Family and Parent Engagement Plan 2017-18

Mission Statement Parental Involvement Mission Statement (Optional)

Response: The Mission of Pinellas MYcroSchool of Integrated Academics and Technologies, Inc.,

(Pinellas MYcroSchool) is to provide a premier high school dropout recovery program engaging

students through relationship-focused, high-tech, blended-learning experiences resulting in Real

Learning for Real Life. Pinellas MYcroSchool seeks to help students, parents, families, faculty and

staff feel welcomed, honored, and respected while collaborating to advance student achievement.

Mission statements are written concisely, free of jargon, and parent-friendly and inspire

stakeholders to be involved and supportive of the program. Strong mission statements

include:

Explanation of the purpose of the parental involvement program;

Description of what will be done; and

Description of the beliefs or value of the LEA.

Involvement of Parents

Describe how the school will involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely manner, in the planning, review, and improvement of Title I programs including involvement in the decisions regarding how funds for parental involvement will be used [Sections1118(c)(3), 1114(b)(2), and 1118(a)(2)(B)].

Response: Pinellas MYcroSchool will involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely manner in

the planning, review, and improvement of Title I programs including involvement in the decisions

regarding how funds for parental involvement will be used. This will be accomplished by involving

parents/guardians through the School Advisory Committee (SAC) in the review, planning, and

improvement of the school's Family and Parent Engagement Plan. SAC members meet every other

month and all meetings are open to the governing board, instructional and non-instructional staff,

parents, community members, and students. The success of the FPEP will be measured by the

attendance rosters (sign-in sheets) at various parent involvement events, and ongoing parent/guardian

surveys.

Strong responses include:

Identification of the group responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of the plans;

Description of the procedures for selecting members of the group;

Explanation of how the input from parents will be documented; and

Description of the process and involvement of parents in the development of

required plans; and

Information on how the school will provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under section 1118 as parents may request [Section 1118(e)(14)]

Coordination and Integration Describe how the school will coordinate and integrate parental involvement programs and activities that teach parents how to help their children at home, to the extent feasible and appropriate, including but not limited to, other federal programs such as: Head Start, Early Reading First, Even Start, Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, public preschool, Title I, Part C, Title II, Title III, Title IV, and Title VI [Section 1118(e)(4)].

Count Program Coordination

1. Title I

We will engage and coordinate with non-profit organizations and resources to support

parenting at home.

2.

Title II

Providing Professional Development to all staff.

2. Title IV

We will schedule a parent/guardian workshop that will explain Title IV funding

options including Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loan, Direct Graduate PLUS Loan,

Direct PLUS Loan, Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity

Grant (SEOG) and Federal Perkins Loan.

3. Family

Resources

We may continue our community partnership with Family Resources by offering our

students programs such as: Safe2B-You & Me program and additional instruction in

financial awareness. All curricula is evidenced based.

Strong responses include:

Identification of the specific federal programs; and

Description of how the programs will be coordinated.

Annual Parent Meeting Describe the specific steps the school will take to conduct an annual meeting designed to inform parents of participating children about the school’s Title I program, the nature of the Title I program (school wide or targeted assistance), Adequately Yearly Progress, school choice, supplemental educational services, and the rights of parents. Include timeline, persons responsible, and evidence the school will use to demonstrate the effectiveness of the activity [Section 1118(c)(1)].

count Activity/Tasks Person

Responsible Timeline Evidence of Effectiveness

1.

Maintain documentation

Ms. Faune

Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

Ongoing

Title I audit box located at

administrative services area and

documentation will be uploaded to

electronic audit box monthly.

2.

Annual Title I Parent

Meeting

Mr. Humphries,

Principal; Ms.

Faune Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

August 31,

2017

Agendas and sign-in sheets

3.

Create sign-in sheets

Ms. Faune

Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

August,

2017

Sign-in sheets for meeting and

individual classrooms

4.

Advertise/publicize event

Ms. Faune

Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

August,

2017

School Messenger messages, posting

on school website, ad in the Weekly

Challenger; Correspondence from

principal mailed to parents/guardians

on August 14, 2017

5.

Develop and disseminate

invitations

Ms. Faune

Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

August 11 –

31, 2017

Flyer with date of Annual Meeting,

posted on school website and

distributed in all classrooms for

students to hand deliver home.

6.

Develop agenda, handouts,

and/or presentation materials

that address the required

components

Ms. Faune

Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

August,

2017

Copies of agendas, PowerPoint

presentation, and handouts

7.

Dissemination to Parents:

Title I News, Parent Right to

Know and Out of Field

teachers

Ms. Faune

Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

August 14,

2017 &

ongoing

Mailed to students/guardians; posted

on our website and all documents

located at front of school our Title I

Parent Information Center.

8.

Additional notifications

Mr. Steven

Humphries,

Principal

August 21,

2917 &

August 28,

2017

SchoolMessenger calls to

parents/guardians

9.

Prepare copies of draft of

School-Parent Compacts

Ms. Faune

Walker,

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

August 24 –

26, 2017

Parents will have the opportunity to

provide additional suggestions and

edit Compacts at Annual Meeting.

10. Prepare draft of Family

Engagement Activity/Events

Ms. Faune

Walker,

August 24 –

31, 2017

Parents will have the opportunity to

make suggestions and help edit

Calendar

Administrative

Services & Title I

Coordinator

Family Engagement Activities

Calendar at Annual Meeting.

Strong responses include:

Identification of specific activities or tasks;

Identification of the person(s) responsible for completing the task;

Reasonable and realistic timelines; and

Description of the evidence the school will use to demonstrate the effectiveness and/or

completion of the activity/task.

Flexible Parent Meetings Describe how the school will offer a flexible number of meetings, such as meetings in the morning or evening, and may provide with Title I funds, transportation, child care, or home visits, as such services related to parental involvement [Section 1118(c)(2)].

Response: During the Parent Involvement and Development meeting, parents/guardians were given a

suggested FPEP Calendar of Activities, Workshops & Events and informed about our Title I Parent

Information Center. Surveys were sent home via mail (August 14th) and with students (ongoing)

seeking parents feedback about the proposed FPEP activities and planned extending learning

opportunities. Responses from parents attending the meeting and completed surveys indicate parents’

approval of same. Parents responded that these activities were engaging and would help their student

succeed. Activities are planned a various times throughout the school year to allow greater parent

participation. This includes mornings, mid-day (during the blend session period, when all students are

present) and evenings. All activities were planned to accommodate our parents’ varying schedules.

Transportation and home visits are available and will be arranged upon request.

Strong responses include:

Description of the process the school will use to ensure that workshops/meetings are offered at a flexible times; and

Specific examples of the flexible schedule offered to parents.

Building Capacity Describe how the school will implement activities that will build the capacity for strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school involved, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement [Section 1118(e)]. Describe the actions the school will take to provide materials and training to help parents work with their child to improve their child’s academic achievement [Section 1118(e)(2)].Include information on how the school will provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under Section 1118 as parents may request [Section 1118(e)(14)].

Count Content and Type of Activity Person

Responsible

Anticipated

Impact on

Student

Achievement

Timeline Evidence of

Effectiveness

1.

Parents/guardians will be

invited to participate in all

extended learning activities

throughout the school year.

All extended learning

activities comply with

academic content standards

and state student academic

achievement standards.

All

Students do

better in school

when parents

are involved.

Ongoing

Parent surveys

and verbal

communication

with our

administration

and faculty.

2.

Public Library Comes to

School!

Ms. Mancini,

English

teacher

Parents and

students will

utilize library

services for

extended learning

September 20,

2017

Parents and

students will

sign up for free

library cards.

3.

Test Taking Strategies &

Parent Training Day:

Parent will review testing

resources and tips. Parent will

receive information packets.

Parents will review processes

for accessing student

assignments and curriculum

through Schoology and Focus

Portals.

