SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT

 

 

The Grandview Elementary, and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (participating children), agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the States high standards.

This school-parent compact is in effect during school year 2006-2007.

 

School Responsibilities

 

The GrandviewElementary will:

 

1. Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the States student academic achievement standards as follows:

 

• Provide motivating learning experiences through best practices
• High academic and classroom expectations
• Collaboration between staff, administration, parents, community stakeholders
• Research based reading curriculum and individualized support as needed using research based strategies
• Provide clear explanations of academic and classroom expectations to both students and parents
• Project Connect interventions through parent and teacher collaboration
• Differentiation of instruction based on progress monitoring and data collection
• Encourage lifelong learning through parent involvement activities
• Emphasize respect and uniqueness of students and families
• Enable students to become responsible citizens by providing opportunities for success
• Weekly collaborative meetings between learning support, Title I and classroom teachers to maximize instruction for each individual student

 

 

2. Hold parent-teacher conferences (at least annually in elementary schools) during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual childs achievement.

      Specifically,  parent conferences will be held November 16, 2006.

 

 

3. Provide parents with frequent reports on their childrens progress.  Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows:

 

·        Title I teachers prepare and send report cards once each semester

·        PSSA scores are mailed home to parents

·        New Standards Report is given to parents at Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        Classroom teachers send quarterly student warning reports

·        Classroom teachers prepare and send quarterly report cards

·        Parents of at-risk students are invited to Project Connect Action Plan Meetings

 

 

4. Provide parents reasonable access to staff.  Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows:

·        Parent/Teacher Conferences, November 16, 2006

·        Project Connect Meetings throughout the year as needed

·        Learning Support and Speech IEP meetings throughout the year as needed

·        Conferences at parent/teacher request throughout the year as needed

·        Open House in September

·        Title I Night in November

·        Evening Title I parent workshops

 

 

5. Provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their childs class, and to observe classroom activities, as follows:

·        Parents may observe classrooms by request

·        PTO provides opportunities to volunteer within the school

·        Parents are invited to read in classrooms

·        Parents are invited to Title I Nights to participate in activities with their children

·        Parents may volunteer to be Room Parents

·        Parents may volunteer to chaperone field trips

 

 

Parent Responsibilities

We, as parents, will support our childrens learning in the following ways:

 

• Encourage proper study habits, including quiet study time at home.
• Talk to my child everyday about school work and activities.
• Reinforce respect for self and others
• Be aware of my childs progress in school by attending conferences, reviewing school work and communicating with             school.
• Volunteer to help in the classroom as needed or at school activities.
• Encourage good reading habits by reading to or with my child.
• Limit my childs TV viewing and help select worthwhile programs.
• Try my best to attend school events.

 

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 Grandview Elementary  will:

 

1.                  Involve parents in the planning, review, and improvement of the schools parental involvement policy, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way.

 

2.                  Involve parents in the joint development of any schoolwide program plan, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way.

 

3.                  Hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the schools 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 convenient time to 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 to this meeting all parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs (participating students), and will encourage them to attend. 

 

4.                  Provide information to parents of participating students in an understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon the request of parents with disabilities, and, to the extent practicable, in a language that parents can understand.

 

5.                  Provide to parents of participating children information in a timely manner about Title I, Part A programs that includes a description and explanation of the schools curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure childrens progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.

 

6.                  On 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.

 

7.                  Provide to each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the State assessment in at least math, language arts and reading.

 

8.                  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).