Sayreville Public Schools

ASI Title 1 Parents

Webpage for Parents of Students in Academic Support Instruction (ASI) Classes

NOTE: Translations for any information on this webpage are available by contacting your child’s principal.

This page is provided as a Title I NCLB requirement for the parents of students who receive services through NCLB Title I funding.  In the Sayreville School District, these are the parents of ASI students in Arleth, Eisenhower, Truman, Wilson, and the Samsel Upper Elementary Schools.

A.        The following is the Title I Parent Involvement Policy

with the attached  NCLB Title I Parent, Teacher and Student Compact for 2010-2011.

The Title I Parent Involvement Policy and the NCLB Title I Parent, Teacher and Student Compact were developed in collaboration with parents of Title I students and approved annually by the Board of Education.  It is distributed to parents with the student identification letters and discussed at the annual Title I Parent Meeting held on Back-to-School Night each September. Translations of all forms and letters are made available through the principals in each Title I school. (NCLB Requirement #1, 2, 3)

Sayreville Public Schools

Title I Parent Involvement District Policy

2010-2011

I.   Opportunities for Title I parent involvement will include the following:

 A.           Parents of students eligible for Title I services will receive a letter and/or telephone         

                call prior to entrance into their school's program which includes the reasons for

                their child's inclusion in the program.  At an annual Back-to-School Night held at

                each school in September, parents will be provided with information regarding the

                instructional objectives and methods, as well as an opportunity to provide input

                into planning future Title I projects.

 B.           Academic Support Instruction (ASI) teachers will provide quarterly progress

                reports for the parents of students in ASI classes in Targeted Assistance Areas or  

                grades 1-5.  Parent conferences will be scheduled twice each year with both

                afternoon and evening sessions.  During these conferences, samples of student

                work will be available for inspection and teachers will offer specific ways in which

                parents may help their children achieve course proficiencies.

 C.           At least once a year, the parents of Title I students will be afforded the opportunity

                to meet with school personnel for the purposes of planning, consultation and

                evaluation to insure parental input with regard to opportunities for involvement

                throughout the year.  This meeting will be open to all parents who wish to attend

                and will be held on Back-to-School Night.

 D.           Provisions will be made, as far as practicable, for the translation of notices and

                progress reports when the need arises.

 E.           A copy of this policy will be reviewed and disseminated annually, as well as the list

                of responsibilities for teachers, parents and students.

 F.           The annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the Title I program will be included in

                the October public meeting of the Board of Education.  Following the presentation,

                opportunities for parent and public input will be provided.

 G.          Parents will be invited and encouraged to participate in a wide variety of activities

which they can attend with and without their children such as annual Family Literacy and Family Math programs, and numerous other programs found on the monthly district calendar.

 H.           Copies of this policy will be distributed to all parents of students receiving Title I

                services.

II.   Maintenance of Effort

To be in compliance with the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Section 1120A(a) the Sayreville Board of Education will maintain a combined fiscal effort per student, or aggregate expenditures, of state and local funds with respect to the provision of the free public education in the Local Education Agency (LEA) for the preceding fiscal year that is not less than 90 percent of the combined fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate expenditures, for the second preceding fiscal year.

III.   Comparability (with multiple schools)

To be in compliance with the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Section 1120A(c), the Sayreville Board of Education directs the Superintendent to assign teachers, administrators, and auxiliary personnel to the schools in such a way that the equivalence of personnel is ensured among schools.

IV.   Comparability of Materials and Supplies

To be in compliance with the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Section 1120A(c), the Sayreville Board of Education directs the Superintendent to distribute curriculum materials and instructional supplies to the schools in such a way that the equivalence of such material is ensured among schools.

V.   Title I Parent, Teacher Compact

Each year parents, teachers and students will sign an agreement to support the improvement of math and language arts skills of Academic Support Instruction (ASI) students.  The following is a copy of that agreement for 2010-2011:

NCLB TITLE I PARENT, TEACHER, STUDENT COMPACT FOR 2010-2011

B.   Each year parents of Title I ASI students must be notified at the beginning of the school year of their right to know the qualifications of their child’s teachers and paraprofessionals.  The following is a copy of the letter you received from Dr. Alfano, Superintendent of Schools, as part of your September sign-off paperwork. (NCLB Requirement #4)

NCLB Letter from Dr. Frank Alfano

C.   Parents of limited English proficient students will be notified upon entrance or no later than 30 days after the start of the school year, if their child is being placed in the English Language Learners (ELL) Program.  Parents of eligible students will receive a completed letter identifying their child’s scores and the criteria necessary to exit the ELL program.  A copy of this year’s letter follows below.  All letters are available from the building principals in translated versions. (NCLB Requirement #5)

NOTIFICATION OF PLACEMENT IN THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ PROGRAM

D.   For the current school year, no school in the Sayreville School district has been designated by the New Jersey Department of Education as a school:

1) In Need of Improvement,

2) Required to offer Intradistrict Choice or

3) Required to offer Supplementary Educational Services. 

Should a school’s status change, parents will be notified in writing, with translated versions available.  A copy of any such notification will also be placed on this website.  (NCLB Requirement #6, 7, 8)