Title I School Liaison Calendar

Greenwood School District 50

2022-2023 School Year

Title I Liaison Calendar

Greenwood School District 50 PO Box 248

1855 Calhoun Road Greenwood, SC 29648 (864) 941 5400

Benjamin E. Mays Elementary (MAY)

Tiara Watson, Principal 1608 Florida Avenue Greenwood, SC 29646

Telephone: 864 941 5535 Fax: 864 388 2402

Eleanor S. Rice Elementary School (RIC)

Anna Haynes, Principal 1802 E. Durst Ave. Greenwood, SC 29649 Phone: 864 941 5660 Fax: 864-388-2401

Hodges Elementary School (HOD)

Christine Rogers, Principal 4717 Main Street Hodges, SC 29653

Telephone: 864 374 5000 Fax: 864 374 5028

Lakeview Elementary School (LAK)

Kristen Hopkins, Principal 660 Center Street Greenwood, SC 29649 Telephone: 864 941 5760 Fax: 864-941-3498

Mathews Elementary School (MAT) Barry Jacks, Principal 725 Marshall Road Greenwood, SC 29646

Telephone: 864-941-5680 Fax: 864-941-3496

Merrywood Elementary School (MER) Brian Perrin, Principal 329 Deadfall Road West Greenwood, SC 29649 Telephone: 864-941-5700 Fax: 864 388 2400

Pinecrest Elementary School (PIN) David Grice, Principal 220 Northside Drive Greenwood, SC 29649 Telephone: 864-941-5580 Fax: 864 229 5284

Woodfields Elementary School (WFD) Janette Miller, Principal 1032 Emerald Road Greenwood, SC 29646 Telephone: 864 941 5540 Fax: 864-388-7887

Federal Programs

PO Box 248

Greenwood, SC 29648

Lori Cothern, Federal Programs Director

Telephone: 864 941 5430 Fax: 864-670-8478

Shannon Daniel, Secretary Telephone: 864-941-5410

Brandy Jones, Clerk Telephone: 864 941 5714

Parent Liaison Initial Tasks

• Select your Title I Committee*

• Pass out Orientation Packets

• Collect and tally Parent Orientation Evaluations

• Collect and compile Compact suggestions

• Schedule your first Title I/ SIC Meeting

• Send out 1st PTO meeting Invitations

*Please select your Title I Planning Committee as soon as possible. If it has not been formed before writing the compact, invite last year’s Title I team to meet. See appendix 3A 3D for info. Also see Appendix 10.

Upload:XXX_Planning_Sheet.pdf (Appendix 3D) to the Planning Team folder.

Title I Orientation

See Appendix 1A

Please distribute the Title I Parent Orientation Packets to the teachers. (Packets will be sent to liaisons at the school for distribution) This includes:

• Title I Overview

• Compact Suggestion Form

• District Parent Involvement Policy

• Parent’s Right to Know

• Parent Orientation Evaluation

• Calendars

• Sign-in Sheets for Each Teacher (Several Copies)

*Please make sure the Principal Orientation Invitation Letters include “Your child will be attending a Title I school this year. At our orientation, we will be conducting a Title I orientation to provide you information about programs included through this funding source. Detailed materials are available on the district webpage. Paper copies of this information will also be available at the meeting” See Appendix 1A.

Time Logs

See Appendix 4A and 4B

TitleILiaisonsarerequiredtocompleteamonthlytimelog.

Upload your Time Log on the 10th of each month to your Time Log folder.

Upload: XXX_Time Log_JUL.pdf to the Folder.

After Orientation:

Upload these documents as one file named XXX_Orientation.pdf to your Orientation folder in CRATE: 1. Orientation Invitation (principal letter mailed)

Copy of Orientation Packet provided to you

Agenda

Minutes

Orientation Evaluation Tally Results (Appendix 1B)

Sign in Sheets (At least 5 Classes)

Handouts 8. Signed Copies of Parent Involvement Policy (At least 5)

Suggestion Box

See Appendix 5A and 5B

Thesuggestionboxischeckedtwiceamonth.Please maintaintheresponsestothesuggestions/questions.

Upload the Suggestion Box sign-off Forms and Responses on the 10th of each month. Upload: XXX_SB Aug.pdf (each month)

Continue collection of compact suggestions, parent orientation evaluations, and District Parent Involvement Policies through Friday.

