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Series
6400
Instruction
In
accordance with Section 1118 of the No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001 (“NCLB”), Public Act 107-110, it is the policy of
the Sprague Board of Education to provide parents of students
participating in the district’s Title I programs substantial
and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education
of their children within these programs. To facilitate
parental participation, the Board encourages parents of Title
I eligible students to be involved in regular meetings,
communications, and activities that will inform them about the
district’s Title I programs, to participate in the
improvement of such programs and to help improve their
child’s progress within these programs.
This
policy has been developed jointly with, and agreed upon by,
parents of children participating in Title I programs.
The district shall distribute this written parental
involvement policy to parents of participating students in an
understandable and uniform format and, to the extent
practicable, in a language the parents can understand.
The policy shall be made available to the public and updated
periodically, as necessary to carry out the requirements of
parental involvement under Section 1118 of NCLB.
The
Board shall, with the involvement of Title I parents, conduct
an annual evaluation of this policy in order to assess its
effectiveness in involving parents in the improvement of the
Title I programs and to identify barriers to greater parent
participation in Title I program activities.
Each
year, the Board shall also conduct a meeting, at a convenient
time, to involve parents in the planning, review and
improvement of programs funded by Title I. All parents
of participating children must be invited and encouraged to
attend. At this meeting, parents shall be given a
description and explanation of the Title I programs, the
curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic
assessment used, the proficiency levels students are expected
to meet and information regarding the importance of parental
involvement.
In
addition to the required annual meeting, and if requested by
parents, the Board shall offer opportunities for regular
meetings at flexible times of the day in order to allow
parents to formulate suggestions for the Board’s Title I
programs and their application to their child (ren)’s
programs; and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions
related to the education of their children. Parents will
be given opportunities to participate in the joint development
of the district’s Title I plan, as required by Section 1112
of NCLB, and in the process of any school review and
improvement should a school fail to make adequate annual
progress as required by Section 1116 of NCLB. At any
time, if a parent is dissatisfied with a school’s Title I
program, he/she shall have the opportunity to submit comments
for review at the district level.
The
Board will provide the coordination, technical assistance and
other support necessary to assist Title I schools in planning
and implementing effective parent involvement. Parental
involvement in Title I programs shall be coordinated with
parental involvement strategies under other district programs.
In
order to build the schools’ and parents’ capacity for
strong parental involvement, the Board shall:
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provide
assistance to parents of students participating in Title I
programs in understanding topics related to their child’s
progress, such as explanation of state academic standards and
assessment tools, the requirements under Title I, and how to
monitor their child’s progress; |
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provide
materials and training to help parents to work with their
children, such as literacy training and using technology; |
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educate
teachers, staff and administrators about how to better
communicate and work with parents; |
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ensure
that information related to school and parent programs,
meetings and other activities is sent to participating parents
in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the
parents can understand; |
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provide
such other reasonable support for parental involvement
activities as parents may request; and |
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inform
parents and parental organizations of the existence and
purpose of parent resource centers within the State. |
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School-Parent
Compact
This
policy further requires that each school involved in Title I
programs shall jointly develop with parents of participating
children a school-parent compact that outlines how parents,
staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved
student 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
school-parent compact shall:
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describe
the school’s responsibility to provide high-quality
curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective
learning environment that enables Title I students to meet the
State’s student academic achievement standards; |
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indicate
the ways in which each parent will be responsible for
supporting their child’s learning, such as monitoring
attendance, homework completion, and television watching;
volunteering in their child’s classroom; and participating,
as appropriate, in decisions related their child’s education
and positive use of extra-curricular time; |
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stress
the importance of ongoing teacher-parent communication through
parent-teacher conferences, frequent reports to parents,
reasonable access to school staff, and opportunities to
volunteer, participate in and observe their child’s
classroom activities. |
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The
Board authorizes the Superintendent, or his/her designee, to
develop a school-parent compact and other procedures such as
those relating to meetings, parent communication and parental
involvement activities, as he/she deems necessary in order to
ensure compliance with this policy.
Legal
Reference:
20 U.S.C. 6318. Parental Involvement
20 U.S.C. 7801
Adopted:
May 2006
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Parent-School
Compact
Parents,
students and staff involved in Title I programs within the
Sprague School District agree to share responsibility for
improving student academic achievement. In furtherance
of this agreement, these parties agree to the following:
The
Sprague school district shall be responsible for:
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providing
high-quality curriculum and instruction in supportive
and effective learning environment that enables students in
the [name of school] Title I program to meet state academic
achievement standards |
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communicating
with parents regarding their child’s progress and providing
timely information about Title I programs and assessment
tools; |
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encouraging
ongoing communication between teachers and parents; |
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educating
staff about the importance of parental involvement; |
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providing,
at minimum, annual parent-teacher conferences during which the
school-parent compact will be discussed as it related to the
individual child’s achievement; |
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providing
frequent reports to parents on their child’s progress; |
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providing
reasonable access to school staff; |
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providing
opportunities for parents to volunteer, participate in and
observe their child’s classroom activities. |
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Teachers
participating in Title I programs shall be responsible for:
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communicating
with parents on an ongoing basis; |
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participating
in parent-teacher conferences, at least annually, during which
the school-parent compact will be discussed as it relates to
the individual child’s achievement; |
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providing
frequent reports to parents on their child’s progress; |
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providing
opportunities for parents to volunteer, participate and
observe their child’s classroom activities. |
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providing
parents with results of evaluation; how they are scored, where
they should be at that grade level. |
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providing
an explanation of the breakdown of the evaluation results. |
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providing
the parent with suggestions to help the child at home. |
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Parents
shall be responsible for supporting their child’s learning
in the following ways:
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monitoring
their child’s attendance; |
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monitoring their child’s homework completion and
television watching |
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volunteering in their child’s classroom; |
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encouraging positive use of their child’s
extracurricular time; and |
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participating,
as appropriate, in decisions relating to their child’s
education. |
