Transcript Parent Involvement - Bakersfield City School District

Parent Involvement
2007-2008 Categorical Program Monitoring
CE and CPM
Instructional Support Services
Ruth VanWorth-Rogers
November 2007
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I Involvement
Parents, staff, students, and
community members participate in
developing, implementing, and
evaluating core and categorical
programs.
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I-CE 1
NCLB, Title I, Part A, and State Compensatory Education page 2
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OPSET page
The local governing board has adopted and distributed to parents
of participating students a written parental involvement policy
describing how the LEA:
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(a) Involves parents in the joint development of the LEA Plan and in the
process of school review and improvement (20 USC 6318 [a][2][A])
(b) Supports effective parental involvement at schools to improve
student achievement and school performance (20 USC 6318 [a][2][B])
(c) Builds school and parent capacity for strong parental involvement
(20 USC 6318[a][2][C])
(d) Coordinates and integrates Title I, Part A, parental involvement
strategies with parental involvement strategies of other programs (20
USC 6318 [a][2][D])
(e) Conducts, with the involvement of parents, an annual evaluation of
the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy (20
USC 6318[a][2][E])
(f) Involves parents in activities of schools served by Title I (20 USC
6318[a][2][F])
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Evidence for I - CE 1
 LEA Plan
 District policies
 Board meeting agenda and minutes
 Communiqués
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I-CE 2
NCLB, Title I, Part A, and State Compensatory Education page 2 - OPSET page
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The local governing board has adopted a school
parental involvement policy, jointly developed with
and distributed to parents of participating
students, that describes:
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2.1 The involvement of parents in the policy
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(a) Convene an annual meeting to inform parents of participating students of the
requirements of Title I and their rights to be involved (20 USC 6318[c][1])
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(b) Offer a flexible number of meetings (20 USC 6318[c][2])
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(c) Involve parents of participating students in the planning, review, and improvement of
its Title I programs and parental involvement policy (20 USC 6318[c][3])
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(d) Provide parents of participating students with timely information about Title I
programs (20 USC 6318[c][4][A])
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(e) Provide parents of participating students with an explanation of the curriculum,
academic assessment, and proficiency levels students are expected to meet (20 USC
6318[c][4][B])
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(f) Provide parents of participating students, if requested, with opportunities for regular
meetings to participate in decisions relating to the education of their children (20 USC
6318[c][4][C])
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I-CE -2
NCLB, Title I, Part A, and State Compensatory Education page 3
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- OPSET page
2.2 The school-parent compacts that are jointly
developed with and distributed to parents
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(a) The school’s responsibility to provide high-quality
curriculum and instruction (20 USC 6318[d][1])
(b) The parents’ responsibility to support their children’s
learning (20 USC 6318[d][1])
(c) The importance of ongoing communication between
parents and teachers through, at a minimum, annual
conferences, reports on student progress, access to staff,
and opportunities to volunteer and participate in and observe
the educational program (20 USC 6318[d][2])
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I-CE 2
NCLB, Title I, Part A, and State Compensatory Education page 3 - OPSET page
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2.3 The building of capacity for involvement of parents by the
LEA and school
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(a) Assist parents in understanding academic content and achievement
standards and assessments and how to monitor and improve the
achievement of their children. (20 USC 6318[e][1])
(b) Provide materials and training to help parents work with their
children to improve their children's achievement. (20 USC 6318[e][2])
(c) Educate staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value of parent
contributions and how to work with parents as equal partners. (20 USC
6318[e][3])
(d) Coordinate and integrate parental involvement with other programs
and conduct activities that encourage and support parents in more fully
participating in the education of their children. (20 USC 6318[e][4])
(e) Distribute information related to school and parent programs,
meetings, and other activities to the parents of participating students in
a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents
understand. (20 USC 6318[e][5])
(f) Provide support for parental involvement activities requested by
parents. (20 USC 6318[e][14])
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I-CE 2
NCLB, Title I, Part A, and State Compensatory Education page 3 - OPSET page
 2.4 The accessibility and opportunities for parents with
limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and
parents of migratory students. (20 USC
6318[b][1][2][3][c])
 2.5 The implementation of the school parental
involvement policy (20 USC 6318 [a][1])
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Evidence for I - CE 2
Title I Part A OPSET page
 School policy
 Single Plan for Student Achievement
 Communiqués
 School site council meeting agendas and minutes
 Parent meeting notices, agendas, and minutes
 Sign-in sheets
 Training materials
 School-parent compact
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V-CE 6
NCLB, Title I, Part A, and State Compensatory Education page 6 - OPSET page
 The school devotes sufficient resources for high-
quality and ongoing professional development for
staff and parents, as appropriate, to improve
instruction and enable all public school students
to reach proficiency on state academic content
standards. (20 USC 6314[a][4], [b][1][D],
6315[e][3], 6320[a][1])
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I-CP 2
Cross Program Instrument page 5
-Cross Program OPSET page
 I-CP 2.The local governing board has adopted a
policy on parent involvement for non-Title I
schools. The policy is consistent with the following
goals and purposes of Education Code Section
11502:
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(a) Help parents develop skills to use at home that support
their children’s academic efforts and social development.
(b) Provide parents with techniques and strategies that they
may utilize to improve their children’s academic success and
to assist their children in learning at home.
(c) Build consistent and effective communication between the
home and the school so parents may know when and how to
assist their children in learning at home.
(d) Train teachers and administrators to communicate
effectively with parents.
