Pecan Park Elementary Parental Involvement Plan

• High-achieving and successful students have parents who set high goals and expectations for their child’s process.
• 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.

• Administer a Parent Need Survey in the spring of each year which will provide input as to the effectiveness of the schoolwide program; especially the OSSD BOT Policy - LA Parental Involvement Policy.
  • This is an excellent time for parents to voice any concerns or submit possible changes. 
• Provide information and decision making help at PTO or other parent meetings.  Make available to parents and community members the School-wide Title I Plan which includes the OSSD BOT Policy - LA Parents Involvement Policy. 

• Host three meetings a year in order to inform parents about the School-wide Program and Title I requirements and offerings.
• Pecan Park Elementary invites all parents to annual meetings throughout the school year in which parents are informed of the Title I school-wide program, the school compact and the 1% set aside.  
• Other topics covered include benefits and activities, roles, rights, and responsibilities of parents in the education of their child, and federal guidelines. At these meetings parents are also informed of their rights to know the qualifications of their child’s teacher and if that teacher is highly qualified. 
• Provide parent information about programs, curriculum, assessment, and achievement expectations.  
• Newsletters - Pecan Park Press
• School website
• Social Media  
• School calendars posted on website and /or in student handbooks  
• E-mails/Conferences  
• PTO meetings/or other parent meetings  
• STEAM Night, Book Fair, Popcorn Fridays, Read Across America, “Crusin Pecan Park” 
• MTSS meetings

Building Capacity

• Provide training 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.
• Ensure that documents sent home are in a parent-friendly language(s) 
• Provide parents with opportunities that explain state academic and achievement standards, state and local assessments, and student progress through parent/conferences
• Administrators, teachers and/or guidance counselor will explain the following:
  • Assessment Results
  • Student Progress Reports
  • Student Report Cards
  • State School Report Card
  • EL Screening
  • Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • MKAS
  • MAAP
  • iReady

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Performance

Accessibility

Parents’ Right-to-Know

• Provide instruction in a way that will engage all students and is differentiated to all students
• Provide a positive classroom climate for learning
• Keep an open line of communication with students, parents/guardians, teachers and community
• Notify parents/guardians and students of academic performance and progress; and
• Make an effort to meet with my student’s parents throughout the year.

• Do my best at all times
• Treat teachers, peers and myself with respect
• Do my best to attend school on a regular basis
• Be prepared with all necessary materials; and
• Do my best to complete on a timely basis all homework assignments.

• Provide a caring home environment, including acceptable food and rest, so that my child is ready to learn.
• Help my child with his/her homework;
• Communicate with my child’s teacher about absences, homework or other issues that may affect my child’s education;
• Ensure that my child attends school on a daily basis in conjunction with attendance guidelines. 
• Provide  my child with necessary supplies to be successful in the classroom;
• Read with my child on a daily basis; and
• Ask questions about his/her school day to let them know that parents care

Procedures to Submit Comments of Dissatisfaction with the Parent and Family Engagement Policy/Plan

• Parents are notified at the annual Title I meeting that the Parents Needs Survey is an excellent opportunity for them to make comments and suggestions for program improvements. Parents are encouraged to use the comment section provided at the end of the survey.
• Data from these surveys as well as data from the comprehensive needs assessment are compiled and analyzed in order to determine the overall effectiveness of the Title I school-wide program which includes the Parental and Family Engagement Policy/Plan.