What is Title 1?
Fourteen of the fifteen elementary schools in Craven County receive Title 1 funds each year to focus efforts on improving the academic achievement of disadvantaged students. Federal dollars are used to purchase materials and equipment, plan and implement high quality student centered programs, and to hire additional staff in order to enhance instruction and better meet the needs of all students. Each Title 1 school maintains a school wide status which allows all students enrolled in the school to benefit from Title 1 teacher support, as needed.
The Title 1 program, both at the district and school level, plays a major role in parent support and family outreach efforts. Each of the fourteen elementary schools has a parenting center located in a central area that contains resources, many of which can be checked out by parents for use at home. Parent trainings and activities are also planned and offered at these schools throughout the year.
Who are your Title 1 Teachers?
Mrs. Kristen McCoy (Intervention Specialist)
Mrs. Diane (Instructional Support)
Mrs. Trisha Bennett (Instructional Support)
What are some Title 1 Resources Available to parents?
- Parent Involvement Center
- Parent Training (School wide & grade level specific)
- District Opportunities
- Weekly Parent Newsletters
How does our school use Title 1 Dollars?
- Title 1 Intervention Positions
- Classroom Teacher positions
- Student resources for the classroom.
- Professional Development targeted to training teachers to assist our student population.
Our Intervention time in each grade level benefits from our Title 1 and District resources. Each day our grade levels have 45 minutes to an hour of time where Intervention specialists and instructional support staff provide extra support for students with areas of weakness. Our Intervention Specialist uses research based curriculum and practices to close the gap and help students increase their mastery of content skills. Some of the programs we use are the following.
- LLI (Leveled Literacy Intervention)
- SRA (A Reading Intervention)
The JWS Title 1 Information can be found our website at
jameswsmith.weebly.com/