ࡱ> 352@ !jbjb 2lPPPPPd$P.DFFFFFF, rrD,$,DDD PPDDDD NORTH CUMBERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PLAN The Patriot Plan Parents And Teachers Reaching Involvement Only Together Part 1 General Expectation: North Cumberland Elementary School agrees to implement the following requirements: 1. Use the Cumberland County School Boards Parent Involvement Policy as our foundation. 2. Use the Systems Parent/Family involvement Policy as the basis for our individual school plan. 3. Develop jointly with Family Friendly Schools Team and Patriot families and distribute to all families of our students a written parent/family involvement plan, with amendments as necessary, to keep an agreed upon plan, herein known as the Patriot Plan. (Parents and Teachers Reaching Involvement Only Together). 4. Notify all families of this Patriot Plan through our school website (http://nces.cumberland.k12tn.net), paper distribution, and in a language the parents can understand, if needed. 5. Update the Patriot Plan periodically to meet the changing needs of our families and school. 6. Entertain family comments and submit any unsatisfactory comments with the plan to the system. 7. Make the Patriot Plan available in all classrooms, school library, and office for all to view. 8. Share jointly with Patriot families the responsibility for student academic growth. North Cumberland believes that there is a team consisting of staff, parents, families, and community members providing participation and involvement with regular meaningful communication that will help ensure the academic learning of our students, believing that this team plays an integral role in assisting the child in learning by being actively involved in the childs education. Part 2: Parents And Teachers Reaching Involvement Only Together Plan Implementation (Revised Plan) Goal 1: The Patriot Plan will keep all families informed of Title 1 status, State of the School, and opportunities for involvement and participation by parents ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES/ PARTICIPANTS/ TIME AND DATE/ EVIDENCE Develop Parent Involvement Plan known as Patriot Plan/Family Friendly School Team/ Ongoing-Beginning of Summer 2005/ Minutes and plan, Sign-in sheets Convene annual Title 1 meeting to inform of Title 1 rights, state of the school/ Principal, staff, parents, community/ Early in school year 1st or 2nd PTO/ Power point, Sign-in sheets, Invitations Offer various meeting times to make aware of student status/Principal, staff, parents/ throughout year, before, after, during school/Sign-in sheets Offer Coffee with the Principal/Principal and parents/Throughout year/ Sign-in sheets, invitations Meet Your Teacher Night followed by Chili Supper - PTO/ Principal, staff, parents, community, PTO/ 1st week of school/ Sign-in sheets, invitations Keep parents aware of various activities through school-wide monthly calendars of events, website, planners, notebooks, newsletters, individual announcements/ Principal, staff, parents, community/ Ongoing throughout the school year/ Invitations, visitors sign-in, calendars, folders, newsletters, etc. Offer parents individual conferences to explain curriculum, assessments, and proficiencies/ Principal, staff, parents/ End of the 1st nine weeks, end of the 1st semester, as needed by staff or parents/ Invitations and sign-ins Maintain awareness of student progress through reports each 4.5 weeks/Staff and parents/ Middle of nine weeks, end of nine weeks/ Progress report, and report cards Goal 2: The Patriot Plan will allow for joint responsibility developed by the school and parents. ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES/ PARTICIPANTS/ TIME AND DATE/ EVIDENCE Meet with FFS team and any interested parent or community members to redo or modify existing Parent and School Compact developing the schools responsibility, the parents responsibility, the students responsibility in the academic success of the student/ FFS team, parents, community members/ Spring/ Sign-in sheet, Compact Address the importance of communication between the parent and school through parent and teacher conferences and also through email/ Principal, teachers, parents/ Ongoing and scheduled minimum of 2 per year/ Notification, sign-in, email list Ask for volunteers to help with the development of the student and communication with the homes allowing for participation and observation/ Principal, teachers, parents/ Beginning of school year, throughout year/ Volunteer sheet Implement Literacy Program to help students with volunteer tutors/ Literacy Leader, and volunteers/ Ongoing throughout school year/ Teacher referrals and volunteer sign-ins Goal 3: The Patriot Plan will build capacity for involvement with parents, school, and community to improve student academic achievement ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES/ PARTICIPANTS/ TIME AND DATE/ EVIDENCE Address parent understanding of State Standards, Terra Nova, And Teacher Assessments through various meetings/ Principal, staff, parents/ Annual Title 1 meeting, parent conferences/ Power point, sign-ins Provide parent classes for understanding State standards, Terra Nova, and Teacher assessments and how to work with the teachers to improve their childs achievement and the parents responsibilities/ Principal, staff, parents/ Monthly/ Power point, sign-ins Offer Workshops to help parents work with their child to improve academic achievement/ principal, staff, parents/ Monthly/ Sign-ins, notice Offer Parent Resource Center to assist both with literature and video to aid parents in their development to help their children learn/ principal, staff, parents/ Daily/ Sign-ins, sign-outs Offer Literacy Nights in the Library and Computer Lab/ Literacy Leader, Staff Technology Instructor/ Monthly/ Sign-ins, notice Teach parent classes for opportunities for refresher or GED preparations/ Staff, parents, community/ Weekly/ Sign-ins, and graduations Goal 4: The Patriot Plan will include opportunities for integration of professional development for staff in the value of parent contributions, reaching out to, working with and communicating with parents to build ties between the school and our parents. ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES/ PARTICIPANTS/ TIME AND DATE/ EVIDENCE Teach strategies for staff to coordinate with parents/ Principal, staff, parents/ Faculty meetings/ Sign-ins, agendas, and copies Coordinate as possible with community schools/ Principal, staff, daycares/ Ongoing as possible/ Minutes North Cumberland Elementary School with the implementation of the Patriot Plan will provide reasonable support for parent involvement as parents may request, providing for opportunities for the participation of families with limited English proficiency, disabilities, and migrant, as needed, to remove any possible barriers. The Patriot Plan will use the Title 1 parent involvement allocated funds to implement the parent involvement programs to be beneficial to the school, parents, and students. The Cumberland County School System Parental Notification Document is available on the community table in front of the office for your convenience. 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