Title I
Title 1 Program Survey (Not available for 23-24 school year yet).
Parent Involvement Policy
PART I. GENERAL EXPECTATIONS
Morgantown Elementary School agrees to implement the following statutory requirements:
Consistent with section 1118, the school will work to ensure that the required school level parental involvement policies meet the requirements of section 1118 of the ESEA, and each include, as a component, a school-parent compact consistent with section 1118(d) of the ESEA.
Schools will notify parents of the policy in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand. The policy will be made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and the school.
In carrying out the Title I, Part A, parental involvement requirements, to the extent practicable, the school will provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information and school reports required under section 1111 of the ESEA in an understandable and uniform format and including alternative formats upon request and, to the extent practicable, in language parents understand.
If the school-wide program plan for Title I, Part A, developed under section 1114(b) of the ESEA, is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, the school will submit any parent comments with the plan when the school submits the plan to the local educational agency (school district).
The school will involve the parents of children served in Title I, Part A schools in decisions about how the 1 percent of Title I, Part A funds reserved for parental involvement is spent, and will ensure that not less than 95 percent of the 1 percent reserved goes directly to the schools.
The school will build its own and the parent’s capacity for strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement.
The school will provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under section 1118 of the ESEA as the parents may request.
The school will be governed by the following statutory definition of parental involvement, and will carry out programs, activities, and procedures in accordance with this definition:
Parental involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring—
That parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning;
That parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school;
That parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child;
The carrying out of other activities, such as those described in section 1118 of the ESEA.
PART II. DESCRIPTION OF HOW SCHOOLS WILL IMPLEMENT REQUIRED SCHOOL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY COMPONENTS
Morgantown Elementary School will take the following actions to involve parents in the joint development of its school parental involvement plan under section 1118 of the ESEA:
Morgantown Elementary School will present previous year’s parent involvement policy at the first PTO meeting of each school year. In addition, the policy will be published on the school’s parent portal website with a calendar notice as to meetings in which parents can participate in the process of amending the policy yearly.
Morgantown Elementary School will take the following actions to involve parents in the process of school review and improvement under section 1116 of the ESEA:
Morgantown Elementary School will have meetings to amend discuss the parent involvement policy at times after school to facilitate the attendance of parents. The school will also publish these meeting dates on the parent portal website as well as announcements using newsletters and the onecall messaging system.
Morgantown Elementary School will hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school’s participation in Title I, Part A programs, and to explain the Title I, Part A requirements and the right of parents to be involved in Title I, Part A programs. The school will convene the meeting at a time convenient for parents and will offer a flexible number of additional parental involvement meetings, such as in the morning or evening, so that as many parents as possible are able to attend. The school will invite all parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs to this meeting, and will encourage them to attend, by:
Morgantown Elementary School will provide parents of participating children information in a timely manner about Title I, Part A programs that includes a description and explanation of the school’s curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure children’s progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet at the request of a parent.
Morgantown Elementary School will at the request of parents, provide opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children. The school will respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.
Morgantown Elementary School will provide each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the State assessment in at least math, language arts and reading no later than the next progress report publish date after the state scores are released.
Morgantown Elementary School will take the following actions to 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) by: The School will notify by letter.
Morgantown Elementary School will provide assistance to parents of children served by the school, as appropriate, in understanding topics by undertaking the actions described in this paragraph -- the state’s academic content standards, the state’s student academic achievement standards, the state and local academic assessments including alternate assessments, the requirements of Part A, how to monitor their child’s progress, and how to work with educators: The school will offer multiple opportunities for parent conferences in which teachers will explain/answer questions about the above information.
Morgantown Elementary School will 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, by implementing teacher created websites which utilize videos and other presentation mediums to facilitate understanding of taught content. Parents and students can visit the web presence to become more familiar with teaching strategies and content.
Morgantown Elementary School will, with the assistance of its 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, by utilizing ongoing best practice research and learning activities embedded within existing Professional Development.
Morgantown Elementary School will, to the extent feasible and appropriate, coordinate and integrate parental involvement programs and activities with Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, public preschool, and other programs.
Morgantown Elementary School will take the following actions to ensure that information related to the school and parent-programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to 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: The school will send paper copies when applicable and publish notices and calendar invites onto the parent portal when possible.
PART III. DISCRETIONARY SCHOOL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY COMPONENTS
involving parents (via SBDM council) in the development of training for teachers, principals, and other educators to improve the effectiveness of that training;
providing necessary literacy training for parents from Title I, Part A funds, if the school district has exhausted all other reasonably available sources of funding for that training;
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;
training parents to enhance the involvement of other parents; when such training is available within a reasonable distance
arranging school meetings at a variety of times, or conducting in-home conferences between teachers or other educators who work directly with participating children, arrange meetings with parents who are unable to attend conferences at school in order to maximize parental involvement and participation in their children’s education;
adopting and implementing model approaches to improving parental involvement;
establishing a school parent advisory council to provide advice on all matters related to parental involvement in Title I, Part A programs;
developing appropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses, including faith-based organizations, in parental involvement activities.
PART IV. ADOPTION
This School Parental Involvement Policy has been developed jointly with, and agreed on with, parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs, as evidenced by SBDM Minutes.
This policy was adopted by the Butler County School District on November 2019 and will be in effect for the period of one year. The school will make this policy available to all parents of participating Title I, Part A children on or before November 2019.