Ms. Manyari,

Achievement

Coach, and

Mrs. Gordon,

Registrar/DM

T

Increasing parent

involvement by

informing them

of testing

resources, test-

taking tips, and

garnering their

support for

student success,

helping to

decrease testing

anxiety,

increased

confidence and

effort during

testing, and

higher testing

scores.

Students will do

better in school

with greater

parent

monitoring.

September 28,

2017 at 5:00

pm

Parents and

students will

complete pre-

activity to

activate prior

testing

knowledge.

Parents and

students will

view the testing

PowerPoint and

complete

activity/take

notes and

takeaways

throughout –

approx. 30 min.

Parents and

students will

complete a

survey

Parents will log

on to students

portals.

4.

St. Pete College Comes to

MYcroSchool: Representatives from SPC will

come to MYcroSchool to

discuss SPC programs, career

readiness (proper attire,

interview process, resume

preparation); how to choose

the right certification or degree

program, etc. Public Safety

and the PITCH program will

also be discussed.

Ms. Mancini,

English

teacher

Student will be

better prepared

for college and

career choices

October 19,

2017

Surveys will be

completed by

participating

students and

parents.

5.

Are You Prepared? -

Zombies and mad scientist

take over MYcroSchool.

Students and parents will have

the opportunity to learn about

science-based careers at SPC.

Students will do an extended

learning activity with a

Teengagement course called

“Zombies.” This activity and

project will culminate in a

school-wide food drive at

MYcroSchool’s Zombie Day.

Ms. Mancini,

English

teacher

Students will

have extended

learning activities

and lessons in

English.

Ongoing

throughout

October.

Zombie Day:

October 13,

2017

Completion of

student

assignments.

6.

Chic Week: Students will

complete an extended learning

activity, “The Price of

Fashion,” and learn about

career options in fashion and

cosmetology. This project will

incorporate reading, writing,

and math.

Students and participating

parents will go to two costume

and fashion exhibits at the

Museum of Fine Arts and the

Dali Museum (Nov. 30,

provided I receive the grant I

am applying to receive).

Ms. Mancini,

English

teacher

This project will

incorporate

reading, writing,

and math.

During

November.

Field trip:

November 30,

2017 (tentative

date – grant

has been apply

for to offset

costs of

admission and

transportation.

Completion of

student

assignments.

Parent surveys.

7.

Life Lessons Learned from

Children’s Stories: Students

will use a Teengagement

course, “Lessons from

Animation,” to explore life

lessons and themes taught in

Pixar. Students will create a

project based on a children’s

story or film and present it at a

cereal party. We will partner

with Books on the Move for

this project to involve families

in important of literacy

support.

Ms. Mancini,

English

teacher

Our students and

family members

will have a better

understanding of

the importance of

literacy at a

young age. Our

students will

have greater

appreciation for

reading and

learning.

December 9,

2017

Completed

student

assignments.

Parent surveys

and interactions

with

MYcroSchool

faculty/staff.

8.

Parents will be invited to

participate in “Drone Wars” -

Drone activity will involve

students and parents learning

about aerodynamics, creating

an obstacle course that they

(working in teams of 3) will

fly an actual drone through.

This final activity will be

judged to see how well they

fly it through to the end of the

course.

Ms. Cook,

Science

teacher and

Mr. Vouglas,

Math teacher

Students will not

only incorporate

science concepts

of forces and

aerodynamics,

but they will also

be incorporating

mathematics

within this

activity as they

calculate for

speed, force, and

acceleration.

End of January

2018 during

8th Period

(3:00 – 4:17

pm)

Students will be

given study

packets that will

include

information and

problems to

solve and

answer.

Students will

also have a

Drone Flight

Rubric that will

judge how well

they manipulate

the drone

through the

obstacle course.

Family

participation will

be measured

using sign-in

sheets and

surveys.

9.

Black Heroes Hall of Fame

Fun for Black History

Month:

To learn about African

Americans that shaped way of

life for African Americans In

History.

