1. Southwest Laurens Elementary
Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships….Every Student, Every Teacher, Every Day!

2. Title I Spring Stakeholders Input Meeting
April 19 and April 20, 2018
Title I Spring Stakeholders Input Meeting

3. What is a Title I School?
A school that receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education to meet the needs of at-risk and low-income students
- Nation’s oldest and largest federally funded program

4. What is the purpose of Title I?
“…to ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education and reach, at minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.” --U.S. Dept. of Education

5. How is a school identified as being Title I?
Large concentration of low income students
Based on free and reduced lunch numbers
Minimum of 35% of students must be eligible for free or reduced lunch
SWLE currently has about 90% eligible for free/reduced lunch.

6. What are the requirements that SWLE must meet to remain Title I?
35% of students must be eligible for free or reduced lunch
Complete a schoolwide plan that is based on an annual comprehensive Needs Assessment
Create a school-parent compact that encourages a united effort to help SWLE students be successful academically
Create a Parent and Family Engagement Plan based on the results of the needs assessment

7. How are Title I funds spent at SWLE?
Interventionists
Instructional Coaches
System Parent Involvement Coordinator
Chromebooks, technology equipment, agendas
Parent Involvement, especially academic items that can be used to help your child at home

8. SWLE Parent Survey Results 2018
 2018
(Surveys were available to complete online. Paper copies were sent home to all who requested one, including Spanish version if needed. 73 surveys were submitted this year.)

9. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Opportunities to share feedback/ ideas
Attendance at Title I Parent meetings
Info sent home is easy to understand
Parent participation in classroom activities
Communication about child’s progress
Unaware of involvement opportunities
Know how to contact teacher
Lack of opportunities to work with other parents
Parents helping with homework and asking child about day at school

10. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
Preferences and/or recommendations for receiving information from school:
1. Text messages
2. Letters/flyers sent home with students 3.
4. Remind101
5. Phone calls

11. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
Suggestions of informational programs offered for parents:
Homework help
Reading strategies
Math skills

12. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
Suggestions for what school can do to help parents work with child at home:
Communicate examples of what was taught in the classroom that day
Help with homework
Fun activities to do at home that are related to what is being taught in class
More contact about weaknesses so parents know what to focus on at home
Parents’ class on common core math

13. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
What would help parents participate more?
1. Access to information online
2. Evening meetings

14. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
Most valuable meetings currently offered:
1. Open House
2. Parent Teacher Conferences
3. Academic Nights

15. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
Suggestions for ways school can help parents be more involved:
Schedule meetings in the evenings
Allow parents to have contact info from other parents in class
Invite parents to come into classes

16. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
STAFF CAPACITY IDEAS (Trainings/Topics suggested for teachers to do a better job engaging parents):
Better communication
Make examples of work available to parents
Professionalism in communication, especially with parents from different backgrounds
Activities to involve parents in what the child is learning

17. How was Parent and Family Engagement Money Spent at SWLE in 2017-2018?
Teacher, Student, Parent Agendas
Home School Connection Newsletters
Parent Resource Center in media center
Materials/Supplies for Parent Academic Nights

18. Parent and Family Engagement Survey Results
Top 3 Ways Parents Feel Parent Involvement Funds Should Be Spent at SWLE for FY19:
1. Technology resources
2. Educational materials for parents to use
3. Family Engagement Coordinator

19. Reservation of Funds
Title I requires that 1% of all funds we receive be spent on Parent and Family Engagement. 
YOUR OPINION MATTERS:
How should Parent and Family Engagement funds be spent at SWLE for school year?
SEE FEEDBACK FORM

20. School-Parent Compact “It outlined what role each person in my child’s education played. It helps when you have a student-parent-teacher relationship and one common goal.” –SWLE Parent
An agreement that parents, students, and teachers develop together. It explains how parents and teachers will work together to make sure all our students reach grade-level standards.
Links to goals of the school improvement plan
Focuses on student learning skills
Describes how teachers will help students develop those skills using high-quality instruction
Shares strategies parents can use at home
Explains how teachers and parents will communicate about student progress
Describes opportunities for parents to be involved
Send home at the beginning of each school year
Grade level specific
Signatures required by all parties involved
Posted on SWLE homepage

