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Flora Ridge Elementary School
Parental Involvement Plan 2009-2010
ASSURANCES
Flora Ridge Elementary agrees to:
Be governed by the statutory definition of parental involvement, and will carry out
programs, activities, and procedures in accordance with the definition outlined in
Section 9101(32), ESEA;
Involve the parents of children served in Title I, Part A in decisions about how Title I,
Part A funds reserved for parental involvement are spent [Section 1118(a)(3)(B)];
Jointly develop/revise with parents the school parental involvement policy and
distribute it to parents of participating children and make available the parental
involvement plan to the local community [Section 1118(a)(2)];
Jointly conduct, with the involvement of parents, an annual evaluation of the content
and effectiveness of the school’s parental involvement policy [Section 1118(a)(E)];
Use the findings of the parental involvement policy evaluation to design strategies for
more effective parental involvement, and to revise, if necessary, the school’s parental
involvement policy [Section 1118(a)(E)];
Inform parents and parental organizations of the purpose and existence of the
Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRC) in Florida, i.e., PIRC of Family
Network on Disabilities in Florida (FND) and PIRC at University of South Florida (USF)
[Section 1118(g)];
If the plan for Title I, Part A, developed under Section 1112, is not satisfactory to the
parents of participating children, the school will submit parent comments with the plan
when the school submits the plan to the local educational agency [Section 1118(b)(4)];
Provide to each parent an individual student report about the performance of their
child on the state assessment in at least mathematics, language arts, and reading
[Section 1111(h)(6)(B)(i)];
Provide each parent timely notice when their child has been assigned or has been
taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified
within the meaning of the term in section 200.56 of the Title I Final Regulations (67 Fed.
Reg. 71710, December 2, 2002) [Section 1111(h)(6)(B)(ii)]; and
Provide each parent timely notice information regarding their right to request
information on the professional qualifications of the student's classroom teachers and
paraprofessionals, as described in Section 1111(h)(6)(A) [Section (h)(2)(6)(A)].
2009-2010 Flora Ridge Elementary School
Parental Involvement Plan
1. Describe the specific steps the school will take to conduct an annual meeting
designed to inform parents of participating children about the school’s Title I
program, the nature of the Title I program (schoolwide or targeted assistance),
Adequately Yearly Progress, school choice, supplemental education services, and
the rights of parents. Include timeline, persons responsible, documentation to be
maintained, and the steps to ensure that all parents are invited and encouraged to
attend [Section 1118(c)(1)] .
Activity/Task Person Timeline Evaluations
Responsible
Parent Meeting to discuss Principal Nov. 2009 Parent Evaluations,
requirements of Title I and rights of sign in sheets
parents
Develop agenda, handouts and Assistant Principal Oct 2009 Copies of agenda,
PowerPoint presentation that handouts and
address the Title I requirements presentation
and rights of parents
Develop and disseminate Parent Liaison Oct 2009 Copy of flyer with
invitations date, posting on
school website
Advertise event Parent Liaison Oct 2009 Posting on school
web site
Maintain documentation Assistant Principal, Nov 2009 Sign-in Sheets,
Parent Liaison documentation box
will be maintained
in Principal’s office
2. Describe how the school will offer a flexible number of meetings, such as meetings
in the morning or evening, and may provide with Title I funds, transportation, child
care, or home visits, as such services related to parental involvement [Section
1118(c)(2)].
Our annual meeting for parents will be offered two times during the first quarter of the
year- once during the school day and once at night. Many of the parents are
working parents, so the times will be made to accommodate varying work
schedules with food provided at both times.
The school will survey parents at Open House to determine need for alternative meeting
times. Based on the survey, meetings will be scheduled. The district’s social
worker will be utilized for services related to parental involvement such as
transportation, child care, or home visits.
3. Describe how the school will involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely
manner, in the planning, review, and improvement of Title I programs including
involvement in the decisions regarding how funds for parental involvement will be
used [Sections1118(c)(3), 1114(b)(2), and 1118(a)(2)(B)].
Parent representatives will participate on the school’s School Advisory Council which is
the decision making entity of the school. More than 50% of the SAC committee
members are parents. The SAC committee will meet to review and revise the PIP
annually prior to the approval. At the beginning of the school year, all parents were
given a survey seeking input on activities, training, and materials that they need to help
their child. Results of the survey will be reviewed by SAC to determine any needed
changes. SAC committee will also be responsible for creating the School Improvement
Plan and conducting a SIP midyear review. Use of Parental Involvement funds will be
discussed at these meetings.
Parent representatives will be invited to participate in the Parent Leadership Council,
transportation will be provided if necessary.
4. Describe how the school will provide parents of participating children the following
[Section 1118(c)(4)]:
Timely information about the Title I programs [Section 1118(c)(4)(A)];
Description and explanation of the curriculum at the school, the forms of
academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency
levels students are expected to meet [Section 1118(c)(4)(B)];
If requested by parents, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate
suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the
education of their children[Section 1118(c)(4)(C)]; and
Note: If the schoolwide program plan under Section 1114 (b)(2) is not satisfactory
to the parents of participating children, the school will also submit the parents’
comments on the plan that will be available to the local education agency
[Section 1118(c)(5)].
At the beginning of the year, parents are invited to a Meet and Greet. During the
Meet and Greet, parents will be given copies of the Student Handbook, which
includes detailed information about the schoolwide program, how to schedule
parent-teacher conferences, and opportunities for participation in decisions related
to the education of their child. Parents are invited to visit the children’s classrooms
and meet the staff. During the visit, teachers will provide parents with additional
information about the subjects they teach, the assessments, and how parents can
help at home. The same information will be provided in a packet distributed to any
parents who are unable to attend.
At the annual Title I Parent Meeting, information will be provided to the parents
about the Title I programs, the curriculum, and academic assessments. Sign-in
sheets for the meetings will be maintained in the Title I box in the Principal’s office.
Information about Title I programs is distributed through the district composed
letters sent home by students at the beginning of the year, this information is also
available on the school web site. Also sent home at the beginning of the year is
the Parent Compact. The Parent Compact is also reviewed at a parent conference
during the course of the year. Student progress is monitored through progress
reports.
School and District websites, parent meetings and conferences, school
newsletters, district curriculum grade level expectation parent flyer, student data
reports sent home quarterly to inform parents of student progress. Student
progress is monitored through progress reports, quarterly report cards and
Progress Monitoring Plans. Student data and computer assisted instruction
reports are also sent home quarterly. In addition, parents receive reports
regarding their child’s assessment results on the FAIR, Beginning of the Year and
Benchmark Assessments as these assessments are completed throughout the
year. Parent Internet Viewer is also available for parents in grades 2-5 to view
their child’s grades and monitor their progress on-line.
5. Describe how the school will implement activities which will build the 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 [Section 1118(e)]. Describe the actions the
school will take to provide materials and training to help parents work with their
children to improve their children’s academic achievement [Section 1118(e)(2)].
Content Type of Person Correlation Timeline Evaluation
Activity Responsible to student
achievement
Accelerated Reader Media Center Instructional Increased Aug. Media
Club is open one Personnel reading 2009- Circulation
night a week. achievement June 2010 AR Reports
Students may through
read story and improved
take a vocabulary
Accelerated and fluency.
Reading Quiz.
Family Literacy To provide Literacy Increased Quarterly Parent sign-in
Nights opportunity for Council reading throughout sheets,
parents to read achievement the year Evaluation
with their forms
children and
motivate them
to read
English Classes for To provide the Administration/ Increased On-going Parent sign-in
Parents opportunity for home sheets,
parents to learn involvement Evaluation
English so that forms
they can better
assist students
with homework.
