10/24/2016 AR WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT) 425 NORTH NIGHLAND AVENUE FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701 479-444-3073 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 School Improvement Status Achieving Grade Levels K-4 Parent Involvement Coordinator Tara Lechtenberger 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 66% Parent Involvement Committee Members (Select "Repeat" to open more entry fields to add addtional team members) Enter committee members First Name Tara Last Name Lechtenberger Position Counselor, Parent Involvement Coordinator Enter committee members First Name Ashley Last Name McLarty Position Principal Enter committee members First Name Chad Last Name Lechtenberger Position 2nd Grade Teacher
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Enter committee members First Name Wendy Last Name Karcher Position Parent Enter committee members First Name Nicole Last Name Guenther Position Parent/Speech Language Pathologist Enter committee members First Name Kelly Last Name Wade Position 1st Grade Teacher Enter committee members First Name Doug Last Name Martin Position Community Member Enter committee members First Name Tara Last Name Ogle Position 1st Grade Teacher Enter committee members First Name Maya Last Name Lechtenberger Position Alumni Enter committee members First Name Sophie Last Name Stout Position Alumni 1. List various communication strategies used in your school to provide additional information to parents and to
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increase parental involvement in supporting classroom instruction. School Newsletter Last Monday of each month Meet your teacher-K-4 08/15/2016 School Website 08/1/2016 School email system continual Curriculum Night/Open House 08/29/2016 New Parent Orientation 08/29/2016 Monday Folders Each Monday of the school year Student Handbook 08/17/16 School Improvement Workshop 10/2014 Lunch and Learn- common core math information 10/16/2014 Flyers and Brochures pertaining to volunteer, workshop, and involvement opportunities As needed Read for the Record October 2016 Public notices on local Television channels and newspapers As needed Phone calls and written correspondence concerning grades, academic data and behavior of students As needed Report Cards and Progress reports Each 9 weeks 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.)
Classroom Teacher Helpers-PTO Volunteers as needed info gathered November 1, 2016 Field Day Volunteers-Coach Thomas-PTO Volunteers- May 31, 2017 Immunization clinic-Nurse, Counselor, PTO Volunteers-October 2016 Picture Day Volunteers-PTO Volunteers- September 2016 and April 2017 Title 1 Meeting-Principal, October 12, 2016 Parent Workshops presented at different times and locations to enhance parent attendance (child care ) -Parent facilitator- November 2016 and March 2017 PTO meetings with pertinent topics presented at each meeting. PTO Officers, Teacher representatives, guest speakers from the community-September 2016, October 2016, November 2016, December 2016, January 2017, February 2017, March 2017, April 2017 and May 2017 Book Fair Night- November 2016 and April 2017
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Family Luncheon-Free of cost to parents of students who qualify for free and reduced lunches -Principal, counselor, Cafeteria Staff, PTO Volunteers- . ESL/Multicultural Night-Judith Sapsford,ESL and Tara Letchengenber, Counselor April 2016 LPAC Meetings- Sherri Buckner,ESL and Tara Letchengenber,ESL Teacher, Classroom Teacher, Counselor, Ruth Mobley, Assist. Principal-September 2016 Curriculum Night-Principal, Classroom Teachers- August 2016
Meet Your Teacher Night-Principal, Classroom teacher Kindergarten August 15, 2016 Ice Cream Social-Principal, PTO Volunteers-May 2017 Fall Festival-PTO Volunteers- October 2016 Home Room Parent Workshop-PTO Volunteer- October 2016 Parent Teacher Conferences-Classroom Teacher October,2016 and April, 2017 Individual Conferencing for students-Classroom teachers, counselor, principal, special services-as needed Yearly Report-Ashley McLarty, Principal-April 2017 wards ceremonies-Classroom Teachers, Ashley McLarty, Principal-May 2017 Field Trip Volunteers-PTO Volunteers-September 2016 Classroom Teacher Helpers-PTO Volunteers as needed info gathered November 2016 Field Day Volunteers-Coach Thomas-PTO Volunteers- May, 2017 Immunization clinic-Nurse, Counselor, PTO Volunteers-October 2016 Picture Day Volunteers-PTO Volunteers- September 2016 and April 2017 Title 1 Meeting-Principal, August 2016 and May 2017 3. How will your school provide information to parents about volunteer opportunities (must include state mandated parent training)? PTO Weekly Email updates
Principal Newsletter-Principal- monthly PTO Newsletter-PTO Officers-Monthly Classroom Newsletter-Classroom teachers-Weekly Parent List serve-Debbie Stephenson, D.J. Rush, Technology Staff-Monthly 4. How will your school work with parents to create a School-Parent-Compact? School staff, parents, and students will develop a school-parent-student compact. This compact will outline how parents, school staff, and students share the responsibility for improving student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the state's high academic standards. All stakeholders will sign the compact. September, 2016 Contact information for Mrs. Lechtenberger, Parent Facilitator is 479444-3073-Parent Facilitator-yearly 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? Parent Teacher Organization-PTO Officers, members, teacher representatives, principal-ongoing. The school will engage parents in decision making about the allocation of its Title I, Part A funds for parental involvement.-Ashley McLarty, Principal-May 2017 Parent Advisory Committee meet to provide advice and guidance for school improvement-Committee membersJanuary 2017, April 2017 Parent Survey concerning school improvement- Tara Lechtenberger, Counselor April 2017 6. How will your school provide resources for parents? Parent Resource center updated and open-Parent Facilitator-as needed
Parent Resource center updated and open- Parent Facilitator-as needed School/Classroom Websites-D.J. Rush, Staff members 479-444-3073 PTO Website-PTO Volunteers Parent Packets given to each family-Ashley McLarty, Principal, Parent Facilitator-yearly Parent library updated and accessible-Danielle Champagne, Librarian, Parent Facilitator-as needed both can be contacted at 479-444-3073 Parent Facilitator Position-Tara Lechtenberger, Parent Facilitator 479-444-3073 7. How will your school engage parents in the evaluation of your parental involvement efforts? Google Docs, Tara Lechtenberger, Parent Facilitator
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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? The school will ask parents to fill out a parent interest survey at registration or at the beginning of each school year to get information from parents concerning the activities they feel will be most beneficial in the efforts to support their child academically.Parent Facilitator-yearly The school will use the results of the parent interest survey to plan the parental involvement activities for the yearParent Involvement Committee-yearly. The school will evaluate the activities that were suggested by the parents at the end of the year as part of the annual parental involvement plan evaluation-Parent Involvement committee-yearly. 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 school will conduct an Annual Title I Meeting for parents of the students who participate in the Title I, Part A Program. Annual Report to parents and invitation to parents October 2016 Fall Title I meeting October 2016 Spring Meeting April 2016 *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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