Title I School-Level Parent and Family Engagement Policy

 

 2024-2025 Title I School-Level Parent and Family Engagement Policy 

         North Central Elementary 

In collaboration with families, community members, teachers, and staff, North Central Elementary School has developed a written Title I parent and family engagement policy. The school welcomes feedback from our parents and community partners through our PTO, SIC, parent and teacher surveys, and suggestions offered during school and community events. The policy is distributed to parents each year through a variety of outlets including the Back to School Night, Annual Title I meeting, school and teacher newsletters, posts on our webpage, and social media page. 

This policy describes the means for carrying out the following Title I parent and family engagement requirements under the guidelines offered by our district and state. The goal of this policy is to: (1) Honor and recognize families' input, (2) Connect family engagement to student learning, (3) Create a welcoming, inviting culture, and (4) Develop the capacity of families to negotiate the roles of supporters, advocates, and collaborators.

 

Involvement of Parents in the Title I Program

To involve parents and family members in the Title I program at North Central Elementary, the following practices have been established: (1) The school convenes an annual meeting, at a convenient time, to which all parents of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend, to inform parents and family members of their school’s participation in the Title I program and to explain the requirements, and the right of the parents to be involved. (2) The school involves parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s Title I program, including the planning, review, and improvement of the school parent and family engagement policy and the joint development of the schoolwide program plan through feedback at meetings and parent surveys. (3) At parent-teacher conferences, assessment information on student academic progress and grade-level standards is shared with parents. Student progress in relation to state and local standards will be explained to parents including the curriculum being used, grade-level expectations for proficiency, data reporting for state and local assessments, and available interventions in reading and mathematics for students needing assistance. 

 

Building Capacity for Involvement

North Central Elementary School engages Title I parents in meaningful interactions with the school. It supports a partnership among the school, parents and the community to improve student academic achievement through thoughtfully planned literacy activities that not only promote learning, but are fun as well. Parent involvement strategies within North Central Elementary are integrated based on parent input. 

 

Accessibility 

North Central Elementary, to the extent practicable, provides opportunities for the informed participation of all parents, including parents with limited English proficiency, by providing information and school reports in a format and language that parents understand. School-Parent Compacts and the school parent and family engagement policy will be shared with all parents of students participating in the Title 1, Part A program on, or before October 31, 2022.