ACSIP Requirements for Parental Involvement

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ACSIP Requirements for Parental Involvement
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Agenda

• ACSIP Requirements for Parental
• Involvement

1. State Requirements
2. Federal Requirements
3. Monitoring Requirements
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Together, we achieve more!
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ACT 603 of 2003

• Professional Development
• 2 hours for certified teachers
• 3 hours for administrators
• All other components were amended
• by ACT 307 0f 2007

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ACT 603 Deletions

• Print statements attesting to the school
  districts commitment to parental involvement and
  distribute the statements to the parents of
  students.
• Develop paycheck size cards with tips for how
  parents can foster their childs success and
  contact employers about including the cards with
  employee paychecks.

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Omissions in ACT 307
Publish parental attendance at Parent/Teacher
conferences in local newspaper.
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ACT 307 of 2007

• Informational Packet (formerly Family Kits)

• The schools parental involvement program
• The recommended role of the parent, student,
  teacher and school
• Ways for the parent to become involved in the
  school and his or her childs education
• A survey for the parent regarding volunteer at
  the school activities planned throughout the
  school year
• And, a system to allow the parents teachers to
  communicate in a regular, 2-way meaningful manner
  with the childs teacher and principal.

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2. Parent Involvement Meetings (formerly Parents
Make a Difference evenings)

• A report should be given to parents with an
  overview of
• What the students will be learning
• How the students will be assessed
• What the parents should expect for their childs
• education
• And, how a parent can assist and make a
  difference in his or her childs education.

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3. Volunteer Resource Book

• Interests are listed and availability of
  volunteers so that the school staff may
• Determine how frequently a volunteer would like
  to participate
• Have options to include to help at home and
  match school needs with volunteer interests.

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Schools process for resolving parental concerns
in schools handbook.
This should include how to define a problem, whom
to approach first, and how to develop solutions.
Notice the underlined wording change and
requirement.
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5. Seminars to inform the parents of high school
students about how to be involved in decisions.
Such as those decisions affecting course
selections, career planning, and preparation for
postsecondary opportunities.
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6. Enable the formation of PTA/PTO.
These are to foster parental and community
involvement within the school. Leaders of this
organization shall be utilized in appropriate
decisions affecting the children and families.
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7. Parent Facilitator.
This should be a certified staff member who shall
receive supplemental pay for the assigned duties
as required by law.
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• 8. 2 Parent/Teacher Conferences per year

This was deleted from ACT 307. However, it was
not the intention of the legislature to eliminate
the Parent/Teacher Conferences altogether. Refer
to (B) (vi) on page 2 of the ACT 307 handout.
Therefore, it is an ACSIP requirement.
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Title I Parent Compact

• Schoolwide Title 1 Program
• Target Assistance Title 1 Program

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Federal Requirements for Schools in School
Improvement

• Specify the strategies that will be used to
  promote Parental Involvement for schools in
  School Improvement.
• Describe how the school will provide parents
  written notices about the school's identification.

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Federal Requirements for Districts in Improvement

• Prompt notification to parents about the
  district's identification which must be
  understandable, explain why the district is
  identified for improvement and explain how
  parents can participate in improvement plans.
• Parental Involvement in schools.

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It takes more than teachers to make good
students, says Becky, a mother of four.
It takes parents too.