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Teaching Question!
I have been applying for teaching jobs in Portland. I was just wondering if anyone works at a Title 1 school and if there are problems with lack of funding.Thanks!
Re: Teaching Question!
Hopefully someone can give you first hand information, but here's some second hand info.
One of my closest friends worked at a Title 1 school in Beav for years (though she switched to a non-title 1 school this year). Overall she really liked it, and I think she appreciates it more now that she's gone. They absolutely had trouble funding a lot of basic items (like supplies) but they always managed. It always blew me away when I'd help her in her room and they'd run out of something like tape (not just her classroom, but there wouldn't be any more in the school). I know she was amazed when she switched to her new school about how much stuff was around.
However, as far as funding for programs goes (the more important things!), she never really ran into problems. They had to be creative at times, and I know she got a lot of external grants for field trips and activities, which was draining on her and the staff, but they did amazing things. As far as I know, the school's $ situation hasn't changed significantly this school year. I'm not sure how it compares to PSD, but I imagine it is similar.
PDX,
Thanks so much for the info. I have been applying to schools and just wanted some more info on the title ones.. I appreciate it!
jeni (yes it's me),
does your insurance insist that you get the cars registered here? ?we haven't changed ours yet but we changed our insurance over... may want to look into the "requirement."
?we picked up the dmv rules of the road for oregon (there's one downtown) and they have all the info on getting your driver's license here. ?
gluck!
(i just changed from hbalase)?
Hi - I'm several days late posting on this, so hopefully you'll see it - I don't get on the nest as much as I used to.
I teach at a Title 1 school, and we have no more lack of funding than other schools in our district. We actually receive a little extra federal $$ (as Title 1 is designed to do) for our literacy programs. But anything the $$ is spent on has to be related to literacy - which makes sense. So supplies for art, science, or say things like tape, as the above pp mentioned, typically doesn't fall under the category of Title 1. Basic supplies fall under buildings' general funds, which are usually dictated by the principal, and are not a part of Title 1.
I believe it also depends upon how the individual school district allocates those Title 1 dollars My district is relatively small, and we only have a couple of Title 1 schools, so its easier for that $$ to be passed down from the district level to where its supposed to be (in the classroom) than tied up in administrative stuff as in a larger district like Beaverton or Portland.
Finally, its also generally up to the individual building how that $$ is spent. Each school's Title 1 specialist must put together a proposal for what that $$ will be spent on and how it will improve student achievement. have to prove it worked in order to keep the funding. It can be spent on personnel (IA's or teachers), curriculum materials, or various programs like family literacy night or extended day kindergarten, teacher training, etc. The better at that a building's Title 1 specialist is, and the more effective the program the specialist develops, the more $$ a building can receive up to a point. I know in my school we have 2 outstanding Title 1 specialists who are experts at writing proposals and grants, then allocating that $$. As a result of their leadership we have some of the highest student achievement in our district, while also having students who's lives are in some of the most challenging of situations in all of the Metro area.
So really what it boils down to is, no, Title 1 schools don't have less $$, they should have a bit more, but how that $$ is used varies by building and by district.
Are you more or less confused now? lol!