Ms. Page,

Social Studies

teacher

The student will

be able to/do:

•Identify each

person

•Apply

knowledge of

Extended

lessons will

take place

throughout the

month of

February.

Families will

Students and

parents will be

“tested” on their

knowledge of

heroic and

historical

African

Americans.

The student and Parents will

learn of: African American

politicians, essayists, actors,

sports figures, artists, activists,

feminist and music artist.

Participants will learn of: The

events that led to the

recognition of each; the

outcome of each person

studied; he effect on our lives

today.

Instructor will introduce

“Black Heroes Hall of Fame

Game.”

accomplishments

of each person

•Recognize each

of these people

be invited to

activates on

February 6,

2018 at 5:30

pm

10.

March Madness Activities:

Figure the Winner - Students

and parents use math to predict

the winners of the NCAA

basketball tournaments.

Students will practice

calculating percentage,

average, mean, median and

more.

Mr. Wolf, ESE

instructor and

Mr. Vouglas,

Math teacher

Capture student

attention to teach

and reinforce

critical thinking

and problem

solving skills.

March 12,

2018 at 5:30

pm

Students will

demonstrate

effectiveness by

showcasing what

they’ve learned

through a

summative

assessment;

where they will

calculate various

March madness

teams’

probability of

winning.

11.

Peace and Harmony can

come through Rhythm &

Earth Day Celebration -

Community building activity

through human empowerment

will incorporate bringing

Giving Tree Music and

musical instruments to our

classrooms. This team

building activity is about

having fun and feeling success,

while learning about what

really matters: Being in the

moment and supporting one

another.

Parents, students and

community will share lessons

and conversation of important

topics concerning trash,

climate, recycling, ocean

pollution and solutions to

everyday littering, becoming

more thoughtful about

personal waste of resources

such as utilities and

consumable products.

Digital Art students will

incorporate these critical

thinking components using

Elements of Art and Principals

of Design as they create

"rhythm.”

Discussions about techniques,

following direction and

building skills, strong

foundation of the Basic

Elements and Principals,

composition, materials,

vocabulary and terminology,

cultural and social influences

of art, learning to create

illustrations, comic books and

animation, visual

development, etc. and making

those connections from paper

or physical objects to

computer using a mouse.

Ms. Szakacs,

CTSP/Elective

s instructor

and Ms.

Manyari,

Achievement

Coach and Pro

Ed Facilitator

Achievement

will be seen

through the

students'

understanding of

Visual Art in

connection to

their Digital Art

through hands-on

experiences.

Extended

learning during

April and

parent

activities on

April 22, 2018

Measurement in

all of the

Creative Tech

Visual Arts

classes includes

all assignments

to be created,

submitted and

evaluated

digitally.

Students need to

build their

understanding in

digital art, as

well as their

portfolio of

work, which is

part of their

earning their full

credit for the

course. The

addition of the

fine arts hands-

on experience

serves to

supplement their

understanding

and excitement

towards Visual

Arts.

Participating

family members

will complete

surveys.

12.

Student Achievement Parent

Workshops:

Students of the Month

(academic achievements,

attendance, and behavior) and

family members will meet

every other month to view

“best practices” for student

achievement.

Ms. Faune

Walker, Title I

Coordinator

Students will find

success as self-

directed learners.

Every other

month October

2017 – 2018

Students will

increase credits

earned, score

higher on STAR

testing and

graduate on

time.

13.

Field trips to St. Pete College

campus: Gibbs and Allstate

Center

Ms. Mancini,

English

teacher

Students and

parents will have

the opportunity

to tour college

campus. Students

will be better

prepared for

post-secondary

education

options.

Dates: TBD

(2 separate

field trips are

being planned)

Parents will join

students for

tours. Students

will register for

courses at SPC.

Review Rubric:

Strong responses include:

Description of the content and type of activity including the following: The state’s

academic content standards and state student academic achievement standards, State

and local assessments including alternative assessments, Parental involvement

requirements of Section 1118, and How to monitor their child’s progress and work with

educators to improve the achievement of their child;

Identification of the person(s) responsible;

Correlation to student academic achievement;

Reasonable and realistic timelines; and

Description of the evidence the LEA will use to demonstrate the effectiveness and/or

completion of the activity/task

Staff Training Describe the professional development activities the school will provide to educate the teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs, and build ties between parents and schools [Section 1118(e)(3)].

