SES Report

Title I

"Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged"

 

Title I is the largest federal aid program for our nation's schools. Title I funds are directed to qualifying schools with high levels of poverty. The goal of Title I is to assist schools in providing a quality education for every child. The Title I program is designed to serve students most at risk of not meeting the state standards. Services are offered in reading, language arts, and math.

 

Some of the more innovative programs made possible by Title I funds are: looping (wherein a single grade of children stays with a teacher for two or more years or grade levels), reduction in class size, Reading Recovery, Guided Literacy, and the expansion of Early Literacy Learning in Arkansas (ELLA). Title I funds are also used to provide additional support to the Migrant and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. Numerous professional development and parental involvement initiatives are funded through Title I. In addition, many of the Arkansas state initiatives in assessment are guided by No Child Left Behind and Title I rules and regulations on accountability.

 

Schools in school improvement receiving Title I funds must offer the currently-enrolled eligible students the option of Supplemental Education Services (SES). SES services are additional academic opportunities provided by state approved vendors. Students from low-income families who are attending Title I schools that are in their second year or more of school improvement are eligible to receive these services.  These services are designed to increase the academic achievement of the student and services will be provided outside the regular school day.

 

To learn more about services available for your student, we invite you to visit the schools' front office for enrollment forms, or contact Kim B. Goff at 870-898-4460