Title I

Philipsburg Osceola Area Elementary Schools, and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

The Philipsburg-Osceola School District’s Title I Program is committed to the belief that all children can learn and acknowledges that parents share Title I’s commitment to the educational success of their children. We recognize that a child’s education is a responsibility shared by the school and family. Parents must be involved as knowledgeable partners. We define parent involvement as an on-going process that assists parents as their child’s first educator. Parent involvement promotes clear two-way dialogue between home and school, and supports parents as decision makers concerning the education of their children. To this end a written Title I plan for Title I parent involvement has been developed.

Parent Involvement

Title I Parent Involvement

The active involvement of all parents of children in the Title I program is absolutely essential to the success of the program. To this end, the district will strive to implement the following measures:

1. Parents will be informed of the Title I Program, their child’s participation and their right to be involved.
2. A flexible number of meetings will be scheduled and if necessary, funds from the parent involvement section of the budget may be spent for such things as transportation, child care or home visits.
3. Parents will be involved in the planning, review and improvement of the program through attendance at the meetings throughout the year, individual parent conferences, workshops, etc.
4. Parents shall be provided with timely information concerning the program through literature, flyers, and letters sent home with their children.
5. Parents will be given the results of their individual child’s assessment results.
6. Parents shall be given a description of the program’s basic curriculum, forms of assessment, and performance levels which students are expected to meet.
7. Timely responses will be given to suggestions made by parents in the meetings.
8. Emphasis will be continuous on the necessity for shared parent-school responsibility for the successful performance of the children in the Title I Program.
9.  Parents are informed that each department (Reading/Math) has resources that can be borrowed or consumable resources available for parents to use to further the progress of their child.

Academic Services

Title I Academic Services

The purpose of the Philipsburg Elementary and Osceola Mills Elementary Schools’ Title I program is to provide children with educational opportunities that foster mathematics and literacy development by helping those children:

• Succeed in the regular classroom
• Attain grade level proficiency
• Improve achievement in basic and more advanced skills

Philipsburg-Osceola Elementary Schools’ Title I identifies those students in greatest need of special assistance to participate in the Title I program based on classroom teacher recommendation and assessments indicating the children's educational needs.

The student then enters a program which is developed to add to regular classroom instruction, involve parents in the education process, measure progress, and set goals for improvement. Each year the success of the program is reviewed and adjustments are made.

Title I teachers and the classroom teachers work closely together to help children succeed in regular educational programs and to meet the state standards of performance.

Contact:

Name:  Justin Fye

Phone: 814-342-2870 Ext. 5001
Fax: 814-342=7526
Email: jfye@pomounties.org