21. School-Parent Compact
Teacher feedback on academic focus:
ELA: Reading fluency, comprehension, improving Lexile levels, and sight words
Math: Fact fluency and skills focus

22. School-Parent Compact
Student feedback on academic focus:
ELA: Comprehension, vocabulary, and writing
Math: Fact fluency and specific skills (such as line plots)

23. Teachers, Parents, Students – Together for Success
SAMPLE Compact:
Teachers, Parents, Students – Together for Success
In the 1st Grade Classroom
The 1st Grade team will work with students and their families to support students’ success in reading and math. Some of our key connections with families will be
Send home weekly signed paper folders to report each child’s progress academically and behaviorally.
Send home monthly school newsletters and weekly classroom newsletters which will may include sight word and fact fluency activities, spelling words, new sight words, weekly tests, and upcoming events.
Provide each parent with sight word games and a list of questions to ask his/her child after reading a book.
Provide parents with number flash cards and fact fluency games to work with his/her child at home.
Offer Parent Academic Nights throughout the year with an emphasis on sight words and fact fluency.
At Home
SWLE believes that with a combined team effort your child will be successful in his/her learning goals. Parents will…
Read each night with his/her child and ask questions about the book describing the characters, setting, and major events from the story.
Go over work in daily homework folder and signed paper folder.
Review old and new sight word cards daily by playing sight word games sent home by teacher.
Count with his/her child to 120, starting at any number less than 120.
Review numbers and fact fluency with his/her child using the games and items sent home by the teacher.
Try to attend Academic Parent Nights or get information if unable to attend.
Look at school newsletters and website for suggestions on helping my child improve on sight words and fact fluency.
SWLE Students
SWLE students will take charge of their success and learning. It is imperative to create ideas that bridge the home and school environment in order to make learning more meaningful.
Students will strive to meet reading and math goals by putting forth their best efforts at school and home.
Students will review their sight words daily by using flash cards or playing games sent home by the teacher.
Students will observe the importance of math in daily life and apply various mathematical concepts for additional practice (count the number of items purchased, calculate the cost of items bought while shopping, reviewing numbers and reviewing fact fluency by using the games and items sent home by the teacher etc.).
Students will read as much as possible.
Students will bring home the newsletters and other information sent home by the teacher.
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Language translation of materials of materials and documents shared with parents/guardians of students at SWLE will be made available upon request.

24. “What feedback can I give regarding the revision of the School-Parent Compact?” SEE FEEDBACK FORM
Based on the given feedback from teachers, students, and your own experiences this year with your child academically, what academic skill focus would you recommend being on the FY18 compact:
In ELA?
In Math?
Other?

25. “What feedback can I give regarding the revision of the School-Parent Compact?” SEE FEEDBACK FORM
What parent activities do you recommend we do as a school in order to help improve our students’ success with these skills:
In ELA?
In Math?
Other?

26. SWLE Parent and Family Engagement Plan
What is the Parent and Family Engagement Plan?
A plan that describes how the school and district will involve parents in the academic success of students.
Revised annually with parent input
Sent home at the beginning of each school year
Posted on school and district webpage

27. SWLE Parent and Family Engagement Plan
After looking at the current SWLE Parent and Family Engagement Plan, “What feedback can I give regarding the revision of the School and District Parent and Family Engagement Plan?” SEE FEEDBACK FORM

28. Building School Staff Capacity and Partnerships With Parents

29. Building School Staff Capacity and Partnerships With Parents
What training should teachers and school staff have related to engaging parents in the academic success of their child (specific topics)? SEE FEEDBACK FORM

30. Building School Staff Capacity and Partnerships With Parents
How can teachers better communicate with you as a parent? SEE FEEDBACK FORM

31. We Love To Hear From You. Additional recommendations/ideas
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