Parent Involvement Survey February 2016

Consolidated Planning & Monitoring Brinn Obermiller Family Engagement and School Improvement Coordinator

Overview

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. 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:

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.

Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards 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.

Survey and ePlan Directions

The LEA Document Library Survey window: March 1 – May 16, 2016 The survey will be administered and collected through an Excel spreadsheet in ePlan, located in the LEA Document Library.

To Open the Folders Click the plus sign to the left of “2016” to open the main 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. 9

The “Update Documents and Links” Window Download the document template HERE. Upload the completed document HERE. 10

Downloading the Template After clicking on the name of the Document Template, the Microsoft Excel document icon will appear in the lower-left corner of the screen. Click on the icon to save the document template to your computer before you begin working on the document. 11

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. 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 16.

District-Level Survey Instructions 1.Complete LEA and contact information. 2.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. 3.If additional tools are used within the district, please provide an explanation in the “Explanation” section.

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

School-Level Survey Instructions 1.Complete LEA and contact information. 2.Locate your school(s) within the statewide listing. 3.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. 4.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 the school was not monitored for Title I, please select “NO” from the drop-down menu. 5.If additional tools are used, please provide an explanation of the tools in the “Explanation” section.

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

To Upload the Survey 17 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

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. 18

Checking the Document Upload The name of the document and the upload history will appear on the main page of the LEA Document Library. 19

Questions?

Contact Information Survey Questions: Brinn Obermiller (615) ePlan Questions: Linda Stachera (615)

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