Title 1 is a federal program that serves schools throughout the United States. The Title I program was reauthorized under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110). The program provides extra help to students to assist them in meeting state and local education standards. The program serves millions of children in elementary and secondary schools each year. Most school districts participate. Funds are directed to schools with the highest poverty levels, measured by the number of students receiving free and reduced-price lunch.

For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OEIAS/title1/index.htm

Title 1 Programs at Brookfield

Family Involvement Policy: Brookfield is committed to involve our parents with regularly scheduled family events during the course of the school year. These events include Partners In Print night, Curriculum Night, Minority Parent Forums, Hispanic Informative Evenings, Parenting Workshops, and many other activities focusing on academic programs provided at Brookfield. Click here to find out more information about our Family Involvement Policy.

Step Up Language Arts (SULA): This program is designed to strengthen students' reading and writing skills. Title 1 reading specialists and classroom teachers work together to assess students' strengths and needs and to plan appropriate literacy instruction. Our SULA instruction focuses on the five essential components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Our SULA teachers provide ongoing professional learning for teachers at Brookfield. They work in classrooms as well as with small groups of students. Instruction is based on the FCPS program of Studies (POS) and the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL).

Step Up Math (SUM): This program is designed to increase the mathematics achievement of students in Title 1 schools. Our SUM teachers work with classroom teachers to assess student learning and to plan instruction that enables students to understand mathematical concepts, apply problem solving strategies, and develop computational skills. Our SUM teachers also provide ongoing professional learning for teachers at Brookfield. They work in classrooms as well as with small groups of students. Instruction is based upon the FCPS Program of Studies (POS), the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL), and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards.

Reading Recovery: This program provides short-term, early intervention reading instruction for first grade students who are not learning to read and write as quickly as their peers. Children in Reading Recovery receive daily lessons from a specially trained teacher for approximately 12-20 weeks. This instruction is in addition to the classroom reading and writing instruction.