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School Parental Involvement Policy Part I. General Expectations Kenna Elementary School agrees to implement the following statutory requirements: Consistant with section 1118, the school will ensure that the required school level parental involvement policy meets the requirements of section 1118 of the ESEA, and includes, as a component, a school-parent compact consistent with section 118(d) of the ESEA. Kenna Elementary School will notify parents of the policy in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand. The policy will be made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and the school. In carrying out the Title I, Part A, parental involvement requriements, to the extent practicable, the school will provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information and school reports required under section 1111 of the ESEA in an understandable and uniform format and including alternative formats upon request and to the extent practicable, in the language parents understand. If the school-wide program plan for Title I, Part A, developed under section 1114(b) of the ESEA is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, Kenna Elementary School will submit any parent comments with the plan when the school submits the plan to the local educational agency (school District) Kenna Elementary School will involve the parents of children served in Title I, Part A schools in decisions about how funds reserved under this part are spent for parent invovlement activities. The school will build its own and the parent's capacity for strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement. Kenna Elementary School will provide parental invovlement activities under section 111B of the ESEA in the areas of improving student achievement, child development, child rearing and additional topics parents may request. Kenna Elementary School will be governed by the following statutory defination: Parent Involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring- (A) that parents play an integral role in assisting their child's leaning; (B) that parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child's education at school; (C) that parents are full partners in their child's education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of the child. (D) the carrying out of other activities, such as those described in section 1118 of the ESEA. Part II Description of How Schools will Implement Required School Parental Involvement Policy Components Note: The School Parental Involvement Policy shall include a description of how the school will implement or accomplish each of the following components. (Section 1118, ESEA.) 1. Kenna Elementary School shall take the following actions to involve parents in the joint development and review of its school parental involvement policy under section 1118 of the ESEA. 2. Kenna Elementary School shall take the following actions to involve parents in the process of planning, joint development of the program, review and improvement of programs under Title I Part A of the ESEA: At Jackson County Title I paent Advisory Council meetings and Kenna Elementary PTO meetings, parents will be informed of current academic activities. At this time, parents are able to review, assess, and make concerns or suggestions known. 3. Kenna Elementary School shall hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school's participation in Title I, Part A programs, and to explain the Title I, Part A requirements and the right of parents to be involved in Title I, Part A programs. The school will invite all parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs to this meeting. The Title I Annual Meeting is held as part of Open House, which is scheduled during the first week of school each year. Open House is divided into two sessions, one for third, fourth and fifth grade students/parents and another for Preschool, Kindergarten, first and second grade students/parents. 4. Kenna Elementary School shall provide parents of participating children information in a timely manner about Title I, Part A programs that includes a description and explanation of the school's curriculm, the forms of academic assessment used to measure children's progress, and the proficiency levels students are explected to meet. WV CSO's tiered instruction model, and progress monitoring methods/goals will be discussed at the Title I Schoolwide Planning Meeting in October. 5. Kenna Elementary School shall, at the request of parents, provide opportunities for regular meetings, held at flexible times, for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children. The school will respond to any such suggessstions as soon as practicably possible by: Meetings will be scheduled upon parent interest or request. Information obtained from Parent Surveys will also be addressed through meetings. Our Parent Coordinator will assist with identification of parent interest and needs. 6.Kenna Elementary School shall provide each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the State Assessment in at least math, language arts and reading by: WESTEST2 Individual Student Reports were sent home on September 15, 2010 7.Kenna Elementary School shall take the following actions to provide each parent timely notice their child has been assigned or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified within the meaning of the term in section 200.56 of the Title I Final Regulations (67 Fed. Reg. 71710, December 2, 2002): Letters will be sent to parents of students assigned to a teacher who is not highly qualifed before October 15 each year. Anytime a long term substitute position is filled by a teacher who is not highly qualifed for the position, parents will be notified if the teacher remains in the position for more than four consecutive weeks. 