Federal and State Programs
Federal Programs
The mission of Federal Programs is to promote student achievement and to ensure that all children have an opportunity to obtain a high quality education and to achieve proficiency on the state's high academic achievement standards.
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Title I, Part A: Improving Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
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Title I, Part A: Academic Achievement Awards
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Title I, Part A: Foster Care/Homeless
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Title I, Part A: Parent and Family Engagement
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Title I, Part C: Education of Migratory Children
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Title I, Part D: Programs for Neglected or Delinquent Children
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Title II, Part A: Supporting Effective Instruction
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Title III, Part A: Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students
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Title IV, Part A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment
State Programs
Title I, Part A: Improving Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
Title I, Part A: Academic Achievement Awards
The Title I Rewards Schools Program recognizes and honors two categories of Rewards Schools: Highest-Performing Reward Schools and High-Progress Reward Schools.
Listed below are the Bartow County Title I schools who have received these rewards.
FY 18
FY 17
Title I, Part A: Foster Care/Homeless
Foster Care:
Homeless:
Title I, Part A: Parent and Family Engagement
Title I, Parent A parent and family engagement guidelines are met with meaningful and strategic actions to build parent and school staff capacity as outlined in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Our schools and district believe that parents, schools, families and communities working together can create meaningful partnerships that ultimately lead to significant gains across the board in student achievement.
Title I, Part C: Education of Migratory Children
The Education of Migratory Children is a federally funded program designed to support comprehensive educational programs for migrant children (age 3 to 21) to help reduce the educational disruption and other obstacles that result from repeated moves.
Title I, Part D: Programs for Neglected or Delinquent Children
The purpose of Title I, Part D is to improve educational services for children and youth in local and State institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth in order to provide the opportunity to meed the same challenging State academic content and achievement standards.
Title II, Part A: Supporting Effective Instruction
The purpose of the Title II, Part A grant is four-fold: to increase student achievement consistent with challenging State academic standards; to improve the quality and effectiveness of all teachers, principals and other school leaders; to increase the number of teachers, principals and other school leaders who are effective in improving student academic achievement; and to provide low-income and minority students greater access to effective teachers, principals and other school leaders.
Title III, Part A: Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students
Title III is a federally-funded program that provides eligible Local Education Agencies with funding to supplement services for English learners. The mission of this program includes providing support to international parents and students in becoming an integral part of the school and community.
Title IV, Part A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment
Authorized in December 2015 with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a new block formula grant was introduced with a wide range of allowable uses. These grants are intended to improve students' academic achievement by increasing the capacity of States, LEAs, schools and local communities to provide all students with access to a well-rounded education, improve school conditions for student learning and to improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.
ESOL
English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is a stat-funded instructional program for eligible English Learners (ELs) in grades K-12. The ESOL program is a standards-based curriculum emphasizing academic and social language development.
Gifted Education
The mission of the Bartow County Schools’ Gifted Education program is to identify, challenge, support, and inspire gifted and talented students through differentiated learning opportunities designed to meet their unique academic, social, and emotional needs.
The purpose of gifted programming is to provide gifted education services to students who have the potential for exceptional academic achievement in grades K-12.
State Professional Learning
District Plans
Matt Gibson
Director of Federal Programs and Professional Learning
Paula CampCoordinator for Title III, ESOL, Parent Engagement, Migrant, Gifted
Kelly WhitmireHomeless Liaison
Dawn Wood
Assistant to Director of Federal Programs & Professional Learning
770.606.5800, ext 3882