Title I is a grant program authorized through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The purpose of Title I is to provide supplemental resources to economically disadvantaged schools to support the achievement of its students. Contact your child’s school today to find out how Title I funds are used to provide additional activities you can take advantage of!

Discretionary Title I Programs

Title I Instructional Coach Program

The Instructional Coach is a professional development initiative designed to assist Title I schools to out-pace Maryland State Department of Education standards. The Instructional Coaches work in the school’s existing leadership team to ensure high quality instruction. The goal of this initiative is to ensure that highly qualified teachers are also highly effective.

Title I Gifted and Talented Catalyst Teachers

The Title I Gifted and Talented Catalyst Teachers program is an initiative aimed at increasing the identification of gifted students in Title I schools. This initiative is uniquely suited to Title I schools because of available research supporting identification of gifted students using a wider system than traditional linguistic and mathematics measures.

BCPS Mandatory NCLB Program

• Private School Support

Title I provides funding for tutoring in reading and mathematics to academically needy students attending eligible private schools in Baltimore County. Consultation between private school officials and BCPS Title I office occurs on a regular basis to implement the most effective program. Program effectiveness is determined annually using the results of students’ performance on the Stanford 10.

• Neglected and Delinquent Programs

The Title I office provides funds to the Good Shepherd Center, Children’s Home, Board of Child Care and Villa Maria. These institutions use Title I funds for public school liaison positions that serve as a school advocate for the children residing in the institutions, tutoring services, instructional supplies, in-home interventions, therapeutic mentors, and summer programs.

• Family Involvement

Title I funds centralized parent involvement support through The Aliza Brandwine Center (A.B.C.), Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)and Even Start. All of these programs provide parents explicit school/in-home support to help them serve as their child’s first teacher. For more information go to the web links below:

HIPPY-- www.bcps.org/offices/alted/hippy.html
A.B.C.-- www.bcps.org/offices/early_childhood/abc.html

www.bcps.org/offices/alted/even_start/

• Homeless

Title I funds support a liaison coordinates the district’s program for homeless students. Also, McKinney Vento funds support the Homeless Program in BCPS.

• Public School Choice: Title I Transfer Option

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires school districts that receive Title I funds to offer all students who attend a Title I schools identified by Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) system of Differentiated Accountability, the option to transfer to another public school within the school district. The school to which a student may transfer to must be a school that is not identified under the Differentiated Accountability system. Two Title I elementary schools in BCPS have been identified for the 2009-2010 school year are as follows:

• Riverview Elementary School-- Developing Comprehensive Needs Pathway
• Halstead Academy--Developing Focused Pathway

For the 2009-2010 school year, families of students who are enrolled in one of the Baltimore County public schools listed above are eligible to apply for a Title I transfer to another Baltimore County public school. Transportation to the chosen school will be provided at no cost to parents during the period of applicability.

The schools below are required to offer Title I transfer since they did not meet state achievement standards for two or more consecutive years. To view the academic achievement data for each school, click on the respective school name below.

Schools required to implement Public School Choice: Title I Transfer Option	Schools identified to receive Students Accessing Public School Choice: Title I Transfer Option
Riverview Elementary School (grades preK-5)	Hebbville Elementary School Woodmoor Elementary School
Halstead Academy (grades preK-5)	Carroll Manor Elementary School Jacksonville Elementary School

Office of Title I Staff
(410) 887-3487

Vacant, Coordinator Mary Dagen, Supervisor Ed Cornish, Compliance Specialist Robin Lopez, Compliance Specialist Johari Toe, Program Specialist Michele Stansbury, Program Specialist Katie Krug, Resource Teacher	Marzelle Thomas-Smith, Resource Teacher Ernestine Jones, Fiscal Assistant Sue Byer, Fiscal Assistant Debbie Simms, Fiscal Assistant Jessica Chamberlain, Clerk Barbara Patrick, Administrative Secretary