8.Kenna Elementary School shall provide assistance to parents of children served by the school, as appropriate, in understanding topics by undertaing the actions described below- *the state's academic content standards, *the state's student academic achievement standards *the state and local academic assessments including alternate assessments, *the requirements of Title I Part A *how to monitor their child's progress, and *how to work with educators: Open House will provide opportunities for parents and teachers to discuss academic content standards, achievement expectations, Title I programming, WESTEST2, and progress monitoring information. It is an opportunity for teachers to discuss their plans for the year and how parents can help at home. Parent opportunities will be provided throughout the year on topics of interest or need and a parent survey will be collected so parents can make needs known. The Parent Coordinator, Title I TEachers and other staff will work together to ensure parent opportunities are provided throughout the year. 9.Kenna Elementary School shall provide materials and training to help parents work with their children in the areas of improving student achievement, (including literacy training and using technology) child development, child rearing and additional topics parents may request. Parent-Educatior Newsletters are sent home with every child. Jackson County Schools subscribes to Home & School Connection, Early years, Reading Connection, Building Readers (Elementary & Reading Readiness) Math & Science Connection, which provides excellent information for parents with regard to literacy, technology, homework assistance, structrue and routine, etc. 10.Kenna Elementary School shall, with the assistance of its parents, educate its teachers, pupil services personnel, principals and other staff in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parens as equal partners in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties between parents and schools by: A Parent Survey will be used as guidance. The Local School Improvement Council and Parent Teacher Organization will be other venues for parent involvement and coordination of information between parents, staff and community. 11. Kenna Elementary School shall to the extent feasible and appropriate, coordinate and inegrate parental involvement programs and activities with Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, public preschool, and other programs. The school will also conduct other activities such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children by: Parents of students in our three Universal Preschool classes, one of which is a Headstart Collaborative classroom) are included in all school activities. We work with Even Start and our Parent Educator Resource Center (PERC) throughout the year. PERC typically provides at least one parent training session during the school year and the resources available through the PERC are accessed for parent information. 12. Kenna Elementary School shall take the following actions t ensure that information related to the school and parent-prgorams, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents of participating children in an understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon request and to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand. Efforts are made to ensure that information sent home is clear, easily legible and written so that all parents can read and understand the information. Information is also provided via the Parent-Teacher Hotline, which consists of recorded messages parents can access. This year the School Messenger calling system can be used when needed to inform parentsof meetings and/or training opportunities. When LEP needs are present, we work with the county administrators to ensure that information is provided in a format that is accessible for our parents. Part III. DISCRETIONARY SCHOOL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY COMPONENTS NOTE: The School Parental Involvement Policy may include additional information and describe other discretionary activities that the school, in consultation with its parents, chooses to undertae to build parents' capacity for involvement in the school to support their children's academic achievement, such as the following discretionary activities under section 118(e) of the ESEA: *involve parents in the development of training for teachers, principals, and other educators to improve the effectiveness of that training. *providing necessary literacy training for parents from Title I Part A funds, if the school district has exhausted all other reasonably available sources of funding for that training. *paying reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parental involvement activities; including transportation and child care costs, to enable parents to participate in school-related meetings and traing sessions; *training parents to enhance the involvement of other parents; *arranging school meetings at a variety of times, or conducting in-home conferences between teachers or other educators, who work directly with participating children, arrange meetings with parents who are unable to attend conferences at school in order to maximize parental involvement and particpation in their children's eduction. *adopting and implementing model approaches to improving parent involvement; *establishing a school parent advisory council to provide advice on all matters related to parental involvement in Title I, Part A programs; *developing appropriate roles for community-based organziations and businesses, including faith-based organizations in parental involvement activities. Part IV. ADOPTION This School Parental Invovlement Policy has been developed jointly with, and agreed on with, parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs, as evidenced by Title I Schoolwide Planning Meeting Agenda. |