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 school that receives Title I funds has a Family-School Compact and a Parent and Family Engagement School Policy. Schools that receive Title I funds 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.

Swans Creek Title I Staff Contact Information

Name(s):  Jamie Biggs

Role: Title I Reading

Email: [email protected]

Phone Number: 703-445-0930

Name(s):  Victoria Waite

Role: Title I Math

Email: [email protected]

Phone Number: 703-445-0930

Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

Rise Up, Take Flight and Achieve

Mission

Working together to create a positive school community. We pride ourselves in being supportive, empowering, engaging, and determined to ignite a love of learning for all because we are family!

Student Agreement

We will … 

• Attend school regularly and on time
• Show respect throughout the day to all
• Actively participate in class
• Keep a growth mindset and positive attitude
• Practice and apply skills I’ve learned in class
• Work cooperatively with my teachers, peers, and family
• Encourage and empower those around me

Family/Parent Agreement

We will …

• Ensure our child attends school regularly and on time
• Log into ParentVue regularly
• Check for school communication daily/weekly
• Support our child in applying their learning
• Encourage our child to work hard and try their best
• Maintain open communication with school staff
• Attend Swans Creek family nights
• Support the efforts of teachers and staff

Teachers/Staff Agreement

We will … 

• Build relationships with students, families, and staff
• Provide a learning environment where students feel safe and a sense of belonging
• Encourage our students to do their best
• Provide students with timely positive feedback
• Communicate frequently with parents and students
• Provide high quality instruction to meet the diverse needs of students
• Invite parents to participate in school activities

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.

Swans Creek 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

*Note- if you have more event dates listed on your Parent and Family Policy, you may add them to this list.