Fouke School District District Parent and Family
Fouke School District District Parent and Family Engagement Plan SCHOOL YEAR 2017-2018
The Fouke School District understands the importance of involving parents as partners in promoting higher student achievement and academic success and will strive to develop and maintain the capacity for meaningful and productive parental involvement that will result in mutually beneficial partnerships for all involved. Therefore, the Fouke School District will encourage and support programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of all parents in all of its schools. Three decades of research provide convincing evidence that parents are an important influence in helping their child achieve high academic standards. When schools collaborate with parents to help their child learn and when parents participate in school activities and decision- making about their child’s education, children achieve at higher levels. In short, when parents are involved in education, children do better in school and schools improve. A synthesis of the research concluded that the evidence is consistent, positive, and convincing: families have a major influence on their child’s achievement in school and through life. When schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more. Studies have found that students with involved parents, no matter what their income or background, are more likely to: earn high grades and test scores, and enroll in higher–level programs; pass their classes, earn credits, and be promoted; attend school regularly; and graduate and go on to postsecondary education.
Goal 1: Fouke School District will foster effective parental involvement strategies and support partnerships among school, parent, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways:
Develop a district parental involvement committee to create a parent involvement policy and implement parental involvement activities as well as disseminate information to the community to promote parental involvement in all schools. Committee Members: Amanda Gainey, Parent Karen Clapp, Parent Angela Cutshall, Parent/Paraprofessional Terry Purvis, Community Leader Jeremy McClure, District Resource Officer C. Stacy, A. Johnson, G. Purifoy - Parent Involvement Facilitators Carlene Liles, Federal Programs Coordinator
Conduct an annual meeting to update policy for next year’s Title I, Part A program. Persons Responsible: Amanda Whitehead [email protected] 870-653-2304 Ken Endris [email protected] 870-653-4721 Carlene Liles [email protected]) 870-653-7864
Establish a parental involvement contact person at each of the Title I schools. Persons Responsible: Amy Johnson, Paulette Smith Middle School [email protected] Carol Stacy, Fouke Elementary School [email protected]
Coordinate parental involvement activities among the different schools. Coordinate and integrate parental involvement activities with parent involvement strategies under programs, such as: ABC preschool, private day care facilities, Parents as Teachers, and other programs as they are identified. Person Responsible: Erica Baird [email protected]
Ensure that parents of children with disabilities or limited English proficiency have the same access as other parents including information in a language and form they can understand. Involve parents in the development of the Title I plan and the process of school review and improvement. Conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of the parental involvement policy in the spring of each school year. Person Responsible: Carlene Liles [email protected] 870-653-7864
Goal 2: Fouke School District will provide coordination, technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist participating schools in planning and implementing effective parental involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance in the following ways:
Conduct ongoing site visits to observe parental involvement practices. Person Responsible: Carlene Liles
Enhance the awareness and skills of teachers, pupil service personnel, principals, and staff in reaching out to, communicating with, and working with parents as equal partners. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Ensure, to the extent possible, that information is sent home in a language and form parents can understand. Persons Responsible: Mike Mack [email protected] Sharon Oliver [email protected] Gina Purifoy [email protected]
Goal 3: Fouke School District will build the school’s capacity for strong parental involvement in the following ways:
Provide information to participating parents in such areas as national, state, and local education goals, including parents’ rights as defined in Title I, Part A. Person Responsible: Ken Endris Amanda Whitehead Carman Cross [email protected]
Assist in the development of parent engagement groups at each school. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Encourage the formation of partnerships between schools, local businesses, and community organizations that include a role for parents.
Provide resources for parents to learn about child development, child-rearing practices, and academic strategies that are designed to help parents become full partners in the education of their child. Involve parents through an annual survey to improve school effectiveness. Persons Responsible: Mike Mack Sharon Oliver Gina Purifoy Approve reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parental involvement activities. Provide any reasonable support for parental involvement at the request of participating Title I, Part A parents. Person Responsible: Carlene Liles
Goal 4: Fouke School District will conduct, with the involvement of parents, ongoing evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy as it relates to strategies for increasing parental participation and identifying barriers to greater parent participation. Attention will be given to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background.
