Parental Involvement
In this section:
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
Oak 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.
Strategies to Increase Parental Involvement
- Administer a Parent Needs 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 OSSD BOT Policy - LA Parental Involvement Policy.
Listed below are some of the opportunities you will have for parental involvement throughout the year:
- Arrange three annual meetings throughout the year in order to inform parents about the school-wide Program and Title I requirements and offerings.
- Oak 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 right to know the qualifications of their child’s teacher and if that teacher is highly qualified.
Building Capacity
Provide parents information about programs, curriculum, assessment, and achievement expectations.
- Newsletters/ School Messenger
- School website/Social Media
- School calendars posted on website and/or in student handbooks
- E-mails/ Conferences
- PTO meetings/or other parent meetings
- X-STREAM Night
- MTSS meetings
- 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.
- 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, annual Title I meeting, and periodic meetings conducted by principal, assistant principal, Title I
- Teacher 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
Oak Park Elementary‘s 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 Oak Park Elementary and parents will build a partnership to help students achieve the state’s high academic standards. It is discussed at the annual orientation meetings held at the beginning of each school year and distributed.
Accessibility
Oak Park provides full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiencies, parents of children with disabilities and parents of migratory children. Information and school reports can be in a format and a language that parents can understand. Oak Park Elementary is also a handicapped-accessible campus.
Parents’ Right-to-Know
A parents’ Right-to-Know letter is included in the registration packet received at the beginning of the year.
Educator Responsibilities:
- Provide instruction in a way that will motivate and is meaningful to all students;
- Provide a safe and POSITIVE atmosphere for learning;
- Thoroughly explain assignments so that all my students have a clear understanding of what is expected;
- Provide continuous feedback on progress to students and parents; and
- Make an effort to meet with my student’s parents throughout the year.
Student Responsibilities:
- Show respect and cooperate with teachers and all adults;
- Come to class on time, ready to work;
- Do my best to attend school on a regular basis;
- Pay close attention to my teachers and complete all assignments to the best of my ability; and
- Do my best to complete on a timely basis all homework assignments.
Family Responsibilities:
- Provide a caring environment, including adequate food and rest, so that my child is ready to learn.
- Help my child in any way possible to meet his/her responsibilities;
- Ensure that my son/daughter attends school on a daily basis;
- Keep in touch with the school; especially on the progress of my son/daughter on a timely basis;
- Read with children on a daily basis and monitor homework; and
- Ask questions about his/her school day to let them know that parents care
- K-3
Pecan Park Elementary believes positive parental involvement is essential to achieve maximum emotional, social, and academic growth and encourages the participation of parents in all aspects of their child’s education.
Research shows:
- 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.
Strategies to Increase Parental Involvement
- 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.
Listed below are some of the opportunities you will have for parental involvement throughout the year:
- 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 parents information about programs, curriculum, assessment, and achievement expectations.
- 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
Pecan Park Elementary School’s Parent Compact is jointly developed and outlines the responsibilities of parents, teachers, administrators, and students for student achievement. It also provides means by which Pecan Park Elementary and parents will build a partnership to help students achieve the state’s high academic standards. It is discussed at the annual orientation meetings held at the beginning of each school year and distributed.
Accessibility
Pecan Park provides full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiencies, parents of children with disabilities and parents of migratory children. Information and school reports can be in a format and a language that parents can understand. Pecan Park Elementary is also handicapped-accessible campus.
Parents’ Right-to-Know
A parents’ Right-to-Know letter is included in the registration packet received at the beginning of the year.
Educator Responsibilities:
- 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.
Student Responsibilities:
- 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.
Family Responsibilities:
- 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 through the school website and annual meetings that they may make comments if they disagree with any aspect of a school’s Title I school-wide Plan which includes the Parental 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.
*The school-wide Title I Advisory Committee is composed of parents, teachers, students, and community members.Parents are informed in the actual document and at the annual meeting that they may make comments if they disagree with any of the content found in each elementary school-wide Plan.
- K-3