DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL Title I, Part A Parental Involvement Plan

I, Delbert Smallridge , 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

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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)].

Response:

Dunnellon Middle School will work with the SAC members and any concerned parent at SAC meetings to discuss how Title I funded programs at our school are working. We will be open to input from all participating parents as to how services can be improved throughout the year as well as how resources will be allocated.

SAC members are asked to review PIP and SIP plans during meetings. Plans will be revised based on input from SAC meetings. This is our second year as a Title I school. This will be a part of each SAC meeting this school year. SAC members will be selected by a vote of interested participants during the first meeting. SAC notes will be taken to provide documentation..

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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	HIPPY	Information on HIPPY is sent home with parents.
2	Title I C ( migrant)	If migrant students are enrolled coordination with the district migrant office will occur for additional support and resources.
3	Title II	Teachers will attend title II trainings.

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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	Annual Meeting	Principal	October of 2014	Parent sign in sheet
2	Connect 5 call	Assistant Principal	October of 2014	Parent sign in sheet
3	Flyers sent home	Receptionist	October of 2014	Parent sign in sheet
4	Newspaper article	Principal	October of 2014	Parent sign in sheet

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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)].

Response:

This year DMS held an evening student orientation/open house with flexible times (5:00 - 7:00 p.m.)

At the first SAC meeting this year, we will go over our Title I information w/ our parents. The school will offer two additional meetings in December to conduct/repeat the annual meeting for parents. One will be in the morning during school hours and the second will be in the afternoon after school dismisses.

If parents cannot attend either meeting, information about the annual meeting can be sent home upon request. We will also experiment with offering a "morning" SAC meeting in January to see if the meeting is better attended than the afternoon meeting. If needed, the principal, AP, or teacher can meet with parents based on parent availability.

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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	Assistance w/ free lunch applications	guidance clerks	Students will perform better at school with breakfast and lunch provided.	ongoing	monitor the % of students on free/reduced lunch
2	Informational phone calls	assistant principal	Parents will be informed about special events and papers coming home. Improve student grades.	ongoing	response on parent survey
3	Send home interim reports	APC	Improve student grades	each 9-week grading period	decrease D/F list
4	Home & School Connection newsletter	APC	Improve student grades	every 4.5 weeeks	decrease D/F list
5	School Newsletter	Cindy Whitmore-clerk	Vast resources for parents to use with their children. Student grades will improve.	every 9 weeks	response on parent survey
6	Parent Training -SCI	K-Boom (Ms. Lassiter)	Increase science scores	first semester of 2014	FCAT science scores

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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	Parent involvement training	Title I office	school will be better able to serve parents	October of 2014	Teacher sign in sheets. More opportunities for parent involvement will be developed at the school level.
2	FSA portal training	Principal	improve student performance in ELA and math	school year 2014-2015	Teacher sign in sheets
3	Test Item bank training	Principal	improve student performance in ELA and math	school year 2014-2015	Teacher sign in sheets
4	ELA Writing training	Sandy Wilson	improve performance in writing (ELA)	October of 2014	Teacher sign in sheets. ELA scores will increase

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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)].

Response:

With the limited resources that we have this second year for parent involvement, our primary focus will be on delivering a quality, extensive parent newsletter each grading period. This newsletter will inform parents of upcoming school activities, student accomplishments, additional information on understanding your "middle grader,” succeeding in middle school, and a "Middle Years" newsletter.

All students will be provided with a school Agenda Planner to assist with communication between school and home.

Cindy Whitmore will be the primary person responsible for assembling the school newsletter. She will make sure that we follow the same timeline for distribution as our report cards (every 9 weeks). We will measure the effectiveness of our newsletter by a parent survey done by phone during the 4th quarter of the school year.

We are also planning a Parent "Science Night" during the first semester of 2014.

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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)].

Response:

DMS seeks to employ multilingual staff members so that we can help communicate with our parents that do not speak English. We have 4 Spanish speaking employees that routinely work with parents to help with communication needs. We also send home Spanish versions of many parts of our newsletter that we purchase with internal funds. We provide translation services to parents when requested for conferences or school related meetings. DMS is fully accessible to parents with disabilities.

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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:

Information about our Title I services will be provided at all SAC meetings. Our Title I funded tutoring program has been advertised by TV announcements at school as well as automated home calls done by computer announcing tutoring services available to all students. The principal is willing to meet with any parents that wish to discuss programs and opportunities at DMS.

At the Title I Annual Meeting, SAC Meetings and included in Newsletters to parents will be information on the curriculum, standards and assessments used to measure student progress...and, 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.

A roster of attendees of the annual parent meeting will be kept. Attendance rosters for am and pm tutoring will also be kept. We will also print hard copies of Connect 5 messages sent out to communicate with parents.

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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	Adopting and implementing model approaches to improving parental involvement [Section 1118(e)(11)]; and	provide translation services for parent conferences	Guidance clerk	parents will be informed about student progress at school, thus students will perform better	ongoing