Canton Local Schools

The purpose is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach their full potential. This purpose can be accomplished by:

1. Administering a variety of high-quality assessments to identify which students will need additional support.
2. Instruction from high-quality evidence-based curriculum and strategies that align with the science of reading that have been proven to advance the skills of students who may be struggling readers.
3. Creating a system of communication between classroom teacher, support staff, and parents so that all groups are working toward the same goal.
    

Giving Canton Local students the support they need, exactly when they need it, to ensure that all students grow and accomplish gains in learning.

Title I requires the school district to:

Choose assessment criteria that will identify students who may need instructional support and document the following:

• Inform parents about the selection of their child for services
• Contact with parents 
• Report the students who are receiving assistance

• Receive instruction in exactly the areas that require intervention
• Continuous monitoring of the progress your child is making, so adjustments can be made if necessary
• Title I groups are fluid - your child may move in and out of groups depending on progress

Title services may be offered in a variety of ways such as:

• The classroom teacher works with the student in small groups or individually.
• Title I staff work with students in small groups or individually.
• Title I services mostly occur during Wildcat Time - “no new teaching time”.
• Title I support may happen inside or outside the classroom.

The program serves students at Faircrest Memorial Elementary who have demonstrated that extra assistance is needed. Title I also serves students who attend private schools.

First, the federal government provides funding to each state. Then, each State Educational Agency sends money to its school districts. The amount of money each school receives is determined by the number of low-income students attending that school. Finally, Title I schools:

  • Identify the students at their school who need the most educational assistance based on the criteria that the school has chosen. Students do NOT have to be from low-income families to receive Title I services.
  • Set goals for improving the skills of educationally disadvantaged students at their school.
  • Measure student progress to determine the success of the Title I program for each student.
  • Develop programs for each individual student in order to support/supplement regular classroom instruction.

Parents, you can influence the success of your student in school more than any teacher or federal program. By becoming an active participant in the Title I parent involvement plan at your school, you will:
  • Serve as a role model, showing your student that you support his/her education.
  • Assure that you are aware of your student’s educational progress; thereby demonstrating how important that progress is to you.
  • Teach your student that your input at the school is appreciated and that you support its efforts.
  • Joining local and national school/parent organizations
  • Supporting school extra-curricular activities
  • Volunteering at the school
  • Attending parent-teacher conferences
  • Communicating with your student’s teacher regularly, by writing notes, telephoning the school, etc.
  • Keeping your student’s teacher informed about events in his or her life which may affect his/her performance at school
  • Discussing with your student’s teacher and parent organizations other ideas for parent involvement
 

Canton Local is very fortunate to receive federal funds that pay for targeted curriculum materials and for additional staff members so that Canton Local students can receive supplemental instruction in reading. These “Title I” funds allow us to service identified students in grades kindergarten through grade four. Your child has been identified as being eligible for these services. See the complete letter under downloads.