Purpose

Activities/Strategies

Parental Involvement Policy Requirements

The school will  involve parents in the joint development and joint agreement of its School Parental Involvement Policy and its school wide plan, if applicable, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way under section 1118(b) of the ESEA.

Parent-Student-Teacher Compact

Campus Performance Committee (CPOC) Meetings

IEP, LPAC, SST, 504 Meetings, Goals Meetings

Title One Spring Parent Planning Meeting

The school will distribute to parents of participating children and the local community, the School Parental Involvement Policy.

Place the School Parental Involvement Policy on the school website, Copy and distribute monthly and yearly calendars for parents, Use the Campus-Wide Call-Out and Text System

The school will convene an annual meeting to inform parents of the following:

Title 1 Requirements: Title 1 Annual Parent Meeting (PTA Forum), Spring Planning Meeting

The school will provide to parents of participating children a

description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the

school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.

Annual Parent Teacher Conferences will be scheduled by teachers with each family in October (LISD GOALS Days)

Curriculum Night

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Academic Achievement

The school will build the schools’ and parent’s capacity for  strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school involved, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Progress Reports and Report Cards

Open House

Pre K Orientation and Kinder Orientation

Fall Festival

Evening Music/PTA Programs featuring every grade level

The school will, with the assistance of its district, provide

materials and training to help parents work with their children to improve their children’s academic achievement, such as literacy training, and using technology, as appropriate, to foster parental involvement.

Building Strong Families Conference, Curriculum Night

GOALS Conferences, Progress Reports and Report Cards,

Family Guidance and Outreach Center of Lubbock Parenting Classes schedule sent home and posted to website, MAP Testing Results

The school will, with the assistance of its district and parents,

educate its teachers, pupil services personnel, principals and

other staff, in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work

with parents as equal partners, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties between parents and schools.

Provide articles for staff to review on effective communication with parents, Train all Staff on the Parenting Portion of the Centennial Staff Handbook,

Title 1 Liaison Meetings, Review Title 1 Parent Survey Results with the Staff

The school will, to the extent feasible and appropriate, take the

following actions to ensure that information related to the school

and parent-programs, meetings, and other activities, is sent to the

parents of participating children in an understandable and

uniform format, including alternative formats upon request, and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand.

Student and Parent Calendars (sent home and posted on the school website), Utilize email communication and the parent notification call-out and text system, Thursday Folders, Post relevant information on the campus marquis system, Post to campus social media pages (Twitter, FaceBook)

Building Capacity for Involvement

The School Parental Involvement Policy may include additional discretionary activities that the school, in consultation with its parents, chooses to undertake to build parents’ capacity for involvement in the school to support their children’s academic achievement.

Parent Volunteer Appreciation Recognition, Fall Festival,

PTA Meetings, Buddy Fun Day (Play Day), Class Parties,

Evening Music/PTA Programs featuring every grade level,

Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinner, End of Year Awards Ceremony, Field Trips, Donuts with Dads, Muffins with Moms, Goals Meetings, Extracurricular Performances (UIL, Honor Choir, Running Club, Science Fair), Spelling Bee