Parent Involvement Plan
2006-2009
Table of Contents
District
Strategies for Communication 3
Parent-School Compact &
Parent Pledge 3
Opportunities for Parent
Involvement 4
Plan for Parents with
Limited English Proficiency 4
Early Childhood Parent
Involvement Plan 5-8
Board Policies:
Parent/Family Involvement in
instructional & other programs 27-29
Community Involvement in
Decision Making 30
Public Complaints 31
Complaint Resolution
Procedure for Improving America’s 32
School Act Program
District
Our mission is to provide the highest quality educational
opportunities for the students of the
Strategies
for Communication
The
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Annual meeting
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Home visits
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Newsletters
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Phone calls
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For many other
activities—see the attached building Parent Involvement Plans
Parent-School
Compact & Parent Pledge
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Promotion and
support of responsible parenting
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Recognition of
the fact that parents and families play an integral role in assisting their
children to learn
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Shares
responsibility for improving student achievement by ensuring that parents,
school staff, and students are all stakeholders in addressing the Show-Me
Standards, curriculum, instruction, home support, and communication
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Annual
discussion of the compact and success toward the partnership addressed in the
compact at parent/teacher conferences
Opportunities
for Parent Involvement
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Promotion of a
safe and open atmosphere for parents and families to visit the school that
their children attend and active solicitation of parent and family support and
assistance for school programs.
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Inclusion of
parents as full partners in decisions affecting their children and families
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Availability of
community resources to strengthen and promote school programs, family practice
and the achievement of students
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Examples listed
below:
Parent Activity Nights
Parent Advisory Committees
Parent/Teacher Organization
(PTO)
Instructional Coordinating
Council
Resource Library
Screenings
Parent surveys
Home visits
At Home reading programs
Parent/teacher conferences
Progress reports
Newsletters
Career Night
District website
For the many other
activities-see attached building Parent Involvement Plans
Plans for
Parents with Limited English Proficiency
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Interpreters at
all Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Written Spanish
translations available
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Spanish version of
newsletters available
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Home visits
Early Childhood
Parent Involvement Plan
Our mission is to provide
the highest quality of early childhood educational opportunities for our students
and prepare them for success in a global society.
Philosophy:
We believe…
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Children’s
learning is best achieved in a positive, supportive, and challenging
environment at home and at school.
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Children are
better able to learn when they have a positive image of themselves.
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While individual
differences must be recognized, all children are capable of learning.
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Children’s
learning environments should be based on exploration and play.
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Children’s
attendance at preschool is essential for academic success.
Early
Childhood Parent Involvement Plan:
The Title 1 program in
coordination with Early Childhood Special Education program and /or Parents as
Teachers will implement the following parent involvement activities:
Messy Night
Messy Night is an evening in
the park, providing parents the opportunity to assist their children in
discovering a variety of sensory experiences.
These experiences include feeling their way through a tub of oatmeal or
spaghetti, discovering clean mud made from soap and toilet paper or if they
prefer, real mud is also available.
Children can choose from any thing from finger painting to sponge
throwing.
Open House
Families visit the facility
and meet their educational team.
Celebration of Learning
Families are invited to the
facility to take part in the hospitality room, view students’ work, watch their
child participate in the musical presentation, view exhibits on curriculum,
learn about the take home literacy backpacks and schedule a home visit to be
introduced to the backpack program. Also
invited are community members, department of education officials, school board
members, state representatives, and other honorary guests.
Mega Motor Mania
Families are invited to
enjoy a night of gross motor fun as they adventure through various stations
including the bike trail, parachute area, box building, mazes, and much more.
Care Conference
This is a three-session
workshop offering many training sessions led by area professionals covering a
variety of topics relating to early childhood development. Parents and community early childhood
educators are also able to visit booths of area businesses and agencies that
provide products or services for young children.
Book-It Program
In March and April, teachers
read a book to students daily and parents follow a calendar of daily activities
that promote literacy. At the end of
each month students are awarded a complimentary pizza. This program is sponsored by Pizza Hut.
Preschool Graduation
Families, teachers, and
administrators come together to celebrate the accomplishments of our students
at the preschool level. This event
assists in the transition process for students and in communication between
school and families.
Parent Advisory Meetings
Parent advisory meetings are
held a minimum of twice a year to address concerns and ideas parents might have
regarding the improvement of the preschool program.
Parent/Child Activities
Throughout the year,
different activities will be offered to allow parents the opportunity to
interact with their child. These
activities will promote literacy, math, and social skills. Some examples might include an early learning
celebration, reading night, or take-home totes.
Other Educational Opportunities for
Parents
Parent/Community Childcare Provider Resource Library
The resource library is
filled with books, audiotapes, and videotapes of various topics including child
development and parent education.
Early Childhood Screening
An early childhood screening
is available in May. Parents are invited
to bring their children from three through five years old to receive
information on their child’s health and educational development.
Parent Contacts
Parent contacts consist of,
but are not limited to the following activities:
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Quarterly Progress Reports
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Parent/Teacher conferences (twice a year)
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Annual parent survey
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Early Childhood Newsletter
National Association of Elementary School
Principals Communicator
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Facility Newsletter—quarterly (informational)
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Phone contacts—as needed
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Home visits – offered by teachers and/or
Parents As Teachers Educators
Parent Involvement Plan
Our mission is to provide
the highest quality educational opportunity for the students of the
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Parent Awareness Nights: Parent
Awareness Nights are held periodically throughout the school year. Each night targets a particular subject area
and the parents receive information as well as have a chance to ask
questions. Topics for Parent Awareness
Nights include the following: Reading,
Writing, Mathematics, “Tail Gate Reading Party”, where parents are invited to
come read with their child at night, and the “Authors’ Tea” where parents are
invited to come read their child’s writing projects and share a snack.
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Monthly Newsletter:
The “Reading Connection” and
the “NAESP Communicator” newsletters are sent home on a monthly basis to all
first grade students.
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Parent/Teacher Conferences: The Reading
Recovery teacher conferences with all parents whose children are in the Reading
Recovery program. The Reading
Recovery/Title 1 Reading teacher also schedules parent teacher conferences with
parents whose children are enrolled in the Title 1 Reading program. Written reports are given to the parents as
well. Parents who have children in the
Title 1Reading program are invited to observe their child in the Title 1
Reading program.
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At Home Reading Program: Children
enrolled in the Reading Recovery Program bring home 1 -2 books to read every
night at home. Parents listen to their
child read the books and provide written verification that the reading was
done. The list of books read for the
Reading Recovery Program count toward the number of books required for the
“Reader’s Wall of Fame” in the regular classroom. If the child reads one hundred books at home,
then the child gets a book and his/her picture on the Reader’s Wall of Fame
Bulletin Board in the school hallway.
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Pizza Hut Book-It
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Title 1 Kindergarten Night: Title
1 students and their parents are invited to attend a fun filled evening with
various reading activities that demonstrate Kindergarten reading objectives.
Southeast Elementary
Parent Involvement Plan
Our mission is to provide
the highest quality of educational opportunities for the students of the
Philosophy:
We believe…
v
Children’s
learning is best achieved in a positive, supportive, and challenging
environment at home and at school.
v
Children are
better able to learn when they have a positive image of themselves.
v
While individual
differences must be recognized, all children are capable of learning.
v
Children’s learning
environments should be based on exploration and play.
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Children’s
attendance at school is essential for academic success.
Parent Involvement Plan for Second
Grade:
The Title 1 program, in
coordination with the second grade program, will implement the following parent
involvement activities:
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Open House: Families are invited to visit the second grade
facility and meet the principal, their child’s teacher, teacher’s aides,
counselor, Title 1 teacher, LD teacher, and other support personnel. They may visit their child’s classroom and
leave their school supplies.
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Math Night: Various math-related activities are available
for parents to learn how to help their child with math. They will go to different classrooms and
participate in the different activities which are set up in each room. The parents will, also, have an opportunity
to meet the different teachers at this time.
