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.
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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
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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.
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