Parent Engagement: The Law, Assessment, Strategies and Evaluation

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Parent EngagementThe Law, Assessment,
Strategies and Evaluation

• District (LEA) andSchool/BuildingExpectations
  and Requirements

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NCLB Definition

• the participation of parents in regular, two
  way, and meaningful communication involving
  student academic learning and other school
  activities.

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Section 1118 (Parent Involvement) of NCLB
Addresses the Following Topics

• District Parent Involvement Policy
• Reservation of Funds
• School/Building Parent Involvement Policy
• Building Capacity for Involvement
• Shared Responsibilities
• Parent Compact

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• DISTRICT
• PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY

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• District (LEA)
• Parent Involvement Policy

The law reads Each local educational agency
may receive funds only if such agency implements
programs, activities, and procedures for the
involvement of parents in programs assisted under
this part Such shall be planned and
implemented with meaningful consultation with
parents of participating children.
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The Planning Process
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Required Components of District Parent
Involvement Policy

• The written policy shall describe how the LEA
  will involve parents in
• Development of the plan
• The process of school review and improvement

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Required ComponentsThe LEA Will Provide

• Coordination
• Technical assistance
• Other support
• Assistance in planning and implementing
  activities to improve student academic achievement

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Required ComponentsThe LEA Will

• Build the schools and parentscapability for
  strong parentalinvolvement
• Coordinate and integrate parentalinvolvement
  strategies

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The LEA will Annually Evaluate

• Content and effectiveness
• Identify barriers to greater participation
  Vision to See, Faith to Believe and Courage to Do
• Revise, if necessary

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• RESERVATION OF FUNDS

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Reservation of Funds

• Reserve not less than 1 of such agencys
  allocation except that this paragraph shall not
  apply if 1 of such agencys allocation is
  5,000 or less
• (B) Parents of children receiving services under
  this part shall be involved in decisions
  regarding how funds reserved are allotted for
  parental involvement activities
• (C) Not less than 95 of the funds shall be
  distributed to schools served under this part

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• SCHOOL
• PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY

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SchoolParent Involvement Policy

• Each school will distribute to parents of
  participating children a written parental
  involvement policy, agreed to by parents

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School Policy Requirements

• Annual meeting
• Convenient time
• Parents invited/encouraged to attend
• Explain Title I programs
• Rights of parents to be involved

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School Policy

• Flexible meetings
• Use funds to provide transportation, child care,
  or home visits related to parent involvement

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School Policy Requirements

• Involve parents in planning, reviewing, and
  improvement of programs
• Including improvement of parental involvement and
  Title I program plans

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School Policy Requirements

• A description and explanation of the curriculum
  in use at the school
• Forms of academic assessment used
• The proficiency level students are expected to
  meet
• Respond to any suggestions as soon as possible
• Parental comments to be attached to the submitted
  Title I Plan

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• DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY FOR PARENT INVOLVEMENTAT
  THE SCHOOL LEVEL

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Developing CapacityFor Parent Involvement

• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel,
  principals, and other staff, with the assistance
  of parents
• To communicate
• Work as equal partners
• Implement and coordinate programs
• Ensure effective involvement of parents

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Developing CapacityFor Parent Involvement

• Provide assistance to parents in understanding
• States academic content standards
• State and local academic assessments
• How to monitor a childs progress and work with
  educators

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Developing CapacityFor Parent Involvement

• Provide materials and training to help parents
  work with their children
• Support a partnership with the school, parents,
  and the community
• Improve student academic achievement

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Developing CapacityFor Parent Involvement

• Coordinate and integrate involvement in programs
  such as Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading
  First
• Send information related to school and parent
  programs in a format parents can understand
• Provide other support for parental involvement as
  parents request

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• SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HIGH STUDENTACADEMIC
  ACHIEVEMENT

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Shared Responsibilities for High Student Academic
Achievement

• Jointly develop a school-parent compact
• Outlines how the parents, the school staff and
  students, will share the responsibility for
  improved student academic achievement

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• PARENT COMPACT

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Parent Compact

• Schools responsibility
• Provide high-quality curriculum andinstruction
• Supportive and effective learning environment
• Enable children to meet States academic
  achievement standards
• Identify challenges confronting the parents
  ability to help their children

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Parent Compact

• Parents responsibility
• Support their childs learning
• Participate, as appropriate, in decisions
  relating to the education of their children and
  positive use of extracurricular time

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Parent Compact

• On-going communication between teachers and
  parents
• Annual parent-teacher conferences in elementary
  schools to discuss the individual childs
  achievement
• Frequent reports to parents on childrens
  progress
• Access to staff and opportunities to volunteer
  and participate in childs class

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Section 1111 of NCLB Addresses the Following
Topics Related to Parent Involvement

• Annual Report Cards
• Parents Right to Know
• Teacher and Paraprofessional Qualifications
• Student Achievement
• Non-Highly Qualified Teachers

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SECTION 1112 OF NCLB ADDRESSES THE TOPIC OF
PARENT INVOLVEMENT AS RELATED TO LIMITED ENGLISH
PROFICIENT STUDENTS
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Section 1116 of NCLB Addresses the Following
Topics Related To Parent Involvement

• Progress Review
• Schools Identified for School Improvement,
  Corrective Action, or Restructuring
• Choice Schools Identified for School
  Improvement, Corrective Action and Restructuring
• Supplemental Services Schools in the Second
  Year of Improvement, In Corrective Action, or in
  Restructuring
• Schools Identified for Restructuring

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• QUESTIONS

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Parent Involvement Resources

• US Department of Education (USED)
• www.ed.gov
• Engaging Parents in Education (USED)
• www.ed/gov/admins/comm/parents/parentinvolve/index
  .html
• Partnership Schools
• www.partnershipschools.org
• Simple Solutions Educational Services
• asearcy_at_aol.com

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Parent Involvement Resources

• Alliance for Parental Involvement
• www.croton.com
• The Center for Comprehensive School Reform
• www.centerforcsri.org
• Joyce Epstein - Center on School Family and
  Community Partnerships
• www.scov.cjos.jhu.com

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Parent Involvement Resources

• National Campaign for Public School Improvement
• www.projectappleseed.org/titlei.html
• 50 Ways to Involve Parents
• www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/
  pa1lk20.htm
• Parent Engagement Information and Tools
• www.michigan.gov/documents/Parent_Involvement_Part
  _1_12-16-04_111426_7.pdf

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Effective LearningEnvironment Resources

• Brucato, John M. (2005), Creating a Learning
  Environment An Educational Leaders Guide to
  Managing School Culture. Scarecrow Education.
• Dermody, Julie. (2003). Creating Caring
  Schools, Developing the caring classroom.
  Classroom Leadership, vol.6, 7.
• Irvin, Judith, et. al. (2007). Taking Action on
  Adolescent Literacy, chpt.1 Student motivation,
  engagement, and achievement. ASCD publication.

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Effective LearningEnvironment Resources

• Freiberg, H. Jer. (1999), School Climate
  Measuring, Improving and Sustaining Healthy
  Learning Environments. Routledge 1 Edition.
• Perkins-Gough. (2008). The Positive Classroom
  Special Report / School Climate Urban Parents
  Views. Educational Leadership, vol. 66, 1,
  pgs. 89-91.

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Effective LearningEnvironment Resources

• Victor-Reed, Evelyn and Stronge, James H.
  (2001). More Strategies for Educating
  Everybodys Children, chpt 2 Diverse teaching
  strategies for homeless children. ASCD
  publication.
• Willis, Clarissa Ann, (2008). Creating
  Inclusive Learning Environments for Young
  Children What to do on Monday Morning. Corwin
  Press.

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Questions and Answers

• Contact your regional Office of School
  Improvement consultant
• Region 1 . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-4009
• Region 2 . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-0161
• Region 3 . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-6341
• Region 4 . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-4004
• Region 5 . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-4212