Duval County Title I Parent Involvement Plan

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Duval County Title I Parent Involvement Plan

• 2009 - 2010

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2008 2009 Barriers to Parent Participation and
How They will be Addressed

• Transportation All Title I Schools will reserve
  at least 2 of PI Budget
• Translators/Translations Schools with 2 or more
  languages will reserve at least 5 of PI Budget
• Child-care All elementary schools will reserve
  at least 5 of PI Budget
• Schools will identify a parent volunteer or hire
  a parent liaison
• Schools will plan flexible hours for parent
  programs
• Schools will use the Parent Link to promote
  parent participation
• Schools will promote the services provided by the
  Center for Language and Culture
• Elementary Schools will promote information about
  the Voluntary Pre-K year-round and summer
  programs
• Provide info to parents about services at the War
  on Poverty- Parent Academy

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Mission Statement

• To empower families to support their childs
  cognitive development, healthy behaviors and
  their success in life. We will accomplish our
  mission by increasing and strengthening school
  partnerships, Title I Family Involvement Center,
  parents and community agencies working
  cooperatively to ensure that students become
  productive and responsible citizens.

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How were Parents Involved in the Districts
Parent Involvement Plan?

• District Parent Advisory Council
• S.A.C. Parent Representation
• School Parent Representation
• (Non DCPS Employees)

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How will the District involve parents in the
process of school review and improvement?

• Principals training (pre-planning)
• Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Meetings (Oct/Nov,
  Jan 27th, March and May)
• District Web-page Title I Parent Inv.
• Parent Surveys and Evaluations
• Technical support from District Core Team
• Technical support from the Florida Institute of
  Education
• On-going Monitoring

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Title I Parent Involvement with Other District
Federal Programs

• Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (recruitment)
• Summer Voluntary Pre-K in public schools
• Head Start Centers
• Even Start Family Literacy for Teen Parents (A.
  P. Randolph)
• Refugee Grant Center for Language and Culture
  (Kings Trail Elementary)
• Title I Pre-Kindergarten
• I.D.E.A. ESE Pre-Kindergarten
• McKinney-Veto Act for Homeless Students

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How will the district involve parents on the
effectiveness of the district and their schools
Parent Involvement Plan?

• District Family Inv Center Evaluations
• January 27, 2010 PAC Forum
• Zoomerang Survey for District Advisory Council
• Zoomerang Survey for District PTA Membership
• PIRC of Family Network on Disabilities in Florida
  Evaluations
• PIRC at Univ. of South Florida Evaluations
• Florida Institute of Education Evaluations
• School Surveys

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January 27th PAC ForumParent Involvement
Effective Programs and Solutions to Overcome
Barriers to Parent Participation

• Participants Principals, Parents, PTSA reps,
  District Advisory Council reps, Neighborhood
  Learning Network Partners, Title I Parent
  Liaisons, Title I Parent Inv Staff, Title I
  District Office Staff
• The Work Review Schools Most Effective and
  Least Effective Parent Inv Activities and Share
  Best Practices

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What are the District-wide Parent Involvement
Activities?

• Academic Content Area Workshops
• Workshops about Assessments
• Adult Literacy Workshops
• Computer Training
• Parenting Workshops
• Refer to Parent Inv Web Page Monthly

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How will the Districts Parent Involvement Plan
be shared with parents and the community?

• Oct/Nov Parent Advisory Council Meeting
• November District Advisory Council Meeting
• District Title I Web-page Parent Inv
• School Web-pages
• All Title I Family Involvement Centers

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How will the district communicate with parents in
an understandable and uniform format?

• District Plan translated in top 10 languages
• District web-site
• Translators at District-wide Parent Programs
• Communications Department
• Exceptional Student Education (ESE)
• Top Ten Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Haitian-Creole,
  Tagalog, Russian, Burmese, Arabic, Kirundi,
  Albanian and Vietnamese

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How will district and schools communicate with
parents in an understandable and uniform format?

• Written Translations can be made with use of
  TransACT
• District Translators can be obtained by
  contacting English for Speakers of Other
  Languages (ESOL) Department at 390-2202 and/or
  The Center for Language Culture (CLC) at
  739-4891

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What are the LEAs discretionary activities that
will build parents capacity for involvement in
the school and school system?

• Paying reasonable and necessary expenses
  associated with parent involvement activities
  (transportation and child care)
• Adopting and implement model approaches to
  improving parent involvement Success by Design
• Maintaining a LEA-wide Parent Advisory Council
• Developing appropriate roles for community-based
  organizations and businesses, including
  faith-based organizations in parent involvement
  activities

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Your School Parent Involvement Plans

• Reviewed for accountability/compliance
• Requested revisions in process
• Final approvals in process
• Release of P Inv budget allocations will be after
  the final approval of each schools PIP
• All Plans are submitted to state and on file in
  the Title I District Office
• All schools should keep one copy of their plan in
  the audit box and have available for parents at
  the front office and in parent resource centers
  or family involvement centers. A summary of the
  school plan must be distributed to all parents.

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When parents are involved in children's
learning, at school and at home, schools work
better and students learn more.-Project
Appleseed