A. Convene an annual meeting, at a convenient time, to which all parents of [participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend, to inform parents of their school’s participation of Title 1 and to explain the requirements of this part, and the rights of the parents to be involved.

1. Our school holds a Coffee with the Principal at the beginning of the school year to review with the parents Title 1 School requirements and the school’s Parent Involvement Policy. We also present Title 1 requirements in the evening at our first PTA Meeting.

2. In addition, the principal gives parents an update on school test data, adequate yearly progress status, and facilitates a review of the school’s improvement plan.

B. Offer a flexible number of meetings, such as meetings in the morning or evening.

1. Parents are invited to participate in a variety of meetings and activities over the course of the school year. An Open House is held in August to provide the parents the opportunity to formally visit their child’s classroom to become better informed about grade level expectation and their student’s academic progress.

2. Parent meetings and workshops scheduled throughout the year are guided by parent input and survey data and vary in date and time.

3. Parents will be invited to participate in parent-teacher conferences at least twice a year to discuss their child’s progress. Teachers may receive parents during their prep time during the day or after school to accommodate as many parents as possible.

C. Involve parents in the planning, review, and improvement of programs to include the school parental involvement policy.

1. Our school will invite parents to participate in review and revision meetings to examine and discuss our Campus and Engagement Policy. An organized PTA has been established in our school to create a forum for parental input and involvement. Our Parental Engagement Liaison (PEL) connects our school to parental involvement resources.

D. Provide parents with timely information about the programs, descriptions, 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; and 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, and respond to any suggestions as soon as possible.

1. Our school communicates with parents often about the state’s curricular and assessment expectations, school wide requirements in relation to delivery of instruction, the techniques used to evaluate students work, and individual classroom rituals and routines pertinent to the academic success of the students.

2. We use a variety of communicative techniques such as the School Website, Communication Folders, School Messenger, Parent/Teacher Conferences, PTA meetings, individual notes/calls home, Family Fun Nights, surveys, Open House, Back to School Open House, Mid-Term Progress reports, Report Cards, benchmarks results and fluency scores to solicit parent participation and deliver important information in hopes of creating productive dialogue between home and school concerning improved students achievements.

Clendenin Elementary