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About PBECC |
Parent Involvement Policy |
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1. Mission Statement
The mission of the Paul Belton Early Childhood Center is to enhance the child's development by involvement in learning experiences that will build a positive self-concept and provide a base for future learning success.
2. Rationale
It is the goal of Paul Belton Early Childhood Center to develop strong partnerships with the home. Parents and schools working as partners increase student achievement and develop positive attitudes about self and school. The key factor in the home-school partnership is the relationship between the teacher and the parent. Teachers are professionals who manage a variety of instructional resources. Parents are an essential resource in the learning process of their children. Organizational support from the school board, district administrators, and building principals enables teachers to effectively develop the partnership.
The intent of this policy is to result in consciously doing those things already in practice in a more efficient, consistent and effective manner as well as generating new ways of strengthening the partnership.
3. Policy
The partnership between home and school will be supported by:
a. A campus committee of parents, teachers, and administrators to guide overall program efforts and serve as a home-school partnership network. b. Coordination of activities through the staff development system in areas of teacher inservice, assessment of teaching strengths, and communication with parents toward creation of the best possible learning experience for each child.
a. Every aspect of the school climate is open, helpful and friendly. b. Communications with parents (whether about school policies and programs or about their own children) are frequent, clear and two-way. c. Parents are treated as collaborators in the educational process, with a strong complementary role to play in their children's school learning and behavior. d. Parents are encouraged, both formally and informally, to comment on school policies and to share in the decision making. e. The principal and other school administrators actively express and promote the philosophy of partnership with all families. f. The school encourages volunteer participation from parents and the community at large. g. The school recognizes its responsibility to forge a partnership with all families in the school, not simply those most easily available.
Paul Belton Early Childhood Center and staff will provide leadership in the development of clear avenues of parental involvement. Full realization of the partnership will be achieved through the on-going commitment and active participation by both home and school.
Parent Involvement Policy (2005-2006 Addendum)
The staff at PBECC, with the support of state and federal programs such as Title I, seek to involve parents in an effective home-school partnership in order to provide the best possible education for our students. These parent involvement activities are integrated into the school master plan for academic accountability.
1. Regular Communication With Parents
In order to build consistent and effective communication between the home and the school and to train teachers and administrators to communicate effectively and in a timely manner with parents regular communication will include the following:
Title I Parent Meetings: Annual Title I Meetings for the parents of children designated in the Title I program will be held to inform parents of the school’s participation in the program and to explain its requirements and parent’s right to be involved. Parents of students participating in the Title I program are encouraged to help organize, plan, and review, the Title I programs for improvement purposes. Regular meetings provide opportunities for parents to formulate suggestions that the school site will consider.
2. Parent Trainings:
These are opportunities to help parents develop skills to use at home that support their children’s academic efforts and social development. They provide parents with techniques and strategies that they may utilize to improve their children’s academic success and to assist their children in learning at home.
3. Parent Support:
Homework is assigned as necessary ans serves a number of purposes: to practice and extend classroom learning, to develop responsibility and work habits, and to provide parents an opportunity to interact with their children and their education. Parents can support the school and their child’s success by helping with homework in the following ways:
Students are to display good citizenship in the cafeteria, on the playground, on the bus, and in the classroom. Staff and parents should work together to help children understand the meaning and importance of good citizenship.
Specific rights, rules and responsibilities regarding student behavior are detailed in the Student/Parent Handbook and the Student Code of Conduct.
Each student is provided with a copy of this handbook at the beginning of each school year.
A wonderful way to show your child you are interested in his/her life at school is to visit the classroom, and the school welcomes any parent who wishes to help or simply observe.
The following visitation guidelines will help minimize disruption of the class.
Parents are urged to involve themselves in one or more school or district committees. These committees meet to plan for student activities and academic programs, to discuss parent and staff concerns, to approve categorical program budgets, and to enhance parent understanding and skills. Without parent participation, our many extra programs could not exist, and our students would not be nearly so successful. Notice about meetings and activities will be sent home regularly. Parents wishing to participate may contact the school office to volunteer or can normally jus show up at the announced time and place.
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