2016-2017 Title I Parent Involvement Policy

R.B. Stall High School’s 2016-2017 Title I Parent Involvement Policy

 In the fall, an annual meeting will be held to share with parents the Title I program and its requirements.

 Stall High School will provide flexible weekly workshops to allow for parent involvement. These weekly workshops will be announced in both English and Spanish to our parents. Topics covered during the workshops will include:

o Positive Parenting: Valuable Parenting Qualities, Parent Roles in Student Achievement, Recognizing and Affirming Strengths; o Creating Confident Kids: Promoting Self-Esteem, Building a Positive Identity, Revealing Our Children’s True Value, Building a Constellation of Support; o Communication That Works: Listening Attentively and Hearing Children’s Feelings, Powerful Listening Builds Confidence, Untangling Mixed Signals, Clear Instructions and Direct Communications; o Creating Structure for Achievement: Arguing with Our Children, Back in Control, Ending Arguments and Setting Boundaries, Parenting Partners Skills; o Discipline: Practice for Success, The Difference Between Discipline and Punishment, Natural and Logical Consequences, Eight Guidelines for Logical Consequences, Homework: Give Natural and Logical Consequences; o What Children and Teens Need to Succeed: Effective Structure and Support, Parent Engagement is Key, Multiplying Family Engagement; o Parents Engaged for Academic Success: Top Study Skills, On Track with Higher Education, the Parent/Teacher Connection, Family Literacy, Success in School Starts at Home, Parent Pledge for Academic Success.

 Parental input from the parent meetings and training sessions will be shared with the School Improvement Council (SIC) to provide an organized, ongoing, timely way of involving parents in the planning, review, and decision-making for improvement of the program.

 During parent meetings, opportunities will be provided for parental suggestions. These suggestions will be reviewed in a timely fashion and, if possible, responses will be given by the next scheduled meeting. Topics that are appropriate for SIC review/action will be placed on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled meeting by the school administration.

 Stall parents will be provided with: o School and individual assessment information and results, including an explanation of those results, o Information about curriculum and the levels students are expected to achieve, o Opportunities for regular meetings related to the education of their children, and o Timely responses to parent inquiries and suggestions.

 The school wide parent newsletter is mailed home informing parents/community of all meetings of interest. The school newsletter is used to advertise parent meetings and training sessions offered at Stall High School.

 Parents are notified annually of individual student assessment results by Stall’s Guidance Department and/or the Stall Administration. A cover letter is sent with the results and conferences are set up with all students who do not meet the requirements.

Please keep this document for your records and frequent review.