Title 1
School Parent Involvement Policy Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary School
PART I. GENERAL EXPECTATIONS
Wayne Trace Grover Hill School agrees to implement the following statutory requirements:
Consistent with section 1118, the school will work to ensure that the required school level parental involvement policies/plans meet the requirements of section 1118 of the ESEA, and each include, as a component, a school-parent compact consistent with section 1118(d) of the ESEA.
Schools will notify parents of the policy/plan in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand. The policy/plan will be made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and the school.
Incarrying out the Title 1, Part A, parent involvement requirements, 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 possible,
in 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, the school will submit any parent comments with the plan when the school submits the plan to the Title 1 Coordinator.
The school will involve the parents of children served in Title I, Part A schools in decisions about how the 1 percent of Title I, Part A funds reserved for parental involvement is spent, and will ensure that not less than 95 percent of the 1 percent reserved goes directly to the schools.
The school will build its own and the parent's capacity for strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involement of parents and to support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement.
The school will provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under section
1118 of the ESEA as the parents may request.
The school will be governed by the following statutory definition of parental involvement, and will carry out programs, activities, and procedures in accordance with this definition:
Parental involvement means theparticipation ofparents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring-
(A) thatparents play an integral role in assisting their child's learning;
(BJ thatparents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child's education at school;
(C) thatparents arefull partners in their child 's education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their 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 I PLAN COMPONENTS
. Wayne Trace Grover Hill School will take the following actions to involve parents in the joint development of its school parental involvement
plan under section 1118 of the ESEA:
Provide copies on request as noted in newsletters
Post on school website
Ask parents for suggestions for revision via email, phone, , written notes, and/or conference with Title 1 teacher.
Ask parents for suggestions for revision via email, phone, , written notes, and/or conference with Title 1 teacher.
Information on website asking for suggestions
Meetings held during Open House events
During parent conferences
Presentations at PTO meetings
Annual state assessment scores shared with parents an annual conferences
Locally given formative assessment results shared with parents at annual parent conferences and quarterly with report cards
Progress reports sent home quarterly
Curriculum maps available upon request
Regular communication available for parents via emails, phone and in person conferences
Newsletter and website has information posted on how to contact a teacher for a conference
Teacher emails distributed to parents in newsletters
Sending home state assessment results when released
Quarterly report cards including assessment results
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) by:
Right to know notice will be sent home to students when indicated
Wayne Trace Grover Hill
PART III. DISCRETIONARY SCHOOL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY/PLAN COMPONENTS
Components of the School Parent Involvement Plan is outlined in the above PART II and supervised
by the Title I teacher in each building in collaboration with the building principal, the PTO, and other district personnel.
* * * * *PART IV. ADOPTION
This School Parental Involvement Policy/Plan has been developed jointly with, and agreed on with, parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs, as evidenced by the building principal, the Title 1 teacher, and the district director of instruction. This policy/plan was adopted by the Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary School on 9/1122 and will be in effect for the period of one year. The school will distribute this policy/plan to all parents of participating Title I, Part A children on or before the en of the first nine-weeks of each school year.