Count Content and Type of

Activity

Person

Responsible

Anticipated Impact on

Student Achievement Timeline

Evidence of

Effectiveness

1.

Dropout Prevention

Conference:

Reaching the Wounded

Student Conference: A

Trauma-Informed Approach

to Helping Youth Beyond

At-Risk presented by the

National Dropout

Prevention Center/Network

and Hope 4 The Wounded,

LLC Educational Seminars.

Research shows that this

trauma has a direct effect on

cognitive function,

emotional health, and

interpersonal capacity.

All

MYcroSchool

staff will be

attending

Educators, counselors,

administrators, and

youth practitioners can

implement trauma-

informed policies and

approaches to their

work that not only

move wounded youth

toward healing, but

have a positive effect

on overall student

achievement and

performance.

June 24-27,

2018

Increased student

attendance.

Increased reading

and math scores

for students with

better attendance.

Reduce dropout

rates.

Likely to

decrease

disparities

2.

Professional Development

that is aligned to the Florida

Standards and the

Professional Educator

Practices for Instructional

and Support Staff.

All faculty and

staff

Increase staff

knowledge regarding

Florida State Standards

which embed research

based best practices and

provide resources to

staff that will educate

parent and families.

Monthly

Parent and staff

surveys, meeting

minutes, etc.

Review Rubric:

Content and type of activity including the following:

Valuing of parental involvement,

Communicating and working with parents,

Implementation and coordination of parental involvement program,

Building ties between home and school; and

Cultural sensitivity;

Identification of person(s) responsible;

Correlation to student academic achievement;

Reasonable and realistic timelines; and

Description of the evidence the LEA will use to demonstrate the effectiveness and/or

completion of the activity/task.

Other Activities Describe the other activities, such as parent resource centers, the school will conduct to encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children [Section 1118 (e)(4)].

Response: Pinellas MYcroSchool’s Title I Coordinator will manage the school’s Title I Parent

Information Center and will work closely with faculty to oversee Family and Parent Engagement

activities, workshops and events. The Parent Information Center is open daily during regular school

hours to parents and families and will be available during Family Engagement Events throughout the

school year. Our Title I Coordinator and Student Services Coordinator act as liaisons between home

and school in order to increase family/parent involvement and student success.

Review Rubric: Strong responses include:

Identification of the type of activity;

Specific steps necessary to implement this activity;

Person(s) responsible;

Timeline; and

Description of the evidence the school will use to demonstrate the effectiveness and/or

completion of the activity/task.

Communication Describe how the school will provide parents of participating children the following [Section 1118(c)(4)]:

Timely information about the Title I programs [Section 1118(c)(4)(A)];

Description and explanation of the curriculum at the school, the forms of academic

assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are

expected to meet [Section 1118(c)(4)(B)];

If requested by parents, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and

to participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their

children[Section 1118(c)(4)(C)]; and

If the schoolwide program plan under Section 1114 (b)(2) is not satisfactory to the

parents of participating children, the school will include submit the parents’ comments

with the plan that will be made available to the local education agency [Section

1118(c)(5)].

Response: Information about our Title I programs will be presented and distributed to

parents/guardians and our students at our Annual Meeting as well as at each Title I PFEP activity,

workshop or event. All information is also posted on our website. Parents/guardians are frequently

advised that we are Title I school. All mailed correspondence to parents/guardians include Title I

information. Parents are informed about their rights as a parent of a student in the school. School

policies, procedures and expectations will be shared and parents are encouraged to meet with teachers

and the administrative staff, including our Student Service Coordinator, Ms. McElroy, to review

student progress. Parents/guardians will have the opportunity to monitor students via Schoology Parent

Portal and FOCUS Portal. The school will also mail out written progress reports in the fall and spring.

