I, Dawn Prestipino , 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 |
IDEA-ESE PreK |
Coordinate with ESE Department,
FDLRS, and Title 1 for our ESE Pre-K to provide Parent Training |
2 |
Kindergarten Safari - Title 1 |
Kindergarten Safari in the spring
for next year's Kindergarten Parents |
3 |
Parent Resources - Title 1 |
Through school newsletters, inform
parents of Title 1 Resource Van, Resource Center, and parent trainings |
4 |
Migrant Students - Title III |
Legacy will coordinate with the
District's Migrant office for additional support and resouces. |
5 |
Title II Program |
Teachers will attend Title II
training - Guidance Counselor/Parent liason |
6 |
Read and Rise - Title 1 |
K and first grade parents.
"Conversation Workshop" 6 sessions Provided through Title 1 |
7 |
Parent School Liaison - Title 1 |
Training and license to Christel
Reavs' "Connnected Home" site with Parent Resources |
8 |
Title 1 Resource Van |
Visit schools 4 times a year.
Advertised to parents through newsletters, web site, Connect 5 phone call |
9 |
Home School Connection Newlsetters
- Title 1 |
Sent home Monthly (from Title 1)
Legacy attaches them to our Monthly school newsletter |
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 |
Announce Meeting |
Administration |
September 1, 2014 and October 1,
2014 |
Newsletters, web site |
2 |
Meeting |
Assistant Principal |
October 2, 2014 |
sign in sheet, copy of power point |
3 |
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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 |
Pastries for Parents |
Media Specialist |
Parents will read with child and
take an Accelerated Reader test. Parents will see how the program works and
encourage reading at home. Parents will also recieve information on the
importance of reading and activities to do at home.Additional reading at home
will improve our reading scores on AIMS Web monitoring and FSA for grades 3-5. |
November 2104 (2 mornings) |
Sign In sheet/AR Reports |
2 |
Reading Night |
Reading coach |
Parents will be given resources
and strategies to use at home. Many of the items will be games where
directions must be read and followed which leads to discussion. Additional
help on good reading strategies will improve reading scores on FSA. |
January 2015 |
Sign in sheet/FCAT |
3 |
Math/ScienceNight |
Assistant Principal/5th grade
teachers |
Showcase of scientific process and
hands on science experiments while parents attend "break out"
training sessions for science and math. Additional emphasis on math and
science will help students improve scores on Math FSA and FCAT Science. |
March 2015 |
Sign in sheet/FCAT |
4 |
Family Night |
Principal/PTO |
Build rapport/school climate which
will increase scores on Learning Checks. |
February 2015 |
Sign in sheet |
5 |
SAC |
SAC Chairperson |
Improved scores/school climate |
Quarterly 2014-2015 |
Sign in sheet/Agenda |
6 |
PTO |
PTO chairperson |
Build Rapport/supplement
instructional materials/support programs |
Monthly 2014-2015 |
Sign in sheet/events |
7 |
Annual Title 1 Meeting |
Assistant Principal |
Introduces parents to Title 1,
Common Core |
Title 1 Meeting 10/02/14 |
Sign in sheet |
8 |
Book Fair |
Media Specialist |
Importance of reading. Books and
other learning activities on sale and combine with reading activities.
Emphasizes the importance of reading and increase Reading FSA scores. |
10/02/14 and 1//15 |
Sign in sheet |
9 |
Orientation |
Principal |
Student/Parent/Teacher rapport |
August 15, 2014 |
Sign in sheet |
10 |
Open House |
Principal |
Build rapport/Parent Support |
October 2, 2014 |
Sign in sheet |
11 |
Thanksgiving Dinner |
Cafeteria/Principal |
Build rapport/Parent Support |
November 2014 |
Sign in sheet |
12 |
Voumteer Breakfast |
Volunteer Coordinator |
Build rapport/thanks/encourage
more participation |
May 2015 |
sign in sheet |
13 |
"Read and Rise" |
Title 1 Staff |
Improved Reading Foundation
Skills. Increase in reading foundation skills will help increase scores on
AIMS Web in comparison to other students around the nation. |
September 2014 |
Survey/ AIMS Web |
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 |
Effective Parent Conferences |
Parent/School Liaison |
Increase the effectiveness of
conferences thus helping increase student performance as evidenced on
Reading/Math FSA. |
November 18, 2014 |
Survey, TNL, FSA results |
2 |
Effect use of Volunteers |
Volunteer Coordinator |
How to effectively utilize
parents/volunteers in classrooms. Small group/individual help will help
increase student proficiency on AIMS Web and FSAs. |
November 6, 2014 |
Survey, TNL, AIMs Web and FSA
results |
3 |
Parent Involvement Showcase |
Distric Title 1/Maria
Trujiollo/Dawn Vincent |
Strategies to share with Parents
and Parent Involvement |
November 20, 2014 |
Survey |
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:
X Not Applicable
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 |
Open House/Title 1 Annual Meeteing |
2 |
350 |
Parent Involvement/Parent support
will help increase proficiency in math, reading, science, writing. |
2 |
Pastries with Parents |
2 |
200 |
Increase in AR points=more
reading=increase in proficient FCAT Reading Scores |
3 |
Family Reading Night |
1 |
75 |
Increase in reading scores as
measured by FCAT Reading |
4 |
Math/Science Night |
1 |
80 |
Increase in proficient students on
FCAT Science |
5 |
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-1 |
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6 |
-1 |
-1 |
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7 |
-1 |
-1 |
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8 |
-1 |
-1 |
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9 |
-1 |
-1 |
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10 |
-1 |
-1 |
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 |
Parents as Vounteers |
1 |
32 |
Higher expectations=Higher scores |
2 |
-1 |
-1 |
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3 |
-1 |
-1 |
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4 |
-1 |
-1 |
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5 |
-1 |
-1 |
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6 |
-1 |
-1 |
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7 |
-1 |
-1 |
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8 |
-1 |
-1 |
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9 |
-1 |
-1 |
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10 |
-1 |
-1 |
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 |
Poor parent
participation/attnedance |
Continue offering activities at a
variety of times. |
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 |
Building Capacity of Parents |
Pastries with Parents |
2 |
Building the Capacity of Schools |
Math Science Night |
3 |
Building Capacity of Parents |
Reading Night |
4 |
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