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Title: AN AGREEMENT FOR SUCCESS: Title I Parent/School Compacts


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AN AGREEMENT FOR SUCCESS Title I Parent/School
Compacts
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Compacts Definition
TITLE I SECTION 1118
  • SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HIGH STUDENT ACADEMIC
    ACHIEVEMENT.
  • As a component of the school-level parental
    involvement policy developed each school served
    under this part shall jointly develop with
    parents for all children served under this part a
    school-parent compact that outlines how parents,
    the entire school staff, and 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 to
    help children achieve the States high standards.

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What needs to be included?
  • describe the schools responsibility to provide
    high quality
  • curriculum and instruction in a supportive and
    effective
  • learning environment that enables the children
    served under
  • this part to meet the States student academic
    achievement
  • standards,
  • and the ways in which each parent will be
    responsible
  • for supporting their childrens learning, such as
    monitoring
  • attendance, homework completion, and television
    watching
  • volunteering in their childs classroom and
    participating, as
  • appropriate, in decisions relating to the
    education of their
  • children and positive use of extracurricular
    time

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In Simpler Terms
  • Compacts are a job description that defines the
    jobs of the school, the parents (and sometimes
    the student) in order to ensure that the student
    receives and achieves the best possible education.

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Purpose of Compacts
  • Process vs. Outcome
  • Open Communication
  • Parents can understand the school system better
  • Teachers can understand the needs of parents
    better
  • Students can understand their responsibilities
  • Creating a team to support every student.

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TEAM EDUCATION
Teacher
School
Principal
Title I
Aides
Student
Community Agencies
PDE
Parent
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STARTING LINEUP
  • Team EDUCATION

School
Parents
Teachers
Student
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CREATING A COMPACT TEAM
Who Should Be Included?
  • Parents (required)
  • Teachers (required)
  • Optional
  • Students
  • Administrators
  • Community Members
  • Libraries
  • Businesses
  • Faith Based Organizations
  • Community Organizations

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GETTING STARTED
Understanding the Challenges Facing Education
Today
  • NCLB Goal
  • All Students at Proficient or Advanced on the PA
    System of School Assessment (PSSA) by 2014
  • Issues currently facing our school
  • Issues currently facing our parents
  • Issues currently facing our community

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Goals for Educating our Children
  • Discussion Questions
  • Parents What do you want for your child as they
    go through school?
  • Parents What goals do you have for your child
    after they graduate?
  • Teachers What do you want for your students as
    they go through your classroom this year?
  • Teachers What do you want for their future?

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What Do We Expect From Each Other?
  • All parents and teachers want to ensure that
    every child is
  • Healthy
  • Safe
  • Engaged in Learning
  • Supported by Caring Adults
  • Exposed to a Challenging Curriculum (includes
    arts, music and other essential courses)
  • From The Whole Child (cite website)

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DEVELOPING OUR COMPACT
  • Compacts are required to address three areas for
    families and the school to work together
  • Student learning and high achievement
  • Effective and frequent communication between
    school and home and
  • Building capacity for the family/school
    partnership through volunteering and training.

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Student Learning High Achievement
  • Discussion Questions
  • What does our current compact include to address
    student learning and high achievement?
  • Parents
  • What do you see happening in your childs school
    and/or classroom to support this topic?
  • What can parents do at home and school to help
    students achieve?
  • Are there any other things we can add to the
    compact?

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Student Learning High Achievement
  • Discussion Questions
  • School
  • What can teacher/school do at school to help
    students achieve?
  • What are the teacher/school responsibilities in
    the compact?
  • Are there any other things we can add to the
    compact?

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Student Learning and High Achievement
  • Suggestions for Compact
  • Schools responsibility includes offering a
    rigorous and challenging academic program be
    specific in what your school offers here
  • School agrees to provide training for parents on
    ways to help them help their children at home.
  • Parents agree to monitor homework completion and
    send students to school prepared to learn and on
    time.
  • Parents agree to support learning at home by
    reading with their children every night or
    whatever is agreed upon at this meeting

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Effective and Frequent Communication Between
Home/School
  • Discussion Questions
  • What does our current compact include that
    relates to communication between the home and
    school?
  • Parents What do you see happening in your
    childs classroom to support this?
  • Teachers/School What do you see happening from
    parents to support communication?
  • Define effective communication.
  • Define frequent communication.
  • Are those definitions reflected in the current
    compact?
  • Is it enough? Do the parents feel that they are
    kept in the loop of their childs progress in
    school? Do teachers feel that they are getting
    enough parent support?

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Effective and Frequent Communication Between
Home/School
Suggestions for compacts
  • Suggestions for Compact
  • School agrees to communicate frequently (define
    frequently) with families about student progress
    through agreed upon methods i.e., email, phone
    calls, newsletters, etc..
  • Parents agree to attend at least one
    parent-teacher conference each year, or email
    teacher with questions, etc.

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Building Capacity through Volunteering and
Training
  • Discussion Questions
  • Identify activities that parents could volunteer
    for or be trained to help their children do
    better in school.
  • Are there opportunities for parents to be
    involved at a governance level at this school?
    How and what?
  • How can we get more parents involved? What are
    the barriers? How are we eliminating them?

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Building Capacity through Volunteering and
Training
  • Suggestions for Compact
  • School agrees to involve parents in school
    governance by..
  • Teachers will train parents on these strategies
    to help their children do better in school
  • Parents agree to volunteer at least ___ hours a
    year at the school.

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USING THE COMPACT
  • Moves the Compact from a Planning Document to an
    Action Document
  • Get the Word Out!
  • School Newsletter
  • Weekly Lunch Menus
  • Web Sites
  • Email
  • Listserv
  • Schools Voice Mail System
  • Mailing
  • Local Newspaper
  • Community Events
  • Special School Events

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USING THE COMPACT
  • Use the Compact in All Parts of Your School
    Program
  • DISCUSS STUDENT PROGRESS AT PARENT-TEACHER
    CONFERENCES (required by NCLB)
  • Help launch programs for family involvement
  • Support training for teachers and other staff to
    work with families
  • Complement School Improvement Plans
  • Help partners discuss their responsibilities in
    meeting the goals of the school

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EVALUATING THE RESULTS
How do you know whether or not your compact is
working?
  • Schools are required to review the compacts each
    year to determine if they are effective and to
    make changes, if needed
  • Parents must be involved
  • Need to more than whether it is in place
  • Need to know whats working and whats not

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Resources
  • US Department of Education
  • www.ed.gov
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Title I Legislation
  • (Section 1118 Compacts)
  • Project Appleseed (National Campaign for Public
    School Improvement
  • www.projectappleseed.org
  • PA Academic Standards
  • PA Department of Education
  • www.pde.state.pa.us

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