Reading on the Run To inform Kindergarten Increased On-going Parent sign in
parents of the Teachers reading levels sheets,
Reading among evaluation
Backpacks to kindergarten forms
take home and students
strategies for
use with their
children
Kindergarten Round To inform Administration/ Increased April 2010 Parent sign in
up parents of Kindergarten school sheets,
upcoming Teachers readiness for Evaluation
Kindergarten kindergarten forms
students what students
to expect as
their children
enter
Kindergarten
Family Technology To expose Technology Students Nov 2009 Parent Sign-in
Night parents to all of Team utilizing on- Sheets,
the on-line line resources Evaluation
technology at home will forms.
available for display an
them to access increase in
with their academic
children from progress
home
Parent Information To inform Grade level Student On-going Parent sign-in
Nights parents about teams, achievement sheets,
FCAT, Literacy on FCAT due evaluation
curriculum, and Coach, to Parental forms
strategies to Math/Science Involvement
help prepare Coach
their children.
6. Describe the training for staff the school will provide to 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 [Section 1118(e)(3)].
Content of the Session Person Timeline Correlation to Evaluation
Responsible Student
Achievement
Title I Information Training Asst. Sept. Provide Sign in sheets,
for School Staff Principal 2009 information to Evaluations
staff on
communicating
with parents
and providing
resources to
support
learning at
home.
Title I Informational Meeting District Title I April Provide Sign-in
with Principals Staff 2009 information to Sheets,
Oct 2009 principals on Evaluations
working with
parents and
Title I
regulations
RtI Process- The Problem RtI Coach Sept Strategies for Sign in
Solving Approach 2009 including Sheets,
parents in the Evaluations
RtI Process
ELL Nov Provide Sign-in
Cultural Sensitivity Specialist 2009 information to Sheets,
staff on the agenda
various
cultures
Quarterly newsletter on the Guidance On- Improve the Copies of
value of parental Counselor going ability of staff newsletters for
involvement to work with documentation
parents by
providing best
practice
examples
7. Describe how the school will coordinate and integrate parental involvement
programs and activities that teach parents how to help their children at home to the
extent feasible and appropriate (including but not limited to other federal programs
such as: Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, Home
Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program,
public preschool, Title I, Part C, Title II, Title III, Title IV, and Title VI) [Section
1118(e)(4)].
Program Coordination
Pre-K ESE Moving Up We will provide a transition day for Pre-K students to
visit Kindergarten classrooms.
Kindergarten Round Up We will provide an evening program to help parents get
their pre-K children ready for kindergarten.
IDEA Provide information to parents about the resources
available upon development of the student’s IEP
8. Describe the other activities, such as parent resource centers, the school will
conduct to encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education
of their children [Section 1118 (e)(4)].
Activity Specific steps Person Timeline Evaluation
Responsible
Title I Parents may District Title I On-going Log of material
Parent check out Staff circulation
Resource Leapfrog,
Center Lightspan, and
materials and
books to use at
home.
Reading Parents may Title I Parent On-going Log of material
on the check out Liason circulation
Run literacy filled
Backpacks backpacks to
participate in
reading activities
with their
children at home
9. Describe how the school will provide full opportunities for participation in parental
involvement activities for all parents (including parents of children with limited
English proficiency, disabilities, and migratory children). Include how the school
plans to share information related to school and parent programs, meetings, school
reports, and other activities in an understandable and uniform format and to the
extent practical, in a language parents can understand [Section 1118(e)(5) and
1118(f)].
All mailings, Title I information and school and school documents will be made
available to parents in English and in Spanish. Other languages are available upon
request. Parent conferences and meetings will be translated as needed. Family
workshops will be translated as needed. The PIP will be posted on the school’s
website. If needed, American Sign Language and Braille translations can be
provided for those families who would benefit from the services.
The school will have opportunities both during and after school to encourage parent
involvement. Activities will be advertised on the school marquee, in the local
newspaper, and through notes or flyers sent home with students. The IRIS phone
call out system will be used to promote family involvement activities in both English
and Spanish. A quarterly newsletter, the Flora Ridge Phoenix, is distributed to all
parents and business partners. Parents are also encouraged to utilize the school
website where activities and parental resources are available electronically. We also
utilize the school agendas in grades K-5 for announcements and parent
communication.
Parents are also provided regular reports of academic progress through report
cards, progress reports and completed assignments. Invitations to school meetings
and conferences go home in student agendas and are provided in both languages.
