Title I

What is Title I?

Title I is a federally funded grant designed to help schools meet the needs of all students and to provide resources to help improve educational success for families.

Every Title I school has a Family-School Compact and a Parent and Family Engagement School Policy. Title I schools also host events to provide family engagement and involvement opportunities.

More information on the Title I program can be found on the PWCS Title I webpage.

Vaughan Elementary School Title I Staff Contact Information

Anna Beck
Title I Reading
[email protected]
703-494-3220 

Constance Padden
Title I Math (3-5)
[email protected]
703-494-3220

Nina Holliday
Title I Math (K-2)
[email protected]
703-494-3220

Ana Gomez
Title I Parent Liaison
[email protected]
703-494-3220

Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

Excellence for all, whatever it takes!

Mission

Through relentless perseverance, the staff will work collaboratively to create a consistent approach that is based upon research and best practices to meet the ever-changing needs of our students. We will work to tailor instruction to meet students at current instructional levels and move them forward in learning.

Student Agreement

I will … 

  • Come to school every day prepared to learn
  • Be actively engaged in learning
  • Follow Wildcat quality behaviors
  • Be a good communicator between home and school
  • Complete homework, i.e. read nightly
  • Show respect for peers and adults

 

Family/Parent Agreement

We will … 

  • Send children to school on time daily
  • Build positive relationships with teachers and administrators
  • Maintain open communication with the school
  • Ask about what is being learned at school
  • Provide a quiet place for your student to study
  • Monitor children’s activities after school, such as video games, sports, etc.
  • Encourage children to read and practice math at home each night
  • Attend parent family nights and parent workshops at school

Teachers/Staff Agreement

We will … 

  • Maintain open communication with parents and students
  • Use data to tailor instruction for the needs of each child
  • Consistently monitor students’ academic progress
  • Share student progress with parents
  • Provide learning opportunities for parents through family nights and parent workshops
  • Attend quality professional development to learn best teaching practices

 

Title I Parent and Family Engagement School Policy

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Title I program is established to improve student achievement so that every student will graduate on time with the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to create a thriving future for themselves and their community.

Vaughan Elementary School will ensure effective involvement of families and will support a partnership among the school, parents, guardians, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways: 

School Family Engagement Policy

  • Review the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy which is jointly developed and distributed to parents.
  • Provide all parents with information about the schools’ participation in Title I at the Annual Meeting and inform parents of their right to be involved.
  • Invite and encourage all parents to attend all Title I Family meetings and events. Inform parents that the school may provide support for them to attend meetings.
  • Involve family participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the schools’ Title I Schoolwide/Continuous Improvement Plan
  • Provide parents with information about the Title I program, the curriculum, academic assessments, and students’ expected proficiency levels.
  • Notify the PWCS Title I Office if the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children. 

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Achievement

  • Invite parents to volunteer, observe, and/or participate in their child’s class(es) and school.
  • Include a schedule for parent-teacher conferences and progress reports.
  • Invite parents to participate in events related to academics.

Building Capacity for Engagement

  • Assist parents to understand the state’s academic content, achievement standards, and assessments.
  • Communicate with families on a regular basis regarding their child’s progress in school; including school performance information and student assessment results.
  • Provide materials and training to help parents support their children’s academic progress.
  • Develop, in consultation with families, a Family-School Compact, stating how the school and families will share the responsibility for high student performance. Review the Family-School Compact annually with families and school staff.
  • Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners.
  • Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement programs and activities with other federal and state programs supporting preschool, multilingual students, and students with disabilities.
  • Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.
  • Distribute annual parent surveys encouraging parents to respond to additional support needed to participate in parent and family engagement.
  • Provide opportunities to participate in decision-making at Parent Advisory Council meetings, Parent Teacher Organization meetings, and meetings related to Title I program planning.

Accessibility

  • Provide opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities, in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.

Important Dates and Upcoming Title I Events

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Elementary Schools

  • November 6, 2023
  • January 26, 2024

Last Day of Grading Periods

  • November 3, 2023
  • January 26, 2024
  • April 8, 2024
  • June 7, 2024 

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Events (additional events may be added)

  • Annual Title I Family Engagement Meeting: September 27 & 28, 2023
  • Title I Family Engagement Meeting - Festival of Nations: October 25, 2023
  • Title I Family Engagement Meeting - PALS Resources Overview: February 5, 6, & 7, 2024
  • Title I Family Engagement Meeting - Power Up with STEAM: April 4, 2024 
  • Title I “Summer Thrive” Family Engagement Meeting: June 2024