Title I Plan

School Name

Silver Lakes ES (3371)

School Year

2018 - 2019

Title I Requirements

COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT of the entire school (including the needs of migrant children) with information about the academic achievement of children in relation to the state academic content standards.
Describe the process utilized to conduct the comprehensive needs assessment for this school.

Priveios year assessment data from the FSA sores, BAS scores, iready quarterly assessments iin math and reading scores as well as  internal assessments and diagnostics test were organized with graphs, tables, and charts. Information was organized to show individual teacher, grade level, and school-wide results. Individual student results were given to classroom teachers for their review. Progress is discussed and reveiwed during weekly PLC meetings, monthly Data Chats, as well as RtI meetings.

Parents are also a vital part of the process. A parent survey is sent home in the beginning of the year to gather input concerning curriculum, environment, and communication. Results from this survey are used to help write goals and objectives for the school.

Parents are invited to meet with administration, guidance, ESE or instructional coaches to discuss student achievement results and strategies for improving scores. Suggestions are discussed with staff and considered for inclusion in school-wide plans.

Instruction by HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS in all core content area classes
List instructional staff and paraprofessionals that are NOT highly qualified (instructional staff only).

All paraprofessionals and instsructional staff are highlly qualified.
 

ATTRACT HIGH-QUALITY, HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS to the school.
Describe strategies that will be used to attract high-quality, highly qualified teachers.

The district's Talent Acquisition & Operations department, as well as a district level Teacher Recruitment Committee work collaboratively to retain and recruit highly qualified, certified-in-field, educators. Silver Lakes Elementay School’s collaboration with the district is evidenced by participation in ‘Experience Broward’ Teacher Recruitment Fairs. Vacancies are filled with candidates interviewed at the recruitment fair and referred by the district's instructional staffing department. Retention of teachers is a top priority of our school. Teachers are cultivated and nurtured at Silver Lakes Elementary School to grow professionally. We retain highly qualified, certified-in-field, effective teachers in our school by utilizing the New Educator Support System (NESS Liaison), Professional Learning Communities (Reading Coach), District Trainings (District Personnel), School-Based Professional Development (Leadership Team / Team Leaders), Teacher Recognition and Incentives (Administration).

 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS - Coordination and Integration

Title I, Part A
Title I funds provide additional teachers to assist students, particularly low performing students.

Staff Development funds are used to develop a comprehensive professional training program to improve delivery of instruction through a variety of workshops designed to move teachers to mastery and improve student achievement.

Parental Involvement funds are utilized to fund monthly academic parent nights that provide parents with new skills to support student learning at home. Improving the frequency and quality of family participation and increasing family literacy are also goals of our parental involvement component. Monies are used to purchase food, supplies/materials and provide stipends for teacher presenters.

Title I, Part C- Migrant
(Migrant-Title I schools have been advised if Migrant students attend their school)

Three migrant students have been identified. Collaboration with community agencies will take place to ensure that needed services such as health and nutrition are provided. Remediation and tutoring services will be provided as needed.

Title I, Part D
Neglected and Delinquent

Students identified as neglected and/or delinquent will be connected to a school social worker who will provide support and community resources. Additionally, identified students will participate in our in house mentoring program to offer support and caring. Students will also meet the guidance counselor for individual counseling and support.

Title II
(District professional development)

Teachers participate in professional development linked to improved student achievement in the Florida State Standards.

Title III
(ESOL)

All students are being instructed by certified, ESOL endorsed teachers.  Teachers are delivering support and intervention programs to students. The ESOL coordinator serves as liaison between the school and ELL community. The Liaison ensures teaches are informed on student's needs and monitors students' progress.

Title X- Homeless
(Homeless- All Title I schools may complete with this statement)

Teachers, office staff and other staff members are responsible for helping to identify homeless students and referring them to the Homeless Education program offered by the district. The purpose of the Homeless Education Program is to identify homeless students, remove barriers to their education, including school enrollment, provide them with supplemental academic and counseling case management services as well as linkages to their school social worker while maintaining school as the students stable environment.

Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI)

SAI funds will be utilized to fund FSA Academic Camps in math and reading to assist struggling students between January and April 2019. 

Violence Prevention Programs

Silver Lakes Elementary school implements the County Student Code of Conduct and follows the District Discipline Matrix. Our school enforces the District’s Anti-Bullying Policy and has a zero tolerance for bullying and violence. Bullying prevention programs are supported through monthly initiatives (KIndness Week, Peace Week, etc. ), classroom guidance, student mentoring, lunch bunch conflict resolution and SEL curriculum infused into daily curriculum. Silver Lakes Elementary school builds a violence prevention culture through classroom instruction and group counseling in anger management, conflict resolution,kindness, gratitude,  bullying prevention, and the Broward County adopted character traits. In addition to the classroom instruction, all teachers and staff members received training on the Anti-Bully policy as well as promote specfc SEL curriculum (Zone of Regulation, Stanford Harmony).

Nutrition Programs

Nutritional programs and health education are an integral part of our school, specifically through the Physical Educational curriculum and federal initiatives of the Broward County Public Schools Food & Nutrition Department.

Housing Programs

Referrals are made to the school social worker, when parents are in need of housing or food.  Additionally, the front office staff takes note of families expressing a need and passes this information on to administration and/or the guidance counselor.

Head Start

n/a

Adult Education

n/a

Career and Technical Education

n/a

Job Training

n/a

Other

Silver Lakes Elementary facilitates a mentoring program to offer students additional support.

 

Pre-School Transition

Pre-School Transition

Silver Lakes Elementary School services three classes of Specialized PreK ESE . The teachers conduct vertical articulation meetings during the school year to ensure that the transition from the early childhood programs to kindergarten program is smooth. A Kindergarten Orientation (K Round Up) is also held prior to the beginning of the school year. This gives the incoming kindergarten students an opportunity to meet their new teacher and get acclimated to their classroom. Additionally, parents are given an overview of the kindergarten curriculum and expectations.

 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT Action Plan

Parent Involvement Goal:
Based on the analysis of the parent involvement data, identify and define an area in need of improvement.

The goal of Silver Lakes Elementary is to increase parental involvement in school events to at least 20% for the 2018-2019 school year.  All parent involvement activities will include engaging activities that offer opportunities to learn about student achievement and available resources.

 

2017 - 2018 Level of Parent Involvement:

Indicate the number of Parents and/or Guardians who participated in parent involvement activities. [i.e., Use documentation from sign in sheets]

Total Number of Parents and/or Guardians

40


2018 - 2019 Expected Level of Parent Involvement:

Indicate the number of Parents and/or Guardians who are expected to participate in parent involvement activities for this year.

Total Number of Parents and/or Guardians

80


PARENT INVOLVEMENT ACTION PLAN ACTIVITIES (Aligned to School-Level Parent Involvement Plan)

Activity

Strategies & Activities to Increase Student Achievement

Start/End Date

Evaluation Tool

Person or Position Responsible for Coordinating/Monitoring

Amount/Funding Source

Annual Parent Seminar

Parents will attend this district initiative and achieve parent literacy skills through workshop sessions attendance and collection of resource from community partners to strengthen their ability to improve learning at home.

5/30/2019 - 5/30/2019

Parent Feedback

Ronit Lewen

Title I

HIGH QUALITY AND ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PD/ELO) ACTIVITIES (Aligned to Title I, Part A School-Based Budget)

Professional Development/ELO Activities

Description
Provide detailed information to support activities such as teacher salaries, stipends, materials and supplies

Funding Source

Amount
*Entire Title I Professional Development allocation must be reflected here

iReady Professional Learning

Teacher particpants will enhance knowledge-base of academic strategies to improve student achievement

Title I

$1,500