I, Robert Serna , do hereby certify that all facts, figures, and representations made in this application are true, correct, and consistent with the statement of assurances for these waivers. Furthermore, all applicable statutes, regulations, and procedures; administrative and programmatic requirements; and procedures for fiscal control and maintenance of records will be implemented to ensure proper accountability for the expenditure of funds on this project. All records necessary to substantiate these requirements will be available for review by appropriate state and federal staff. I further certify that all expenditures will be obligated on or after the effective date and prior to the termination date of the project. Disbursements will be reported only as appropriate to this project, and will not be used for matching funds on this or any special project, where prohibited.
Signature
of Principal or Designee |
Date
Signed |
Mission
Statement
Parental Involvement
Mission Statement (Optional)
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Review Rubric:
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.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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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)].
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 |
School Based |
Lead Teacher, Reading Coach, staff
and teachers |
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 (schoolwide 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 |
Review/Discuss the school’s
curriculum/Assessments/Procedures |
Jessica Mesa |
9-09-14 |
Meeting Minutes |
2 |
Discussion/ Creation of the
School-Parent Compacts |
Robert Serna |
9-09-14 |
Meeting Minutes/Completed Parent
Compacts |
3 |
Discussion/ Creation of the Parent
Involvement Plan |
Robert Serna |
9-09-14 |
Meeting Minutes/ Completed Parent
Involvement Plan |
4 |
Workshop Survey/ Generate Topics
of Interest |
Robert Serna |
9-09-14 |
Meeting Minutes/Survey Results |
5 |
Parent Club |
Jessica Mesa |
9-09-14 |
Meeting Minutes/Parent Club
sign-up sheets |
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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)].
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 |
Parent Volunteer Program |
Teachers |
Volunteer hours are granted
through participation in FCAT Super Saturday Tutoring, after school tutoring,
attendance for EESAC meetings, parent workshops and activities |
throughout the year |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
2 |
Parent workshops |
Taechers/Administers |
It provides training, information,
and support services that strengthen the relationship between parents and the
school in meaningful ways that improve academic achievement |
throughout the year |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
3 |
The Title I Administration Parent
Involvement Monthly School Report and the Title I Parent Involvement Monthly
Activities Report are used to coordinate and plan the year's parent
involvement activities, and identify barriers to greater participation. |
Principal |
It provides training, information,
and support services that strengthen the relationship between parents and the
school in meaningful ways that improve academic achievement. |
throughout the year |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
4 |
School Site Parent Outreach Center |
Principal/CIS |
It implements programs and
activities that are linked to improving academic achievement. |
throughout the year |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
5 |
Monthy Parent/EESAC mtg |
Administration/CIS |
It provides training, information,
and support services that strengthen the relationship between parents and the
school in meaningful ways that improve academic achievement. |
monthly |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
6 |
Miami-Dade Parent Portal |
District/Admin |
It allows registered parents or
guardians to monitor their students' attendance and academic performance. |
throughout the year |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 |
Title I Administration Technical
Assistance and Support |
District Director and
Staff/Administration |
It assists us with the planning,
monitoring, and implementation of effective parental involvement throughout
the activities that are linked to improving academic achievement. |
throughout the year |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
2 |
Parent communication workshops for
staff and teachers |
Admin/CIS |
It assists us with the planning,
monitoring, and implementation of effective parental involvement throughout
the activities that are linked to improving academic achievement. |
throughout the year |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
3 |
Title 1 annual meeting conducted
at the school level |
Administrator |
It is to understand and implement
the No Child Left Behind Act and also to increase academic achievement through
parent involvement. |
Fall 2013 |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
4 |
Monthly faculty meeting |
Administrator |
It assists us with the planning,
monitoring, and implementation of effective parental involvement throughout
the activities that are linked to improving academic achievement. |
monthly |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
5 |
Training of Trainers |
Principal |
It assists us with the planning,
monitoring, and implementation of effective parental involvement throughout
the activities that are linked to improving academic achievement. |
throughout school year |
as evidenced by increased achievement
in standardized test scores |
6 |
EESAC Meetings |
Administrators |
It is to understand and implement
the No Child Left Behind Act and also to increase academic achievement
through parent involvement. |
monthly |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in standardized test scores |
Review Rubric:
· Content and type of
activity including the following:Valuefollowing:
· 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.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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)].
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
Communication
Describe how the school
will provide parents of participating children the following [Section
1118(c)(4)]:
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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)].
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Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
Discretionary
Activities
Discretionary 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:
count |
Activity |
Description of Implementation Strategy |
Person Responsible |
Anticipated Impact on Student Achievement |
Timeline |
1 |
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)]; |
There are scheduled monthly EESAC
meetings, parent activities, parent workshops. |
Administration |
It strengthens the relations
between parents and schools in ways that improve academic achievement |
throughout the year |
2 |
Adopting and implementing model
approaches to improving parental involvement [Section 1118(e)(11)]; and |
The administrators monitor the
strategies being used, offer support to the teachers. |
Administration |
The intent is to increase academic
achievement through parent involvement |
throughout the year |
3 |
Developing appropriate roles for
community-based organizations and businesses, including faith-based
organizations, in parental involvement activities [Section 1118(e)(13)]. |
The Administration will conduct
meetings for parents including information on resources/information/and
assistance for parents. |
Administration |
This will help implement
activities that are linked to improving academic achievement through
community-based organizations and business |
throughout the year |
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
Upload Evidence
of Input from Parents
Upload evidence of parent
input in the development of the plan.
Review Rubric:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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.
Review Rubric:
School-Parent Compact must
include the following components:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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.
Review Rubric:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 |
30 |
It is to understand and implement
the No Child Left Behind Act, inform parents of school wide services and
programs being implemented, and also to increase academic achievement through
parent involvement. |
2 |
The Title I Administration Parent
Involvement Monthly School Report and Activities Report |
10 |
15 |
It provides information and
guidance on how to improve parent participation through the analysis of data. |
3 |
EESAC Meetings |
5 |
15 |
In response, strategies are
developed for more effective parental involvement, through the revision of
existing parental plan and programs, practices and activities that are linked
to improving academic achievement |
4 |
Parent Activities |
10 |
1 |
It provides training, information,
and support services that strengthen the relations between parents and the
school in meaningful ways that improve academic achievement. |
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include the
content and type of activity, number of activities, number of participants, and
the correlation to student achievement.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 |
Faculty Meetings |
10 |
20 |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in the standardized test scores |
2 |
EESAC Meetings |
5 |
15 |
as evidenced by increased
achievement in the standardized test scores |
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include the
content and type of activity, number of activities, number of participants, and
the correlation to student achievement.
Review Status:
Review Comments:
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 current 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 |
Low participation of LEP Parents
at workshops |
The implementation of a translator
during meetings and workshops |
2 |
Low participation of parents who
are economically disadvantaged, disabled, have limited English proficiency |
Use of a translator who provides information,
support and resources in English and Spanish. |
Review Rubric:
Strong responses include:
Review Status:
Review Comments:
Best Practices
(Optional)
Describe the parental
involvement activity/strategy the school implemented during the previous
schoool 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.
Review Status:
Review Comments: