Title I is a grant program authorized through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The purpose of Title I is to provide supplemental resources to economically disadvantaged schools to support the achievement of their students. Contact your child's school today to find out how Title I funds are used to provide additional support to increase student achievement!

• For more information about the purpose of Title I, visit http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html.
• For information about a targeted assistance Title I program, please click here.
• For information about a schoolwide program Title I program, please click here

Title I Distinguished Schools
Each year the National Association of State Title I Directors (NASTID) recognizes Title I Distinguished Schools from all fifty states and Puerto Rico that have been selected for their outstanding results in one of two categories: (1) exceptional student performance for two or more consecutive years or (2) closing the achievement gap between student groups.  Each state may nominate up to two of its Title I schools that have risen above obstacles of poverty to improving learning for its most vulnerable students.

For the past three years, Baltimore County Title I schools have been the recipients of the Title I Distinguished Schools award.  Those schools are as follows:
2009-2010 Chadwick Elementary School (exceptional student performance)
2010-2011 Milbrook Elementary School (closing the achievement gap)
2011-2012 Sandalwood Elementary School (closing the achievement gap)

Reward Schools:
Reward Schools are recognized in two categories: those Title I schools that have been the highest performing or those Title I schools that have shown the highest amount of progress over a period of time on the Maryland School Assessment (MSA).  There are four categories of Reward Schools, and the Baltimore County Title I schools that have been recognized in all the categories are as follows:

Highest Performing Title I Reward Schools

• Deer Park Elementary School
• Randallstown Elementary School

Distinguished Highest Performing Title I Reward Schools

• Berkshire Elementary School
• Chadwick Elementary School
• Powhatan Elementary School

Superlative Highest Performing Title I Reward School

• Dogwood Elementary School

High Progress Title I Schools

• Sussex Elementary School

Title I Service Model
The Office of Title I will support the effective and compliant use of federal funds to increase student achievement.  In conjunction with the Division of Curriculum and Instruction, the differentiated Title I service model will support Title I schools through data drive job-embedded professional development (PD) and cluster professional development opportunities for school-based resource teachers.  The Title I service model is designed to support low performing schools with addressing the achievement gap between subgroups and all students as well as build teacher capacity to implement effective instructional strategies.

Resource Teachers (Title I Academic Coach and Title I Gap Reduction Coach): Provide effective, substantive, and differentiated professional development and instructional support for teachers in Title I schools, using a data-driven decision-making process.

BCPS Mandatory ESEA Programs

• 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 the 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 milestone assessments.

• 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 school advocates for the children residing in the institutions, tutoring services, instructional supplies, in-home interventions, therapeutic mentors, and summer programs.

• Homeless

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

• Supplemental Educational Services
  
  Beginning with the data from the 2007-2008 school year, and for each subsequent school year, the number of students who were eligible for an the number of students who participated in SES [34C.F.R. Section 200.39(c)(1)(ii);200.42(b)(5);200.43(b)(5);200.43(c)(1)(iii)] for the current year must be displayed on the system website.Per the approved Flexibility Request, SES is no longer a mandatory program, and BCPS has discontinued implementation of the program.
  
  
  • 2011-2012 SES participation for Baltimore County Public Schools
    • FY12 SES LEA Final Participation Data
    • The Established Per Pupil Allocation (PPA) for the 2011-2012 school year was $1,965.00.
      
      
  • 2010-2011 SES participation for Baltimore County Public Schools
    • FY11 SES LEA Final Participation Data
    • The Established Per Pupil Allocation (PPA) for the 2010-2011 school year was $2,052.00.
      
      
  • 2007-2008 SES participation for Baltimore County Public Schools
    • FY08 SES LEA Final Participation Data

Office of Title I Staff
(410) 887-3487

Felicia Lanham Tarason, Director Mary Dagen, Supervisor Michele Stansbury, Supervisor Vacant, Evaluation Specialist Ed Cornish, Specialist Katie Filling, Specialist Heather Insley, Specialist Joshua Parker, Middle School Gap Reduction Specialist Vacant, Mandatory Program Specialist Hope McGuire, Academic Coach Linda Miller, Academic Coach

Tunia Jackson, Academic Coach Susan Cunfer, Academic Coach Jodi Lavin, Gap Reduction Coach Lisa Smith, Gap Reduction Coach Gary Smith, Accountant II Ernestine Jones, Fiscal Assistant III Sue Byer, Fiscal Assistant III Debbie Simms, Fiscal Assistant III Kimberly Ward, Fiscal Assistant III Jennifer Stiffler, Administrative Secretary Rae Eberwine, Clerk