Title 1 Annual Meeting 2025-2026

You are a part of an awesome school that focuses on supporting students by engaging their families in the education process. Our goal is to help increase student achievement by connecting home and school.

Every year, schools with Title I programs are required to have an annual meeting for parents to explain what the Title I program is and how parents can become involved in our Title I program. The purpose of the Title I annual parent meeting is to provide information to parents about the Title I program and their right to be involved in their child’s education. The annual Title I meeting must be used to explain the Title I requirements, the school’s participation in the program, and the rights for parents to be involved.

1. Click the link to Sign In and complete the Evaluation
2. What is a Title 1 School?
3. TCE Title 1 Budget
4. Title 1 Requirements/Professional Qualifications/Schoolwide Program
5. School Curriculum & Assessments
6. District and School Parent & Family Engagement Policy
7. School-Family Compacts
8. Family Engagement Opportunities
9. Contact us!

Click the button below to sign in and answer two questions about this Title 1 Presentation.

I am required to get a certain percentage of TCE parents/families.

Thank you for your help with this!

This keeps us compliant with Title 1 meeting standards.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Title 1, Part A, Section 1116 provides financial assistance to state and local education agencies to meet the needs of at-risk children. The goal of Title 1 is to provide instructional services and activities which support students in meeting the state's challenging performance standards.

Title 1 is a school wide program with a purpose to improve the entire educational program at TCE. This should result in improving the academic achievement of all students, particularly the lowest achieving students. By law, the school system will ensure that strong strategies are in place to build capacity in parents as partners, and to support parents in attaining high student achievement in class, and at home.

This means all TCE Students receive the benefit of being in a Title 1 School.

Click the button below to learn about the components of a School Wide Title 1 Program

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Title 1 provides financial assistance to state and local educational agencies to meet the needs of at-risk children. The goal of Title 1 is to provide instructional services and activities which support students in meeting the state’s challenging performance standards. These Title 1 funds may go to items such as additional school personnel, web-based subscription programs, adaptive learning platforms, and for parent & family engagement.

As a Title 1 school, we must meet federal regulations related to teacher qualifications as defined by ESEA. These regulations allow you to learn more about your child's teachers training and credentials. All teachers at TCE are highly qualified in the content area in which they are teaching. At any time, you may ask:

• whether the teacher met state qualifications and certification requirements for the grade level and subject being taught.
• whether the teacher received an emergency or conditional certificate through which state qualifications were waived
• what undergraduate or graduate degrees the teacher holds
• you may also ask whether your child received help form a paraprofessional, and information about their qualifications

Click the button below to view the Parent Right to Know Letter:

Georgia School Grades Reports (2023-2024 is the most current information)

Tiger Creek Elementary Performance Snapshot

Click the below button to view the Georgia Standards of Excellence and Resources:

TCE students are assessed several times a year to ensure they are learning the state adopted standards from the Georgia Standards of Excellence. Results from the various assessments are used to identify those students who are not mastering the standards and to provide teachers with feedback about instruction. As a staff, the data gathered from these tests help our school identify our strengths and our weaknesses so that we can establish priorities and goals in planning our educational programs.

For more information click below:

Click below to view the 2025-2026 Parent & Family Engagement Policies for Tiger Creek Elementary & Catoosa County Public School District:

Each Title 1 school jointly develops, through meaningful consultation with parents, a family-school compact that outlines how families and schools will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the state's high standards. New for the 2025-2026 school year, instead of this being a separate document(s) it is now only included in the School's Parent & Family Engagement Policy. Throughout the school year, we take all parent comments, recommendations, & concerns through our many meaningful consultations such as parent-teacher conferences, our Fall & Spring PAC (Parent Advisory Council) Meetings, Title 1 surveys, and our school hosted events to help guide us with building the school-wide compact.

Please click the above TCE Parent & Family Engagement Policy to view the section on School-Family Compacts.

Parental involvement means that we have participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, ensuring that:

• parents play a integral role in assisting their child's learning
• parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child's education
• parents are full partners in their child's education and are included in decision making to assist in the education of their child
• policies are jointly developed with parents
• the school jointly develops a Family-School Compact each year that outlines how parents, teachers, and students will share the responsibility for student academic achievement

Getting involved is easy!

You can volunteer in the Parent Resource Room anytime during school hours or sign up to help at a special school event (such as Book Fair, PBIS Reward Days, Fall Festival, & more). You can also plan to attend the Title 1 meetings (PAC Meetings, FAST Lunch & Learns) and parent workshops held by the Parent Involvement Coordinator. This will keep you informed and engaged in your child's education. Stay connected to Class Dojo for invites and sign ups!

You can find out more by contacting the Parent Involvement Coordinator, Sara Bridges, at sbridges.tce@catoosa.k12.ga.us or by visiting the Parent Resource Room (Room 100)!

Parents are always welcome to contact their child's teacher or administrators through the school website (https://www.tce.catoosa.k12.ga.us/ ), email, written notes, and Class Dojo.

If you have Title 1 questions or concerns, feel free to contact Mr. Beard, TCE Principal at dbeard@catoosa.k12.ga.us or Mrs. Sara Bridges, the Parent Involvement Coordinator, at sbridges.tce@catoosa.k12.ga.us

Parents should bring Title 1 complaints to Gina Hayes, CCPS Title 1 Coordinator at 706-965-2297 or ghayes@catoosa.k12.ga.us

Non-Title 1 School complaints & concerns can be brought to Mr. David Beard, TCE Principal.

Mr. David Beard, TCE Principal dbeard@catoosa.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Jayme Dills, TCE Assistant Principal jdills@catoosa.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Jill Bishop, TCE Academic Coach jbishop.tce@catoosa.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Sara Bridges, TCE Parent Involvement Coordinator sbridges.tce@catoosa.k12.ga.us

Tiger Creek Elementary

134 Rhea McClanahan Drive

Tunnel Hill, GA 30736

PH: 706-935-9890

Fax: 706-965-8906

I appreciate your participation and support at TCE!!

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sara Bridges, Parent Involvement Coordinator

sbridges.tce@catoosa.k12.ga.us