I, Jackson Self , 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 |
Reading Rockets |
Title I funds at Renaissance
Central Palm provide additional teachers to assist students, particularly low
performing students. |
2 |
Staff Professional Development Plan |
Staff Development funds are used
to develop a comprehensive professional training program to improve delivery
of instruction through a variety of workshops designed to move teachers to
mastery and improve student achievement. This will include bringing in
experts from various educational backgrounds to work with staff as well as
sending staff to the annual Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development (ASCD) Conference/workshop. |
3 |
Academic Family Nights |
Parental Involvement Funds are
utilized to fund monthly academic parent nights that provide parents with new
skills to support student learning at home. Improving the frequency and
quality of family participation and increasing family literacy are also goals
of our parental involvement component. Monies are used to purchase food,
supplies/materials and provide stipends for teacher presenters. |
4 |
Annual Title 1 Open House |
Teacher syllabi discussed so that
parents can help students stay on task and they are informed of the
expectations, SIS/Power School, Volunteer Hours, Parent-Student Handbook. |
5 |
School Website |
Utilizing school’s website to
advertise school events and information for parents. |
6 |
Parent Resource Room |
A Parent Resource Room will be
developed to help encourage more parent participation as well as support
parents with helping their children with homework, etc. |
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 Parent Meeting |
Jackson Self |
January 14, 2015 |
January 30, 2015 |
2 |
Advertised date to staff, SAC,
parents and community through flyers sent home via backpack with all |
Bonnie Cuesta, Nicole DiFiore,
Katherine Bachman |
December & January |
Flyers and Parent link notice |
3 |
Work with Leadership Team to plan
agenda and PowerPoint Presentation that includes PIP |
Nicole DiFiore & Katherine
Bachman |
December & January |
Copies of sign in sheet &
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)].
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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 |
Monthly SAC meetings |
Dale Jennings SAC Chair, Jackson
Self Principal & Meagan Connolly Assistant Principal |
Empower parents by providing
curricular and assessment information, training on data analysis and ways to
monitor the School Improvement Plan. Train SAC members on shared
decision-making. Seek input from parents on the planning and implementation
of action plans for the School Improvement Plan and Parental Involvement
Plans. |
August 2014 - May 2015 |
SAC Agendas SAC Minutes SAC
Sign-Ins Achievement Data |
2 |
Family Book Fair |
David Katz Curriculum Coach, Juana
Morales Curriculum Coach |
Expose families to the Book Fair
and provide info on how to access materials and books from PIRCS and public
libraries. |
Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 |
Flyers, Sign-In sheets, &
Newsletter |
3 |
Personalized Learning Plans |
All teachers, parents and students |
Teachers will train parents and
students how to create a PLP based on data and classroom performance. Develop
a PLP based on student data and track student data and goals. |
Fall 2014 |
Achievement Data, Data Tracking
Folders and PLP |
4 |
Family Health, Wellness and
Prevention Night |
Samantha Mancuso, Guidance Director |
Families will attend workshop on
healthy nutrition; anti-bullying, anti-smoking, ways parents and children can
deal with peer pressure and strategies to reduce conflict at home and in the
community. |
Spring 2015 |
Flyers, Sign-In sheets, &
Newsletter |
5 |
Writing Family Night |
4th grade team of teachers &
Juana Morales Curriculum Coach |
Share new FSA expectations and
show parents how student writing will be assessed. Students and parents will
write together following the new style and assess their writing based on the
rubric. |
Spring 2015 |
Flyers, Sign-In sheets, &
Newsletter |
6 |
FSA Family Night |
Meagan Connolly Assistant
Principal and all teachers in grades 3 - 6. |
A Parent Resource Room will be
developed to help encourage more parent participation as well as support
parents with helping their children with homework, etc. |
Spring 2015 |
Flyers, Sign-In sheets, &
Newsletter |
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 |
Improving Communication through
the use of SIS/PowerSchools |
Meagan Connolly Assistant
Principal & CSUSA Ed Team |
Training included: • communication
through the use of PTM and Student Boards • tracking parent volunteer hours •
school-wide events for parent involvement and participation • posting grades
and homework |
August 2014 Planning Week |
Agenda & Sign-In Sheets |
2 |
Conducting Effective
Parent-Teacher Conferences |
Leadership Team |
Administration will meet with
teams to share ways to effectively hold parent-teacher conferences and how to
help parents support their children at home academically. |
August 2014 Planning Week |
Agenda & Sign-In Sheets &
Conference Forms |
3 |
Differentiated Instruction |
David Katz and Juana Morales,
Curriculum Coaches |
Help teachers utilize different
strategies to differentiate curriculum in the classroom to meet the needs of
the students. |
January 29, 2015 |
Agenda & Sign-In Sheets |
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 |
SAC meetings |
Dale Jennings SAC Chair, Jackson
Self Principal and Meagan Connolly Assistant Principal |
Will develop skills of educators |
August 2014 - May 2015 |
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 |
Parent Literacy Night |
David Katz and Juana Morales
Curriculum Coaches |
Parents will be taught
foundational skills in all content areas in order to assist with homework |
Spring 2015 |
3 |
Training parents to enhance the
involvement of other parents [Section 1118(e)(9)]; |
SAC meetings |
Dale Jennings SAC Chair, Jackson
Self Principal and Meagan Connolly Assistant Principal |
Will help parents get involved |
August 2014 - May 2015 |
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)]; |
SAC meetings |
Dale Jennings SAC Chair, Jackson
Self Principal and Meagan Connolly Assistant Principal |
Will help meet the needs of the
parents and keep them in touch with the school |
August 2014 - May 2015 |
5 |
Adopting and implementing model
approaches to improving parental involvement [Section 1118(e)(11)]; and |
SAC & PTC |
Dale Jennings SAC Chair, Jackson
Self Principal and Meagan Connolly Assistant Principal |
Will help get parents involved |
August 2014 - May 2015 |
6 |
Developing appropriate roles for
community-based organizations and businesses, including faith-based
organizations, in parental involvement activities [Section 1118(e)(13)]. |
Developing community partnerships |
Krystyn Eldridge Partnership
Coordinator and Jackson Self Principal |
Will help students and parents
connect with the community |
August 2014 - May 2015 |
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of Input from Parents
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input in the development of the plan.
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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.