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Title 1 Parent and Family Engagement Policy

Stevens Elementary School

Parent Involvement Policy and Procedures

2022-2023 school year

Stevens Elementary School is committed to the goal of providing quality education for every child in this district. To this end, we want to establish partnerships with parents and with the community. Everyone gains if Stevens School and families work together to promote high achievement by our children. Neither home nor Stevens School can do the job alone. 

 

Stevens Elementary School recognizes that some students may need the extra assistance available through the Title I program to reach the state’s high academic standards. Stevens intends to include parents in all aspects of the school’s Title I program. The goal is a school-home partnership that will help all students to succeed. 

 

PART I–SCHOOL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY REQUIRED COMPONENTS

 

  1. Stevens Elementary School will jointly develop/revise with parents the school parental involvement policy/procedures and distribute it to parents of participating children and make available the parent involvement policy/procedures to the local community. 

Involvement: 

  • Each month PTO sponsors the PTO meeting/inviting all their parents Communication/newsletters/web page/describing the learning for the week  

  • We will strive to provide regular family events 

  • Family Service worker’s office is resource center for parents

  • Home visits/as many as time allows from the Steven’s Connections Team

  • Updated calendar of events sent home throughout the year

  • Positive phone calls from principal and teachers

  • PBIS

  • Counselor and family service worker contact families for support

  • PTO develop family celebration events

  • Monthly assemblies to showcase students

  • Review teacher parent compact at October conference

  • Explain “Title School” at September/October/November PTO meeting

  • Monthly parent bulletin board/calendar

  • Communication folders go home daily or weekly in each grade level with parent information.  Planners are utilized in grades 3-5. 

  • Variety of on-line helps for students and parents on district website

  • Main foyer tv update on events, showcase students

  • Main foyer calendar

  • Monthly newsletter

  • Weekly (online) newsletter

  • Facebook page

  • Teacher Canvas page

  • Remind messages

  • Steven’s webpage

 

  1. Stevens Elementary School will convene an annual meeting, at a convenient time, to which all parents of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend. This meeting will inform parents of their school’s participation and explain the requirements of this part of the Title I plan, and the right of the parents to be involved.

 

  • PTO meeting in November/December to review and gain suggestions and then meet to disperse the updated plan. 

  • October/November/December meeting to explain Title 1 and what that means for their children.

  • Information will also be shared at the first teacher-parent-student conference in October, providing times in the morning, afternoon and evening so all parents have a chance to attend. 

  1. Offer a variety of meetings.

  • The principal, family service worker and counselor provide home visits

  • Various teachers provide before and after school phone conferences.

  1. Involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of the school plan under Section 1112, school-wide under Section 1114, and the process of the school review and improvement under Section 1116.  

  • Parents are provided a copy of our plan at the first PTO meeting after it is created (September-November)

  • Parents are also provided with our school report card on the webpage and at the September-November meeting.

  • At scheduled PTO meetings, the principal shares what has been happening at our school, showing overall data and interventions being used, providing a variety of reports on our school improvement plan. 

  • Newsletters are sent home with weekly updates. 

  1. Stevens Elementary School provides parents of participating children:

    1. Timely information is shared at our first open house day at the beginning of school as well as throughout the year through, newsletter, PTO meetings and parent/teacher conferences and our webpage.

    2. A description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school (state standards), the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet are also shared with parents during the October conference time. 

    3. If requested by parents, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their children, and respond to any such suggestions as soon as practically possible are arranged according to the convenience of parents and are then conducted.

 

  1. If the school-wide program plan is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, parents can make comments on the plan in various ways; informally through conversations, formally through a parent survey and various meetings.

 

PART II–REQUIRED SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HIGH STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (School/Parent Compact)

 

As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy, each school shall jointly develop with parents for all children served under this part, a school-parent compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved students 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. The compact shall read:

 

*See later on in the document.

 

  • Parent/teacher conferences at Stevens Elementary School are held two times a year, November and March. The compact is discussed at the November meeting as it relates to the individual child’s achievement. 

  • Report cards are provided 2 times a year. Report cards are sent home in December and June. 

  • Other conferences are set up throughout the year either through parent or teacher request.

