1. 2016-17 Parent Involvement Survey
February 2017

2. Brinn Obermiller Title IV and Family Engagement Director Consolidated Planning & Monitoring o-1802

3. Overview

4. Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards Overview
Tennessee’s Parental Involvement Standards were enacted by Senate Bill No. 293 in These standards are based on the PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships and were formally adopted by the State Board of Education beginning in the school year.
The law requires the Tennessee Department of Education to report compliance information for each LEA and public school on the department’s Report Card annually beginning with the school year. The law affects all public schools: non-Title I, charter schools, and Title I.

5. Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards Overview
For more information on the PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships, please visit:
To see Parent Involvement state averages for previous years, please visit:

6. Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards
Standard 1: Welcoming All Families
Families are active participants in the life of the school and feel welcomed, valued, and connected to each other, to school staff, and to what students are learning and doing in class and school.
Standard 2: Communicating
Families and school staff engage in regular, meaningful communication about student learning.
Standard 3: Supporting Student Success
Families and school staff continuously work together to support students’ learning and healthy development both at home and at school, and have regular opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills to do so effectively.

7. Standard 4: Speaking Up for Every Child
Families are informed and enabled to be advocates for their own and other children, to ensure that students are treated fairly and have access to learning opportunities that will support their success.
Standard 5: Sharing Power
Families and school staff are equal partners with equal representation in decisions that affect students and families and together inform, influence, and create policies, practices, and programs.
Standard 6: Collaborating with Community
Families and school staff work together with community members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded learning opportunities, community services, and civic participation.

8. Survey and ePlan Directions

9. The LEA Document Library
Survey window: March 6 – May 22, 2017
The survey will be administered and collected through an Excel spreadsheet, located in the folder in the LEA Document Library in ePlan.

10. To Open the Folders
Click the plus sign to the left of “Parent Involvement Documents and Information” to open the secondary folder;
Click the plus sign to the left of “Parent Involvement Survey” to show the document.
Click on “Edit Documents” to access the survey template.

11. The “Update Documents and Links” Window
Download the document template HERE.
Upload the completed document HERE.

12. Survey Procedures
Instructions and two surveys are located in the Excel spreadsheet:
Instructions for completing the survey are located in the first tab of the spreadsheet.
The District Parent Involvement Survey is located in the second tab and should be completed by the Federal Programs Director or district Parent Involvement Coordinator.
The School Parent Involvement Survey is located in the third tab and should be completed by each school’s principal or appropriate designee.

13. Survey Procedures
Districts are responsible for disseminating the survey to each of its public schools, collecting the completed school surveys, compiling district and school level data, and uploading the completed survey to ePlan by May 22.

14. District-level Survey Instructions
Complete LEA and contact information.
For the district, in the “Parent Involvement Planning Tools” section, please indicate the tools used in implementing the parent involvement standards, using the drop-down menu.
If additional tools are used within the district, please provide an explanation in the “Explanation” section.

15. District Parent Involvement Survey
The district parent involvement survey is located in the second tab of the spreadsheet.

16. School-level Survey Instructions
Complete LEA and contact information.
Locate your school(s) within the statewide listing.
For each school, select one of the four choices in the drop-down menu that best describes the current level of practice for each of the six standards.
For each school, in the “Parent Involvement Planning Tools” section, please indicate the tools used in implementing the parent involvement standards, using the drop-down menu.
If additional tools are used, please provide an explanation of the tools in the “Explanation” section.

17. School Parent Involvement Survey
The school parent involvement survey is located in the third tab of the spreadsheet.

18. To Upload the Survey To upload the completed survey,
click on “Edit Documents.”
If “Edit Documents” does not
appear, contact the ePlan
Help-Line at:
Upload the completed survey HERE

19. Once the Completed Document is Uploaded
The name the user provides for the document will appear in the lower portion of the “Update Documents and Links” window;
If needed, use the trash can to remove an unwanted upload to replace with a corrected upload.

20. Questions

22. Notifications can also be submitted electronically at:
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