WASHINGTON LANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
 2010 – 2011 SCHOOL/PARENT/STUDENT COMPACT

 

Washington Lands Elementary School, and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (participating children), agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards. This school-parent compact is in effect during school year 2010-2011.

 

Washington Lands Elementary School recognizes that students learn more successfully when there are strong relationships between schools, parents, and students.  Please check the items that you will support.  Then sign and return the top WHITE copy; the yellow copy is yours to keep.  Thanks for your cooperation and commitment in helping your child succeed at school!

 

 

As the parent, I will support my child’s learning in the following ways – I will do this by:

 

ÿ        Monitoring attendance.

ÿ        Making sure that homework is completed.

ÿ        Checking student planner each night and return to school signed each day.

ÿ        Volunteering when needed in my child’s classroom.

ÿ        Participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to my children’s education.

ÿ        Promoting positive use of my child’s extracurricular time.

ÿ        Attending parent teacher conferences.

ÿ        Attending school functions.

ÿ        Staying informed about my child’s education and communicating with the school by promptly reading all notices from the school or the school district either received by my child or by mail and responding, as appropriate.

ÿ        Serving, to the extent possible, on policy advisory groups, such as being the Title I, Part A parent representative on the school’s School Improvement Team, the Title I Policy Advisory Committee, the District wide Policy Advisory Council, the State’s Committee of Practitioners, the School Support Team or other school advisory or policy groups.

 


       Date__________________________  Parent/Guardian Signature________________________________________

 

 

As the student, I will take responsibility for my own learning and do my best to achieve the State’s high standards.  Specifically, I will:

 

ÿ         Take my planner home every day and bring it back the next day.

ÿ        Complete all homework assignments.

ÿ        Come to school on time and avoid unnecessary absences.

ÿ        Read on my own or have my parents read to me.

ÿ        Memorize basic math facts.

ÿ        Give all notices and information received by me from school to my parents or guardians.

ÿ        Be responsible for my learning.

ÿ        Follow all school rules and standards.

ÿ        Practice this year’s school theme “Learning is a thrill.”

 

                                                                                                    

     
       Date__________________________  Student Signature_______________________________________________

 

 

 

Washington Lands Elementary School will strive to support the learning success of every student.  Specifically, Washington Lands Elementary School will:

 

1.     Provide 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 as follows –

    1. All teachers are highly qualified and certified for the positions they hold.
    2. All teachers receive sustained professional development in the research-based curriculum practices of standards based instruction, differentiated instruction, and co-teaching models.
    3. Grades kindergarten through third grade will utilize Response to Intervention to recognize and remediate reading and math problems. 
    4. All teachers are trained on ways to increase parent involvement.

 

  1. Hold parent-teacher conferences (at least annually in elementary schools) during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement –
    1. Open House in September
    2. Scheduled conferences at the end of the 1st and 3rd 9 weeks grading periods
    3. Scheduled at any time by parent or teacher request

 

  1. Provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress.  Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows –
    1. Mid-term interim reports
    2. Report cards every 9 weeks
    3. Notes to parents written in the student agenda
    4. Notice of a student’s need for intervention and his or her progress in intervention
    5. Notice of unexcused absences form / calls

 

  1. Provide parents reasonable access to staff.  Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows –
    1. By appointment during and after school hours
    2. Conference night
    3. Open house
    4. Written communication through student agendas
    5. K Orientation

 

5.     Provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and to observe classroom activities, as follows –

    1. Homeroom parents
    2. Holiday parties
    3. Awards Days
    4. PTK volunteers
    5. Workshops
    6. Guest Readers
    7. Family nights

 

  1. Involve parents in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s parental involvement policy, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way.
  2. Involve parents in the joint development of any schoolwide program plan, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way.
  3. Hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school’s participation in Title I, Part A programs, and to explain the Title I, Part A requirements, and the right of parents to be involved in Title I, Part A programs.  The school will convene the meeting at a convenient time to parents, and will offer a flexible number of additional parental involvement meetings, such as in the morning or evening, so that as many parents as possible are able to attend.  The school will invite to this meeting all parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs (participating students), and will encourage them to attend.
  4. Provide information to parents of participating students in an understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon the request of parents with disabilities, and, to the extent practicable, in a language that parents can understand.
  5. Provide to parents of participating children information in a timely manner about Title I, Part A programs that includes a description and explanation of the school’s curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure children’s progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.
  6. On the request of parents, provide opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions, and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children.  The school will respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.
  7. Provide to each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the State assessment in at least math, language arts and reading.
  8. Provide each parent timely notice when their child has been assigned or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified within the meaning of the term in section 200.56 of the Title I Final Regulations (67 Fed. Reg. 71710, December 2, 2002).

 

To help build and develop a partnership with parents to help their children achieve the State’s high academic standards,  Washington Lands Elementary School will:

1.     Recommend to the local educational agency (LEA), the names of parents of participating children of Title I, Part A programs who are interested in serving on the State’s Committee of Practitioners and School Support Teams.

2.     Notify parents of the school’s participation in WV Universal Pre-K, Head Start, and 21st Century afterschool program operating within the school, the district and the contact information.

3.     Work with the LEA in addressing problems, if any, in implementing parental involvement activities in section 1118 of Title I, Part A.

4.     Work with the LEA to ensure that a copy of the SEA’s written complaint procedures for resolving any issue of violation(s) of a Federal statute or regulation of Title I, Part A programs is provided to parents of students and to appropriate private school officials or representatives.
      

Date__________________________  School Signature_______________________________________________