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Art, Music, and P.E. Night: Parents
have the opportunity to learn the different objectives that are taught in the
art, music, and P.E. classes. They will
participate with their child in sample activities that the children complete
throughout the school year. This
activity will be held twice during the year.
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Science Night: Parents and their child will
participate in various science activities that will demonstrate the science
objectives that are taught in the second grade science curriculum during the
year.
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Spring Program: The second grade students
present a musical to the public illustrating concepts learned through musical
avenues.
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Elementary Carnival: The carnival
will provide a fun time for a parent-child involvement activity. This event brings parents, students, and
staff together for informal contact to build community relationships. The carnival is held once a year in conjunction
with the other elementary grades.
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Pizza Hut and Sonic Sponsored Reading Program: Pizza Hut has
sponsored the “Book-It” reading program for a number of years. Teachers set a monthly goal for their
classes. As each child meets that goal
they are rewarded with a certificate to receive a complimentary personal sized
pan pizza from Pizza Hut. The “Book-It”
program runs October through March.
Sonic, has a similar program where the students who meet a monthly goal,
set by their teachers will be rewarded with a “Wacky Pack”. This program will last all year. In each of these programs, the parents are
asked to assist the child with the reading of the books and to sign a chart showing
the names of the books the child has read.
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“Picture Perfect” Parent Night: Title 1
students and their parents are invited to attend the “Picture Perfect” parent
involvement nights. On the first night,
each family was given a disposable camera and was asked to choose a theme that
they could take pictures about. Title 1
had the film developed. On the second
night, each family was given their pictures, a notebook, pages to put their
pictures on, and stickers. They were to
make a “scrapbook” and make journal entries for each picture. On the last night, they shared their finished
project with the group.
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Kindergarten Title 1 Parent Nights: Kindergarten
Title 1 students and their parents are invited to attend a fun filled evening
with various reading activities that will demonstrate Kindergarten reading
objectives.
Parent Contacts:
Parent contacts consist of,
but are not limited to, the following activities:
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Quarterly
progress reports
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Parent/Teacher
conferences—twice per year
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Monthly
educational newsletters:
o Reading Connection
o Report to Parents (National Association of Elementary
School Principals)
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Weekly and
monthly newsletters sent home to parents by teachers
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Phone
contacts—as needed
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Home visits
Eastwood Elementary
Parent Involvement Plan
Parent Involvement Plan for Third
Grade
The Title 1 program at the
third grade level will implement the following parent involvement activities:
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Parent-Teacher Conferences: Parents
are invited to conference with the teachers involved in the education of their
child in both the fall and the spring of each school year. These conferences are scheduled at the
parent’s convenience and encourage parental participation.
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Open House: Families are invited to attend an open house
that is scheduled within the first few weeks of the school year. Families can become familiar with the
building and faculty. It is an
opportunity for parents to ask questions or voice concerns they may have at the
beginning of a new year.
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Parent Nights:
There will be at least one
parent night activity held each year that involves all third grade students and
their parents. “Fall Back into the Past”
is held each fall to familiarize parents and students with activities that
school age children participated in several years ago. It emphasizes family activities for little
cost. There will be at least two parent
nights for Title 1 students and their parents.
These “Picture Perfect” nights involve students and their parents
cooperatively taking pictures with a camera that the Title 1 funds provide and
then creating a notebook using the pictures with a creative writing narrative
to go along with at least six of the pictures.
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Parent Notification of Eligibility and Compact
Agreement: Title 1 parents are notified of their child’s
eligibility for services and a compact agreement is mailed home for the parent
and student to sign. This agreement is
also signed by the Title 1 teacher.
Parents may accept services or refuse them. A telephone number is provided so a parent
can contact the Title 1 teacher if the parent has questions.
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Reading Logs:
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“Book-It” Program: This is an incentive program
that encourages students to read a certain number of pages or books each
month. When the student reaches his/her
goal each month, he/she receives a certificate for a single-serve pizza that can
be redeemed at Pizza Hut.
