"Title 1 I " reading teacher what does it mean

[daddyr]

Ok here is another dilema I have. The reading teacher at my son's placment school is a "Title I" reading teacher. What exactly does that mean. He is special ed. What does Title I and special education have to do with each other. I thought Title I was for public schools with a disadvantage population.
So how does a Title I reading teacher work at a private placement school. Am I confusing the issues?

[pandora]

I don't know if the Title I designation is just that — a designation — or if it comes with some kind of special training. But Title I is no guarantee of special ed credentials. The question in your case is whether the teachers in a private placement have to have a special ed credential.

[nathanielsmom11010]

Title I means a teacher who is hired in using federal funds. Her/His salary is paid solely with federal funds. These funds are given to the school if they meet Title I status, this is a school which has a majority of ESL students (English as a Second Language), children that are at or below the poverty line, a certain percentage of children are on free or reduced lunch ect....The school is given federal funds to pay for an extra teacher or extra teachers salaries, the school also gets money to get technology. My sister is currently a Title I Kindergarten teacher, she is teaching regular Gen Ed. Kindergarten but has to do the Title I paper work to make sure the school is still holding its Title I status, keep record of how the monies are spent for technology and support parent education.

A Title I teacher does not have to be trained in Special Ed. my sister is not, she only has a BS in K-6 education. However, most Title I teachers are not Gen Ed. classroom teachers (my sister being a Kindy teacher and Title I at the same time is pretty rare) Most Title I teachers are resource room teachers, meaning they do not have their own classroom of students. What they do is take children who are in Gen Ed. but in lower groups, like reading groups and give them extra one on one help with their studies. It also gives kids who need it a quiet room to go work in that has a lower number of kids than the Gen Ed. classroom.

[daddyr]

SO can a Title 1 teacer be used for a special education reading program or is it just for extra help for kids so they do not fall between the preverbial education crack and need help later on? I thought I had read somewhere that Title 1 could not be used for a IDEA program but IDEA kids could use it. Also if my son needs reading help can they give him credit for remediation help in High School?

[nathanielsmom11010]

No, my sister says that a Title I teacher is not supposed to be used for Special Education help for children in Special Ed. in place of the Special Education teacher. A Title I teacher can be used for extra help of course but cannot be used in the place of. I would imagine if the Title I teacher had special education training that might be different though.

I am not sure about the reading help being a credit in HS.

[pandora]

Title I is not a substitute for sped but can be in addition to sped.