Bethel Grove School

No Child Left Behind

Family Engagement Plan

2006-2007

Our school encourages parental involvement in the educational process.  The schools and home have a shared goal of promoting success in our children.  Our parents will act as advisors, resource persons and coordinators in the following ways:

1.  Attend school events and serve as advisors

2.  Serve on the Site-Based Leadership team

3.  Use their talents as resources to enhance the instructional programs

4.  Become school supporters and advocators

5.  Respond to memos, surveys, and questionnaires expressing ideas and concerns

Title I Involvement

The administrators, faculty, and staff will provide a strategic plan and implement Title I

requirements according to the guidelines set forth in the law which includes the following:

1.  Make parents aware of Title I participation and how our school will carry out the school board policy at the school level

2.  Allow parents to observe the schools's program and visit classrooms

3.  Provide parents with student information and progress reports

4.  Solicit feedback from parents

5.  Provide parents with assessment results, curriculum used, and proficiency levels expected of our students

6.  Provide parents with a copy of the Family Engagement Plan

To ensure that our parents participate in the development and implementation of the schools' program, we will do the following:

1.  Provide annual meeting to explain the components and requirements of TItle I

2.. Provide flexible times for our parents to attend parent meetings to formulate suggestions and responses as it relates to education of their children

3.  Offer parental training and workshops in parenting skills

4.  Involve parents in planning and developing school improvement projects

5.  Jointly develop a parent-school compact showing how parents, schools, and students share responsibilities.  Disseminate the compact to all students/parents and acquire appropriate signature(s)

6.. Encourage parents to regularly visit and take an active role in school planning

"We are working altogether to be the best that we can be!"

Revised June 2006