Parental Involvement

Monroe City Schools Parental Involvement in Education Policy

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Monroe City Schools believes that a child's parents are not only the child's first teachers, but they also are the most important teacher that the child will have. The school district, the school administration and staff, the parents, and the community have the responsibility of nurturing and enhancing each child's intellectual abilities and developmental skills. Clearly, schools must work more closely with parents if we are to effectively address the needs of our children. Monroe City Schools is dedicated to providing appropriate help, both to the schools and to the parents, in the development of a team effort toward this goal. 

Monroe City Schools Parents Involvement Provisions

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1. Monroe City Schools will provide parents with information regarding the district's plans for implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
    

2. Monroe City Schools will hold an annual district-wide meeting so that parents can have the opportunity to review the district's NCLB Title I Program. 
    

3. Monroe City Schools shall provide notice in the local printed news of the availability of the district's Title I Program Application for public review and comment.
    

4. Monroe City Schools' Title I program will provide to parents of participating students a copy of the district's parent involvement policies and will involve parents in the development of these policies. 
    

5. Monroe City Schools' parental involvement program includes activities and procedures of sufficient size, scope, and quality as to provide reasonable assurance of substantial progress toward achieving the goals for school improvement and parental involvement as the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. 
    

6. Specific activities that will be implemented by the district are:
    

   1. provide technical assistance and support to the Title I schools in planning and implementing parent involvement activities utilizing the EPATT Program. (Such as: strategies for academic improvement and Content Standards) Title I staff: administrators, principals, key teachers and parents will conduct/participate in regular parent trainings and meetings at all schools. These meetings will be held during the day (grade level), after school and on Saturdays. These training sessions will focus on the parents' role in supporting, reinforcing, and nurturing their children in an academically feasible learning environment at home. A district instructional newsletter will be disseminated every eight weeks. The newsletter, prepared by the district's parental involvement Title I Program, EPATT (Empowering Parents As Teachers, Too) staff will provide content standard based activities by grade levels (Ex: Early Childhood, Grades 1-3, Grades 4-5, Grades 7-9, Grades 10-12). Parents will be given the newsletter at conferences with teachers, workshops, and at various school activities. Newsletters will also be available at the Central Office and Instructional Service Center. Parents at identified Title I schools are encouraged to come to the Parent Resource Center located "L.I.F.T." (Lots of Ideas for Teachers) Center for assistance with strategies and activities they can do at home with their children. 
       

   2. conduct an annual review and assessment, with the involvement of parents, to determine the effectiveness of the district's parental involvement program.
       

   3. provide reasonable support for parent involvement activities as parents may request. 
       

   4. provide parent literacy/parent involvement activities and support through use of several supplemental services. 
       

   5. All parental involvement strategies either at the district level or at the school level are written, budgeted for, or implemented throughout other budget programs and departments. Personnel at all levels meet, plan and execute strategies as a district, (Ex: Titles I, II, V, General Education, Special Education, LEP, Vocation/Adult Education, PTOs, Head Start, Reading First, K-3 Initiative, Nursery Schools, Even Start). All of the programs listed share the same parents in some instances. The total family is considered and involved. Coordination of personnel, funds, and programs are integrated and supported by all. 
       

   6. provide parents with reports of progress and other appropriate information about federal programs.
       

   7. Upon request, parents will be provided information about the certification of teachers and administrators. 
       

   8. provide school report cards and conduct informative workshops for clarity. 
       

   9. Parents at school site meetings will be informed of the purpose and use of the Louisiana Parent Information Center.
       

   10. The district LEP Coordinator and Title I Staff will hold informative meetings regularly with LEP families. These meetings will address academic proficiency meeting State standards. 
        

   11. School-wide will conduct monthly family and community workshops/meetings designed to explain and promote academic excellence. Ex: Family Math, Family Saturday Morning Out, Grandparents' Evening, and Honors' Night. 
        

   12. The district's parental involvement policy is distributed and communicated to all the schools by the Director of Instructional Services and the Parental Involvement Coordinating Teacher. Schools devise and revise parental involvement policies based on goals of the district. School policies are communicated and implemented as part of schools' compacts signed by parents, principals, teachers, and students. Effective parental involvement activities are measured by participation, volunteerism and increased academic performance.