I, Cheryl A. Proctor , 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.
Date
Signed
Signature of Principal or
Designee
Mission Statement
Parental Involvement Mission Statement (Optional)
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Review Rubric:
Mission statements are written concisely, free of jargon, and
parent-friendly and inspire stakeholders to be involved and supportive of the
program. Strong mission statements include:
á Explanation of the purpose of the
parental involvement program;
á Description of what will be done; and
á Description of
the beliefs or value of the LEA.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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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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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
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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)].
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Program |
Coordination |
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IDEA |
Supplemental instruction support provided by the school
will be discussed with parents during the development of the students IEP. |
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Head Start |
Head Start pre-kindergarten teachers will conduct at least
two home-visits, hold joint parent meetings to discuss specific learning
needs of students and academic progress. |
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PLACE |
PLACE teacher will conduct at least two home-visits, hold
joint parent meetings to discuss specific learning needs of students and
academic progress. |
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Parent Montessori Training |
Montessori and Curriculum Coaches will have parent
trainings to bridge the gap between Montessori at school and home. |
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Review Rubric:
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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)].
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Activity/Tasks |
Person
Responsible |
Timeline |
Evidence
of Effectiveness |
1 |
Public Meeting Flyer |
Title I Liasion |
August 27, 2014 |
Flyer |
2 |
Announcement (parent link) |
Assistant Principal |
August 27, 2014 |
Parent link report |
3 |
Develop an agenda and sign-in sheets |
SAC Chair and Title I Liason |
Monthly SAC Meetings |
Agenda and sign-in sheets |
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Annual public Title I meeting |
Title I Liasion |
August 27, 2014 |
Agenda and sign-in sheets |
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Review Rubric:
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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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Review Rubric:
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Review Comments:
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 |
BRACE |
Administration, coaches, and lead teacher |
Parents will be provided with grade specific instructional
strategies and resources they can use at home. |
July19, 2014 |
Flyer agenda sign-in sheets evaluation forms |
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Meet the Teacher / Introduction to Montessori |
Administration, coaches, and lead teacher |
Parents will be provided with grade specific instructional
strategies and resources they can use at home. |
August 27, 2014 |
Flyer agenda sign-in sheets evaluation forms |
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Literacy Night |
Administration, coaches, and lead teacher |
Parents will be provided with grade specific instructional
strategies and resources they can use at home. |
January, 2014 |
Flyer agenda sign-in sheets evaluation forms |
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STEM Night |
Administration, coaches, and lead teacher |
Parents will be provided with grade specific instructional
strategies and resources they can use at home. |
February, 2014 |
Flyer agenda sign-in sheets evaluation forms |
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Winn Dixie Math Event |
Math coach |
Students will learn to connect mathematics to everyday
practices. |
April, 2014 |
Flyer agenda sign-in sheets evaluation forms |
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Review Rubric:
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Review Status:
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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)].
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Content
and Type of Activity |
Person Responsible
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Anticipated
Impact on Student Achievement |
Timeline |
Evidence
of Effectiveness |
1 |
Montessori Staff Training |
Summit Questa |
Improve the ability of staff to work effectively with
parents using the Montessori method |
On-going 2014 |
Agenda and sign in sheets evaluation and feedback form |
2 |
Montessori Training (Paraprofessionals/ASP) |
Montessori coaches |
Staff with understand the philosophy and essential
components of montessori instruction |
On-going 2014 |
Agenda and sign in sheets evaluation and feedback form |
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Effective Conferencing Techniques |
NESS Coach |
Due to more effective conferences, teachers can expect to
see student achievement results by partnering with families |
On -going 2014 |
Teacher feedback forms |
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Review Rubric:
á Content and type of activity including
the following:Valuefollowing:
á Identification of person(s) responsible;
á Correlation to student academic
achievement;
á Reasonable and realistic timelines; and
á Description of
the evidence the LEA will use to demonstrate the effectiveness and/or
completion of the activity/task.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
Communication
Describe how the school will provide parents of participating children
the following [Section 1118(c)(4)]:
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
Upload Evidence of
Input from Parents
Upload evidence of parent input in the development of the plan.
Review Rubric:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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.
Review Rubric:
School-Parent Compact must include the following components:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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.
Review Rubric:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 |
Literacy Night |
5 |
30 |
Increased exposure to the joy of literacy, thus resulting
in more fluent readers. |
2 |
Family Math Night |
1 |
70 |
The formulation partnerships with outside community in an
effort to connect mathematics to real life applications. |
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include the content and type of activity, number of
activities, number of participants, and the correlation to student achievement.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 (conferences,
interims and report cards) Pinnacle |
3 |
15 |
More effective conferencing and communication methods will
result in an increase in student achievement |
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Home Academic Interventions / MegaSkills |
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NA |
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include the content and type of activity, number of
activities, number of participants, and the correlation to student achievement.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 |
Meeting times |
Sessions will be offered in a number of time formats |
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Low Motivation |
Incentives will be offered for those that attend |
3 |
Communication (i.e. phone numbers change frequently |
Communication will come in a number of formats, email,
parent link, social media, school website |
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
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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 |
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Review Rubric:
Activities described in this section should be correlated to student
achievement and include sufficient detail that another LEA or school could use
the information to develop a similar program.
Review Status:
Review Comments: