I, , 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.
Signature
of Principal or Designee |
Date
Signed |
Mission
Statement
Parental Involvement
Mission Statement (Optional)
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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)].
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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)].
count |
Program |
Coordination |
1 |
I-Ready Program |
Correlates with the Florida State
Assessments and FSS. |
2 |
LEARN/FAIR Informational |
Parent information night to
explain the programs and test results which are taken three times a year as a
beginning of the year assessment, mid-year assessment, and an end of the year
assessment. |
3 |
Science Fair |
How parents can help guide the
projects. |
4 |
FSS Practice |
Part of the SSIS sessions as well
as FSS nights where parents are shown how to access practice activities for
Math and Science. We will also be providing after school tutorials and
homework assistance three times a week. |
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)].
count |
Activity/Tasks |
Person Responsible |
Timeline |
Evidence of Effectiveness |
1 |
Plan Welcome to Title 1, VPK-2
Grade |
Stephen Evans/Alicia Melendy |
September 12, 2014 |
Parent Night Set Up |
2 |
Develop invitations |
Stephen Evans/Alicia Melendy |
September-October 2014 |
Website, flyer print out, |
3 |
Advertise//Website |
Office Managers |
September 15, 2014 |
Website |
4 |
Develop Sign in Sheet |
Maryanne Jablonski |
September-October 2014 |
Sign in sheet ready |
5 |
Maintain Documentation |
Maryanne Jablonski |
October 2014 |
Title I documentation (Audit Box) |
6 |
Title I Annual Parent
Meeting/Elementary Campus |
Carolyn Major-Harper |
September 16, 2014 |
Sign in sheet ready |
7 |
Advertise/Monthly Parent Update |
Office Managers |
September 15, 2014 |
Updates sent home |
8 |
Advertise/Parent Call Outs |
Office Managers |
September 15, 2014 |
Phone Messages |
9 |
Plan Welcome to Title I, Third
through Fifth Grades |
Stephen Evans/Alicia Melendy |
September 13, 2014 |
Parent Night Set Up |
10 |
Plan Welcome to Title 1, Sixth
through Eighth Grades |
Stephen Evans/Alicia Melendy |
September 14, 2014 |
Parent Night Set Up |
11 |
Title I Annual Parent
Meeting/Middle School Campus |
Carolyn Major/Harper |
September 17, 2014 |
Sign in sheet ready |
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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)].
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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)].
count |
Content and Type of Activity |
Person Responsible |
Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement |
Timeline |
Evidence of Effectiveness |
1 |
Reading Practice for Parents to use |
All Teachers |
FSS available to practice reading
skills SIP Goals |
Throughout school year |
Reading logs and FSS reports |
2 |
Parent Conferences |
All Teachers |
Share FAIR/LEARN data |
Throughout school year |
Conference records, Parent Survey,
Improved scores |
3 |
Family Fun Events |
Staff of SSIS |
Include parents in school activies |
Throughout school year |
Sign in sheets, Parent Survey
Pictures of participants |
4 |
Science Fair |
Linda Kneeland/Alicia
Christian/Mandi Phillips |
Explore science in depth SIP goals |
Spring 2015 |
Pictures of exhibits, Student
reports |
5 |
Parent Resource Center |
Title I Staff |
Resources/Books/Computer Access |
Throughout school year |
Sign in sheets, Parent surveys |
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)].
count |
Content and Type of Activity |
Person Responsible |
Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement |
Timeline |
Evidence of Effectiveness |
1 |
Module 1 - Importance of Parent
Involvement |
Building Level Title I
Coordinator/Executive Director |
Working with Parents |
Faculty Meeting Nov. 2014 |
Pwer Pont completed - Sign in
sheets, |
2 |
Module 2 - Communication and
Workig With Parents |
Building Level Title I
Coordinator/Executive Director |
How to reach out and communicate
with parents |
Faculty Meeting Dec. 2014 |
Power Point Completed - Sign in
Sheet |
3 |
Module 3 Inplementation nd
Coordination of Parental Involvement Programs |
Building Level Title I
Coordinator/Executive Director |
How to implement parental programs |
Faculty Meeting Jan. 2015 |
Power Pint Completed - Sign In
Sheet |
4 |
Module 4 Building Ties Between
Home and School |
Building Level Title I
Coordinator/Executive Director |
How to build ties between parents
and the school |
Faculty Meeting Jan. 2015 |
Power Point Completed - Sign In
Sheet |
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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)].
