Title I
Supporting Student Success
Title I funding aims to ensure that every child, regardless of their economic background, has a fair chance at receiving a quality education and achieving proficiency in state academic standards and assessments.
All of our Title I schools provide school-wide programming. This provides your child with extra educational opportunities beyond the regular classroom.
Schools with a high number of low-income students receive extra funds to support their educational needs.
These funds have three main objectives:
- Help every child receive a high-quality education
- Strengthen parent engagement
- Provide professional development for all staff within the Title I school
Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides financial assistance to local educational agencies and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from families at a low-income level to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.
Federal funds are currently allocated through four statutory formulas that are based primarily on census poverty estimates and the cost of education within each state.
Parent/Guardian Right to Know
Title I, Part A Programs
The Title I, Part A Program expands the basic educational programs schools and districts offer with services and interventions that support struggling learners. This program is governed by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
There are two kinds of programs schools can fund through Title I, Part A:
Schoolwide: All students—based on academic need—are eligible to receive additional instruction.
Targeted Assistance: Benefits are provided only to selected students based on specific academic need.
All Title I schools in the Wausau School District provide schoolwide programming, offering extra educational opportunities to all students to ensure they meet state academic standards.
Your Right to Know
ESEA directs schools and districts to notify parents about the following key requirements of a Title I, Part A program:
1. Professional qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals who instruct.
2. Notification if your child’s teacher is not "highly qualified."
3. Individual report cards that let you know how your child is progressing.
4. DPI Accountability Reports issued annually to compare school and student group performance statewide.
Professional Qualifications of Teachers
Parents of children attending Title I schools have the right to request information about the educators who teach their children core subjects (reading, English language arts, and mathematics). At a minimum, the information must explain:
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Whether the teacher met state qualifications and certification for their grade level and subject.
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Whether the teacher is teaching under an emergency or conditional certificate.
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What undergraduate and graduate degrees the teacher holds, including majors or areas of concentration.
Qualifications of Paraprofessionals
Districts employ paraprofessionals to provide instructional support— consistent with the instruction provided by the classroom teacher or teachers. In schools that operate a schoolwide program, all paraprofessionals who instruct must have special qualifications. In schools that operate a targeted assistance program, the paraprofessionals who instruct students served by the Title I, Part A program must also have earned these same qualifications.
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1. Completed at least two years of study at an institution of higher education, or |
Notification If Your Child’s Teacher Is Not Highly Qualified
ESEA directs schools to send timely notice to parents and guardians IF their child has been assigned to, or taught for more than four consecutive weeks by—a teacher of a core academic subject—who is not highly qualified.
Report Card for Every Student
You have a right to know how well your child is progressing. Schools that operate Title I, Part A programs must generate a report card for every student that explains how well that student scored on the state assessment in, at least, reading, English language arts and mathematics.
State Report Card
The Office of Public Instruction—Wisconsin’s education agency—publishes a State Report Card online. Use this website to find important information about your school and district, such as the results of state testing, enrollment numbers, facts and figures about the teachers in your school and much more.
Ask Us About Title I, Part A Programs & Your Right to Know
Wausau School District
715-261-0500
U.S. Department of Education: 1-800-USA-LEARN (872-5327)
Title I Goals
- Close the achievement gap for students in all subgroups in English language arts and math.
- Provide every student access to a well-rounded education that meets their learning needs in an appropriate, healthy, and safe environment.
- Provide professional learning opportunities for teachers, para educators, and principals to enhance instructional best practices and the implementation of the teaching and learning process for all students.
- Utilize evidence-based interventions and support services to ensure every student graduates from high school prepared for college or career plans.
Opt-out
Parents or guardians wishing to excuse their child from participating in the Wisconsin Student Assessment System must place their request in writing to the principal of their child's school. DPI Testing Opt-Out
Title I Programs offer
- Smaller classes or instructional spaces
- Additional highly-qualified teachers/paraprofessionals
- Additional instructional time/materials
- A variety of teaching methods to supplement regular classroom instruction and individualized interventions and supports
Private schools collectively allocate funds to support a teacher who dedicates time each week to assist identified students, including homeless elementary students in non-Title I schools, with supplementary instruction.
Yearly assessments, based on test data and input from classroom teachers, confirm the focus and identification of students requiring assistance.
- Any student needing support is eligible to receive services from the Title I teacher within a designated Title I building or attendance area.
- Private school students identified as needing instruction must reside in the attendance area of a Title I public school.
- A comprehensive "Needs Assessment" is conducted across the school to pinpoint students in need of additional assistance in specific subject areas.
- Instruction and assessment are ongoing, with monitoring at various levels, including school, district, state, and federal levels through the Wisconsin Student Assessment System data. District assessments and informal measures also track progress.
Title I Schools
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Franklin Elementary
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John Marshall Elementary
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GD Jones Elementary
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Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Parochial Schools Serviced
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Faith Christian Academy
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Newman Catholic School
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Trinity Lutheran Church & School
