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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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Please visit our new Title I Parental Involvement Handbook by clicking the image below!
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We value your input!
Your input is very valuable to Monroe City School System as we make decisions about the future of our district. Please take a moment to complete the appropriate survey below.
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2024-2025 Title I Parent and Family Engagement Program Stakeholder Feedback
https://forms.gle/dZ5kuFjWbTKLetSdA
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Title I Parent Survey
Barriers that might exist will be addressed at the school site. The principal, building level committee in conjunction with the school improvement committee will address all concerns through annual, monthly Title I meetings and conferences. The director and the Title I administrative staff will be available to give direction and assistance to schools, staff, and parents. District-wide in-service training will address barriers that may occur.
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Teacher/ Parent Student Compacts will serve as the mechanism schools will use to ensure that academic compacts will be designed and executed by each school and the outcome evaluated by Title I and other district administrative staff The Title I administrative staff along with the Title I parental involvement outreach program staff will conduct school site meetings in conjunction with parent conferences annually. At such meetings, parents' comments will be requested and collected. The Title I program and allocation of funds will be explained. Oral and written feedback will be requested as to how the reserved I % funds should be spent. The Title I EP ATT staff will conduct parent training after school and on Saturdays. Parent involvement strategies will be developed. Parents will be assisted in helping other parents become involved in activities such as: Family Math Night, Family Saturday Morning Out, Street Captains, and Block Tutoring. Parents will be afforded professional development opportunities through site training after school and on Saturdays, "L.I.F.T." Center in-services on Saturdays and state, regional, and national conferences. Parents will also be invited to share in technology training sessions with teachers and support staff.
The Title I administrative staff will meet with each school principal and the school improvement committees three times a year. During the meeting, personnel are trained on ways of communicating with and to parents in verbal and written forms. Samples are provided. Training Sessions involve dramatizations, role-playing, questions, and answers, etc
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During or after four weeks of school, parents are notified of the professional qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals. The district has developed and disseminated an official letter to be sent to parents. The letters are mailed from the school sites and the Instructional Service Center.
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The Parent Involvement Policy will be attached to the compact and sent home by every child. Additional policies will be disseminated at Open House meetings and parent conferences.
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School-Parent Relation Goals
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The Monroe City School Board shall require individual Title I schools to jointly develop, with the involvement of parents of participating students, a parent involvement plan. Parents shall be provided the opportunities to assist in the development of the school's Title I program and the school's parent involvement activities. The school staff and parents shall assume and share responsibility for the implementation of the parent involvement plan. Such efforts shall encompass the following:
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Each Title I school shall hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school's participation in Title I and explain to the parents their right to participate in the Title I program.
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Each Title I school shall appoint at least (2) parents to the school's Title I Planning School Improvement Committee and shall involve these parents in the planning and implementation of the school's Title I program.
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Each Title I school shall offer a flexible number of meetings for parents at various times during the day so that all parents have the opportunity to participate in parent involvement activities.
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Specific activities that shall be implemented by each Title I school are:
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provide parents with appropriate reports of student progress and student expectations;
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provide assistance and support to parents in helping them to work with children to improve student performance;
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Co conduct an annual review and assessment, with the involvement of parents, to
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determine the effectiveness of the school's parent involvement program;
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develop jointly, with parents a school/parent compact which describes the school's responsibilities for parent involvement in supporting their child's learning;
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provide family literacy/parent involvement activities and support to parents of students who are the most "at-risk" and those who are most economically disadvantaged:
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provide parents reasonable access to the school staff, and opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child's learning;
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provide training to teachers and staff in reaching out to parents, communicating with parents as partners, and building coordination and collaboration with parents;
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involve community-based organizations and businesses in parent involvement and family literacy activities Le. Children's Coalition, LaChip, Volunteers of America: Louisiana Promise; Ouachita Junior League; and
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develop and implement plans and strategies for improving parent involvement and family literacy activities; and
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reserve not less than 1 percent (1%) of the school's Title I allocation for parent involvement and family literacy activities. 95% of the 1% set aside allocations for family involvement is allowed for schools to use for parent trainings, Saturday morning academic fairs, and materials for parent training. Monies are tracked by the Federal Programs office. Schools are then given amounts and requested materials, stipends, and in-district travel which are. approved by the Executive Director of Instructional Services and executed by fiscal clerks. Transaction records are kept at the school site and at the Federal Programs Office.
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with the assistance of its Title I, Part A schools, provide assistance to parents of children served by the school district or school, as appropriate, in understanding topics such as the following, by undertaking the actions below: .:. the State's academic content standards,
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the State's student academic achievement standards,
the State's and local academic assessments including alternate assessments,
No Child Left Behind requirements .:. the requirements of Part A, and
how to monitor their child's progress, and follow the curriculum, electronically:
system-wide calendar » faculty websites
Parent Command Center
Scope & sequence of curriculum » MCS Library Automation Project