Title I

The focus of Title I schools is to help students achieve proficiency on core standards, closing academic gaps that may exist. These efforts include providing targeted supports to at-risk students, building teachers’ capacity through professional development, and strengthening parents’ abilities in helping their children succeed.

An Introduction to Title I

• Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
• For other annual Title I parent information, Granite School District’s parent engagement policy, a summary of Granite School District’s Annual Title I Parent Meeting, and other information, please visit the Granite School District Title I website.

Parent Compact, Policy & Rights to Know

• Parent-School Learning Compact
• School Parent Engagement Policy
• Parents’ Right to Know (opens the District’s Title I website)

Other School Information

• School Annual Title I Meeting
• School Title I Goals
• School Report Card
• Sanctioned Status

Parent-School Learning Compact

Walker Elementary School-Parent Compact
School Vision: To empower, educate, and inspire each student so they gain a passion for learning and become a positive contributing member of the global society. Click here for our Parent Compact

THE SCHOOL AGREES TO:
Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the State’s student academic achievement standards as follows:
Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment annually.
Use multiple sources of information in determining strengths and needs of the school.
From the needs assessment, establish school goals and individual student achievement standards.
Provide extended learning time opportunities for students.
Ensure that high quality on-going professional development activities are available to staff and these activities increase teacher capacity in making instructional decisions.
Ensure that educational services are provided by highly qualified teachers and paraprofessionals.
Regular, two-way communication between family members and school staff:
Hold SEP (student education plan) meeting during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement.
Provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress. Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows: scheduled conferences, email, phone, written notes.
Provide parents reasonable access to staff. Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows: SEP conference, via email, scheduled appointment, before or after school.
Provide opportunities for parents to volunteer, observe, and participate in decision-making.

PARENTS AGREE TO:
We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways:
Ensure that their children attend school regularly.
Monitor homework assignments.
Read to/with their child for twenty minutes daily.
Volunteer in their child’s classroom as time permits.
Participate in school decisions as they relate to their child’s education by serving, to the extent possible, on policy advisory groups.
Monitor their child’s screen time.
Ensure that their children get proper rest and nutrition.
Attend parent-teacher conferences.
Return school communication in a timely manner.
Contribute to a safe school environment within and around the school. (office check in, student loading zone, etc.)

Support the school by addressing behavior issues if they arise.

Parent Engagement Policy

Parent Engagement Policy

Olene Walker Elementary regards parental and family engagement as vital to the academic success of students. Parents are the initial teachers of their children and serve as partners with the district in helping their children achieve academic success.

Parents and family members are involved in the development of the school parent and family engagement policy. At Walker Elementary we involve our stakeholders by sharing our school’s vision, reviewing data, setting school goals, and looking at school-wide needs during the annual Title 1 meeting as well as regularly scheduled School Community Council meetings.

Annual Meeting

An annual Title 1 meeting is held each year in the Fall. At this meeting, information is shared with stakeholders that consists of an explanation of Title I, how funds are allocated, student performance in literacy and math, intervention and enrichment opportunities for students, and ways that stakeholders engage with the school. You may find information about our annual meeting on our school website.

Flexible Meetings 

We offer flexible meeting times for parents and families to participate in decisions regarding their child.

Involve Parents 

We collect data from stakeholder input surveys and input from SCC and PTA meetings. Once data is collected, we review the data and assess needs. We partner with parents in using this information to create a plan as to how we involve parents.

SHARED RESPONSIBILITY – HIGH STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

The Olene Walker Elementary School Parent Family Compact outlines shared responsibilities for high student academic achievement and success.

Olene Walker Elementary will involve parents in the process of school review and improvement, including: sharing achievement data with parents, inviting input from parents regarding LEA and school academic goals, discussing scientifically-based research instructional practices, and giving direction in securing research-based curriculum materials that align with goals.

Walker Elementary will provide quality parent and family engagement activities. Current initiatives include use of Class DOJO to regularly communicate classroom happenings and share student goals and growth, parent-teacher conferences, proficiency-based learning, home visits, and Community Center programs.

BUILDING CAPACITY FOR INVOLVEMENT

To improve academic achievement and to ensure effective involvement of parents, Olene Walker Elementary School will:

1. Share with parents reports that measure students’ performance relative to grade-level standards, explain ways parents can monitor their student’s academic success, and have parent teacher conferences, home visits, back to school nights, literacy nights, math nights, and family engagement nights.
2. Provide materials and/or training for parents to work with their child to improve their child’s achievement such as literacy home learning kits.
3. Provide professional development for administrators, teachers, and instructional support personnel on the value of parents as equal partners and building ties between parents and the school.
4. Coordinate parent involvement programs and activities with other Federal, State, and local programs that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children.

ACCESSIBILITY

To the extent practicable, Olene Walker Elementary School will ensure that information for parents and family members (including parents and family members who have limited English proficiency, parents and family members with disabilities, and parents and family members of migratory children) in a language that they can understand.

School Annual Title I Meeting

Parent input is valued. Each year, a parent meeting is held where our school solicits input in the planning and implementation of school parent engagement activities.

• Date: December 1, 2025
• Time: 9:00 am

Parent input is valued. Each year, a parent meeting is held where our school solicits input in the planning and implementation of school parent engagement activities.

During the meeting we informed parents of Olene Walker’s participation in Title I. We explained the requirements of Title I, and explained parent rights and how parents and family members can be involved in their student\’s education.

We also presented academic data, panorama data and shared our school goals for the year.

Link to Slides presented.

School Title I Goals

Each year, our school conducts a needs assessment, reviews student performance data, and solicits input from various stakeholders in order to develop a meaningful Title I Plan. This plan is data-driven, evidence-based, and responsive to findings from data reviews, needs assessment findings, and stakeholder input. The school comprehensive Title I plan articulates how evidence-based strategies, action steps and milestones will support the goals listed below.

Academic Goal(s)

• 3rd–5th Grade Academic Performance: Increase student proficiency on RISE end-of-year summative assessments in Math, English Language Arts (ELA), and Science by 2% in each subject area.

• K–3rd Grade Early Literacy: Increase the percentage of students reading on grade level by 2% by the end of the school year.

• K–3rd Grade Early Mathematics: Increase the percentage of students demonstrating grade-level math proficiency by 2% by the end of the school year.

Social Skills and Dispositions Goal(s)

Talent Development Goal(s)

Sanctioned Status

We have exited CSI status and are currently in no Sanctioned Status.