Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts | Title I

Providing academic support to help students boost reading and math skills and succeed in the classroom

Title I is a federally funded program that provides instruction for students who need extra academic support. The purpose of the program is to ensure that all children have a fair and equal opportunity to obtain a high quality education. Birch Grove offers a schoolwide Title I program, which uses Title I funds to serve all students. Each year, the needs of students schoolwide are assessed and a plan is created to help meet the identified needs.

Title 1 Information

Title 1 Information

Schoolwide Title I Plan, 2024-2025 School Year

This plan is a set of goals and strategies determined by the instructional leadership team with input from stakeholders. These goals are the focus of Birch Grove’s work as a school community to ensure it provides for the learning and social emotional needs of all students.

Goal 1: Support social and emotional learning to improve culture and climate.

Strategies to Achieve the Goal:
● Increase implementation fidelity to SEL curriculum
● Engage in SEL interventions
● Provide SEL intervention and support by a social worker

Measuring Our Progress: The % of students in low risk categories as measured in the SAEBRS will increase

Goal 2: Improve core math and reading instruction.

Strategies to Achieve the Goal:
● Provide collaboration time for staff
● Provide professional development on core curriculum
● Differentiate within the core curriculum
● Provide co-teaching and/or coaching for professional learning

Measuring Our Progress:
● The % of students with low risk and very low risk in Reading as measured by Fastbridge aReading will increase from 28% in the spring of 2024 to 33% by the spring of 2025.
● The % of students who meet or exceed in Math as measured by Fastbridge aMath will increase from 34% in the spring of 2024 to 39% by the spring of 2025.

Goal 3: Provide supplemental support in math and reading.

Strategies to Achieve the Goal:
● Implement reading and math interventions
● Coach licensed and nonlicensed staff on interventions

Measuring Our Progress: The % of students with low risk and very low risk in Reading as measured by Fastbridge aReading will increase from 28% in the spring of 2024 to 33% by the spring of 2025. The % of students who meet or exceed in Math as measured by Fastbridge aMath will increase from 34% in the spring of 2024 to 39% by the spring of 2025.

Family Engagement Plan 2024-25 school year

Birch Grove Elementary School is committed to the goal of providing quality education for every child in this district. We want to establish partnerships with parents and with the community. Everyone gains if school and home work together to support high achievement of our children. We can’t do this job alone. Parents and families play an extremely important role as children’s first teachers. Their support for their children and for the school is critical to their children’s success at every step along the way. This plan was developed in partnership with families and approved on 5/16/2024. Please reach out to Sara Anderson at andersonsara2@district279.org or 763-561-1374 if you have any questions about the opportunities below or want to provide feedback on this plan.

Partnering with Families

We will involve parents in the following tasks:
● Planning and review of the Schoolwide Title I Plan
● Planning and review of the Family Engagement Plan
● Review and revise the Title I Compact
● Planning and review of how we spend our Title I funding.

We will inform families about our Title I program at the Open House at fall conferences. We will share the information on our school website, and virtual meetings will be available throughout the school year.

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Academic Achievement

● Parents, the entire school staff and students share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement to meet the state academic standards. A family-school compact will be shared with families at conferences.
● We will invite families to a Literacy night, an Excellence in Education night, and a Family Math night to help families to support their children’s academic achievement.
● We will work to build the capacity of our school staff to work with families.
● We believe in the importance of ongoing communication between families and school staff. We will:
○ Hold parent-teacher conferences twice a year
○ Communicate student progress to families throughout the school year
○ Share with families how to contact staff
○ Provide information about how families can volunteer at the school

Communication and Access

We believe all families should have equitable access to information from school. We will:
● Interpreters are available for parents
● School Newsletters are sent monthly giving families information about things happening at school, upcoming events, and other information that is important for families.
● Talking Points translates communication from English to families’ home language if families’ home language is something other than English.
● Title Compacts are available in English, Vietnamese, Somali, Hmong and Spanish.
● Conference times are offered on three different days of the week in the fall and spring. They are scheduled in the morning and evening each day. Staff can adjust date, time, and format to meet the needs of families.
● Email communications will be responded to in a timely manner.
● Birch Grove’s website translates into Vietnamese, Somali, Hmong, and Spanish, which are languages that families at Birch Grove speak.
● Seesaw translates into multiple languages including Somali, Hmong, Spanish, and Vietnamese.