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Title I

 

Holland Elementary School
Parent Involvement Policy 2007-2008

Holland Elementary commits to promoting strong parental involvement through a variety of ways:

• Through initiatives that involve parents and families in supporting their children’s learning.

They include:

• Scheduled Grade Level Programs involving academic needs
• Student involvement in programs aligned with PTA
• Specialists to provide workshops of parent interest in their particular academic expertise
• Guidance Parent Workshops on selected topics and parent letters with tips after classroom guidance lessons
• Gifted Parent Workshops
• Math and Reading Nights
• Young Authors’ Night
• Accelerated Reader
• PTA Involvement: Fall Festival, Movie Night, Winter Musical, Spring Carnival, Talent Show etc.
• Book-It Reading Club
• SOL Game Day
• Information provided during parent/teacher conferences and teacher weekly newsletters
• Ongoing additions to our Parent Resource Library
• Parent Involvement sections in PTA and Staff Newsletters
• Holiday Assistance Programs
• Collaboration with Partners in Education for Student Support
• Parents are invited to all award ceremonies

• Ongoing quality two-way communications between parents and teachers will be provided through the regular use of parent conferences, weekly reports from classroom teachers, e-mail and phone calls, and a monthly school newsletter from PTA and the Principal. If special communication needs are identified, every reasonable attempt will be made to direct them to appropriate resources. We have a Teacher-Administrator-Student Intervention Team, Student Support, and a Child Study Team to discuss student progress, intervention, and strengths and weaknesses with parents. We utilize administrator/parent conferences as necessary. We will continue to work towards improving communication between teacher-administrator-PTA.

• Parents will be provided with the results of their child’s performance as directed by VBCPS. Methods will include report cards, progress reports, calls from teachers, and graded papers sent home.

• The School Planning Council develops the Title I Compact for Holland Elementary. The Compact is distributed to 100% of families and requires signatures from 100% of Teachers, Parent/Guardian, and Students.

• Results of assessment devices administered by the division to measure student performance (SOL/Stanford 10) will be provided to parents in writing, including a description of what the data shows. Additionally, classroom assessment data will be presented to parents during parent/teacher conferences. During these conferences the assessment data will be compared with the student’s work performance.

 
The above activities are coordinated with the PTA and Community Involvement, School Planning Council, outreach clubs and projects, parent volunteers, grade levels, and the school action teams.
The effectiveness of our policy to build strong parental involvement will be measured through parent surveys and evaluation forms for each activity. The collected data will also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of activities and solicit suggestions for continuous improvement.