IN McKeesport Fall 2019 | Page 36

2019-2020 Founders’ Hall Middle School Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy Founders’ Hall Middle School works in collaboration with parents, families, teachers, support staff, community members, and school and district administration in the organizing, planning, review and improvement of the school’s Title I program and in the planning and review of the Parent and Family Engagement policy. The Parent and Family Engagement section of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA}, Section 1116(b) requires every Title I school develop a written parent and family engagement policy that describes the means for carrying out the requirements of Section 1116. Founders’ Hall’ Parent and Family Engagement Policy has been developed jointly with and agreed upon by parents and family members of Title I children. Founders’ Hall conducts meetings for families to formulate suggestions, and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children and on decisions about how to spend parent and family engagement funds. Founders’ Hall’s Title I funds will be used to pay for reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parent and family engagement activities. Founders’ Hall Middle School ensures that information related to school and parent programs, meetings and other activities are sent to the parents of all Title I children in a timely manner, in an understandable format and provided in a language the parents can understand, made available to the local community and updated annually in the spring to meet the changing needs of parents, family members and the school. Founders’ Hall Elementary Middle School will provide the following: A. A rigorous high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the state’s student academic achievement standards. In Reading… • • • • • • • • • • • • Common Assessments and Progress Monitoring Collections Reading/Language Arts Series Specific evaluation schedule at each grade level – test data is used to chart progress and drive instruction Curriculum meetings Department meetings Instruction using baseline data derived from PSSA, and common assessments Professional Development provided to all staff Offer parent workshops as requested on PSSA, Title 1 Reading, Writing and Technology Standardized writing rubric to assess student writing within all academic areas Additional reading reinforcement for 12 weeks a year, 45 minutes a day, for seventh grade students Additional tutoring time available for students during the after school PAWS academy All staff members of Reading and Language Arts are appropriately state certified in either middle level or secondary level certification • Reading Specialist will provide small group instruction during a 40-minute portion of the school day to targeted students In Math… • • • • • • • • • • Common Assessments, Diagnostic/Progress Monitoring and Envision Math Diagnosis and Intervention System Initiate and implement Glencoe math curriculum Curriculum meetings – monthly Instruction data derived from PSSA, common assessments, and Envision Math Common Core Professional Development provided to all staff Facilitators to work with district staff to increase deep conceptual understanding for staff and effective use of the Math Curriculum Framework, Differentiated Instruction Additional math reinforcement for 12 weeks a year, 45 minutes a day for 8th grade students Additional tutoring time available for students during the after school PAWS academy All staff members of Mathematics are highly qualified in either middle level or secondary level certification Math Specialist will provide small group instruction during a 40-minute portion of the school day to targeted students Founders’ Hall Middle School will… B. Convene a Title I annual meeting, at a convenient time, which all parents and family members of participating children shall be invited, and encouraged to attend. Founders’ Hall will inform parents of their schools’ participation as a Title I school and explain the requirements, and the rights for parents to be involved. 34 MCKEESPORT AREA