PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

Sevierville Middle School encourages the involvement of parents, both as individuals and as groups, to act as advisors and resource people in the following ways;

• To share specific talents that complement and extend the instructional services of the classroom teacher;
• To serve as advisors on curriculum development projects;
• To express ideas and concerns by responding to surveys and other information-gathering devices;
• To be actively involved in parent-teacher groups; and
• To serve on citizens' advisory committees.

Parent input into the planning, design and implementation of the Title 1 Program:

• Meaningful consultation of parents of participating children in the planning , design and implementation of the Title 1 Program;
• Organized, systematic, ongoing informed and timely consultation in relation to decisions about the program; and
• The involvement of parent through activities and procedures which are of sufficient size, scope and quality to give reasonable promise if substantial progress toward achieving the required goals.

To ensure that parents of participating children have an adequate opportunity to participate in the planning, designing and implementing of the Title 1 Program,

 The School will:

• Convene an annual meeting, to which all parents of participating children must be invited, to explain the programs, activities and curriculum available under Title I;
• Provide parents of participating children with reports and explanations of their child's progress as demonstrated in academic assessments;
• To the extent practical, conduct a parent/teacher conference with the parents of each participating child to discuss the child's progress, placement, and training in the methods the parents can use to complement the child's instruction;
• Make educational personnel under the Title 1 Program, including student services personnel, readily accessible to parents. Parents of students in Title I schools will receive notification if a LEA employs a teacher for four or more consecutive weeks who is not highly qualified.
• Permit parents of participating children to observe Title 1 Program activities;
• Provide opportunities for regular meetings with parent to formulate Parental input into the program;
• Provide parents of participating children with a copy of the parental Involvement policy as well as timely information about the program;
• Make parents aware of parental involvement requirements and other Relevant provisions of the problem;
• Provide reasonable support for parental involvement as parents may request;
• Coordinate, to the extent possible, parent involvement activities and Strategies under other programs;
• Develop a school-parent compact that outlines how parents, the entire School staff and students will share the responsibility for improved Student achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve high standards;
• Provide information, to the extent practicable, on programs and activities In a language and form that parents understand; and
• Annually assess, through consultation with parents, the effectiveness of Title 1 programs and determine what action needs to be taken, if any, to Increase parental participation.

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