One

week

prior to the first PTO

: PTO / Title I Information Meeting Invitation sent to parents and

include the following agenda items:

Adoption of School Parent Involvement Policy or Adoption of the District Parent Involvement policy as school policy See Appendix 2A 2B for information

After 1st Title I/SIC & 1st PTO Meeting:

MustvoteontheCompactandParentInvolvementPolicyat PTOMeeting.

Upload these documents as one file named XXX_Compact.pdf to the Compact folder in CRATE:

1. Compact suggestion form from parents (Sample of about ten)

2. Compact Draft with signatures (Sample of ten)

3. Invitation to the PTO meeting where the Compact was distributed 4. Agendas to SIC & PTO Meetings 5. Minutes to SIC & PTO Meetings

6. Sign in sheet to the SIC & PTO Meetings

WIDA Standards

:

• Include WIDA Standards in your daily lessons on OnCourse by formulating language objectives and supports (accommodations) for your Multilingual learners.

• Teachers complete ILAP Accommodation Plans electronically using Enrich database. Utilize *WIDA Can Do Descriptors to provide appropriate accommodations for MLs using their language proficiency levels from ACCESS test.

* https://wida.wisc.edu/teach/can do/descriptors

LAK, MAT, MAY, WFD PTO Open House

Board Meeting 6:00 pm PowerSchool Clerks’ Meeting

PIN PTO Open House

Staff Meeting on Parental Involvement

See Appendix 6A 6B

Atanafternoonfacultymeeting,conductanin service session about effective waystocommunicateandinvolve parentsintheirstudent’seducation. Upload these documents as one file named XXX_PI_Mtg.pdf to your Parent Involvement folder in CRATE:

Parent Conferences

Elementary Parent Conferences will be held September 12th – 23rd.

Please be sure you keep a copy of the correspondence for invitations to the parent conferences.

Plan early for translation services for parents of ESOL students. Each principal has a list of available translators. During fall conferences with parents of EL students: Discuss ACCESS score reports and EL accommodation plans; - Academic performance in the classroom and goals for language development; Document contact in Enrich under Communication Log within ESOL program tab.

Remember to collect any translated items, all of the teacher Sign in Sheets (See Appendix 7), and Handouts given to the parents to include in your upload file next month.

Parenting Events

– Ongoing See Appendix 7

Obtaincopiesofallschoolordistrict wide events and file hardcopiesinyourParentingEventsfilefolder.

Upload these documents as one file named XXX_Parenting_1.pdf to your Parenting Event folder in CRATE:

1. Invitation to include topic, date, time, location etc. 2. Agenda to be given out at parenting event (even if virtual)

3. Sign-in sheets for parents to provide their child’s name virtual sign ins are fine but must include a time and date stamp. 4. Handouts given to parents or students 5. Evaluation

After Parent Conferences See

Appendix 7

Upload these documents as one file named XXX_Parent_Conf.pdf to your Parent Conferences folder in CRATE:

Invitation (English and Spanish)

Sign in Sheets from each teacher

Handouts (school and district handouts)

Be sure to file all hardcopies in your Parent Conference file.

The latest Testing Calendar is always available on the District website under the Department of Instruction.

Professional Development - Ongoing See Appendix 6A

Please maintain files on all professional development sessions and faculty meetings.

File the following items for each activity:

• Notices and/or reminders (if sent electronically, print and file a copy)

• Agenda

• Sign-in sheets

• Handouts

• Evaluation

File this is your Professional Development folder.

ML (Multilingual Learners)

Remember to schedule activities to target and involve families of ML students. These should go beyond informational meetings (e.g. heritage nights, literacy events for dual language learners). Be creative with some virtual ideas.

Upload your Sept Time Log and Suggestion Box Form

Parenting Events – Ongoing

Check your Parenting Events folder. If empty, have you missed collecting items?

Make sure you host at least one event that includes strategies to help parents monitor their child’s progress and work. Remember to plan additional parenting support for parents of MLP students.

Obtain copies of all school or district wide events:

• Invitation to include topic, date, time, location etc.

• Agenda to be given out at parenting event

• Sign-in sheets for parents to provide their child’s name

• Handouts given to parents or students

• Evaluation

Be sure to file all hardcopies in your Parent Conference file.

Upload these documents as one file named XXX_Parenting_2.pdf (or the number of the event) to your Parenting Event folder in CRATE.

PIN, WFD PTO Literacy Night

Board Meeting 6:00 pm

PowerSchool Clerks’ Meeting

Upcoming Schoolwide Parent Evaluations

Title I requires that parents have the opportunity to provide input into the Title I program where their child attends. The parent evaluation form will be printed in a brochure format and provide information on each school’s Title I program.