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Communication
Describe how the school
will provide parents of participating children the following [Section
1118(c)(4)]:
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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)].
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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:
count |
Activity |
Description of Implementation Strategy |
Person Responsible |
Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement |
Timeline |
1 |
Involving parents in the
development of training for teachers, principals, and other educators to
improve the effectiveness of that training [Section 1118(e)(6)];and |
Understanding and Using Technology |
Elementary School Counselor |
Increase parent knowledge
regarding technology |
October 3, 2014 |
2 |
Providing necessary literacy
training for parents from Title I, Part A funds, if the LEA has exhausted all
other reasonably available sources of funding for that training [Section
1118(e)(7)]; and |
A Parent's Guide to Building Super
Students |
Elementary School Counselor |
Increase parent/student
communication |
November 3, 2014 |
3 |
Training parents to enhance the
involvement of other parents [Section 1118(e)(9)]; |
Co-Parenting |
Elementary School Counselor |
Learn how to collaboratively with
each other |
December 9, 2014 |
4 |
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)]; |
Unplugging Power Struggles |
Elementary School/Middle School
Counselors |
Learn how to diffuse situations |
February 3, 2015 |
5 |
Developing appropriate roles for
community-based organizations and businesses, including faith-based
organizations, in parental involvement activities [Section 1118(e)(13)]. |
Stress Management |
Elementary School/Middle School
Counselors |
Learn strategies to better handle
stress |
March 3, 2015 and April 3, 2015 |
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.
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.
count |
Content and Type of Activity |
Number of Activities |
Number of Participants |
Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement |
1 |
Reading Practice for Parents to use |
3 |
75 |
FCAT Explorer available to
practice reading skills SIP Goals |
2 |
Parent Conferences |
3 |
100 |
Share FAIR/FOCUS data |
3 |
Family Fun Events |
12 |
350 |
Include parents in school activies |
4 |
Science Fair |
1 |
150 |
Explore science in depth SIP goals |
5 |
Parent Resource Center |
1 |
100 |
Resources/Books/Computer Access |
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)].
count |
Content and Type of Activity |
Number of Activities |
Number of Participants |
Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement |
1 |
Module 1 - Importance of Parent
Involvement |
1 |
50 |
Working with Parents |
2 |
Module 2 - Communication and
Workig With Parents |
1 |
50 |
How to reach out and communicate
with parents |
3 |
Module 3 Inplementation and
Coordination of Parental Involvement Programs |
1 |
50 |
How to implement parental programs |
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)].
count |
Barrier (Including the Specific Subgroup) |
Steps the School will Take to Overcome |
1 |
Language |
Provide translators at both
campuses |
2 |
Work Schedule |
Hold meetings when the majority is
able to attend |
3 |
Input/Communication |
Continue surveys to locate issues |
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)
count |
Content/Purpose |
Description of the Activity |
1 |
Effective Communication |
Parent Meetings on FAIR/LEARN |
2 |
Effective Communication |
Parent feedback based on student
academic performance |
3 |
Evaluation/Review |
More parent input into reports |
4 |
Parent Assistance |
Seasonal Food Projects and
Backpack Program |
5 |
Effective Communication |
More information on school website
and Facebook |
6 |
Effective Communication |
After school tutoring/Homework Help |
7 |
Parent Assistance |
Uniform Exchange |
8 |
Parent Empowerment Workshops |
Positive Family Development |
9 |
Evaluation/Review |
i-Ready Student Accessible Program |