10/24/2016 AR OWL CREEK SCHOOL (FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT) 375 NORTH RUPPLE ROAD FAYETTEVILLE AR 72704 479-718-0200 School Parent Involvement Policy This form was adapted from, A Toolkit for Title I Parent Involvement. Ferguson, C. (2009). A Toolkit for Title I Parental Involvement. Austin, TX: SEDL.

Hint District Fayetteville Public Schools School Improvement Status Achieving School in Literacy and Needs Improvement in Math Grade Levels Prek-6 Parent Involvement Coordinator Chris Sputo, Brandon Craft Are you Title I Schoolwide?

g Yes b c d e f c No d e f g c N/A d e f g Percent of free and reduced lunch 64% Parent Involvement Committee Members (Select "Repeat" to open more entry fields to add addtional team members) Enter committee members First Name Richard Last Name Armendariz Position Teacher Enter committee members First Name Brent Last Name Smith Position Teacher Enter committee members First Name Krissi Last Name Beeks Position Elementary Parent/Teacher

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Enter committee members First Name Abby Last Name Clark Position Teacher Enter committee members First Name Brandon Last Name Craft Position Assistant Principal Enter committee members First Name Chris Last Name Sputo Position Assistant Principal Enter committee members First Name Stephanie Last Name Davis Position Principal Enter committee members First Name Last Name Position Enter committee members First Name Last Name Position 1. List various communication strategies used in your school to provide additional information to parents and to increase parental involvement in supporting classroom instruction.

Owl Creek uses a variety of different methods to increase communication between home and school. We have a weekly folder that is sent home every Monday. Along with a weekly folder a daily agenda/folder is sent home for parent signature. We use weekly classroom newsletters, and a monthly principal newsletter. Various forms of social media are used (i.e. facebook, instagram, twitter) to promote school events and celebrations. Also, we have two parent teacher conferences each school year. Other conferences with parents are scheduled as needed. Parents are able to access information on the school's website. Parents are given all teacher emails in the Parent Involvement packets. Also, we have a variety of events involving parents after school and on weekends. We have a Curriculum Night for all grade levels. The Parent Teacher Organization has utilized a program called Volunteer Builder which allows teachers to contact parents that are interested in becoming more invovled. Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis, Brandon Craft, Chris Sputo

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479-718-0200 2. List the proposed parent meeting, conferences and activities regularly throughout this year and the dates providing flexible meeting times that you have planned to increase parental involvement and build staff and parent capacity to engage in these types of efforts. (Must include the 2 state mandated parent/teacher conferences each year.) PTO meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month. Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Oct. 20th (3pm-6pm), 21st (8am-12pm), and March 30th (3pm-6pm) and March 30st. Several parent/school community events are held to promote literacy, math, health and wellness. Open House- August 1st Curriculum Night - Report to Public - August 25th Block Party - August 25th Books, Blues and BBQ- September 29th Fall Festival- October 28th Winter Read- December 2nd Multicultural Festival- February 24th Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis, Brandon Craft, Chris Sputo 479-718-0200 3. How will your school provide information to parents about volunteer opportunities (must include state mandated parent training)? Parents are informed about volunteer opportunities at our Open House. Volunteer forms are completed as part of our back to school enrollment packet. Also, volunteer forms are included in our parental involvement packets that are distributed after the school year has started, and at the time of new enrollment. As a part of the Volunteer Builder program parents are informed by e-mail of an opportunity to volunteer in one of the areas they selected as an interest. In addition, The Owl Creek School will communicate the following information during our annual curriculum night: (A) Provide assistance to parents in understanding content how to monitor a child's progress; standards, academic assessments, and (B) Provide materials and training to help parents work with their children to improve academic achievement; (C) Educate teachers, principals, and other staff in the importance of effective communication, value and utility of contributions of parents; (D) Coordinate and integrate parent involvement programs and activities; (E) Ensure that information related to school and parent programs is sent to parents to the extent practical in a language parents can understand; (F) Provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities as parents may request. Teachers will complete at least two hours of Professional Development in Parental Involvement each year.

Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis, Brandon Craft, Chris Sputo 479-718-0200 4. How will your school work with parents to create a School-Parent-Compact?

School-Parent Compacts are signed by all stakeholders and outline the responsiblities for improving student achievement. They are distributed as a part of our back to school enrollment packet that is completed prior to school starting. Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis 479-718-0200 5. How will your school provide opportunities for parents to be involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of the school wide school improvement plan, and the Annual Title I Meeting to engage them in the decision-making processes regarding the school's Title I, Part A Program?

Parents are involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the school improvement plan during the Annual Title 1 Meeting held on August 25th, 2016. Also, parents are involved the Owl Creek Parent Advisory Council.

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The council meets once in the fall, and once in the spring. Various components of the school improvement plan are addressed during PTO meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month. Finally, PTO leadership meetings are held the last Friday of each month. Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis, Brandon Craft, Chris Sputo 479-718-0200 6. How will your school provide resources for parents? The school will have a designated area to be used as the Parent Center. Parenting books, magazines and other informative material regarding responsible parenting will be available for parents to borrow for review in each building. Parent Center materials, which may include, but not limited to brochures, pamphlets, computers for use on site, or laptops to be checked out will be designated by each building. In order to encourage parents to participate as a full partner in the decisions that affect their child and family, Owl Creek will provide the student handbook online. The SCHOOL'S PROCESS FOR RESOLVING PARENTAL CONCERNS, including how to define a problem, who to approach first and how to develop solutions. Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis, Brandon Craft, Chris Sputo 479-718-0200 7. How will your school engage parents in the evaluation of your parental involvement efforts? Parents are surveyed during the spring about our parental involvement efforts. Surveys are made available in English and in Spanish. Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis, Brandon Craft, Chris Sputo 479-718-0200 8. How will your school use the parent interest surveys to select, plan and implement parental involvement activities that will be offered throughout the year? Parent surveys are used to determine what types of events and activities are offered during our parent nights. There are series of activities that are offered to empower parents to help their children. Curriculum Night- opportunity to engage in discussion regarding grade level curriculum, grading policy, classroom expectations. Books, Blues and BBQ- promote literacy and math skills through take home activities that parents can recreate at home with their child. Winter Read- promotes the specific literacy component that is done in the classroom called a Read Aloud that parents can do with their children at home. Multicultural Festival- promotes awareness and celebration of the variety of cultures represented within our school and community. We also talk with parents about school related functions during P//T conferences and during evening events such as: school plays, choir performances, music recitals, etc. Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis, Brandon Craft, Chris Sputo, Shelby Banks 479-718-0200 9. When will your school plan the Annual Title I Meeting that must be conducted separately? (It CANNOT be held in conjunction with any other meetings or activities.)

The Annual Title I meeting will be August 25th, 2016. Person Responsible: Stephanie Davis 479-718-0200 *After completion of this form, the school should print and submit to district for review and approval. Once approved, the school is required to post their School Parent Plan on their website.

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