West Fargo Public Schools

Title 1 School Parent Family Engagement Policy

Title I regulations require that each school served under Title I jointly develop with and distribute to parents of participating children, a written parental involvement policy agreed on by the parents that describes the requirements of (c) through (f) as listed below and outlined in Title I law:

A. POLICY INVOLVEMENT

1. Convene an annual meeting, at a convenient time, to which all parents of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend, to inform parents of their school’s participation under this part and to explain the requirements of this part, and the right of the parents to be involved;

2. Offer a flexible number of meetings, such as meetings in the morning or evening, and may provide, with funds provided under this part, transportation, child care, or home visits, as such services relate to parental involvement;

Each school served under this part shall –

Parents are invited to and encouraged to participate in:

• Back-to-School Assessment Days

• Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Annual Title I Parent Information Meeting during the PTA sock hop dance on October 29, 2021  

• Parent observation opportunities upon request

• Title I teachers are available for parent questions throughout the school year

3. Involve parents, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of programs under this part, including planning, review, and improvement of the school parental involvement policy.

Parents are invited to provide information for improvement during:

• Back-to-School Night

• Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Annual Title I Parent Information Meeting

• Parent observation opportunities upon request

• Title I teachers are available for parent questions throughout the school year.

4. Provide parents of participating children –

i. timely information about programs under this part;

ii. a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; and

iii. if requested by parents, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their children, and respond to any such suggestions as soon as practically possible.

• Title I Progress Report

• District Report Card

• Back-to-School Night

• Parent Teacher Conferences

• Annual Title I Parent Meeting

• Guided Reading

• BAS Benchmarks

• Teachers are available for parent questions throughout the school year 5. If the schoolwide program plan is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, submit any parent comments on the plan when the school makes the plan available to the local educational agency.

B. SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HIGH STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

As a component of the school-level parental involvement policy, each school shall jointly develop with parents for all children served under this part a school-parent compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement.

• See attached jointly agreed upon Parent Compact

C. BUILDING CAPACITY FOR INVOLVEMENT

a. Shall provide assistance to the parents of children served by the school or local educational agency, as       appropriate, in understanding such topics as the State’s academic content standards and State student academic achievement standards, State and local academic assessments, the requirements of this part, and how to monitor a child’s progress and work with educators to improve the achievement of their children;

To ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school involved, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement, each school and local educational agency assisted under this part –

This information is shared with parents through:

• Weekly School Newsletters

• Title I Progress Reports

• District Report Cards

b. Shall provide materials and training to help parents to work with their children to improve their children’s achievement, such as literacy training and using technology, as appropriate, to foster parental involvement;

• Seesaw

• Brochures

• Email

c. Shall educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent programs, and build ties between parents and the school;

This information is shared with parents through:

• District-Wide In-service

• Teacher/Staff Newsletters

• Title I Teacher Training

• Title I State Conference

• North Dakota Title I Website www.dpi.state.nd.us/title1 d. Shall, to the extent feasible and appropriate, coordinate and integrate parent involvement programs and activities with Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, and public preschool and other programs, and conduct other activities, such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children;

d. Shall, to the extent feasible and appropriate, coordinate and integrate parent involvement programs and activities with Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, and public preschool and other programs, and conduct other activities, such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children;

• Preschool screening

• Yearly communication between Head Start and Early Childhood Center

e. Shall ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to the parents of participating children in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language parents can understand;

Freedom Elementary Title I teachers will:

• provide interpreters when necessary

• send individual notices home with students

f. May involve parents in the development of training for teachers, principals, and other educators to improve the effectiveness of such training;

g. May provide necessary literacy training from funds received under this part if the district has exhausted all other reasonably available sources of funding for such training;

h. May pay reasonable and necessary expenses associated with local parental involvement activities, including transportation and child care costs, to enable parents to participate in school-related meetings and training sessions;

i. May train parents to enhance the involvement of other parents;

j. May arrange school meetings at a variety of times, or conduct in-home conferences between teachers or other educators, who work directly with participating children, with parents who are unable to attend such conferences at school, in order to maximize parental involvement and participation;

k. May adopt and implement model approaches to improving parental involvement;

l. May establish a district parent advisory council to provide advice on all matters related to parental involvement in programs supported under this section;

m. May develop appropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses in parent involvement activities; and

n. Shall provide such other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under this as parents may request.

D. ACCESSIBILITY

In carrying out the parental involvement requirements of this part, districts and schools, to the extent practicable, shall provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with children with limited English proficiency, parents with children with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information and school reports in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language such parents can understand.

Freedom Elementary Title I teachers will:

• provide interpreters when necessary

• contact EL liaison to assist with relaying information to parents of EL students 

District Mission
Educating today's learners for tomorrow's world.

Freedom Elementary School Vision
Helping every student display a positive attitude, improve academic performance, and position for a promising future. 

Freedom Elementary School Pathways to Success

• Freedom faculty is 'all in' so that every adult and every student counts in a major way developing good relationships built on mutual respect, caring, trust, and high expectations.
• We believe that building a caring culture provides guiding principles, values, and operational framework for every interaction between students and adults, and among all adults in the system.
• We believe that the little things we do every day add up to create the whole and our students need to know we are committed to understanding them as individuals and caring about their personal circumstances in order to improve academically.