Navarro Independent School District

Title I Part A’s intent is to improve basic programs operated by Local Education Agencies [LEA]. This funding source provides supplemental funding for resources to assist schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families to provide a high-quality education that will enable students to meet all state 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.

Title I, Part A, is a federally funded program designed to provide opportunities for children served to acquire the knowledge and skills contained in the state's challenging content and student performance standards that all children are expected to meet. Navarro Elementary School and Navarro Intermediate School receive Title I funds to support school-wide improvement. Title Funds may be used to support the following programs.

• Title I teachers will provide supplemental group and individualized instruction to the students who exhibit the most need in the areas of reading and math based on their performance on reading and math inventories conducted at the beginning of the year. They will also collaborate with and train teachers in reading and math assessment and instructional strategies.

• Dyslexia services – These services are individualized based on student need. Referral for dyslexia assessment is made through the Student Support Committee.

• Title I teachers and instructional aides will provide supplemental group instruction to students who are struggling in math and reading. They will also collaborate with teachers on individualizing math and reading instruction and aligning the curriculum with the state TEKS objectives.

• Parent training – Parent training sessions are coordinated by the counselor and are usually provided in the evening. These may cover a variety of topics, such as student bullying and harassment, behavior management, attention deficit disorder, and providing positive support for children.

• Parent nights – Parent nights are scheduled throughout the year to promote parent involvement.

• Professional Development – The Title I teachers use these funds to attend training in reading, math, and promoting parent involvement. The funds also support the training of all teachers through district and campus-wide professional development.

• Homeless students – Title I funds are utilized district-wide to support the needs of students identified as homeless.

• Supplemental instructional supplies – Supplies for supplemental small group and individualized instruction in the classroom are provided by Title I, as an enhancement of the assessment process to identify student needs.

• Parent involvement – A variety of parent involvement activities are supported through Title I, including the parent volunteer program, grade level parent meetings, and Parent Advisory Committee meetings.

• Private - Non-Profit - Title funds may be utilized for the purposes of supporting Private-Non-Profit schools who service students who qualify for Title I services within the district boundaries or students who live within the boundaries and are served by Private-Non-Profit schools outside of the district boundary when no Private-Non-Profit schools operate within the district boundary.

Title II Part A funding is used for teacher and principal training and recruiting. This supplemental funding targets improving student achievement by evaluating teacher and principal quality through recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies. The program uses scientifically based professional development interventions and holds districts accountable for improvements in student academic performance.

Title II, Part A Principal and Teacher Training is a federally funded program providing financial assistance to school districts in order to ensure that teachers and administrators have access to intensive and sustained high quality professional development that will have a positive and lasting impact, to ensure a highly qualified and appropriately certified professional staff, and/or to reduce class size. Navarro ISD will use these funds to provide high quality professional development for administrators and teachers, and to assist teachers with certification issues.

Title III Part A provides supplemental resources to help ensure that children who are limited English proficient attain English proficiency at high levels in core academic subjects to meet state mandated achievement performance standards.

Title IV Part A provides students with a well-rounded education including programs such as college and career counseling, STEM, arts, civics and International Baccalaureate/Advanced Placement. Title IV also supports safe and healthy students with comprehensive school mental health, drug and violence prevention, training on trauma-informed practices, and health and physical education. In addition, this funding source assists districts in supporting the effective use of technology that is backed by professional development, blended learning and education tech devices.

The purpose of the State Compensatory Education (SCE) program is to supplement the regular education program with compensatory, intensive, and/or accelerated instruction. The program requires Texas public school districts and charter schools to offer additional accelerated instruction to each student who meets one or more statutory or locally-defined eligibility criteria. This is done in effort to reduce any disparity in performance on assessment instruments, or disparity in the rates of high school completion between students at risk of dropping out of school and all other LEA students.