2019-2020
Twin Rivers Elementary School
Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy
Twin Rivers 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.
Twin Rivers’ Parent and Family Engagement Policy has been developed jointly with and agreed upon by parents and family members
of Title I children. Twin Rivers 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. Twin Rivers’ Title I
funds will be used to pay for reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parent and family engagement activities. Twin Rivers
Elementary 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.
Twin Rivers Elementary 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…
• DIBELS (Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills)
• New Reading Series – Journeys by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Wilson Fundations K-2(a description of this program, as well as, parent materials are posted on the MASD web site for
parents to view and download)
• Supplemental reading programs based on student need for reading intervention groups
• 140 minutes (3rd – 5th grade) - 160 minutes (Kindergarten-2nd grade) daily for Language Arts instruction which includes a
40-minute enrichment period across the grade level.
• Flexible grouping within classroom
• Specific evaluation schedule at each grade level – test data is used to chart progress and drive instruction
• Grade level meetings – twice a month
• Instruction using baseline data derived from DIBELS, ExactPath and PSSA Testing
• Professional Development courses offered by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and PATTAN.
• Professional learning and resources for all staff on the PA Core Standards for English Language Arts.
In Math…
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K-5 math program, (enVision Math Common Core 2012)
DIBELS math assessment (Kindergarten -5th)
Minimum of 80 minutes devoted to Math daily
Flexible grouping within classroom
Instruction using data derived from PSSA, DIBELS, CDT and classroom assessments
Professional Development – participation in grade level meetings in order to have continuity across mathematics in all
grade levels
• Math Enrichment in class, as well as, support by a math specialist as needed
• Academy in Math and Science (AIMS) offered to all district 3rd - 5th graders
• STEAM classes for all students during the specials rotation
Twin Rivers 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. Twin Rivers 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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