• One week prior to distribution, brochures will be delivered from printers to your school.

• Teacher instruction memo will arrive via email from the Title I Office.

• All evaluations should go home Monday, March 6, 2023.

• Final day to collect forms is Thursday, March 9, 2023.

Collection of Parent Evaluations

AllevaluationswillgohomeMonday,March 6,2023 and finaldaytocollectforms isThursday,March 9,2023.

• Liaison will manually tally responses on tally form.

• Enter tally results in Parent Evaluation Report.

• Write a narrative to accompany the report. This should include results and changes to be made to improve the parental involvement program.

• Copy of report and narrative is given to the principal.

• File the original responses, results tally, and copy of narrative in the Parent Evaluations folder. See Appendix 8.

• After you’ve had your Spring Title1/SIC Meeting where you discuss the results of the Parent Evaluations, you will upload all of these documents to CRATE as one file XXX_Parent_Eval.pdf to the Parent Evaluations folder.

3rd (Spring) Title I School Improvement Committee (SIC) Meeting See

Appendix 10

You will need to discuss the results of the Parent EvaluationswithyourTitle1/SICCommitteeduringthe SpringMeeting. Pleasescheduleaccordingly.

Upload these documents as one file named XXX_Title1_Mtg_3.pdf to the Title 1 SIC Meeting folder in CRATE: 1. Invitation to the Title 1 SIC Meeting

Distribution List of Members

Agenda of Meeting

Sign-in Sheet of Meeting

Minutes of the Meeting

Parent Evaluation Tally Form

Parent Evaluation Written Summary

Any additional handouts

Annual English Language Development Assessment ACCESS 2.0 test for ML students

Please remember to collect and provide this information for the district annual MLP program evaluation:

• Lesson plans must have WIDA standards (language objectives) and ML accommodations (OnCourse).

• Document awards, sports, and club participation for ML students.

• Document collaboration with the MLP teacher/MLP school contact.

• Document SIT Team Meetings for ML students.

• Document remediation services for the ML population (afterschool, tutoring, Saturday school, etc.)

• MLP services provided (include student names, schedules, types of service)

• Maintain copies of parent communications.

• Document school wide initiatives for ML parent involvement.

Send parent Evaluations home with Students Upload your Feb Time Log and Suggestion Box F

PTO Spring Performance

Teacher Consultation and Input

The teacher consultation and input is a survey that will be completed by teachers through access on the district web page.

Instructions for completing the survey should be given at a faculty meeting during the week of April 11, 2023. All certified staff should complete the survey by Friday, April 28, 2023.

The Title I Office will provide the District Liaison with the compiled results of the survey. The Title I Office will provide a printed, color copy of the report to the School Liaison and the School Principal.

Upon receipt of the results, the liaison should write a summary of the results, not to exceed one page.

Summaries are sent to the Title I Office and your principal. School Liaisons will file a copy of the summary with the Teacher Consultation and Input Report in the Teacher Consultation and Input Report file folder. (Please submit an electronic and signed copy of the summary to the Title I Office.)

You must discuss the results of the Teacher Consultations ataFacultyMeetingandincludethedocumentationfrom themeetinginyouruploadtoCrate. Schedule accordingly.

The completed files should be uploaded to Crate as one file named XXX_Tchr_Consult.pdf to your Teacher Consultation folder on or before Friday, May 12, 2023.

MLP Survey

• Send out the MLP survey to parents of ML students.

• Conduct the annual school MLP program evaluation (administration and MLP staff).

Board Meeting 6:00 pm (Tentative)

Upload your Mar Time Log and Suggestion Box Form

Teacher Consultation and Input instructions arrive

PowerSchool Clerks’ Meeting

Teacher Consultation and Input

Afacultymeetingisneededtoprovideinformationto teachers/staffabouttheteacherconsultationprocess.

Upload the results from your Parent Evaluations on or before Friday,May 12,2023.

Upload these documents as one file named XXX_Tchr_Consult.pdf to your Teacher Consultation folder in CRATE:

Agenda of the Faculty Meeting (Required)

Identify the people in each position in your school and explain services mentioned in the survey.

Minutes from Faculty(Required)

Sign in Sheet (Required)

Copy of the Consultation forms (Required)

Tally the Results (Required)

Narrative of the survey (Required)

Download the Results (Required)

Agenda, Sign-in, Minutes of a follow-up meeting to share results (Optional)

Destruction of Records

Destruction of Records form needs to be sent to the Title I Office.

