SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Standley Middle School
TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY
x In the fall, an annual meeting will be held to share with parents the Title I program and its requirements.
x Standley Middle School will provide a flexible number of meetings to allow for parent involvement. These monthly meetings will be scheduled by the school in a variety of language groups. Topics covered during the meetings will include:
§ Improving communication between the school and home.
§ Discussing current student assessment data and student progress.
§ Providing information about school and district resources for student academic improvement.
§ Evaluating the effectiveness of the school’s parent involvement policy to increase parent participation in Title I activities.
§ Providing training programs to help parents support and work with their children at home and at school.
§ Advocating for teachers and parents.
x Parental input from the parent meetings and training sessions will be shared with the School Site Council (SSC) to provide an organized, ongoing, timely way of involving parents in the planning, review, and improvement of the program.
x The school-wide PTSA newsletter is mailed home informing parent/community of all meetings of interest. For special meetings, targeted language groups receive notice in their language. The newsletter and All-Call is used to advertise parent meetings and training sessions offered at Standley Middle School, at the District Advisory Council’s Harold J. Ballard Parent Center, and throughout the district. Every attempt is made to communicate with parents in their primary language.
x During parent meetings, opportunities will be offered for the formulation of parental suggestions. Responses to their suggestions will be reviewed in a timely fashion, if possible, by the next scheduled meeting. Topics that are appropriate for SSC review/action will be placed on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled meeting by the school administration.
x Parents are notified annually of individual student assessment results by the Research and Reporting Department and Testing Department. An explanation of the information is available in several languages.
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
HOME/SCHOOL
COMPACT
Standley Middle School and the parents of the students participating in activities,
services, and programs funded by Title I, part A of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (participating children), agree that this
compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students
will share responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the
means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that
will help children achieve California’s high standards. This Home/School
Compact is in effect during school year 2007-2008.
School
Responsibilities
Standley
Middle School will:
1.
Provide
high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning
environment that enables participating children to meet California’s student
academic achievement standards as follows:
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Academic Saturday School
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Morning and/or afternoon tutoring
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Extended Day Reading and Math Program
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Standards-Based lesson planning
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Inquiry methods/strategies across the curriculum areas
2.
Hold
parent-teacher conferences during which this compact will be discussed as it
relates to the individual child’s achievement.
§
Conferences are held in the Fall and Spring, and by
appointment during the year.
§
Student Study Teams are conducted as needed on an
ongoing basis.
§
IEP meetings are conducted as mandated.
§
504 Plans are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
3.
Provide
parents with frequent reports on their child’s progress.
§ Progress Reports will be sent home with the students every six weeks.
§ Teachers may send home additional grade printouts at a parent’s request or according to that teacher’s policy.
4.
Provide
parents reasonable access to staff.
§ Each staff member will use and maintain their personal voice mailbox.
§ Each staff member will use either a telephone based or on-line homework hotline.
§ Each staff member will use and maintain their email account.
5.
Provide
parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and
to observe classroom activities, as follows:
§ Parents will be welcomed into the classrooms for observation given an appointment has been arranged in advance.
§ Parents may volunteer by contacting the PTSA.
Parent
Responsibilities
We,
as parents, will support our child’s learning by:
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Making sure my child attends school every day.
§ Making sure that homework is completed.
§ Checking the Student Planner for assignments and communications.
§ Contacting my child’s teachers frequently.
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Limiting TV viewing, video/computer gaming, and other
extracurricular activities.
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Volunteering in my child’s classroom.
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Reading and responding as necessary to all
communications from the school.
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Serving on school committees when possible.
Student
Responsibilities
We, as students, will share the responsibility to
improve our academic achievement and achieve California’s high standards by:
§ Making my education my first priority.
§
Setting aside at least two hours in my daily schedule
for possible homework assignments, realizing this is a general guideline and that I may not need the entire
two-hour block each day.
§ Reading at least 30 minutes every day outside of school time.
§ Going to tutoring and/or Academic Saturday School as needed.
§ Keeping school notebooks neat and organized.
§ Keeping my school materials neat and organized.
§ Coming to school everyday prepared with all necessary supplies ready to learn.
§ Respecting myself, school property, and others.
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Noting and following all school rules and policies.
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Giving to my parents/guardian all notices and
information received by me from my school every day.
PLEASE NOTE THAT
SIGNATURES ARE NOT REQUIRED