CALUMET PUBLIC SCHOOLS

TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY

Calumet Public Schools’ Title I program encourages Title I parents and guardians to be involved with their children’s education. This goal will be accomplished through increased communication and interaction among Title I teachers, Title I staff, and parents and guardians of Title I students. This policy outlines activities and opportunities offered to parents during the school year to facilitate involvement in the Title I program.

Notification:

  • Notify parents/guardians that their child has been selected to participate in Title I and explain how and why the child has been selected.

  • Provide parents/guardians and their child with a copy of the Home-School Involvement Compact.

  • Provide parents/guardians with a copy of the Title I Parent Involvement Policy.

Annual Meetings:

1. Convene an Annual Meeting in October/November of each year to which all parents and guardians of participating children will be invited to explain the program and activities.

  • describe the instructional program, including the assessment criteria and how students are selected

  • explain federal rules and regulations regarding Title I

  • inform parents of documents available to them

  • explain workshops and school visits to which parents are invited and encouraged to participate

  • meet the Title I staff

1. Convene an Annual Review Meeting in May of each year to which all parents and guardians of participating children will be invited to assess program policy and involvement.

  • assess Home-School Involvement Compact

  • assess Parent Involvement Policy

  • assess program policy and activities via a written survey; respond to recommendations

Written Policies:

  • Develop written policies, after consultation and review by parents, to ensure that parents are involved in the planning, design, and implementation of the Title I program.

  • Title I laws, regulations, and policy documents are available to parents.

  • Program proposal, containing all aspects of the program, evaluations, and other documents are available to parents.

  • Provide a vehicle for timely response to parent input.

  • Inform parents of their right to access information.

  • Send letter to parents that states how their child was selected to participate in the Title I program.

  • The instructional objective of the program is specified to parents through progress reports.

Policy Availability:

  • Develop a brochure stating policies and parents’ rights and responsibilities. Translate brochure into languages as necessary.

  • Plan to send brochure to parents of all eligible students at the beginning of the school year.

  • Make Title I policy available to parents of participating children.

  • Develop with parents planned activities on a yearly basis.

Progress Reports:

  • Provide parents of participating children with reports prior to report cards on their child’s progress. These reports may be in the form of narratives or portfolio summaries.

  • The progress report is sent home each marking term inside the child’s school report card.

  • The parent or guardian will read and sign off on the progress report each marking term and return it to the Title I teacher.

  • In the space for comments, or on an attached page, the parent or guardian may offer feedback or comments on the progress report.

  • In addition to English, progress reports will be made available, to the extent practicable, in a language or alternative format that parents can understand.

  • Conduct a parent-teacher conference with the parents of each participating child to discuss the child’s progress, placement, and methods the parents can use to complement the child’s instruction.

  • Title I teachers will be readily available to meet with parents both in person and via telephone or e-mail.

Observations:

  • Permit parents and guardians of participating children to observe Title I program activities.

  • Communicate to parents that they may observe their child’s Title I reading instruction at any time.

  • Assist parents who are not able to visit the school during the day to learn about Title I instruction through coordinating before or after school meetings with the teacher or telephone conference with the teacher.

Timely Information:

  • Provide parents of participating children with timely information about the program.

  • A full-time parent coordinator is responsible for disseminating information to parents in a number of ways: brochures, notices, meetings, newsletters, telephone outreach, response to questions posed by parents, and yearly informational meetings.

  • Provide parents with information and a material for supporting their child’s reading development at home.

Appropriate Language:

  • To the extent practicable, provide information, programs, and activities for parents in a language and form that parents and guardians can understand.

  • Develop a brochure of general information, which will be translated into appropriate languages as deemed necessary.

  • Determine home language of parents or guardian of students.

  • Investigate possibility of translators for meetings.

  • Send progress reports in appropriate languages as needed.