If needed a Progress Monitoring Plan is developed between the teacher and parent.
Regular meetings are encouraged as follow up to the strategies outlined to check on
progress. If an interpreter is required, several bi-lingual staff members are available
to assist.
Discretionary School Level Parental Involvement Policy Components
Check if the school does not plan to implement any discretionary parental
involvement activities.
Check all activities the school plans to implement:
Involving parents in the development of training for teachers, principals, and other
educators to improve the effectiveness of that training [Section 1118(e)(6)]
Providing necessary literacy training for parents from Title I, Part A funds, if the
school LEA has exhausted all other reasonably available sources of funding for that
training [Section 1118(e)(7)]
Paying reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parental involvement
activities, including transportation and child care costs, to enable parents to participate
in school-related meetings and training sessions [Section 1118(e)(8)]
Training parents to enhance the involvement of other parents [Section 1118(e)(9)]
Maximize parental involvement and participation in their children’s education by
arranging school meetings at a variety of times, or conducting in-home conferences
between teachers or other educators, who work directly with participating children, with
parents who are unable to attend those conferences at school [Section 1118(e)(10)]
Adopting and implementing model approaches to improving parental involvement
[Section 1118(e)(11)]
Establishing an LEA-wide parent advisory council to provide advice on all matters
related to parental involvement in Title I, Part A programs [Section 1118(e)(12)]
Developing appropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses,
including faith-based organizations, in parental involvement activities [Section
1118(e)(13)]
Providing other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under section
1118 as parents may request [Section 1118(e)(14)]
10. Describe how each discretionary activity checked above will be implemented.
Activity Description of Correlation to Person Timeline
Implementation Student Responsible
Strategy Achievement
Parent-School Compact:
As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy/plan, each school shall
jointly develop, with parents for all children served under this part, a parent-school
compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the
responsibility for improved student academic achievement Section 1118(d)].
Provide the LEA electronically the Parent-School Compact and evidence of parent input
in the development of the compact.
Review of the School Parental Involvement Policy/Plan
1. Provide a summary of activities provided which were designed to build the capacity
of parents to help their children [Section 1118 (e)(1-2)]. Include participation data on
the Title I annual meeting.
Content of the Type of Number of Number of Total Correlation to
Session Activity Activities Participants Student
Achievement
State Distribution of One booklet All students in Provide
assessments material for each grades 3-5 information to
student in parents about
grades 3-5. the FCAT.
Materials
were
distributed to
the students.
Parent Distribution of Posted on All students Provide parents
Notification information the website, with updates on
Requirements sent home school
with students functions,
parent
notifications,
etc. Provided in
multiple
languages
Local Distribution of Sent home All students Provide parents
assessments materials with with information
students, on the progress
provided at of their child.
parent
conferences
State’s Distribution of Parent All students Provide
academic materials information information to
standards night, parents on the
Welcome content of the
Back standards.
information
packets
2. Provide a summary of the professional development activities provided by the school
to educate staff on the value and utility of contributions of parents; how to reach out
to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners; the implementation
and coordination of parent programs; and how to build ties between parents and the
school [Section 1118 (e)(3)].
Content of the Number of sessions Number of Correlation to
Session Total Student
Participants Achievement
3. Describe the identified barriers which hindered participation by parents in parental
involvement activities and the steps the school will take to overcome the identified
barriers (with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged,
are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any
racial or ethnic minority background) [Section 1118(a)(E)].
Barrier (including the specific Steps the School will take to Overcome
subgroup)
Parents lack of time for involvement Offer parental involvement activities at
multiple times and provide hard copies for
those unable to attend
Parents do not know how to help their Provide parent information sessions on
child helping their child at home
Language barriers limit parent ability to get Provide sufficient staff available for
involved translation servides.
4. Describe the parental involvement activity/strategy the school considers the most
effective. This information may be shared with other LEAs and schools as a best
practice.
Content/Purpose Description of the Activity
Family literacy nights During the 2008-2009 school year, Flora
Ridge Elementary provided several Family
Literacy Nights. The parents participated
in activities that they could model at home
to help their child with reading.
