Family Engagement Plan 2018-2019 School Year

School Level Family Engagement Plan

Each Title I school is required to establish a Family and Community Engagement Committee. To the extent possible, the Family and Community Engagement Committee will be a demographic representation of the school. The school-level Family and Community Engagement Committee will be responsible for:

• Developing, implementing, and assessing the school-level Family Engagement Policy.
• Determining what action needs to be taken, if any, to plan and increase participation in family engagement activities.
• Identifying barriers to participation in family engagement activities.
• When applicable, integrating parent involvement activities with existing community agencies such as Tennessee Early Intervention Services, HeadStart, preschools (public and private), etc.
• The committee will meet twice a year. The Title One Coordinator at CHMS is Rhonda Richards (rhonda.richards@hck12.net) and the Family Engagement Coordinator is Autumn Spencer( autumn.spencer@hck12.net).

Additionally, each school will:

• Annually distribute the Home-School Compact to families at the beginning of each school year. Discuss the Home-School Compact with parents and students at parent-teacher conferences. The compact will also be posted online on the county and school-level websites.
• Convene an annual parent meeting following State and Federal Guidelines.
• Address the importance of communication between teachers and parents
  • provide at least two parent-teacher conference dates to address student progress
  • provide frequent child progress reports for parents
  • provide parents with reasonable access to staff through phone numbers, emails and scheduled meetings
  • opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child's class
  • opportunities to observe classroom activities following school procedures
• Provide parents with materials to help parents work with their children to improve academic achievement
  • make the Parent Lending Library easily accessible to parents
  • promote the use of the Lending Library through newsletters, websites, and classroom communication.
• Provide at least two parent training and activities designed to increase parents' capacity to help with learning at home.
  • Focus on strategies to improve homework, attendance, and discipline.
  • Convene at varying times to accommodate family schedules.
  • Invite all families to attend activities through written and verbal notice.
  • To the extent practicable, the school will provide full opportunities for participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities and parents of migratory child.
    • Back to School Bash: Parents and students will visit their new teachers and discuss the upcoming year. 
    • (Fall) Sept 18th - Tailgate party: Bring a parent/guardian and get a free hotdog. Have nearby colleges and maybe a few other businesses to come hand out info. We plan to have games for parents and students to play.
    • October 26th Halloween Festival Family Games and Project Display: Along with our haunted house, parents are invited to attend a display of their child's work this semester. Hand out information to parents. Provide Math and Literacy related games for students to play with parent outside. 
    • Support group for Grandparents and other alternate parents. We plan to meet twice a semester to give support to those alternate parents who have questions or seek help with supporting their students in school.
    • Thanksgiving Parent Lunch: Invite parents for the day we serve the Thanksgiving meal. Hand out information on importance of test scores or meet with them briefly at an alternate location as they are leaving. 
    • Parent Teacher Conferences: School Information and tips sheets will be provided to parents.
    • Science Night: Parents and students will work together to solve science problems. We will incorporate literacy and math skills with the problems.
• Provide parents with a student handbook at the beginning of each year to provide information on
  • procedures to learn about the course of study for their child and have access to all learning materials. 
  • the right to access their child's official records.
• Utilize the Family Engagement Coordinator for technical assistance on policy development
• Provide parents with written procedures on how to access the Parent Involvement Policy, the Hawkins County Schools Family Engagement Plan, and curriculum.
• Increase parents' capacity to become involved in the educational process by presenting information in a timely manner and through various means to include information such as
  • a written description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school.
  • the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.
  • State's academic content standards.
  • State student academic achievement standards.
  • State and local academic assessments, the requirements of parent involvement.
  • how to monitor a child's progress and work with educators to improve the achievement of their child.
    • CHMS sends out information on REMIND about upcoming school events, standards, and testing information. 
    • CHMS has a TV screen at the front entrance that scrolls through all school events, reminders, and schedules, 
    • Most teachers use REMIND to send out updates about classroom assignments, test, etc.
    • Teachers have individual wesbite pages with a class syllabus and calendars of class events.
    • The school sign in the drop off parking lot advertises school events.
• Set up meetings requested by parents to give suggestions and be part of the decision making about their child relating to the education of their child, and respond to the suggestions as soon as possible.
• Coordinate parent involvement programs and activities with Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, and public preschool and other programs, and conduct other activities, such as parent resource centers.
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    • We coordinate with CHIS for transition to middle school. The 6th graders play sports with our school. At the end of the year, the 6th graders with their parents are invited for a tour of our school. 
    • Our school will work to prepare a Parent Library to provide parents with helpful literature concerning their child's success.
• All information about school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to the parents in an understandable language.
• Provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities as parents may request.
• Provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information and school reports in a language such parents understand.