What is Title I?
According to the PA Department of Education, Title I is a 100% federally funded supplemental education program that provides financial assistance to local educational agencies to improve educational opportunities for educationally deprived children. Title I programs are designed to help children meet the state content and performance standards in reading, language arts, and mathematics.
In The School District of Jenkintown, the Title I Reading program includes administrators, teachers, and parents working as a team to accomplish the following:
- identify students most in need of help in reading related areas;
- set goals for improvement;
- measure student process, using standards set forth in Pennsylvania’s Title I plan;
- develop instruction that adds to or supplements the regular classroom instruction;
- involve parents in all aspects of the program;
- create successful reader who see the value and experience the pleasure of reading.
Downloads
Right To Know Title 1 – 2023-2024
Title l School Family Compact 2023-2024
Jenkintown Elementary School Title l Parent and Family Engagement Policy 23-24