Board of Education
Beaverton Rural Schools
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE
SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Board of Education believes that durable
and significant learning by a student is more likely to occur
when there is an effective partnership between the school and
the student’s parents/guardians (“parents”).
Such a partnership means a mutual belief in and commitment to
significant education goals for a student, a plan for the means
to accomplish those goals, cooperation on developing and implementing
solutions to problems that may be encountered, and continuing
communication regarding the progress in accomplishing the goal(s).
To this end, parents should be meaningfully involved in:
A. developing and implementing appropriate
strategies for helping their child achieve the learning objectives
that lead to accomplishing the learning outcomes;
B. providing a school and home environment
which encourages learning and augments, at home, the learning
experiences provided by the school.
The Board is committed to communicating to
parents at a level and in a language they can understand, where
practicable.
The Board through this policy directs the establishment
of a parent involvement plan by which a school-parent partnership
can be established and provided to the parent of each child
in the District. The plan must encompass parent participation,
through meetings and other forms of communication. The Parental
Involvement Plan shall be distributed to all parents and students
through publication in the Student Handbook or other suitable
means.
The Superintendent shall direct the development
of a Parent Involvement Plan for the District (with building/program
specific goals as desired) which may include, among others,
the following strategies:
A. During Kindergarten Parent Meeting inform
first time parents of the
District parent involvement plan. A positive invitation in
language
understandable to the parents will be given to explain the
District’s
commitment and the parent’s right to be involved in
the educational
process of their child.
B. Provide child’s individual assessment
results, reading results, progress reports, report cards,
parent conferences.
C. Provide a description and explanation
of the curriculum in use at the District, the form of assessment
used to measure student progress and the proficiency levels
students are expected to meet. The District will also provide
each school’s discipline plan along with a tardy plan.
D. Arrange flexible scheduled parent/teacher
conferences and parent
requested conferences.
E. Post PTO meetings, and parent involvement
meetings on the District website bulletin boards and /or send
home notices with students.
F. Publish District and School Newsletters(s)
informing parents about the parent involvement plan and other
events at the school(s). This newsletter will also send a
positive invitation to parents to participate in various activities
while providing parents information at a glance about scheduled
District and school meetings and activities.
G. Send home a parent-student-teacher compact
that outlines how parents and school staff will share the
responsibility for improved student achievement of their children.
This compact shall be discussed and revised as necessary at
least annually at school meetings. (Grades K-8)
H. Establish and maintain a home reading
program. Books will be provided to encourage students to read
at home. Student participation in the program will be given
school wide recognition.
I. Maintain a consistent, District wide
effort to communicate regularly with parents.
J. Schedule at least one (1) student conference
annually with the teacher(s) to inform parents of student’s
progress.
K. Distribute periodic weekly newsletters
from teachers informing parents of upcoming District events
and curriculum being taught.
L. Send folders home (each week, bi-weekly,
monthly) to keep parents abreast of individual student progress
and maintain open lines of communication.
M. Make calls, use e-mail letters as needed
for teachers and administrators to communicate with parents.
N. Encourage continued positive partnerships
involvement throughout the community by staff and administrators.
O. Offer an ongoing reading tutorial program
throughout the school year during the day, encouraging parental
involvement.
P. Have the District’s high school
students offer tutoring through the
National Honor Society upon request.
Q. Encourage active faculty participation
in PTO.
R. Encourage parents to serve as chaperones
for class field trips and other school activities.
S. Provide opportunities for discussions
between parents, administrators, and staff to address problems
and find solutions for students having difficulties, either
academically or socially.
T. Use homework hotline to inform homes
of various assignments and
activities. Utilize the website as available.
U. Place current and accurate announcements
on the school’s marquees throughout the District.
V. Form an advisory council of District
staff, parents, and students to
assure parents and students are involved in an organized,
ongoing
and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of
the
school’s Parental Involvement Plan.
Relations with Parents
The Board needs parents to assume and exercise
responsibility for their children’s behavior, including
the behavior of students who have reached the legal age of majority,
but are still supported by the parent. During the school hours,
the Board, through its designated administrators, recognizes
the responsibility to monitor students’ behavior and,
as with academic matters, the importance of cooperation between
the school and the parents in matters relating to conduct.
For the benefit of the child, the Board encourages
parents to support their child’s career in school by:
A. participating in school functions, organizations
and committees;
B. supporting the teachers and the schools
in maintaining discipline and a safe and orderly learning
environment;
C. requiring their child to observe all
school rules and regulations;
D. supporting or enforcing consequences
for their child’s willful
misbehavior in school;
E. sending their children to school with
proper attention to his/her
health, personal cleanliness, and dress;
F. maintaining an active interest in their child’s daily
work, monitoring
and making it possible for him/her to complete assigned homework
by providing a quiet place and suitable conditions for study;
G. reading all communications from the school,
signing, and returning
them promptly when required;
H. cooperating with the school in attending
conferences set up for the
exchange of information of their child’s progress in
school.
Sec. 1112, 1118 ESEA
M.C.L.A. 380.1294
Adopted 12/13/04
© NEOLA 2004
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