Survey parents annually including questions to identify barriers to parental involvement. Persons Responsible: Mike Mack Sharon Oliver Gina Purifoy
Provide an opportunity for parents to assist in the development of the evaluation procedures, including analysis of data collected. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Develop procedures for collecting parent participation documentation through workshops, meetings, and conferences sign-in lists, schedules, brochures, meeting notes, and other means as appropriate throughout the year. Use findings from the evaluation process to make recommendations to each participating school for parent involvement policy revisions an to provide suggestions for designing school improvement policies, as they relate to parental involvement
Persons Responsible:
Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Develop and disseminate an annual parent activity evaluation to share with parents, staff, and the community. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Goal 5: Fouke School District will involve parent in the joint development of the district Title I Application under section 1112 (ACSIP):
Recruit parents to serve on district ACSIP committee to develop the Title I Application Person Responsible: Carlene Liles
The Fouke School District understands the importance of involving parents as partners in promoting higher student achievement and academic success and will strive to develop and maintain the capacity for meaningful and productive parental involvement that will result in mutually beneficial partnerships for all involved. Therefore, the Fouke School District will encourage and support programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of all parents in all of its schools. Three decades of research provide convincing evidence that parents are an important influence in helping their child achieve high academic standards. When schools collaborate with parents to help their child learn and when parents participate in school activities and decision- making about their child’s education, children achieve at higher levels. In short, when parents are involved in education, children do better in school and schools improve. A synthesis of the research concluded that the evidence is consistent, positive, and convincing: families have a major influence on their child’s achievement in school and through life. When schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more. Studies have found that students with involved parents, no matter what their income or background, are more likely to: earn high grades and test scores, and enroll in higher–level programs; pass their classes, earn credits, and be promoted; attend school regularly; and graduate and go on to postsecondary education.
Goal 1: Fouke School District will foster effective parental involvement strategies and support partnerships among school, parent, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways:
Develop a district parental involvement committee to create a parent involvement policy and implement parental involvement activities as well as disseminate information to the community to promote parental involvement in all schools. Committee Members: Amanda Gainey, Parent Karen Clapp, Parent Angela Cutshall, Parent/Paraprofessional Terry Purvis, Community Leader Jeremy McClure, District Resource Officer C. Stacy, A. Johnson, G. Purifoy - Parent Involvement Facilitators Carlene Liles, Federal Programs Coordinator
Conduct an annual meeting to update policy for next year’s Title I, Part A program. Persons Responsible: Amanda Whitehead [email protected] 870-653-2304 Ken Endris [email protected] 870-653-4721 Carlene Liles [email protected]) 870-653-7864
Establish a parental involvement contact person at each of the Title I schools. Persons Responsible: Amy Johnson, Paulette Smith Middle School [email protected] Carol Stacy, Fouke Elementary School [email protected]
Coordinate parental involvement activities among the different schools. Coordinate and integrate parental involvement activities with parent involvement strategies under programs, such as: ABC preschool, private day care facilities, Parents as Teachers, and other programs as they are identified. Person Responsible: Erica Baird [email protected]
Ensure that parents of children with disabilities or limited English proficiency have the same access as other parents including information in a language and form they can understand. Involve parents in the development of the Title I plan and the process of school review and improvement. Conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of the parental involvement policy in the spring of each school year. Person Responsible: Carlene Liles [email protected] 870-653-7864
Goal 2: Fouke School District will provide coordination, technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist participating schools in planning and implementing effective parental involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance in the following ways:
Conduct ongoing site visits to observe parental involvement practices. Person Responsible: Carlene Liles
Enhance the awareness and skills of teachers, pupil service personnel, principals, and staff in reaching out to, communicating with, and working with parents as equal partners. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Ensure, to the extent possible, that information is sent home in a language and form parents can understand. Persons Responsible: Mike Mack [email protected] Sharon Oliver [email protected] Gina Purifoy [email protected]
Goal 3: Fouke School District will build the school’s capacity for strong parental involvement in the following ways:
Provide information to participating parents in such areas as national, state, and local education goals, including parents’ rights as defined in Title I, Part A. Person Responsible: Ken Endris Amanda Whitehead Carman Cross [email protected]
Assist in the development of parent engagement groups at each school. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Encourage the formation of partnerships between schools, local businesses, and community organizations that include a role for parents.
Provide resources for parents to learn about child development, child-rearing practices, and academic strategies that are designed to help parents become full partners in the education of their child. Involve parents through an annual survey to improve school effectiveness. Persons Responsible: Mike Mack Sharon Oliver Gina Purifoy Approve reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parental involvement activities. Provide any reasonable support for parental involvement at the request of participating Title I, Part A parents. Person Responsible: Carlene Liles
Goal 4: Fouke School District will conduct, with the involvement of parents, ongoing evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy as it relates to strategies for increasing parental participation and identifying barriers to greater parent participation. Attention will be given to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background.
Survey parents annually including questions to identify barriers to parental involvement. Persons Responsible: Mike Mack Sharon Oliver Gina Purifoy
Provide an opportunity for parents to assist in the development of the evaluation procedures, including analysis of data collected. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Develop procedures for collecting parent participation documentation through workshops, meetings, and conferences sign-in lists, schedules, brochures, meeting notes, and other means as appropriate throughout the year. Use findings from the evaluation process to make recommendations to each participating school for parent involvement policy revisions an to provide suggestions for designing school improvement policies, as they relate to parental involvement
Persons Responsible:
Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Develop and disseminate an annual parent activity evaluation to share with parents, staff, and the community. Persons Responsible: Carol Stacy Amy Johnson Gina Purifoy
Goal 5: Fouke School District will involve parent in the joint development of the district Title I Application under section 1112 (ACSIP):
Recruit parents to serve on district ACSIP committee to develop the Title I Application Person Responsible: Carlene Liles