Title I information is also distributed with the Student Handbook, on Facebook and by utilizing

SchoolMessenger calls. An explanation of the school curriculum will be presented to parents at the

meetings and events throughout the school year.

Review Rubric: Strong responses include:

Process for providing information to parents;

Dissemination methods;

Reasonable and realistic timelines for specific parent notifications; and

Description of how the school will monitor that the information was provided.

Accessibility Describe how the school will provide full opportunities for participation in parental involvement activities for all parents (including parents with limited English proficiency, disabilities, and migratory children). Include how the school plans to share information related to school and parent programs, meetings, school reports, and other activities in an understandable and uniform format and to the extent practical, in a language parents can understand [Section 1118(e)(5) and 1118(f)].

Response: Pinellas MYcroSchool will make the Family and Parent Engagement Plan available to

parents in English and Spanish on the school's website. Copies of the school’s FPEP is located at the

Title I Parent Information Center at the school’s front entrance. Written communication may be

requested to be translated in languages other than English. Upon parent request, a translator will be

made available at parent meetings and in the school office to provide translation services to ensure that

parents are able to fully participate in parent meetings. American Sign Language (ASL) translation

services will also be made available upon parent request. SchoolMessenger will be used to remind

parents of Title I events and important information concerning the school. Every effort will be made to

deliver messages in the native language spoken in the home.

Review Rubric: Strong responses include:

Process the school will use for translating information into a parent’s native language;

Description of how the school will ensure that parents with disabilities will have access to

parental involvement activities and/or services;

Description of how the school will ensure that information is available to parents

considering the fluctuating student populations;

Specific languages in which information will be provided; and

Process the school will use to monitor that schools provide information to parents in a

language they can understand, if feasible.

Discretionary Activities

School Level Parental Involvement Policy Components. Check if the school does not plan to implement discretionary parental involvement activities. Check all activities the school plans to implement:

1.

Training parents to

enhance the involvement

of other parents [Section

1118(e)(9)];

Events/Workshops and

field trips designed to

foster parent to parent

engagement.

Faune Walker

Greater

parent/guardian/

family involvement in

their student's

education.

Ongoing

2.

Maximizing parental

involvement and

participation in their

children’s education by

arranging school

meetings at a variety of

times, or conducting in-

home conferences

between teachers or

other educators, who

work directly with

participating children,

with parents who are

unable to attend those

conferences at school

[Section 1118(e)(10)];

Parent Progress

Conferences will be

scheduled in person or

by phone with our

teachers throughout the

school year

Steven

Humphries/Faye

McElroy/Faculty

Ongoing

communication with

parents/guardians will

improve students'

attendance, academic

performance and

graduation rates.

Ongoing

3.

Developing appropriate

roles for community-

based organizations and

businesses, including

faith-based

organizations, in

parental involvement

activities [Section

1118(e)(13)].

Pinellas MYcroSchool

will utilize existing

community

partnerships and

resources to help

support

parents/guardians in

student achievement.

Administration

Team: Mr.

Humphries, Ms.

McElroy, Ms.

Walker

Community resources

reinforcing need for

educational

excellence and

offering ongoing

supports.

Ongoing

Review Rubric: Strong responses include:

Identification of the activity which may include the following:

Involving parents in the development of staff training, providing literacy training, paying

reasonable and necessary expenses to conduct parental involvement activities, training

parents to help other parents, adopting and implementing model parental involvement

programs, organizing a local education agency parent advisory council, and/or

developing roles for community organizations and/or business in parental involvement

activities;

Description of the implementation strategy;

Identification of person(s) responsible;

Correlation to student academic achievement; and

Reasonable and realistic timelines.

Upload Evidence of Input from Parents

Upload evidence of parent input in the development of the plan

Upload Parent-School Compact Note: As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy/plan, each school shall jointly develop, with parents for all children served under this part, a parent-school compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement Section 1118(d)]. Upload an electronic version of the Parent-School Compact.