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PTO Meetings: Parent-Teacher Organization
meetings are held at the elementary level several times each year. Notices are sent to all parents to encourage
participation. This organization
supplies many extra supplies and services for the education of children at the
elementary level. In-put is encouraged
from parents, teachers, students, and administrators.
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Parent Advisory Meetings: Parent
advisory meetings are held a minimum of twice per year to address concerns and
ideas parents might have regarding the improvement of the Title 1 program.
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Pamphlets and Brochures: Some
pamphlets and brochures sent to parents include “Information Guide-Grades”,
“NAESP Communicator Newsletter”, and the “Reading Connection Newsletter”. These include articles that give ideas and
tips about important reading issues.
Northwest Elementary
Parent Involvement Plan
Parent Involvement is an important part of the student’s
success in his/her academic career. A
student whose parents are actively involved in his/her school’s activities will
have a greater chance of success.
Parents at
Parent
Involvement Activities:
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Parent Awareness Nights: Parent
Awareness Nights are held periodically throughout the school year. Each night targets a particular subject or
special event. These include the
following:
o August: Open House is
held for the parents to visit the school and have an opportunity to visit with
the classroom teacher.
o September: A Back-to-School
Night is provided for the teachers to acquaint the parents of their students
with what fourth grade looks like in their particular classroom. This includes information about the Title 1
“push-in program”, where the Title 1 teacher comes into the classroom to
provide support for the teacher and the student.
o November: The students,
in conjunction with their music classes, present a patriotic program for
parents and the community.
o Spring: The students,
through their music classes, perform a special musical play for parents and the
community.
o April:
o Spring: Title 1 and
ESL Parent Education night.
o January,
February, and March: “Picture Perfect” Parent Nights are held for
Title 1 students and their parents. Each
family is given a camera to use, the film is developed, and the families come
together to make a scrapbook at a second night.
On the third night of activities the families come together to share
their scrapbook. This involves
cooperation with family members to take pictures, choose pictures for the book,
and to write a narrative to go with the pictures.
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Monthly Newsletters:
The “Reading Connection” and
the “NAESP Communicator” newsletters are sent home on a monthly basis to all
fourth grade students.
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Parent/Teacher Conferences: The Title 1
teacher participates with the classroom teachers in conferences with parents
whose children are enrolled in the Title 1 program. Parents who have children in the Title 1
program are invited to observe their child in the program, at any time.
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Other Parent Contacts: 1) The fourth
grade teachers can choose to participate in “home visits” anytime during the
school year. This enables the teacher to
meet their students and parents in their home environment. If a student meets the requirements for Title
1 placement, each parent is notified of this eligibility and agrees to
placement in the program by signing a student/parent/teacher compact.
Parent Involvement Plan
Parent Involvement at
Grades 5-8
All grades (5-8) participate in the following parent
activities:
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Walk Through Open House: This
is held the day before school starts.
All parents are invited to walk through their child’s schedule to meet
the teachers and to visit classrooms.
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Conferences: Parents are urged to attend conferences which
are held twice per year. They are held
in the fall and the spring.
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Meet the Owls Night: Parents can
come to see the students in the fall sports programs. The students put on short scrimmage. This activity is also repeated with the
winter sports.
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Owl Pride Assemblies: These assemblies
are held in connection with our Character Education Theme. Parents are welcome to come and visit these
assemblies. Prizes are drawn and awards
are given.
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Owl Pride Celebration: At the end of
the first semester we award all students by having parents provide and serve
ice cream with various toppings.
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Concession Stand Party: This is
provided by individual teachers to reward students for good behavior, good
grades, and attendance. These are held
quarterly. Parents volunteer to serve in
the concession stand.
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Musical Activities: All grades participate in band,
orchestra, or choir throughout the year.
Routinely concerts are held at Christmas and in the spring. These students perform at assemblies. All parents are encouraged to come watch the
performance.
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Plays: Students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth
grades audition for a play presented once a year for parents. Many time parents will come and volunteer
their help.
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Sports: