HENRY E.S. REEVES ELEM. SCHOOL Title I, Part A Parental Involvement Plan

I, Julian E. Gibbs , do hereby certify that all facts, figures, and representations made in this application are true, correct, and consistent with the statement of assurances for these waivers. Furthermore, all applicable statutes, regulations, and procedures; administrative and programmatic requirements; and procedures for fiscal control and maintenance of records will be implemented to ensure proper accountability for the expenditure of funds on this project. All records necessary to substantiate these requirements will be available for review by appropriate state and federal staff. I further certify that all expenditures will be obligated on or after the effective date and prior to the termination date of the project. Disbursements will be reported only as appropriate to this project, and will not be used for matching funds on this or any special project, where prohibited.

Assurances

  • The school will be governed by the statutory definition of parental involvement, and will carry out programs, activities, and procedures in accordance with the definition outlined in Section 9101(32), ESEA;
  • Involve the parents of children served in Title I, Part A in decisions about how Title I, Part A funds reserved for parental involvement are spent [Section 1118(b)(1) and (c)(3)];
  • Jointly develop/revise with parents the school parental involvement policy and distribute it to parents of participating children and make available the parental involvement plan to the local community [Section 1118 (b)(1)];
  • Involve parents, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of programs under this part, including the planning, review, and improvement of the school parental involvement policy and the joint development of the schoolwide program plan under section 1114(b)(2) [Section 1118(c)(3)];
  • Use the findings of the parental involvement policy review to design strategies for more effective parental involvement, and to revise, if necessary, the school’s parental involvement policy [Section 1118(a)(E)];
  • If the plan for Title I, Part A, developed under Section 1112, is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, the school will submit parent comments with the plan when the school submits the plan to the local educational agency [Section 1118(b)(4)];
  • Provide to each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the state assessment in at least mathematics, language arts, and reading [Section 1111(h)(6)(B)(i)];
  • Provide each parent timely notice when 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 34 CFR Section 200.56 [Section 1111(h)(6)(B)(ii)]; and
  • Provide each parent timely notice information regarding their right to request information on the professional qualifications of the student's classroom teachers and paraprofessionals [Section (h)(6)(A)].

 

Signature of Principal or Designee

Date Signed

 

Mission Statement



Parental Involvement Mission Statement (Optional)

Response: The staff at Henry E.S. Reeves Elementary School encourages our parents to participate in the decision making process by joining EESAC and PTA. We send home fliers, make telephone calls through Connect-Ed, and advertise information on the marquis. We also encourage parents to participate in EESAC, PTA and Parent Academy meetings.

Involvement of Parents



Describe how the school will involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely manner, in the planning, review, and improvement of Title I programs including involvement in the decisions regarding how funds for parental involvement will be used [Sections1118(c)(3), 1114(b)(2), and 1118(a)(2)(B)].

Response: Parents are part of the EESAC and PTA. Meetings are held on a monthly basis to review progress of the Student Improvement Plan, decisions regarding the utilizations of funds for curriculum as well as parental involvement. Also, annual evaluation will be conducted using surveys completed by the parents,students and

staff to better adhere to the needs of all stakeholders. The results will be utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of parent involvement.

Coordination and Integration



Describe how the school will coordinate and integrate parental involvement programs and activities that teach parents how to help their children at home, to the extent feasible and appropriate, including but not limited to, other federal programs such as: Head Start, Early Reading First, Even Start, Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, public preschool, Title I, Part C, Title II, Title III, Title IV, and Title VI [Section 1118(e)(4)].

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Program

Coordination

1

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Supplemental instruction support provided by the school will be discussed with parents during Open House, Title I Parent Meeting and thoughout the development of students IEP's.

2

Parent Portal Workshop

Teach parents how to utilize the parent portal and additional resources offered

3

PTA/Open House

Administration and Community Involvement Specialist

4

EESAC Meetings

Administration and EESAC Chairperson

5

Title I Resource Center

Community Involvement Specialist

Annual Parent Meeting



Describe the specific steps the school will take to conduct an annual meeting designed to inform parents of participating children about the school’s Title I program, the nature of the Title I program (schoolwide or targeted assistance), Adequately Yearly Progress, school choice, supplemental educational services, and the rights of parents. Include timeline, persons responsible, and evidence the school will use to demonstrate the effectiveness of the activity [Section 1118(c)(1)].

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Activity/Tasks

Person Responsible

Timeline

Evidence of Effectiveness

1

Open House/Title One Public Meeting

Administration & Teachers

August

Marque/Flyers/School Web-Site/Newsletter

2

Announcement Marquee/Parent Link

Adminstration

Mid-September

Photos/Parent Link Report

3

Connect Ed Message

Administration

Mid-September

Percent of sucessful delivery log

4

Meet & Greet Day

Administration

August

Sign In Sheets

5

Parent Academy

Community Involvement Specialist

Ongoing

Sign In Sheets/Agenda

Flexible Parent Meetings



Describe how the school will offer a flexible number of meetings, such as meetings in the morning or evening, and may provide with Title I funds, transportation, child care, or home visits, as such services related to parental involvement [Section 1118(c)(2)].

Response: Henry E.S. Reeves Elementary will schedule flexible meeting times throughout the year to make an attempt to accommodate 100 percent of our parents. We will inform and educate our parents regarding the various benefits we incur as being a Title I School. Parents will continuously and urgently be made aware of how important it is to

become a part of the Reeves family. Henceforth, we will inform and encourage parents to be a part of finalizing our School Improvement Plan, being a part of our EESAC and PTA. In addition,parents will be informed of their child's academic progress, their test scores if applicable,the various academic skills that are covered as it is aligned with the Florida Standard Assessment curriculum and how we can work together to fortify deficient academic areas. Parents will be encouraged to participate in all school related activities so that they are aware of academic strands, benchmarks, assessments and other accountability measures that their children are exposed to on a daily basis.

Building Capacity



Describe how the school will implement activities that will build the capacity for strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school involved, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement [Section 1118(e)]. Describe the actions the school will take to provide materials and training to help parents work with their child to improve their child’s academic achievement [Section 1118(e)(2)].Include information on how the school will provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under Section 1118 as parents may request [Section 1118(e)(14)].

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Content and Type of Activity

Person Responsible

Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement

Timeline

Evidence of Effectiveness

1

Opening of Schools Meet & Greet

Administration

Promotes school expectations

August 2014

Sign-In rosters

2

Parent Volunteer Training

Administration

Promotes parental involvement

Ongoing

Sign-In rosters

3

Academics & Data Parent Night

Administration, Teachers and Reading Coach

Parents will be given information and strategies to fortify reading and math skills

January 2015

Marquee, Flyers, Connect Ed messages,Sign-In rosters

4

McGraw-Hill Wonders Reading Series

Teachers

Teachers will conduct individual conferences throughout the year to discuss academic progress, assessment results, expectations and academic challenges

Ongoing

Conference Forms/Logs

5

Health Connect

Administration/ School Nurse

Student Wellness

Ongoing

Student Immunization Records and Attendance

6

Parent Academy

Community Involvement Specialist

Parenting skills to enhance student achievement

Ongoing

Increased Student Achievement

Staff Training



Describe the professional development activities the school will provide to educate the teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents 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 [Section 1118(e)(3)].

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Content and Type of Activity

Person Responsible

Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement

Timeline

Evidence of Effectiveness

1

Newsletters to inform parents of monthly events for parental involvement

PTA

Bridge the gap between parents and school which directly enhance student achievement

Ongoing

Newsletter

2

Communicating and working with parents

Administration, Teachers, and Parent Volunteers

Improve the ability of staff to work effectively with parents

August 2014

Conference Logs, Sign-In sheets and Feedback

3

CIS monthly meetings/workshops

Community Involvement Specialist

Provide training for support services in meaningful ways to improve academic achievement

Monthly

Sign-In rosters

4

Cultural Sensitivity

Administration

Provide information to staff regarding various cultures and economic diversity

October 2014

Agenda, Sign-In sheets and Staff/Parent feedback

5

Parent Academy

Community Involvement Specialist

Increased Student Achievement

Ongoing

Florida Standards Assessment

6

EESAC

EESAC Chairperson

Increased Parental Involvement

Monthly

Sign In Sheets/ EESAC Minutes

Other Activities



Describe the other activities, such as parent resource centers, the school will conduct to encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children [Section 1118 (e)(4)].

Response: A parent resource center is located in the community involvement specialist office. There are resources available to all parents. Computers are available in the Professional Development room for parents to access the parent portal and student portal.

Communication



Describe how the school will provide parents of participating children the following [Section 1118(c)(4)]:

  • Timely information about the Title I programs [Section 1118(c)(4)(A)];
  • Description and explanation of the curriculum at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet [Section 1118(c)(4)(B)];
  • 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[Section 1118(c)(4)(C)]; and
  • If the schoolwide program plan under Section 1114 (b)(2) is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, the school will include submit the parents’ comments with the plan that will be made available to the local education agency [Section 1118(c)(5)].

Response: Henry E.S. Reeves Elementary will provide information about Title One

programs in a timely manner by using various sources of communication (newsletters, connect ed, website, marquee, parent link and parent meetings.) Information regarding Title One Resources,Florida Standards Assessment, McGraw-Hill Wonders Reading Series, Grade Level Expectations, and forms of academic assessments will be shared with parents during Open House and Title 1 information meeting, parent conferences and upon parent requests. Classroom teachers will explain and discuss the school's curriculum and assessments used to measure student's progress during Open House and throughout the school year. Administration will explain Title One programs and opportunities at Title I and PTA meetings. Parents will be given the opportunity to ask questions to help in their understanding of all items discussed at Title I, EESAC and PTA meetings.

Accessibility



Describe how the school will provide full opportunities for participation in parental involvement activities for all parents (including parents with limited English proficiency, disabilities, and migratory children). Include how the school plans to share information related to school and parent programs, meetings, school reports, and other activities in an understandable and uniform format and to the extent practical, in a language parents can understand [Section 1118(e)(5) and 1118(f)].

Response: Henry E.S. Reeves Elementary will provide the School Parent Involvement Plan in English, Haitian-Creole and Spanish. Parents will be sent notification of the plan in the school's newsletter, website, and made available in the front office of our school. All correspondences regarding parent meetings will be available in diverse languages.

Translators will be available during parent meetings on a as needed basis.

Discretionary Activities



Discretionary School Level Parental Involvement Policy Components Check if the school does not plan to implement discretionary parental involvement activities. Check all activities the school plans to implement:

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Activity

Description of Implementation Strategy

Person Responsible

Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement

Timeline

1

Training parents to enhance the involvement of other parents [Section 1118(e)(9)];

PTA/ ESSAC Recruitment

Community Involvement Specialist

Increased Student Achievement

Ongoing

2

Maximizing parental involvement and participation in their children’s education by arranging school meetings at a variety of times, or conducting in-home conferences between teachers or other educators, who work directly with participating children, with parents who are unable to attend those conferences at school [Section 1118(e)(10)];

Parental Workshops

Community Involvement Specialist

Improved home school communication and involvement in their child's learning

Ongoing

3

Adopting and implementing model approaches to improving parental involvement [Section 1118(e)(11)]; and

Use of Parent Links to inform parents of upcoming events and activities

Administration, Teachers and Counselor

Enhanced participation in Family Activities and encourage parents to be partners in learning

Ongoing

4

Developing appropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses, including faith-based organizations, in parental involvement activities [Section 1118(e)(13)].

EESAC

EESAC Committee/ Administration

Increased Organization and Parental Involvement

Ongoing

Upload Evidence of Input from Parents



Upload evidence of parent input in the development of the plan.

Upload Parent-School Compact



Note: As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy/plan, each school shall jointly develop, with parents for all children served under this part, a parent-school compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement Section 1118(d)].

Upload an electronic version of the Parent-School Compact.

Upload Evidence of Parent Involvement in Development of Parent-School Compact



Note: As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy/plan, each school shall jointly develop, with parents for all children served under this part, a parent-school compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement Section 1118(d)].

Upload evidence of parent input in the development of the compact.

Evaluation of the previous year's Parental Involvement Plan

Building Capacity Summary



Provide a summary of activities provided during the previous school year that were designed to build the capacity of parents to help their children [Section 1118 (e)(1-2)]. Include participation data on the Title I annual meeting.

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Content and Type of Activity

Number of Activities

Number of Participants

Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement

1

Opening of Schools Meet & Greet

1

350

Promotes school expectations

2

Parent Portal Training

2

75

Promotoes parental involvement

3

FCAT Parent Night Out

2

300

Provided parents information and strategies to fortify reading and math skills.

Staff Training Summary



Provide a summary of the professional development activities provided by the school during the previous school year to educate staff on the value and utility of contributions of parents; how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners; the implementation and coordination of parent programs; and how to build ties between parents and the school [Section 1118 (e)(3)].

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Content and Type of Activity

Number of Activities

Number of Participants

Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement

1

Communicating and working with parents

2

50

Improve the ability of staff to work effectively with parents.

2

Community Involvement Training

1

50

Provide training for support services in meaningful ways to improve academic achievement.

3

Cultural Sensitivity

1

50

Provide information to staff regarding various cultures and economic diversity.

Barriers



Describe the barriers that hindered participation by parents during the previous school year in parental involvement activities. Include the steps the school will take during the current school year to overcome the barriers (with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background) [Section 1118(a)(E)].

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Barrier (Including the Specific Subgroup)

Steps the School will Take to Overcome

1

Some parents have limited English proficiency

Provided parents with ESOL classes offered at Turner Tech Senior High

Best Practices (Optional)



Describe the parental involvement activity/strategy the school implemented during the previous schoool year that the school considers the most effective. This information may be shared with other LEAs and schools as a best practice. (Optional)

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Content/Purpose

Description of the Activity