(e) Integrate parent involvement programs into the school’s
Single Plan for Student Achievement
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Evidence for CP 2
 District policy
 Single Plan for Student Achievement
 Samples of techniques and strategies presented to
parents to improve their children’s academic success
and to assist their children in learning at home
 List of means of communications used
 Sample of communiqués assisting parents to know
when and how to assist their children in learning at
home
 Teacher/administrator training flyers and agendas
about how to communicate effectively with parents
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II-CP 5
Cross Program Instrument page 7 - Cross Program OPSET page
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For all programs funded through the Consolidated
Application and operated at the school, the school site
council (SSC) annually develops, reviews, and updates the
Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA), including
proposed expenditures. The SPSA consolidates all plans
required by these programs and contains (EC 64001[g], [f]):
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(a) Analysis of academic performance data to determine student needs
(b) School goals to meet the identified academic needs of students
(c) Activities to reach school goals that improve academic performance
of students
(d) Expenditures of funds allocated to the school through the
Consolidated Application
(e) The means of evaluating the progress of programs toward
accomplishing the goals, including determining whether the needs of all
children have been met by the strategies used, particularly the needs of
low-achieving students and those at risk of not meeting state academic
content standards. (20 USC 6314[b][1][2], 6315[c][2], 64001[f])
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II-CP 5
Cross Program Instrument page 7 - Cross Program OPSET page
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For Title I SWP schools and TAS, the SPSA includes
strategies to increase parental involvement, including providing
individual student academic assessment results in a language the
parents understand and an interpretation of those results. (20
USC 6314 [b][1][F], 6314 [2][A][iv], 6315[c][1][G]
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For Title I SWP schools and TAS, the SPSA includes, if
applicable, plans for assisting preschool children in the transition
to local elementary school programs. (20 USC 6314 [b][1][G])
 5.11 For Title I SWP schools, the school submits to the LEA,
along with the Single Plan for School Achievement, any parent
comments of dissatisfaction with the plan. (20 USC 6318[c][5],
6314 [b][2][A][i],[ii])
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Evidence for CP 5
 Single Plan for Student Achievement
 Evaluation results
 Minutes/agendas of SSC approving
allocations, proposed expenditures and
centralized services
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II-CP 6
Cross Program Instrument page 8 - Cross Program OPSET
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II-CP 6. The school site council (SSC) is composed of the
following members selected by peers:
 (a) In elementary schools, half the members are the principal,
classroom teachers, and other school personnel. Classroom
teachers make up a majority of this group. Half the members
are parents or other community members.
 (b) In secondary schools, half the members are the principal,
classroom teachers, and other school personnel. Classroom
teachers make up a majority of this group. Half the members
are equal numbers of students and parents.
(EC 52852, 64001[g])
 Evidence
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SSC Membership
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II-CP 7
Cross Program Instrument page 9 - Cross Program OPSET
 II-CP 7. The LEA provides parents with information on
school and parent activities in a format and, to the
extent practicable, in a language the parents can
understand. (20 USC 6318[e][5])
 When 15 percent of students enrolled in a public
school speak a single primary language other than
English, as determined by language census data from
the preceding year, all notices, reports, statements,
and records sent to parents of such students are
written in English and the primary language. (EC
48985)
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Evidence
 Parent communiqués
 Community language profile
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IV-CP 15
Cross Program Instrument page
- Cross Program OPSET
 IV-CP 15. The LEA evaluates and the SSC
annually determines if the needs of all children
have been met by the strategies used, particularly
the needs of low-achieving students and those at
risk of not meeting state academic content
standards. (20 USC 6314[b][1][2], 6315[c][2];
EC 64001[f])
 Evidence
 Single Plan for Student Achievement
 LEA Plan and Addendum
 Program planning agendas, minutes and reports
 Evaluation reports
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VI-CP 18
Cross Program Instrument page
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VI-CP 18. All educational programs and activities operated by the LEA are
made available to all qualified persons without regard to sex, sexual
orientation, gender, ethnic group identification, race, ancestry, national origin,
religion, color, or mental or physical disability. (5 CCR 4900)
18.1 The LEA does not deny any person the opportunity to participate as a
member of planning or advisory committees on the basis of sex, sexual orientation,
gender, ethnic group identification, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color,
mental disability, or physical disability. (34 CFR 100.3[b][1][vii], 104.10, 106.58; 5
CCR 4900)
18.2 The LEA provides full opportunities for the participation of parents with
limited-English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migrant children.
(20 USC 6318[f], 6826)
18.3 The LEA obtains a written assurance from each employer that students will
be accepted and assigned jobs without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender,
ethnic group identification, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color, mental
disability, or physical disability. (34 CFR 100.3[c]), 100.4)
18.4 The LEA has not entered into any agreements for the provision or support of
apprenticeship training with a union or other sponsor that discriminates on the basis
of sex, sexual orientation, gender, ethnic group identification, race, ancestry,
national origin, religion, color, mental disability, or physical disability. (34 CFR 100.3)
18.5 English learners have not been denied access to educational opportunities,
including participation in Gifted and Talented Education, Advanced Placement, and
honors classes, based on English proficiency status. (20 USC 1703)
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Evidence for CP 18
Cross Program OPSET P
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LEA policies
Complaint record/files
Handbooks, forms and correspondence
Classroom assignment and placement for
staff and students
 Program placement of students
 Program descriptions
 Parent meeting agendas
 Newsletters
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