Federal Programs

Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEA's) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. Growth in academic achievement is measured using Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO's). In 2015, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was reauthorized as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

As the parent of a student at a Title I school, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers or paraprofessionals who instruct your child. Jackson County Public Schools makes hiring highly qualified teachers a priority. If your child receives instruction in their classroom by someone who is not highly qualified for more than 4 weeks, you will be notified. You may ask about the qualifications of your child’s teacher via written request to the school principal.

Jackson County Title I Schools

• Blue Ridge School
• Cullowhee Valley
• Fairview School
• Scotts Creek School
• Smokey Mountain Elementary 
   

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Board Policy 
 

For more information, contact:
Laura Dills
(828) 586-2311 ext. 1950

The purpose of Title VII, part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is to support the efforts of local educational agencies (LEA's), Indian tribes and organizations, post-secondary institutions, and other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally-related academic needs of American Indian and Alaskan Native students so that such students can meet the same challenging state student academic achievement standards that all other students are expected to meet.

• Indian Education Title VII Grant Application, 2018
• Indian Policies and Procedures, 2018
• NC American Indian Education (NCDPI)
• NC State Advisory Council on Indian Education 
   

For more information, contact:
Angie Dills
(828) 586-2311 ext. 1954

Title II is part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The purpose of Title II, Part A is to increase the academic achievement of all students by helping schools and districts improve teacher and principal quality and ensure that all teachers are highly qualified. Title II funding supports professional development opportunities for teachers and principals and assists with recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers and principals.

For more information, contact:
Angie Dills
(828) 586-2311 ext. 1954

Title VIII (Impact Aid) is intended to fulfill the federal responsibility to assist with the provision of educational services to federally-connected children in a manner that promotes control by local educational agencies (LEA's) with little or no federal or state involvement. The basis for the program is that certain activities of the Federal Government, such as activities to fulfill federal responsibilities with respect to Indian tribes and activities under Section 514 of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 U.S.C. App. 574) place a financial burden on local educational agencies serving areas where such activities are carried out and to help such children meet challenging state standards. It is the purpose of this program to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies.

For more information, contact:
Angie Dills
(828) 586-2311 ext. 1954

Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is intended to help ensure that children who have limited English proficiency, including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic achievement in English, and meet the same challenging state academic content and student academic standards that all children are expected to meet.

Students whose home language is a language other than English will be screened using the WIDA screening tool upon enrollment to school unless previously identified in another US school. If a student’s screening score places them in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program, they will receive differentiated support based on age and rate of language acquisition based on the English Language Development Standards. Specialized ESL staff and JCPS classroom teachers will also support ESL students using the WIDA Can Do Descriptors. 

Each spring students in the ESL program will take the ACCESS for ELLs assessment. Students’ growth on this assessment will be measured to determine if the child is making adequate yearly progress.  Schools will be monitored on goals for EL progress. Members of the ESL staff and classroom staff at each school with work with parents and families of ESL students to make plans to best meet their learning needs.

For more information, contact:
Laura Dills
(828) 586-2311 ext. 1950
 

El Título III de la Ley de Educación Primaria y Secundaria (ESEA) está destinado a ayudar a garantizar que los niños que tienen un dominio limitado del inglés, incluidos los niños y jóvenes inmigrantes, logren el dominio del inglés, desarrollen altos niveles de rendimiento académico en inglés y cumplan con el mismo desafío estatal. contenido académico y estándares académicos de los estudiantes que se espera que cumplan todos los niños. 

Los estudiantes cuyo idioma materno sea un idioma diferente al inglés serán evaluados utilizando la herramienta de evaluación WIDA al inscribirse en la escuela, a menos que se hayan identificado previamente en otra escuela de EE. UU. Si el puntaje de evaluación de un estudiante lo ubica en el programa de inglés como segundo idioma (ESL), recibirá apoyo diferenciado según la edad y el índice de adquisición del idioma según los Estándares de desarrollo del idioma inglés. El personal especializado de ESL y los maestros de las aulas de JCPS también apoyarán a los estudiantes de ESL utilizando los Descriptores de WIDA Can Do.  

Cada primavera, los estudiantes del programa de ESL tomarán la evaluación ACCESS para los estudiantes que aprenden inglés (ELLs). Se medirá el crecimiento de los estudiantes en esta evaluación para determinar si el niño está haciendo un progreso anual adecuado. Las escuelas serán monitoreadas sobre las metas para el progreso de EL. Los miembros del personal de ESL y el personal del salón de clases en cada escuela trabajan con los padres y las familias de los estudiantes de ESL para hacer planes para satisfacer mejor sus necesidades de aprendizaje.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) is a state and federally-funded program that provides students in grades 7-12 academic and technical skills as well as the training necessary to be successful in many different career fields. The signature trait of Career and Technical Education is providing hands-on opportunities and application of career-oriented content in the classroom as well as through authentic experiences such as internships, clinical training, lab work, industrial certifications, and personal training. Career and Technical Education content offered in Jackson County includes agriculture, business, marketing, health sciences, early childhood education, culinary arts, carpentry, technology, engineering, and computer science.

For more information, contact:
Angie Dills
(828) 586-2311 ext. 1954