MSAD #4

 Welcome to SAD #4 Special Education

25 Campus Drive, Drop 2
Guilford, Me 04443
Phone: 876-4635     Fax: 876-4363

tkurt [at] sad4 [dot] com (Trisha Kurt), Special Education Director
lhanscom [at] sad4 [dot] com (Laurie Hanscom), Administrative Assistant

SAD #4's Title IA Program is designed to assist students in their learning. We are committed to providing servics that are most effective.

Parent Involvement Policy

Parental Involvement is the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student learning and other social activities.

Parent Involvement means:

Parents play an important role in assisting their child's learning.

Parents are encouraged to be full partners in their chil's education by being actively involved in their child's education at school.

Parents are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisor committees to assist in the education of their child.

Parent Communication

We are committed to communicating regularly with parents and making decisions cooperatively regarding the education of their child.

These communications include: twice yearly parent conferences, progress reports, additional meetings, phone calls, and emails.

 Title I Overview

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was originally enacted in 1965 as a cornerstone of President Johnson's "War on Poverty." The goal of the federal program is a high quality education for every child, providing extra help to students who need it most. These are children furthest from meeting the standards the state has set for all students. Title I resources are directed to schools with high poverty levels, based on the number of low income families.

The Title I school works to:

- Identify students most in need of educational help (students do not have to be from low income families to receive help.)

- Set goals for improvement of student achievement.

- Measure student progress.

- Develop programs that supplement regular classroom instruction.

- Involve parents in all aspects of the program.

The State of Maine's goal for Title I programming is to enable participating students to achieve the Learning Results. To meet this goal, Title I programs are required to include components that research suggests are essential to a successful academic program.

Programs must:

- Be based on effective means for improving achievement of children.

- Coordinate with and support the regular education program.

- Provide instruction by high qualified staff.

- Provide professional development opportunities with Title I and other resources for administrators, teachers and other school staff who work with participating children.

- Provide strategies to increase parental involvement, such as familly literacy services.

Maine Parent Federation

The Maine Parent Federation, Inc. is a statewide private non-profit organization that provides information, advocacy, education, and training to parents and professionals to benefit all children. We promote individual aspirations and community inclusion for people with disabilities. In existence since 1984, MPF is physically located in Augusta Maine, but assistance is available on a statewide basis.

Title IA Staff