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Parent Involvement Policy
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Richard J. Allie Middle School principal: Chris White
Parental involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, ensuring:
1. Parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning.
2. Parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school.
3. 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.
• Richard Allie Middle School holds an annual consultation to gather input on the parent involvement policy. The Campus Planning Objective Committee (CPOC), whose membership includes parent representatives, reviews the policy.
• The campus parent involvement policy is posted on the campus website below.
PDF: Parent Involvement Policy | Spanish
• Richard Allie Middle School reviews the concepts of a schoolwide or targeted assistance program and parents provide input on the selected program for the year. Parents are welcomed to participate in the development of the campus Title I program. A Parent School Compact is also reviewed as required by Sections 1118, 1118(b) and 1118(d).
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U.S. Education Code Section 6318 Requirements
U.S. Education Code Section 6318 Requires
A. Provide the coordination, technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist participating schools in planning and implementing effective parent involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance.
• CISD provides parents and the community a Parent Involvement Coordinator to provide technical assistance and other support to parents about the opportunities available to have a voice in the educational process. The CPOC parent representatives work collaboratively with the principal and campus staff in planning effective parent involvement opportunities to include in the Campus/Targeted Improvement Plans.
• CPOC membership is determined annually through a nomination process at each campus.
B. Conduct, with the involvement of parents, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy in improving the academic quality of the schools served. Include identifying barriers to greater participation by parents and use the findings to design improvement strategies and to revise, if necessary, the Parental Involvement Policy. The evaluation should address parents who are economically disadvantaged, disabled, Limited English Proficient, limited literacy or of a racial or ethnic minority.
• Richard Allie Middle School administers an annual Parent Involvement Survey.
• RAMS will involve parents in the joint development of the Title I plan and the process of school review and improvement.
• Annually, the school will convene a meeting to which all parents of participating students are invited, to inform the parents of the school’s participation in the Title I program and of the parents’ right to be involved.
• Parents will be provided timely information about available programs.
• Parents will be provided with the school performance profiles and assistance with interpreting their child’s individual assessment results.
• Parents will be provided a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficient levels students are expected to meet.
• Parents will be provided with opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions, share experiences with other parents, and to participate in decisions relating to the education of their child.
• Parents will receive a timely response to their suggestions.
• The school will coordinate, and provide technical assistance and other support necessary to assist parents in actively participating in the planning and implementing of parent involvement program.
• Parents will jointly conduct an evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy and revise as necessary.
• The school shall jointly develop with, and distribute to parents a written parental involvement policy that describes the requirements in an understandable and uniform format.