Our full retention schedule is posted on the district webpage in the section of Federal Programs.

Disposition Policy for Materials Purchased from Federal Programs

All materials over $100.00 are part of the inventory system for Federal Programs.

As an item is received, it is tagged with a district tag number and entered into the inventory system at the District Office. For large quantity purchases that require an electronic bar code system, those items are barcoded and inventoried annually at the school level with the current Media Center inventory software.

Each year on a specified date by the Federal Programs Department, a reconciliation process is completed for each school. A computer generated list is provided to the principals at the school level by the district for use in the inventory.

End of year reconciliation reports are provided by the Media Specialist at each school for other inventoried kits or books.

Any missing materials will be reported on a policy report for documentation of loss.

During the year, any materials that are damaged should be reported to the Federal Programs Department. The item along with the appropriate form for disposal will be sent to the District Office.

Any technology equipment that is damaged will be submitted to the IT Department for evaluation and final confirmation of disposal.

Board Meeting 6:00 pm (Tentative)

MAY PTO Multicultural Night PIN Spring Concert

MAYs Awards Day 1st 4th AM

MAYs K5 Celebration 6pm

PowerSchool Clerks’ Meeting

MAT Literacy Night

Files

Please make sure all Title I files are up to date and boxed with an identifying year and description on the outside of the box. Storage boxes and labels are provided by the Title I Office.

Principals should send the name of the liaison for the upcoming school year to the Title I Coordinator by June 6, 2023.

Title I Orientation 2022-2023

Title I Orientation

1. Letter from Principal inviting parents to Open House needs to include something like this: Your child will be attending a Title I school this year. At our orientation, we will be conducting a Title I orientation to provide you information about programs included through this funding source. Detailed materials are available on the district webpage. Paper copies of this information will also be available at the meeting. Our Agenda items will include:

• District Parent Involvement policy

• Input into the school compact

• Review of the FY23 Title I plan

• Opportunities for input process

Below is a sample script for your Orientation:

You received notification in the mail about our Title I program. If you were unable to access the link referenced in the mailing, you have received a copy of that today. I would like to emphasize a few items:

Parent involvement is an important part of the Title I program. You have a copy of several forms that we would request that you complete and return to your child’s classroom teacher.

• The District Parent Involvement policy was included for your review. Please make any suggestions to that policy and then complete the signature portion of the form. At our first PTO meeting, we will present a final copy of this plan and will also discuss the adoption of the District Parent Involvement Policy as our School Policy.

• The School Compact Suggestion form: This is your opportunity to give input into ways that we can work together this year to provide your child with a quality educational program. We will compile these suggestions and present a DRAFT of our school compact to you at the first PTO on …….

• The last form is an evaluation of the Title I letter and meeting today. We welcome any suggestions to make this process better.

• In addition, we have a Title I Parent Calendar that contains information about the Title I program and provides tips about ways to help your child at home.

• Please be sure you sign in today on the sheets that are located…

Orientation Evaluation Tally

Greenwood School District 50 Title I Schoolwide Program

enter school name______ Elementary School 2022-2023

A. Enter the total number of YES or NO responses beside each Parent Orientation Meeting agenda item that was addressed by the Title I newsletter and/or through the school presentation.

YES NO

1. Were you made to feel welcome?

2. Did you find it helpful to receive information about the Schoolwide program prior to the orientation meeting?

3. Did you access the information via the website prior to the meeting?

4. Do you feel the Title I calendars provide useful information?

5. Did you receive enough information about the following activities?

Reading Coach

Early Childhood Program District Parent Involvement Plan MLL program Parent Involvement Professional development plan Positions funded by Title I

6. Were you satisfied with the answers to questions that were asked?

7. Was the classroom visit helpful?

8. Was enough time devoted to each topic?

POOR FAIR GOOD

9. How do you rate the meeting as a whole?

B. Provide a sampling of comments, questions, suggestions, or recommendations that were received regarding the Schoolwide program.

Parent and School Compact Suggestions Tally <School Name> Elementary School 2022-2023

Title I supports schools and families working together to improve the learning environment for children. We want the school and home to develop a compact. The compact serves as a written agreement between the home and school concerning the responsibilities or promises that each will make to provide the best learning opportunities for the students. We are asking your help in the development of our school compact by offering suggestions for three responsibilities or promises.

1. What is one responsibility/promise the school should make for your family?

2. What is one responsibility/promise your family should make for the school?

3. What is one responsibility/promise your child should make for his/her school?

Title I 2022-2023

The week of July 25-29, 2022, is the final week to collect the Parent and School Compact Suggestions forms. The Title I Liaison should have received a sufficient number of surveys from parents for the School Compact. The information below details the process that will need to occur before the first PTO meeting.

• Liaison will tally the responses from the surveys (file originals and tally upload a copy of the tally to the Title I Crate program)

• Send out an invitation to your SIC/Title I Schoolwide Planning Committee to discuss/write the compact that will be presented at the first PTO meeting/Open House. (You may have already put a compact in draft form prior to the Title I committee meeting. Parents just have to have input and sign before presenting to the full school.)

• Before the first PTO meeting

o Include an invitation to parents that has the following agenda items:  Presentation and approval of School Title I Compact  Final approval of the District Title I Parent Involvement Plan

Adoption of the School Parent Involvement Plan

• The latest School Compact example sent to us by the SDE is included. Please mark it as a draft upon the first submission at the PTO meeting.

School Parent Compact

<School Name> Elementary School <School Address> <City>, South Carolina

<School Name> and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards. This School Parent Compact is in effect during school year 2022 2023

School Responsibilities

(name of school) will:

1. Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the State’s student academic achievement standards as follows:

(Describe how the school will provide high quality curriculum and do so in a supportive and effective learning community)

2. Hold Parents teacher conferences during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement

(Describe when the parent teacher conference will be held and material to be covered)

3. Provide parents with frequent reports on their child’s progress. Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows:

(Describe when and how the school will provide reports to parents)

4. Provide parents reasonable access to staff. Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows:

(Describe when, where, and how staff will be available for consultation with parents)

5. Provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and to observe classroom activities, as follows: (Describe when and how parents may volunteer, participate, and observe classroom activities)

Parent Responsibilities

We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways: (Describe the ways in which they will support children’s learning such as: Monitoring attendance Homework completion Monitoring the amount of TB Volunteering

Promoting positive ways to use child’s extracurricular time Etc.)

Student Responsibilities

We, as students, will share the responsibility to improve our academic achievement and achieve the state’s high standards. Specifically we will: (Describe ways students will support their academic achievement)

In Addition, the school will also: (every school will have this section at the end of their compact)

1. Involve parents in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s parent involvement policy, in an organized, ongoing, and timely manner.

2. Involve parents in the joint development of any schoolwide program plan, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way.

3. Hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school’s participation in Title I Part A programs, and to explain the Title I, Part A requirements, and the rights of parents to be involved. The meeting will be held each year at the back to school orientation meeting.

4. Provide information to parents of participating students in an understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon the request of parents with disabilities, and, to the extent practicable, in a language that parents can understand.

5. Provide to the parents of participating children information in a timely manner about Title I, Part A programs that includes a description and explanation of the school’s curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure children’s progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.

6. Provide a school suggestion box to allow parents the opportunity to formulate suggestions and to participate in decisions about the education of their children.

7. Provide to each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the sate assessment in at least math, language arts and reading.

8. Provide each parent timely notice when their child has been assigned or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified within the meaning of the term in section 200.56 of the Title I Final regulations (67 Red. Reg. 71710, December 2, 2002).

The compact was written with the consideration of the recommendations submitted by the parents of <School Name> Elementary School. Submitted for approval by: The Title I/School Improvement Committee List names and obtain signatures (initials may be used for the draft).

Member Name Signature Role

Parent Parent

Community Member Community Member Teacher Teacher Principal

Title I Coordinator here Local Administrator Guidance counselor or case manager here Pupil Services Personnel

Technical Assistance Provider Other School Personnel Other School Personnel Other (not required) Other (not required) Other (not required)

Parent signature of support and approval Date

Student signature of support and approval Date

I would like to make the following suggestions for revision: ________________________________________________

Parent signature Date

Meeting the Requirement of Title I Schoolwide Program Planning Team by Considering School Improvement Council Members

Title I Schoolwide Programs

Title I Requirement Must be Addressed

South Carolina School Improvement Councils

State Requirement (http://sic.sc.gov)

Parents Parents (elected)

Teachers Teachers (elected)

Students, in a secondary school

Students, grades 9 12 required (elected) Middle school students optional

Principal Principal, Ex Officio Member *

Community Members

Representatives of business, civic or service organizations (appointed by principal) and

May be agencies representing medical, social service, law enforcement and others also considered in community category

Local Agency Administrators (Include other Federal Programs)

Pupil Services Personnel If appropriate (guidance counselor, social worker, etc.)

May be elected as part of teacher category or when appropriate designated as ex officio

May be agencies representing such as medical, social service, or mental health

May be elected as part of teacher category or when appropriate designated as ex officio

Technical Assistance Provider(s) (SSI Hub, Teacher Specialists, higher education IHE, etc.)

Other School Staff

May be elected as part of teacher category or when appropriate designated as ex officio

* Ex officio members may also include:

PTA/PTO president,

Volunteer coordinator,

Title I parent advisory chair,

Business partner,

Booster Club president,

Teacher of the Year, and

Last year's SIC Chair

Instructions for SIC/Title I Schoolwide Planning Team

A new form is attached for your use when your Title I/School Improvement Council Schoolwide Planning Team meets in 2022 2023 Do not change the order of the “Role” column. This directive comes from the South Carolina Department of Education. This page will meet the requirement of (1) obtaining signatures of those present at each meeting, and (2) having a place for the principal’s signature to document the meeting.

Also included is a form that will allow you to list your committee names, addresses, and other pertinent information. This list is an attachment to EVERY invitation you send to members.

Also included is a page from the SCDE web page titled, “Meeting the Requirement of Title I Schoolwide Program Planning Team by Considering School Improvement Council Members.” I hope this will assist you in assigning or electing committee members for this year.

Since the annual Title I meeting is in August and the election of the School Improvement Council is not until later, please invite the 2021 22 Title I/SIC committee to provide input for the school parent compact for 2022 23 You will need to note in the minutes of the meeting that the FY22 committee worked on the compact pending selection of the FY23 Title I planning team.

There can be no dual roles. Keep in mind the following guidelines:

Parents cannot be teachers or community members

Community Members cannot be teachers or parents

Teachers cannot be parents or community members

Principal principal of the school must be a member of the Title I SW Planning Team

Local Agency Administrator Lori Cothen, Federal Programs Director Pupil Service Personnel guidance counselor, social worker, etc. Technical Assistance Providers academic coaches, teacher specialists, higher education personnel, consultant

Other School Staff Staff other than teachers Other (not required)-- members of the SIC would be entered here; there can be more than one.

Thank you for working with the Title I staff and your principal to meet these guidelines.

C: Elementary Principal

Sign-In

SIC/Title I Schoolwide Planning Team <SCH NAME> Elementary School <SCH ADDRESS> Greenwood, SC

Year Title I School Liaison

Date Time

Member Name Signature Role

Parent Parent Community Member Community Member Teacher Teacher Principal

Title I Coordinator here Local Administrator

Guidance counselor or case manager here

Pupil Services Personnel Technical Assistance Provider Other School Personnel Other School Personnel Other (not required) Other (not required) Other (not required)

I verify the meeting shown above and document the attendance of those whose signatures are given.

Date Principal Signature

Distribution List

SIC/Title I Schoolwide Planning Committee <SCH NAME> Elementary School <SCH ADDRESS> Greenwood, SC

Year Title I School Liaison

Member Name Address City St Zip Phone Number(s)

Role

Parent Parent Community Member Community Member Teacher Teacher Principal Local Administrator Pupil Services Personnel Technical Assistance Provider Other School Personnel Other School Personnel Other (not required)

Date Principal Signature

Employee Name:

Title I Position: Liaison Location: School Year: 2022-2023

FTE:

TOTAL

Suggestion Box Procedures

Title I Parenting Greenwood School District 50

1. The suggestion box is placed in a prominent location for parents to see it and have the opportunity to complete a suggestion card.

2. Suggestion cards and writing utensils are kept along with the suggestion box.

3. The suggestion box is checked twice a month by the Title I School Liaison.

4. A copy of completed cards should be given to the principal for a response. Request a copy of the response from the principal and maintain it along with the original suggestion card as documentation.

5. After checking the box twice a month, the suggestion box form is completed with a “yes” if suggestions were made and “no” if none were found.

6. At the end of each month, a copy of the suggestion box form is uploaded to the Title I Crate program. (Note: Form is checked twice but uploaded once.)

7. At the end of the school year, the principal signs the original suggestion box form. The School Liaison will file the original, and upload a copy of the signed form, along with a copy of the parents’ suggestions and reply or replies, to the Title I Crate.