  • Parents are provided reasonable access to staff, opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class and observation of classroom activities.  There is a formal process in place for screening parent volunteers in the district. Parents are also welcomed as chaperones throughout the year. Parents are always welcomed into the classroom according to teacher and/or parent request. 

BUILDING CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INVOLVEMENT

To ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school involved, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement, each school and district under this part–

 

  1. Shall provide assistance to the parents of children served by the school or district, as appropriate, in understanding such topics as the state’s academic content standards and state student academic achievement standards. State and district assessments, the requirements of this part, and how to monitor a child’s progress and work with educators to improve the achievement of their children.  

  • Parents are made aware of the OSPI website through our school report card. There they can find the New Core Common Standards for each grade level.

  • During the open house or during the first conference, teachers share with parents CCSS and how their child is working toward standard.

  • The first PTO meeting and the first conference, parents receive information on the state Smarter Balanced assessment and also how Ready assessment is used to monitor and provide assistance to their child’s learning. Also, at the 1st conference, parents are shown the iReady assessment of their child and are explained the intervention if one is needed. Parents are also assisted with ways they can help their child at home, at this time as well as through the year

  1. Shall provide materials and training to help parents work with their children to improve their children’s achievement, such as literacy training and using technology, as appropriate, to foster parental involvement.  

  • Parent nights offered throughout the year

  • Resources are provided for home use such as iReady ,IXL, Khan Academy and various apps.

  • Book bags offered on a check out basis weekly.

  1. Shall educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent programs, and build ties between parents and the school.  

  • Staff meeting provide opportunity to educate 

  • Cultural competency training and reminders are provided in various ways

  • The district McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison coordinates training for our staff concerning how to best support our homeless families and families in transition

  1. Shall to the extent feasible and appropriate, coordinate and integrate parent involvement programs and activities with Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, and public preschool and other programs, and conduct other activities, such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children.  

  • Through WaKids training, kindergarten and preschool teachers are participating in home/school visits with the families of each child before school begins for the purpose of coordinating home to school transition in a positive, relaxed way. The hope with these meetings will ease students’ apprehension in coming to school and bring an excitement around their first school experience. It is hoped that these meetings will help parents feel welcome and comfortable in the school setting

  • The preschool teachers conduct home visits before school and throughout the school on Fridays for the same purpose. Teachers conduct conference meetings as needed.

  • The Family Service worker makes home visits to assist families.

  1. Shall ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to the parents of participating children in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language parents can understand.  

  • Information is sent to our parents in Spanish and English

  • Monthly newsletter from the principal and weekly newsletters from the teacher and principal

  • Other information letters are sent as needed

  • Lunch menus with upcoming events posted on the back are sent.

  • Autodialer

  • SFSW daily interaction with families

  1. Shall provide such other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under this part as parents may request.

  • Parent requests are sent when asked

  • If the need should occur reasonable support for parental activities will be provided, such as bus passes in order to attend events

PART II–REQUIRED SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HIGH STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (School/Parent Compact)

 

As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy, each school shall jointly develop with parents for all children served under this part, a school-parent compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved students 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. The compact shall read:
 

Student – Parent – School Compact

 

During the fall of each school year students, parents, and teachers will be asked to sign this compact. The following lists some responsibilities of each party in regards to student achievement.

 

As a school, we will:

...get to know your child’s needs and try to meet them.

...communicate regularly with families.

...promote on-going two-way communication between teachers and families.

...provide a safe and positive learning environment for your child.

...provide meaningful learning activities both in and out of school.

...assist your child in the selection of reading materials.

 

As a parent / guardian, I will:

...contact my child’s teacher or other school personnel with any questions I may      have. 

...attend all regularly scheduled student-family-teacher conferences.

...help my child read at least 15 minutes for a minimum of four nights a week.

...send my child to school on time and make sure he/she is well rested.

...talk to my child about school and assist with all homework.

 

As a student at Stevens Elementary school, I will:

...respect myself, my school and all others.

...read at least 15 minutes a day or more.

...complete and turn in all my schoolwork on time.

...go to bed at a reasonable hour and eat a healthy breakfast and lunch.

...come to school on time and ready to learn.

 

We agree that students have the best opportunity to succeed in school when we work together to accomplish these things.


 

______________________________________________________________________________Student Signature


 

_____________________________________________________________________________________________Parent / Guardian Signature



______________________________________________________________________________Teacher Signature