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"Helping Children Succeed" |
Associate Superintendent, Instructional Services 65 W. A. Jenkins Rd. Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Phone: 270-769-8808 Fax: 270-769-8907 |
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Overview of Title I Title I is a nationwide program funded by the federal government to provide extra educational assistance to underachieving students. The goal of Title I is to bring these students' skills up to grade level and to improve student achievement on the statewide assessment. The intent of the Title I Program in the Hardin County Schools is to help students master challenging curricula and learn to the same high state standards that other children are expected to meet. Schools become eligible to receive Title I services when their free and reduced lunch counts reach at least 35%. In the Hardin County Schools' Title I Program, schools operate as Schoolwide Programs. In Schoolwide Program Schools, Title I staff members may work with any child in the school experiencing academic difficulties. The goal of a school wide program school is to assist all students to achieve high test scores on the statewide assessment. All Hardin County Schools participate as Schoolwide Program Schools. The Hardin County Schools Title I Program continues to support literacy efforts in our schools. Seven elementary schools continue to implement the Literacy First Process. The participating elementary schools include Heartland, Meadow View, North Park, Radcliff, Rineyville, Vine Grove, and Woodland. Literacy First is research-based educational reform process that targets reading improvement. Students are assessed continuously throughout the Literacy First Process. The goal of the elementary Literacy First Process is to have 85-90% of students reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade. In Hardin County, Literacy First began in our elementary schools as a three-year process but continues to thrive as we enter Year 11 of implementation. Literacy First has now expanded to the secondary level in our school district. The Literacy First Process is being implemented in all high schools and Bluegrass Middle School, East Hardin Middle School and North Middle School. The secondary Literacy First Process differs somewhat from the elementary process because schools may choose two different facets of implementation. All high schools and East Hardin Middle are implementing the Content Area Reading component of the secondary process. In the Content Area Reading component, content area teachers learn literacy strategies to enhance their own instruction in the classroom. All high schools and Bluegrass Middle and North Middle are also implementing the Intensive Reading component of the secondary process. In the Intensive Reading component, specific students are targeted for intervention that are at least two years behind in reading. These students benefit from reduced class size and intensive reading intervention for at least an entire academic year. The Hardin County Schools' Title I Program is heavily involved in the Literacy First Process. Title I staff members are serving as Literacy Resource Specialists in each elementary Literacy First School. At the secondary level, Secondary Instructional Specialists work with the Literacy First Process. Both the LRS and SIS staff members serve as coaches to their teachers and provide intensive support to the process at their schools. Current staff members serving in this role include: Heartland – Heather Goodman Meadow View – Dawn Tarquinio North Park – Jo Ellen Thomas Radcliff – TBA Rineyville – Helene Harris Woodland – Lafe Tabb Bluegrass – John Wittenback East Hardin – Wateetah Phillips North Middle – Jill McDonnell Central Hardin – Rosemary Perry John Hardin – Tiffany Jones North Hardin – Traci Burke
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