Upload Evidence of Parent Involvement in Development of Parent-School Compact

Note: As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy/plan, each school shall jointly develop, with parents for all children served under this part, a parent-school compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement Section 1118(d)]. Upload evidence of parent input in the development of the compact.

Building Capacity Summary Provide a summary of activities provided during the previous school year that were designed to build the capacity of parents to help their children [Section 1118 (e)(1-2)]. Include participation data on the Title I annual meeting.

Count Content and Type of

Activity

Number of

Activities

Number of

Participants

Anticipated Impact on Student

Achievement

1 Title I Annual Meeting 1 33

Parents and students where advised of Title

I requirements and opportunities for parent

input and participation in development of

our Title I Parent Involvement Calendar.

2 Parent-Teacher Progress

Conferences Frequent/ongoing 4 per meeting

Parent-Teacher Progress reviews were held

in person or by phone upon request by

parents/guardians.

3 Parent Conferences Frequent/ongoing 3 per meeting Intervention conferences were scheduled to

with Student Services

Coordinator, teachers,

Principal and/or School

Therapist

address academic, attendance or behavior

concerns sooner.

4

Field trips to: Morean

Art Center; Florida

Aquarium; Ringling

Museum of Art;

Holocaust

4 117

Field trips provided parent-to-parent;

parent-to-student; and parent-to-teacher,

parent-to-school stakeholder involvement,

thereby providing addition al guidance for

student learning.

Review Rubric: Strong responses include the content and type of activity, number of activities, number of participants, and the correlation to student achievement.

Staff Training Summary Provide a summary of the professional development activities provided by the school during the previous school year to educate staff on the value and utility of contributions of parents; how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners; the implementation and coordination of parent programs; and how to build ties between parents and the school [Section 1118 (e)(3)].

Count Content and Type

of Activity

Number of

Activities

Number of

Participants Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement

1.

Ongoing PLC's

with Instructional

Coaches

7 8

Teachers worked together to analyze data to plan

for differentiated instruction, target students,

lesson plan and problem solve behavior issues in

the classroom.

2.

3.

4.

Review Rubric: Strong responses include the content and type of activity, number of activities, number of participants, and the correlation to student achievement.

Barriers Describe the barriers that hindered participation by parents during the previous school year in parental involvement activities. Include the steps the school will take during the upcoming school year to overcome the barriers (with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background) [Section 1118(a)(E)].

Count

Barrier (Including the Specific Subgroup)

Steps the School will Take to Overcome

1.

Lack of parent involvement at Title I activities:

African American; economically

disadvantaged; the ages of our students/some

students do not reside with parent or guardian

full time; potential dropouts.)

We will offer many opportunities at different

times for parent/family engagement.

We will work harder to stress the importance of

education to all family members.

2.

Our students tend to be older (some, adults

themselves with their own children). Our

parents tend to focus on the younger students in

the home (our students’ siblings). 56% of our

students are 18 years or older.

We will focus more on literacy trainings that

involve the entire family, including young family

members.

3.

Somewhat transient population of

parents/students. (Our families frequently

move.)

More one-on-one communication with our

families and increased mentoring between staff

and students.

4.

Literacy issues for some parents/guardians.

We will encourage more literacy opportunities for

entire families such as reading opportunities for

siblings and our students’ own children. We will

partner with Books on the Move to incorporate

training technics for all parents and students.

Review Rubric: Strong responses include:

Identification of barrier which hindered participation by parents in parental involvement

activities (with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are

disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or

ethnic minority background); and

Description of how the LEA will use the information gathered from the evaluation to

design strategies for more effective parental involvement policies described in Section

1118.

Best Practices (Optional) Describe the parental involvement activity/strategy the school implemented during the previous school year that the school considers the most effective. This information may be shared with other LEAs and schools as a best practice. (Optional)

Count Content/Purpose Description of the Activity

Review Rubric:

Activities described in this section should be correlated to student achievement and

include sufficient detail that another LEA or school could use the information to develop

a similar program.