8. The School Liaison should file the documentation appropriately in the Title I parenting files.

Title I Suggestion Box

Sign-off Verification and Responses

School

Liaison

Check Box Dates

Suggestions (circle)

July 30, 2022 YES NO

August 15, 2022 YES NO

August 30, 2022 YES NO

September 15, 2022 YES NO

September 30, 2022 YES NO

October 15, 2022 YES NO

October 30, 2022 YES NO

November 15, 2022 YES NO

November 30, 2022 YES NO

December 15, 2022 YES NO

January 15, 2023 YES NO

January 30, 2023 YES NO

February 15, 2023 YES NO

February 28, 2023 YES NO

March 15, 2023 YES NO

March 30, 2023 YES NO

April 15, 2023 YES NO

April 30, 2023 YES NO

May 15, 2023 YES NO

June 2, 2023 YES NO

Response

If YES, file suggestion and response in folder.

Parent Liaison Signature

Date Sent to DO (check 2x month; send once)

Note: Original signed sheet along with copies of the suggestions and replies are due to the DO on June 6, 2023. Principal’s signature is required in June 2022 only.

Date

Principal’s Signature

Title I Professional Development Sign-In Greenwood School District 50

School Date Time to

Name of Activity

Facilitator/Presenter

Teacher Name Grade Level

Title I Parental Involvement

When receiving Title I federal funds the government requires the district to implement programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of parents in the Title I program. Districts must plan and implement these programs, activities, and procedures with meaningful consultation with parents of children participating in Title I programs.

Each school and district receiving assistance must ensure effective involvement of parents and support a partnership among the school, the parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement through training, information, and coordination activities. Joint responsibilities include:

Assistance and training for parents

Parent literacy and education

Assisting parents to work with their children

Parents volunteering in classrooms

Training school staff to work with parents Maximizing parental participation

Community involvement

Project Appleseed offers “The Six Slices Our Standards for Parental Involvement.”

Slice 1 VOLUNTEERING Slice 2 PARENTING Slice 3 COMMUNICATING Slice 4 LEARNING AT HOME Slice 5 DECISION MAKING Slice 6 COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY

VOLUNTERING Goal: recruit and organize parent help and support

PARENTING Goal: help all families establish home environments to support children as students.

COMMUNICATING Goal: design more effective forms of school to home and home to school communications with all families each year about school programs and their children’s progress.

LEARNING AT HOME Goal: provide information and ideas to families about how to help students at home with homework and other curricular related activities, decisions, and planning.

DECISION MAKING Goal: include parents in school decisions, developing parent leaders and representatives.

COLLABRATING WITH COMMUNITY Goal: identify and integrate resources and services from the community to strengthen school programs, family practices, and student learning and development.

Title I Parental Involvement

Although all six slices are important, in reading other articles and parenting information, the first focus is on communication. Our focus for now is communication

We must partner with the people ultimately responsible for the children in our care. The first step is to keep parents informed and sooner than later!

Parents want to know the minute their child begins to have behavior or academic difficulties so they can begin to work on those issues at home and support what you are doing at school. If parents have gone weeks without a word from you, and all of a sudden they receive a phone call stating that their child is failing, it’s folly to expect their support. But an early “praise” or “good reasons” phone call about their child and what the class is doing often prevents problems later on. Phone calls are not the only way to keep parents informed of what’s happening in the classroom.

Newsletters outline what you will be teaching, upcoming special events or deadlines plus other information you want to share. Including an activity parents can do at home reinforces what is being taught in class. You might also include study tips.

Academic planners are an excellent two way communication tool when the teacher encourages parents to respond in the planner.

School visits help parents feel more involved in their children’s lives. See helpful parents not as a burden to be endured, but as a great asset to be appreciated and encouraged.

Interest surveys about each child conducted at the beginning of the year give good information. It is interesting to see how the parent’s perceptions of their child differ from the child’s perception of himself.

Maintaining a Web site provides important information and resources for parents and students. Emails allow the teacher to compose her message as well as giving her a written record of the contact.

Face to face meetings with every student’s parents and setting a target date for completion are a great way to communicate and keep parents in the loop.

An opening letter to parents from the teacher sharing her philosophy of education as well as sharing some appropriate personal items (one teacher introduced her cats in her letter).

A group voice mail every Friday to every parent is one teacher’s weekly contact to summarize what the class accomplished and the goals for the upcoming week.

Communicating with parents turns them into advocates for the teacher and her students a helpful resource rather than a dreaded hindrance. In short, teacher and parent become partners. The winner of that partnership is the student!

Information obtained from: http://www.projectappleseed.org/chklst.html

Education World® Professional Development Center: Linda Starr: Parents and Teachers Working Together

Education World® Professional Development Center: Emma McDonald: Developing Positive Parent Partnerships

2022-2023 Title I Parental Involvement Professional Development Evaluation

Please evaluate the following by using a 5 point Likert Scale

1. Strongly Agree 2. Agree 3. Not Sure 4. Disagree 5. Strongly Disagree

Circle your level of agreement

1. This professional development session has informed you about programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of parents in the Title I program.

2. This professional development session has provided ideas to effectively involve parents, the school, and the community in improving student academic achievement.

3. This professional development session has provided ways to actively involve parents in an on going way to keep them informed of their child’s progress.

Additional Comments:

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Sign-In Title I Schoolwide Program Greenwood School District 50 Date Title I Activity School Teacher

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Thank you for coming to the Title I event. Please sign below.

Parent(s)/Guardian(s) Name Name of Child

(School Name)

FY2023 Parent Evaluation Tally Form

(Fill in with Parent Evaluation Totals and Comments)

1. The instruction my child receives at (School Name) is: Excellent Good Fair Poor

2. If your child participates in an afterschool program or intersession days during the school day, please answer the following:

The assistance my child receives in the afterschool program is: (only answer if they attended)

Excellent Good Fair Poor

The assistance my child receives on the intersession days is: (only answer if they attended)

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3. The information I receive about helping my child at home is:

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4. The information I receive about my child’s progress throughout the school year is: Excellent Good Fair Poor

5. The parent involvement program (PTA/PTO meetings, teacher/parent conferences, Open House, Family Nights, etc.) is:

Excellent Good Fair Poor

If you have other suggestions for parent involvement activities that would benefit you or your child, please list those in section 8.

6. The parent calendar is provided to give you information about key events and information. Please rate the effectiveness of the calendar for that purpose:

Excellent Good Fair Poor

7. Listed below are possible barriers that may have prevented you from participating in the parent involvement program. Check any barriers that apply.

Work Health problems Schedule of activities

Transportation Internet/Computer Access Family responsibilities

Other (please list)

8. Write any other recommendations and/or comments that you think will make the instructional and parenting programs better and will help us as we plan for next year.

Title I Program

Teacher Consultation and Input

Federal regulations require teacher consultation and input as part of the planning process for the Title I program. Your assistance is needed to obtain this information. Since your school is served as a schoolwide Title I project, all certified staff complete the survey. This year the survey will be done electronically again. This will eliminate the use of paper and the manual tallying of the results.

The survey can also be found at the Greenwood School District 50 site under “Departments”, “Federal Programs” and then “Surveys.”

A faculty meeting will need to be held no later than the week of April 4th, during which the process for teacher consultation and input is explained A sign-in sheet and an agenda of the meeting is required. (You may complete the form attached to use for your sign in.) All certified staff should complete the survey by Friday, April 28, 2023.

The results of the survey for your school will be provided to you by the Title I Office the first week of May. The summary is written by the School Liaison after receiving the survey report. The summary of the survey will need to be uploaded electronically to the Title I Crate program by Friday, May 12, 2023.

If you have questions, contact Lori Cothern in the Title I office at 941 5430 or by email at cothernL@gwd50.org.

Elementary School

Title I Planning/School Improvement Team Fall Agenda

Fall Meeting Date:

School Compact

Review of input from parents Development of School Compact Process for dissemination

Adoption of a School Parent Involvement Policy

Review of District Parent Involvement Policy Suggestions for School Policy

Schoolwide Programs

Update on schoolwide plan Data & Title I Orientation Survey Results School Improvement/AYP status

Questions or Input

Title I Planning/School Improvement Team Winter Agenda

Winter Meeting Date: Parent Involvement

Use of funds for parenting activities Parent Nights

Suggestions for Parent Events

Evaluation of Parent Involvement Activities Survey summary

Parental Input

Suggestion Box policy

Schoolwide Programs

Update on schoolwide plan Questions or Suggestions Select date for parent meeting for Title I plan

Title I Planning/School Improvement Team Spring Agenda Spring Meeting Date:

Title I Schoolwide Plan

Review and evaluation of current plan Needs Assessment

End of the Year Parent Survey

Schoolwide plan considerations and development: Extended school year Before and after-school Summer programs Opportunity for questions and input