Development

The professional development component of the LEA’s consolidated plan [Title I, Part A, Subpart1, Section 1119]: addresses how all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within the State are highly qualified no later than the 2005-2006 school year.  All Paraprofessionals working in a program supported with funds under this part shall have met a rigorous standard of quality and have demonstrated that by attaining a passing grade on a formal State assessment test.

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Target Assisted Schools Eligibility For Schoolwide Status

In order to meet requirements of the No Child Left Behind Law, parents of students enrolled in eligible Title 1 targeted assisted schools should be informed of the school’s eligibility for schoolwide status.  As of school year 2007-2008 the target assisted schools eligible for schoolwide status are:  Harris Middle School, Liberty School, and Cascade Elementary.

Return to the Bedford County Department of Education.