Title I Coordinator (Family Engagement Coordinator) Cheryl Hagar (701) 420-7504

What is Title I? The purpose of Title I, Part A is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps. The Title I, Part A is an ESEA program intended to:

• Ensure all children have the opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach proficiency on challenging state academic standards and assessments,
• Provide funding to supplement educational opportunities for students in higher poverty schools,
• Provide professional learning for school staff, and
• Implement other strategies for raising student academic achievement.

Minot Public Schools has identified eight Title I schools in the district for the 2024-2025 school year:

• Central Middle School (Targeted Assistance)
• Dakota Elementary School (Schoolwide)
• John Hoeven Elementary School (Targeted Assistance)
• Lewis & Clark Elementary School (Schoolwide)
• Longfellow Elementary School (Schoolwide)
• Roosevelt Elementary School (Schoolwide)
• Sunnyside Elementary School (Schoolwide)
• Washington Elementary School (Schoolwide)

The District also provides Targeted Assistance programming to eligible private school students in Minot.

• Bishop Ryan Catholic School (additional reading support to elementary students in grades K-2)

Title I schools provide additional supports, which may include some or all of the following:

• Title I reading or math interventionists (teachers) who provide supplemental services to at-risk learners
• Title I paraprofessionals who work under the direct supervision of a teacher in providing additional instructional services to at-risk students
• High-quality, evidence-based professional development opportunities related to addressing the needs of at-risk students

Title I schools in Minot can help: Children

• improve their reading and math achievement by providing evidence-based reading and math instruction guided by research-based assessments.
• learn and apply scientifically-based reading (Science of Reading - SoR) and math strategies.

Parents/Guardians

• become partners in their children's education through communication, involvement, and education.

Classroom Teachers

• by providing assessment and progress monitoring data to inform instruction in the classroom.
• by providing evidence-based intervention in reading (SoR) and math to their students.
• by working with classroom teachers to supplement the regular classroom instruction in reading and math.