Name: ______________________________ Date:__________ Class Period:____

High-Poverty Schools/Low-Income Families Notes

What Is Poverty?
➔ Set in place by the __________________________________ persons
with income less than deemed sufficiently to purchase basic needs like
food, _________, clothing, and other essential--are designed at poor.
➔ ___ types of poverty:
◆ Situational Poverty = Sudden crisis or loss, ________
● Caused by natural disasters, divorce, and severe health
◆ ___________________= Families of at least _____ generations
have been into poverty--not equipped to move out.
◆ Absolute Poverty = ____ in the U.S.--_____ of basic needs. Focus
on ___________________.
◆ Relative Poverty = Family income is insufficient to meet its ______
average standard of living.
◆ _______ Poverty = Metropolitan areas of 50,000 people---deal with
chronic and acute stressors like:___________________
◆ _______ Poverty = Nonmetropolitan areas _____ 50,000
people---single guardian homes = less access to services, support
for disability and quality of education.
Effects Of Poverty?
➔ ____ main risk:
◆ __________ and social challenges: divorce
◆ Acute and _______ stressor: Eviction
◆ __________________: Brain damage, mental illness or depression
◆ Health and Safety Issues:
________________________________________________
➔ School Life:
◆ Issues of __________________
◆ Health and Family Care
◆ High _______ rates
◆ Alienation (Mostly:_____________)
➔ Home Life:
◆ Contaminated air and _____
◆ Crowded and noisy household
◆ Safety Hazards
What Qualifies As A High-Poverty School?
 ➔ ________ on the percentage of Students eligible for
_______________________________________ under the National
__________________ Program. Provides a proxy of measure for the
concentration of low-income students within a school.
◆ High-Poverty schools = _________ percent
◆ Mid-High Poverty Schools = _____ to ______ percent
◆ Low-Poverty Schools = ______ to ______percent
Characteristics Of High-Poverty Schools:
➔ __________ of Teachers:
◆ Out-of licenses in areas
◆ Often the worst teachers
◆ No knowledge of how to deal with students in poverty or how to
teach in a low-poverty school
➔ Teaching __________:
◆ Unstocked Libraries
◆ _________ of textbooks (none)
◆ No computer facilities
➔ Onsite _________:
◆ No social workers or guidance counselors
➔ Little ____________________
➔ School Construction:
◆ _________roofs
◆ Trailer classrooms
◆ Nonfunctioning bathrooms
Why Do High-Poverty Schools Have difficulty Staffing Their Classrooms With
Qualified Teachers?
➔ _________ teacher shortage:
◆ Teacher training institutions are not _______ sufficient # of
teachers to meet the high demand (Increase in student enrollment)
● Leading to schools placing _____________ teachers in
classrooms to fill the empty space thus, lowering the school
overall performance.
● “___________________” effect: large amount of teacher
leave the teaching field
➔ ______________:
◆ Retirements, staffing actions, terminations, school closings,
reassignments, personal problems, pursue other job, or job
dissatisfaction.
➔ Other:
 ◆ Salaries, poor administration support, lack of teacher influences,
and student discipline problems.
Initiatives Implemented To Recruit Teachers:
➔ Programs:
◆ Troop-To-Teaching, Teach For America, Alternative Certification
Programs
➔ _________________:
◆ Bonuses, student loan forgiveness, housing assistance, tuition
reimbursements
➔ School Surveys: Track data of schools
◆ _______= School And Staffing Survey
● ________ teachers/ _______ principals/______districts
representing all types of schools, teachers, and districts in all
50 states.
◆ _______= Teacher Follow up Survey
● _______teachers give insight on the characteristics and
conditions of elementary and secondary school and teacher
turnovers.
How To Prepare Teachers For High-Poverty Schools:
➔ _______ Share Factors for schools:
◆ _______: Survey students needs.
◆ ___________:Formative assess to plan and implement actions.
◆ _______________:Take Control of teaching
◆ ____________________: Secure relationships with staff and
students.
◆ ________________________: offer challenging, complex
curriculum.
Educational Inequality:
➔ Definition:
◆ The _______________________ of educational resources
including but not limited to school funding, qualified and
experienced teachers, books and technology to low-income
students.
➔ Leads to _______ educational differences.
➔ Measured by:
◆ Students grades
◆ ___________
◆ Drop outs
◆ Graduation rates
 ◆ College ________
◆ Student learning skills.
How To Teach With Limited Resources:
➔ _________:
◆ Group work or copy books pages
◆ Donations
➔ Technology:
◆ Create lesson and group activities to _________ students
◆ Use own personal technology
➔ No Copier:
◆ Write everything important on the board
➔ Teacher Materials:
◆ Use _______ activities and worksheets online
➔ No Classroom:
◆ Use ________ materials.
Title 1 Schools:
➔ _________ funded educational program, Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA) helps underprivileged children meet challenging
state academic standards.
➔ Purpose:
◆ Provide _____ instructional support
◆ Coordinate and integrate recourse and services
➔ ____ types of programs:
◆ ________________________:
● Schools that do not meet 40% requirements
● ________ students are chosen
◆ ______________________:
● School that ___ meet the 40% requirement
● Provide all additional services to educate students.