Family and Community Engagement
Family Involvement Plan
2009 – 2010
The administration and faculty of Union Heights School believes parental/family involvement is essential to our goal of helping develop students who are socially, emotionally, and academically ready for the future.
The following plan and goals are in compliance with the legal requirements of the NO Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PL 107-110 Section 1118).
This plan was developed jointly with administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals, and families in order to serve all stakeholders to the best of our ability.
Strategies to Increase Parental Involvement
Union Heights School will:
Convene an annual meeting to encourage and facilitate family participation in the development of plans and policies.
Involve parents in the development of the School-Wide Title I Plan
1. Parents are members of the School-Wide Title I Advisory Committee, School Improvement Plan, and help develop the Family Involvement Plan.
Offer a flexible number of meetings throughout the year.
Administer a Parent/Family Needs Evaluation survey in the spring each year that seeks family input on the effectiveness of the program plans.
Make the School Improvement Plan and Family Involvement Plan available to families through –
2. Board of Education website
3. School website
4. Family Resource Center
5. Annual Meetings
Families are given the opportunity to present any ideas, comments, or disagreements they may have concerning the policies and plans.
1. Annual Title I Parent Involvement Meeting
2. Parent Surveys
Provide families timely information about programs, activities, curriculum, assessments, and achievement expectations through the
Websites
Newsletters
Telephone Calls
Invitations
School Marquee
E-mails
Conferences
Newspaper
Announcements
Training Activities
School – Parent Compact
The School-Parent Compact is included in the student handbook each year.
LEA Set Aside Funding
The School-wide Title I Advisory Committee discussed various uses for the parental involvement set aside funds during our annual spring meeting. Committee members are in agreement that the monies should be spent to foster an understanding of the changes to the school’s curriculum through a parent training activity. The training should include content that teachers received through professional development activities. Money could also be used to sponsor an Open House in the fall, a Parent Appreciation Breakfast at Christmas, and to purchase parent resources for the resource center
Building Capacity
To help ensure effective family and community involvement, UHS shall:
Provide families the opportunity to understand state academic and achievement standards, state and local assessments, and student progress through conferences, an annual Title I meeting, mid-six week reports, and benchmark reports.
Provide information and training resources to parents through the school’s resource center.
Educate the faculty and staff on the importance of working with parents to build a tie between school and home.
Offer families the opportunity to participate in school sponsored programs and activities.
Work with local businesses and community agencies to develop family programs.
Ensure to the best of our ability that information is sent home in a parent friendly language that can be understood.
Offer a flexible number of meetings.
Present an Open House shortly after school begins in the fall to introduce families to the school and any new personnel.
Offer a Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten visitation day for incoming students and their families.
Coordinate with community organizations to offer programs such as health fairs, fire safety, finances and savings, dental health, life skills, and drug awareness.
Develop a school-parent-student compact. The compact will outline how parents, school personnel, and the student will share in the responsibility for improved student achievement. Compacts will be published in the student handbooks so they are easily accessible to all parties.
Conduct a parent training night over curriculum changes and technology presenting information obtained in professional development activities.
Provide child care during the parent training activities to ensure as many parents as possible may attend.
Accessibility
Union Heights School will to the best of our ability provide information to families in the appropriate language.
Parents with disabilities and parents of migatory students will be provided information for assistance in meeting the needs of their child.
Child care will be provided during meetings and training activities.
Parents’ Right to Know
A Parent’s Right-to-Know letter is included with the registration packets.
UHS will provide parents information about their right to know the qualifications of their child’s teacher and paraprofessionals.
When a student is being taught by a teacher who is not highly qualified, a notification letter is sent home to the parents of those children. When a substitute has been in the classroom for four consecutive weeks and is not highly qualified, a notification letter will be sent home to parents.
Unsafe Schools
Union Heights School holds a safe school status. This information is shared with families through the SIP, school meetings, and the websites.