Policy Requirements
It is expected that the MSD of Martinsville Title I schools
will carry out programs, activities, and procedures as
required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
Title I, Part A, by…
A)
providing parents with general information about the MSD of
Martinsville’s Title I program through mailings or school
distributions. The following items will be distributed
early in the school year:
1.
Common
Core Standards
2.
Parents’
Right to Know About Teacher Quality
3.
MSD of
Martinsville Title I Parent Involvement Policy
4.
Each
school’s parent involvement policy and compact
5.
Literacy
resources and training opportunities available to parents in
participating schools
B)
involving parents in the joint development of its
district-wide parental involvement policy and the process of
school review and improvement through parent surveys,
written communications, and school level meetings as
appropriate.
C)
employing a Title I Parent Coordinator to provide the
coordination, technical assistance, and other support
necessary to assist participating schools in planning and
implementing effective parent involvement activities to
improve student academic achievement and school performance.
D)
building
the schools’ and parents’ capacity for strong parental
involvement.
1.
Parent-teacher conferences, an annual Title I meeting, and
periodic written reports will provide assistance to parents
of children served in understanding such topics as the
common core standards and student academic achievement
standards, and how to monitor a child’s progress and work
with educators to improve the achievement of their children.
2.
The
Title I Parent Coordinator, parents (as appropriate), and/or
personnel recognized in the district as parent liaisons will
provide parents with materials and training to help parents
work with their children to improve their children’s
achievement, such as literacy training and using technology,
as appropriate to foster parental involvement.
3.
In-services, book studies, and workshops will be utilized to
educate educators 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.
4.
Information related to school and parent programs, meetings,
and other activities, such as parent resource centers, that
encourage and support parents in more fully participating in
the education of their children, to the extent practicable,
will be provided in a language that parents can understand.
5.
Other
reasonable support for parental involvement activities under
section 1118 will be provided as parents my request.
E)
coordinating and integrating parental involvement strategies
under Title I with strategies under other available
programs, such as Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading
First, Even Start, Parents as Teachers, and Home Instruction
Program for Preschool Youngsters, and State-Run preschool
programs.
F)
conducting, with the involvement of parents, an annual
evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental
involvement policy in improving the academic quality of the
schools served under this part, including identifying
barriers to greater participation by parents in activities
(with particular attention to parents who are economically
disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English
proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or
ethnic minority background) and use the findings of such
evaluation to design strategies for more effective parental
involvement, and to revise, if necessary, the parental
involvement policies.
G)
inviting
parents to be involved in the activities of the schools
served under Title I through newsletters, school all calls,
surveys, etc.
H)
arranging meetings at a variety of times as reflected in
responses from parent surveys and personal contacts.
If the
Metropolitan School District of Martinsville’s Title I
Parent Involvement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents
of participating children, the school district will submit
parent comments with the plan when it submits the plan to
the Indiana Department of Education.
Revised April 2012
