Magnolia Park Elementary Parental Involvement Plan
- Parental Involvement
Magnolia Park Elementary Parental Involvement Plan
Magnolia Park Elementary believes positive parental involvement is essential to achieve maximum emotional, social, and academic growth. The school encourages participation of parents in all aspects of their child’s education.
Research shows:
- High-achieving and successful students have parents who set goals and high expectations for their child’s progress.
- The earlier in a child’s educational process parents become involved, the more powerful and positive the results will be.
- Children who read at home with parents make significant gains in reading achievement.
- When parents are involved in the educational process, their children have:
- Higher grades, test scores, and graduation rates.
- Increased motivation and self-esteem.
- Decreased use of drugs and alcohol.
Strategies to Increase Parental Involvement
Magnolia Park will implement the following:
- Administer a parent needs survey to provide input as to the effectiveness of the targeted assistance program; especially the Parental Involvement Policy. This is an avenue for parents to voice celebrations and concerns and to be part of the planning process.
- Provide information and decision making opportunities in parent meetings.
- The Magnolia Marquee is emailed to each student’s family monthly that provides information about all activities and upcoming events for the school.
- Classroom newsletters are distributed weekly.
Listed below are some of the opportunities parents have for parental involvement throughout the year:
- Title I Parent Meetings (3 annual meetings)
- Open House/Meet the Teacher
- Read Across America/Reading Emphasis Days
- Spaghetti Dinner/Book Fair
- PTO Meetings/Events/VIP Tuesdays/Popcorn Fridays
- Family Afternoons & Nights
- Parent Resource Library
Building Capacity
To ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among Magnolia Park Elementary Faculty & Staff, Parents, and Community members that enhances student academic achievement we believe:
Parents + Involvement = Success
- Provide training opportunities for parents, faculty, and staff for improved student achievement.
- Educate faculty and staff through in-service opportunities of the importance of working with parents as equal partners to build ties between parents and school.
- Provide parents with opportunities that explain state academic and achievements standards, state and local assessments and student progress.
- Parent/Teacher Conferences
- Progress Reports
- Report Cards
- Ensure that all documents sent home are in parent friendly languages.
Shared Responsibilities for High Student Performance
Magnolia Park Elementary School-Parent Compact is jointly developed and outlines the responsibilities of parents, teachers, administrators, and students for student achievement. It also provides means by which Magnolia Park Elementary and parents will build a partnership to help students achieve the state’s high academic standards.
Accessibility
Parents with disabilities and parents of migratory students will be provided with information in an easy to read format and assistance will be provided for understanding their child’s needs and academic progress. Magnolia Park is also a handicapped-accessible campus.
Parents’ Right-to-Know
A parents’ Right-to-Know letter is distributed at the beginning of the year.
School Compact
Educator Responsibilities:
- Believe that each student can learn.
- Show respect for each child and his/her family.
- Provide an environment conducive to learning.
- Help each child grow to his/her fullest potential.
- Provide meaningful and appropriate activities.
- Enforce school rules fairly and consistently.
- Maintain open lines of communication with the student and his/her parents/family.
- Seek ways to involve parents/families in the school program.
- Demonstrate professional behavior and attitude.
Student Responsibilities:
- Always try to do my best in my work and in my behavior.
- Work cooperatively with my classmates.
- Show respect for myself, my school and other people.
- Obey the school, class, cafeteria, recess and bus rules.
- Take pride in my school.
- Come to school prepared with my assignments and my supplies.
- Believe that I can and will learn.
Family Responsibilities:
- See that my child attends school regularly and on time.
- Provide a home environment that encourages my child to learn.
- Insists that all assignments and projects are completed.
- Communicate regularly with my child’s teachers.
- Support the school in developing positive behaviors.
- Encourage my child to read at home and monitor his/her screen time.
- Show respect and support for my child, teacher and school.
- K-3