BURTON ISD
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
POLICY
Statement
of Purpose
Burton
ISD is dedicated to providing the highest quality education possible for every
student in our district. To accomplish
this objective, the district will develop and maintain partnerships with
parents/guardians, patrons, and community members; moreover, the district will
involve parents/guardians in all aspects of the various local, state, and
federal programs offered in
Burton
ISD. The district believes that
establishing and maintaining open lines of communication will expand and
enhance learning opportunities and create the best learning environment for
every child.
Parent
Involvement in Policy Development
Burton
(DEIC) District Educational Improvement Committee is comprised of parents,
members of the community, teachers, para-professional, the school principals,
and the district superintendent. This
committee will discuss the design and implementation of the
Burton
ISD Parent Involvement Policy.
The
DEIC will actively recruit volunteers for the advisory committee through
various avenues of publicity. Committee
selections will produce a diverse parent population that will include all
student groups serviced by the district.
Non English speaking parents will be involved and the committee will
make every effort to arrange for translators to help with communication. Meetings will be planned at convenient times
and locations for all members of the committee.
Annual
Meeting for Title 1 Parents/Guardians
Burton
ISD uses local and Title 1 funds to provide school-wide services for all
students.
Burton
ISD will hold at least one meeting annually to review Title 1 guidelines and
services
offered
through the district. Copies of the
district’s Parent Involvement Policy and the Parent-Student-Teacher Compact
will be distributed to everyone at the beginning of each school year and at
this meeting. Parents will be encouraged
to become involved in the revising and updating the policy as necessary and
parent volunteers will be recruited for the various district committee
appointments.
The
meeting will be held at a convenient time and location; notice of the meeting
will be provided through written invitations to parent/guardians and through
public notices. Attempts will be made to
have translators available to help with Non-English speaking parents/guardians.
Parent-Student-Teacher
Compacts
In
accordance with Title 1 regulations, the Burton DEIC has developed and will
annually update a parent-student-teacher compact. This compact will provide an outline to
enable the school and parents/guardians to share responsibility for student
performance and success. This compact
explains how students, parents/guardians, and staff will share responsibility
for promoting student achievement.
The
compacts are designed so that the student, parents, and teachers can sign this
compact. Students and parents are
encouraged to discuss the contents of the compact. They are also encouraged to sign that they
are in agreement with the compact and return them to the school.
Parental
Involvement Opportunities
Burton
ISD will support many varied ways of parental involvement as it strives to
develop and maintain an optimum learning environment for all students:
·
Translators will be provided, if available, for
parents when needed.
·
Information will be provided in other languages
when needed.
·
Parents may contribute through volunteer
programs.
·
Parents may contribute by creating a supportive
home environment.
·
Parents are invited to participate in
parent-teacher conferences.
·
Parents are invited to help plan and conduct
parties and field trips.
·
Parents may participate by attending school
meetings (Title 1, Special Education, planning sessions, student programs).
·
Parents are invited to serve on committees (DEIC
& CEIC).
·
Parents are surveyed to get their input about
school.
·
Parents are invited to eat meals with their
children at school.
·
Parents are invited to attend PTO/Booster Club
meetings.
·
Parents are invited to attend and participate in
Career Day.
·
Parents are invited to attend our Family
Education Night.
·
Parents will pick up Report Cards once each
semester.
Staff
and Parent Communication
Parent/guardians
will be informed of school activities through various avenues of communication
throughout the school year. They will be
consulted in the design, development, and implementation of the Title 1
program. Parents will be invited to
participate in workshops and staff development programs will be tailored to
meet the unique student and parental needs of the Burton community.
Newsletters,
teacher notes, the school marquee, conferences, personal contacts, phone calls,
teacher/district websites, and written notices will be used to establish and
maintain open lines of communication with parents/guardians.
Burton
staff members will be trained in positive communication activities as well as
effective ways to work with parents, students, and members of the
community. Burton ISD staff will
maintain a record of parent contacts throughout the school year.
At the
beginning of each year, each teacher will distribute learning goals and
objectives
(TAKS)
to the parents of each of their students.
All students will be expected to work toward mastering these goals and
objectives. Burton ISD recognizes the
fact that some students will need modifications, accommodations, and/or extra
assistance to achieve their full potential.
These will be provided to students through the Title 1 Program, Special
Education Program
(as
applicable), and/or other educational services offered through the district or
through district contracts.
Evaluation
The
DEIC will review and evaluate all aspects of the parent involvement
program. Parent surveys, including
questions about the effectiveness of the program will be distributed and the
results tabulated. Teacher surveys and
teacher contact records will be used to determine the number and kind of
interaction between school and parents.
The DEIC will revise the
District
Parent Involvement Policy based on the results of this annual review.