Hawkins Mill Elementary Family Engagement Plan

Hawkins Mill Elementary Family Engagement Plan

2012-2013

The Hawkins Mill Elementary Family Engagement Plan was developed jointly and agreed upon with stakeholders to establish expectations for parental involvement and to define the commitment of the school toward providing parents with the skills and information necessary to help their children achieve academic excellence. It is our goal to assist parents to be knowledgeable of the skills and information needed to help their child/children be successful in school.

Parental Commitment

Hawkins Mill Elementary parents will act as advisors, resource persons, and coordinators in the following ways:

·  Supporting our school’s efforts to maintain a safe and respectful environment

·  Encouraging their child to solve conflicts peacefully

·  Supporting our school’s efforts to help their child achieve academically

·  Assisting their child with homework and special projects

·  Expressing ideas, concerns, and suggestions to teachers and school administrators

·  Maintaining ongoing communication including attending parent/teacher conferences

·  Actively participating in the PTO, Leadership Council, WATCH DOGS and other parent/school committees and trainings

·  Responding to memos, surveys and questionnaires expressing their ideas and/or concerns

·  Using their talents and resources to enhance Hawkins Mill’s instructional program

·  Becoming Hawkins Mill Elementary School supporters and advocates within their community

NCLB Commitment

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires that Hawkins Mill Elementary parents, administrators, staff and community members build a capacity for involvement to plan for and insure high quality academic programs and student success in the following ways:

·  Informing parents and community members of NCLB and Hawkins Mill’s participation in state and federal programs

·  Providing timely information to families about school/district programs and policies administered under NCLB guidelines

·  Providing assistance to parents in understanding the State’s academic content standards, the State’s student academic achievement standards, State and local academic

assessments, and how to monitor a child’s progress and work with educators to improve student achievement

·  Distributing to parents information related to school and parent programs, meetings and other activities in a format and a language the parent can understand

·  Providing materials and training in literacy, math, science and technology to help parents work with their children to improve their achievement to foster parental

Involvement

·  Provide reasonable support for participation in parent involvement activities per parent request

·  Ensuring Title I Part A parental involvement strategies are coordinated and integrated with parental involvement strategies under programs such as Head Start, Reading

First, Early Reading First, Even Start, Parents as Teachers, HIPPY, State-run preschool programs and Title III language instructional programs

·  Educating staff with the assistance of parents on the following topics: values and contribution of parents, how to work with parents as equal partners, how to communicate

with parents, how to reach out to parents, how to implement and coordinate parent programs and how to build everlasting ties between parents and the school

·  Providing accessibility for full opportunities for participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children,

including information and school reports in a format and a language parents can understand

·  Providing parents with a description and explanation of MCS curriculum, formative and summative assessments used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet

School Commitment

Hawkins Mill Elementary will encourage families to become meaningfully engaged in their child’s education by doing the following:

·  Inviting all parents to annual meetings (at flexible times) to inform them of NCLB and Title I requirements, the school’s participation in Title I, and the rights of parents to be involved in the school

·  Conducting regular and flexible parent meetings, to keep parents informed of current events and issues, timely progress reports, and parent/teacher conferences

·  Involving parents in organized and ongoing development and future planning, reviewing, and improvement of the Family Engagement Plan, Parent/School Compact and jointly development of the school wide program plan (TSIPP)

·  Eliminating communication barriers for parents by providing the Family Engagement Plan, Parent/School Compact, and other forms of written and verbal communication in an understandable, uniform, clear, and concise format, and in a language the parents can understand

·  Establishing a process for submission of comments on the school wide program (TSIPP), Family Engagement Plan, and Parent/School Compact if it is not satisfactory to the parent when the school makes the plan available to the district/LEA

·  Providing materials and training in literacy, math, science and technology to help parents work with their children to improve their achievement to foster parental

involvement

·  Developing jointly, acquiring appropriate signatures and distributing Parent/Student Handbooks, Family Engagement Plans and Parent/School Compacts

·  Providing opportunities, per parent request, for regular meetings for decision making, suggestions, and concerns relating to their child’s academic instruction and receive responses to any concerns in a timely practicable manner

·  Updating periodically and making available at the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year the Family Engagement Plan and Parent/School Compact to meet the changing needs of parents and the school

Hawkins Mill Elementary Parent-School Compact

2012-2013

The compact has been jointly developed and agreed upon by the staff, parents, and students of Hawkins Mill Elementary School in order to develop a partnership to help our children achieve the State’s high standards. We, the parents, school, teachers, and students will share the responsibility for improving student academic achievement.

Parent/Guardian Agreement

As a Hawkins Mill parent, I will be responsible for supporting my child’s learning in the following ways:

¨  Ensure that my child attend school daily and on time dressing in the appropriate school uniform

¨  Review my child’s homework and other papers on a regular basis

¨  Provide a place to study in a safe and loving environment and encouraging my child’s efforts

¨  Working with the teacher and school in its effort to implement PBIS to maintain proper discipline

¨  Communicate regularly with teachers to stay informed on what my child is learning

¨  Volunteer, participate, and observe in my child’s classroom or where I am needed in the school

¨  Participate in making decisions that relate to my child’s academic and behavioral progress

¨  Provide necessary supplies and materials for my child to complete classroom and homework assignments

¨  Returning report cards and attending parent-teacher conferences

Parent’s Signature______

Student Agreement

As a Hawkins Mill student, I will commit to doing the following:

¨  Come to school every day, on time, and ready to learn with the supplies needed for class work

¨  Wear school uniforms every day

¨  Follow the Student Code of Conduct, Hawkins Mill school rules, and my classroom rules

¨  Complete and return all class/homework assignments

¨  Respect all adults and my peers

Student’s Signature ______

Teacher Agreement

I, the undersigned, a partner in the education of children at Hawkins Mill commit to the following:

¨  Provide a welcoming, developmentally appropriate environment that is conducive to learning

¨  Modify instruction to accommodate the educational needs of students

¨  Provide enriched skills to promote academic success

¨  Provide frequent progress reports and communication to parents regarding student’s progress

¨  Provide homework that reinforces skills taught in the classroom

¨  Provide opportunities for parents to volunteer, participate and observe in their child’s class

¨  Participate in high quality professional development to gain knowledge which will ensure student’s achievement

¨  Discuss School Compact with parents as it relates to the individual child’s achievement

Teacher’s Signature ______

School Agreement

As the administrator of Hawkins Mill Elementary I will commit to doing the following:

¨  Provide a safe environment at Hawkins Mill that promotes open communication between faculty, staff, students, parents, and the Hawkins Mill community

¨  Provide a high-quality curriculum and instruction to all students in a supportive and effective learning environment that will enable students to achieve state academic standards

¨  Emphasize the importance of ongoing communication between teachers, parents, and students

¨  Allow parents reasonable access to staff; to volunteer, participate, and observe in their child’s classroom

¨  Provide parents, students, and community stakeholders with timely information about programs, parent trainings, district updates, etc. through monthly calendars, flyers, Parent Link, and Hawkins Mill Homepage in a format and a language the parent understands

¨  Hold semi-annual parent-teacher conferences to discuss this compact and student progress

¨  Monitor attendance of students and recognize classes meeting state and district goal for attendance.

¨  Provide parents with information about the MCS curriculum, district/state assessment measures and state proficiency expectations for students.

¨  Provide timely feedback to parent suggestions and concerns

¨  Plan and implement research-based professional development trainings that meet the needs and strengthen the skills of parents and staff

Principal‘s Signature ______