Caldwell Parent Involvement Plan

 

Caldwell Elementary  School

2018-2019

Parent Involvement Policy

 

 

Caldwell Elementary School recognizes that a child's education is a responsibility shared by the school and family during the entire period the child spends in school. To support the goal that all children succeed academically and in life, the school and parents must work together as partners.

An annual meeting will be held to inform parents of the school's participation in Title I, to explain the Title I requirements and the right of parents to be involved. The school will invite all parents and will encourage them to attend.

Parents will be involved in the creation and planning of the policy and school wide program.

  •  CIT (Campus Improvement Team)
  •  Surveys
  •  PTA planning meetings
  •  Parents conference

Parents will be provided information about Title I programs in a variety of ways and in a way that is easy to understand. Alternative formats will be provided to individuals with disabilities upon request. Parents should expect to receive information in the following ways:

  • Skylert
  • Marquee
  • Website
  • Tuesday folders
  • Monthly calendar
  • School meetings

Information provided to parents about the Title I programs includes a description and explanation of the school's curriculum, assessments, and achievement levels which children are expected to reach.  The school will give parents this information in the following ways:

  • The annual Title I meeting
  • Regular parent-teacher conferences
  • Title I meetings and Family Nights throughout the year
  • Thursday folders
  • Classroom newsletters 
  • Grade level meetings
  • Meet the Teacher night
  • Progress reports
  • Report Cards
  • On-line grade book (Skyward)
  • Parents of students grades  3-5 will be provided a report about  their child's performance on the State assessment in Reading, Math, Writing and Science

Opportunities for regular meetings for parents to give suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children will be provided at the parent's request.  The school will respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible. Parents who make requests will be given the opportunity to meet:

  • through prearranged meetings with the teacher
  • through meetings with the student's teacher which may include administrators and other staff as appropriate
  • through meetings with the Student Support Team
  • through meetings with the counselor and or administrators

Caldwell Elementary School will give the district any written parent comments concerning the schoolwide plan if the schoolwide plan is not satisfactory to parents of children attending Caldwell Elementary School.

  • Parents of children attending Caldwell Elementary School may submit comments in writing to their child's teacher or the principal.

In order to build and support a strong partnership among the school, parents, and community, and to improve student achievement, Caldwell Elementary School will do the following:

Caldwell Elementary School will help parents better understand the state and district standards, the assessments and how to monitor their child's progress in the following ways:

  • Website
  • On-line grade book (Skyward) Regular parent-teacher conferences
  • Title I meetings and Family Nights throughout the year Information given to parents in the Thursday folders Classroom newsletters
  • Grade level meetings Meet the Teacher night Progress reports Report Cards
  • Parents of students grades  3-5 will be provided a report about their child's performance on the State assessment in Reading, Math, Writing and Science

Materials and training will be provided to parents to help students become more successful through:

  • Family Learning Nights Student Agenda  Planners Thursday folders
  • AVID
  • Parent-teacher conferences

Professional development for teachers, principals, and other school staff, will be provided, with the assistance of parents, in the following areas:

  • The value of working with  parents and the ways that parents help their children achieve  and support the school
  • How to reach out to parents
  • How to communicate with  parents
  • How to work with  parents as equal partners
  • How to implement and coordinate parent programs
  • How to build ties between parents and the school

Caldwell Elementary School will work with the following involvement programs when appropriate:

  • Parents As Teachers (PAT)

The campus Parent Involvement Liaison will make sure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent in a format that parents can easily understand, and whenever reasonably possible, in a language that parents can understand.

  • Copies of flyers, phone messages, and other notices will be kept as
  • documentation by the Title I Parent Involvement Liaison

Reasonable support for parental involvement activities will be provided.

  • Funds  set aside for parental involvement will be spent on the agreed upon  activities
  • Materials and refreshments will be provided when possible
  • Choir
  • Girl/Boy Scouts of America
  • Parents As Teachers (PAT)

Literacy Training will be provided funded by Title I.

  • Reading Night
  • PTA make & takes

Volunteers will be trained to assist with parental involvement activities.

  • Campus Volunteer Training

For parents who are unable to attend parental involvement activities at school, home visits, and meetings at alternative locations will be provided.

  • Home visits for parents with disabilities will be arranged by appointment. Parents who need to request a home visit may contact the Title I Parent Involvement Liaison or their child's teacher.

Community organizations and business are encouraged to participate in parental involvement activities.

  • We will recruit local businesses to volunteer on our Campus
  • Improvement Team
  • Partnerships with organizations and businesses are coordinated through the BEST Foundation

Caldwell Elementary School is committed to the success of students. We will work together with parents to make sure that our Title I program is effective in developing students who achieve.

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Academic Achievement:

As a part of the Campus Parent Involvement Policy, a School-Parent Compact will be developed jointly with parents.  This compact will outline how parents, the entire school staff, and students will work together for improved student achievement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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