Title I Parent Engagement Policy

Title I – Required Notifications

Requirement	What	By Whom	When	Accomplished
Notify parents of their right to know the qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals	Newsletter/letter to parents or website	Director of Curriculum	Annually, at the beginning of the school year	Week of September 12
Notify parents of their right to know if their child’s teacher is not highly qualified	Letter to parents	Building Leader	4 weeks subsequent to being taught by a non-highly qualified teacher
Progress review of the school’s efforts to meet AYP – School Improvement Plan	Newsletter Letter to parents Meeting	Building Leader	Annually at the beginning of the school year
Provide annual report cards containing information on assessment, accountability and teacher quality	Newsletter Letter to parents Meeting	Director of Curriculum Building Leader	Annually
Provide parents with information on their child’s academic progress	Report card	Building Leader	As soon as practical
Provide frequent reports on student progress	AIS Progress Reports Phone calls Teacher conferences	Building Leader Teachers	Frequently during the school year
Distribute written parental involvement policies District Policy / School Plan	Meeting Website Parent Handbook	Director of Curriculum Communications Building Leader	Annual meeting – November 7th PTO meeting Beginning of year
Distribute School-Parent Compact	Parent Handbook Newsletter	Building Leader Teachers	Beginning of the year P-T Conferences	TLC IS MS
Distribute school-wide plan for Title I campus	Meeting	Director of Curriculum Building Leader	Annually
Provide information to parents of homeless students on their rights	Newsletter or Meeting	Director of Special Programs	When student registers or family becomes homeless
Provide information about Safe and Drug Free School and Community status, programs and activities supporting SDFSC and instances of violent crime in the school	?	LEA	LEA: Status – annually Persistently dangerous – 14 days prior to start of year & upon enrollment; Programs – Ongoing; Violent Crime – within 14 days of incident	N/A
Provide parents with information about schools identified for School Improvement, Provide information about parent’s rights to Supplemental Educational Services	Letter to parents	LEA	As mandated	N/A
Disseminate information regarding the District’s written complaint procedures for resolving issues of violation(s) of a Federal statute or regulation that applies to Title I, Part A programs.	Meeting Website,br/>Parent Handbook	Director of Curriculum Building Leader	Annually Continual post Beginning of year	Posted Sept

Title I – Required Consultation

Requirement	What	By Whom	When	Accomplished
Written Parental Involvement policies (Jointly developed)	Meeting	LEA/Building Leader	Annually
Evaluation of Parental Involvement Policy (Are parents provided multiple opportunities to provide input?)	Meeting Survey	LEA/Building Leader	Annual survey
Written School-Parent Compact	Meeting	Director of Curriculum School Leader	Annually (Survey or Evaluation)
Parent –Teacher Conference	Required meeting at elementary (keep log)	Building Leader Teachers	Annually early in the year
School wide plan and Program Plans shared with Title I parents	Meeting	Building Leader	Annually
Consolidated Application	Meeting	Director of Curriculum	Annually when the Application is being completed
Reservation of Funds	Meeting	Director of Curriculum	Annual survey as required
School Improvement Plan (SIP) if needed	Meeting	Building Leader	Within 3 months
LEA Improvement Plan	Meeting	Director of Curriculum	Annual survey or evaluation
Parent Advisory Council/Shared Decision-making Committee	Meeting	Building Leader	Annually – Survey or Evaluation
Title 1 – Part A Meeting	Required meeting	Director of Curriculum with School Leader	Annually

Title I – Parent & Family Engagement Policy – Additional Requirements

Requirement	What	How	By Whom	When	Accountability/Evaluation
Build school and parent capacity for strong parental involvement	Advertise opportunities for involvement in programs such as PTO, SDM, JA, room parent, suggestion box
Coordinate & integrate parent involvement with other district programs	Transition to new program/school	Parent tour/information nights	Building Leader(s) Parent Advocate,br/>Social Workers,br/>School Counselors	Pre-K Kinders Grade 3 Grade 6
Provide assistance to parents in understanding topics such as content standards, achievement standards, State/local assessments, how to monitor progress, how to work with educators to improve achievement	Examples: Parent curriculum guide Weekly newsletters Secondary syllabus Parent Resource Cart	Texts to Borrow	SST/Media Spclist	On-going
Provide materials and training help parents work with their children to improve achievement and foster parental involvement	Examples: Literacy training Use of technology 1000 Book Club Take home folders Take home bags
Educate all staff members on the value of parental involvement	Education for staff Education for parents
Opportunities to volunteer and participate in child’s class; observation of classroom activities
Reasonable access to staff	Opportunities for parents to interact with teaching staff	Parent Teacher Conference E-mail provided Telephone