Federal Programs Parent Coordinators and Parental Engagement Dr. Barbara Cooper Carol Pope June 6, 2013

Federal Requirement Involve parents in the joint development of the district’s Title 1 Parental Engagement Plan. Build the schools’ and parents’ capacity for engagement. Conduct with parents an annual evaluation and use the findings to design more effective strategies to revise the plan. Involve parents in activities of Title I schools. Provide for the coordination, technical assistance, and other support, necessary to assist Title I participating schools in planning and implementing effective parent engagement activities to improve student academic achievement. Involve parents in the joint development of the district’s Title 1 Parental Engagement Plan. Build the schools’ and parents’ capacity for engagement. Conduct with parents an annual evaluation and use the findings to design more effective strategies to revise the plan. Involve parents in activities of Title I schools. Refer to Section 1118 of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

School Level Requirements for Parental Engagement Provide parents with information on how they may submit comments/concerns to LEA. Provide guidance on how the school-parent compact is jointly development, used, reviewed and updated. Provide information to parents on building capacity for strong parental engagement. Encourage Parent participation in decisions regarding the 1% Set –a-side funds. Convene an Annual Title I meeting. Offer flexible schedule of meetings. Involve parents in planning, reviewing and revising the school parental engagement plan. Provide parents with timely information about curriculum and assessment. Provide opportunities for participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children. These requirements are directly from Section 1118 of NCLB. They are also the requirements described in Section VI of the school’s School Improvement Plan.

Schools with Parent Coordinators Parent Coordinator = PC Parent Educator = PE (B.S. Required) Hours per week Salary Funding Source Montview ES PC 10 $13.00 per hr. Title 1/ $2,225.43 Morris ES Title 1/$4,657.44 Chapman MS 40 Title 1/$20,000.00 Davis Hills MS Title 1/$3,145.65 Ed White MS Title 1/$3,615.15 Westlawn MS PE SIG/$41,564.00 University Place ES Title 1/$4,291.23 Lakewood ES Title 1/$3,802.95 Martin L. King, Jr. ES Title 1/$3,220.77 McDonnell ES PC(2) 20 Title 1/$3,849.90 TOTAL Title 1 = $48,808.52 SIG = $41,564.00 $90,372.52 These are the Title schools that employed parent coordinators for the 2013 school year. All Title schools may employ a parent coordinator. This is a decision made by that schools leadership team. Parent Coordinators work 10 hours per week; 40 hours per month at the rate of $13.00 per hour. Parent Educators, on the other hand, are certified teachers and are paid accordingly. As you can see the funding source for the parent coordinators’ salary is the 1% set-a-Side funds which are designated in each Title schools’ budget.

Roles and Responsibilities of Parent Educators /Parent Coordinators To ensure that the mandates regarding Parental engagement in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 are executed in the schools. Work collaboratively with the administration, leadership team, and community stakeholders in supporting and enhancing the Parental engagement Program for each school. Primary Goal: To empower parents with the information to assist their students in improving their academic achievement. When parent coordinators are hired, the expectations, roles and responsibilities are explained to them.

SCHOOL PARENT COORDINATOR GUIDELINES Goals: The School Parent Coordinator works with the principal or designee to: create a welcoming school environment for parents. address parent issues and concerns. conduct outreach to engage parents in their children’s education. implement each school’s parent engagement plan. empower parents to aid and strengthen parenting skills. Objectives: Creates outreach materials for parents (e.g., flyers about activities, school calendar of events Acts as a liaison between teachers and parents. Promotes the school’s parent engagement program Become a visible role model that will encourage others to become partners in their children’s education Guidelines for parent coordinators were established so there would be no misunderstanding as to what would be required of a parent coordinator.

School Parent Coordinator Guidelines, con’t While under contract hours with Federal Programs, a Parent Coordinator cannot: work as an office aide (answering phones, handling attendance, etc.) handle bus duty serve as school security in any capacity at all serve as a disciplinarian in any capacity at all handle lunch duty work directly with the students in any capacity supervise students in any capacity run personal errands for principal or other school staff substitute teach (not while under Federal Programs contract hours as a parent coordinator) attend or participate in any PTA/PTO related activity as a Parent Coordinator representing Federal Programs Title I. Responsibilities: Schedules and develops monthly parenting workshops that are approved by the Principal Provides information, resources and support for families to support learning at home Provides meaningful opportunities for parents to become involved in the school Works directly with the principal in planning and developing parent programs Helps to ensure that school’s parent engagement plan is being implemented Helps to ensure that school parent compacts are being signed Works directly with the Federal Programs Parent engagement Specialist Submits monthly report of parent activities and programs to Federal Programs Attends a monthly Parent Coordinator Planning/Training Meeting. Attendance is mandatory.

Federal Programs’ Workshop (Mandatory Attendance) These are the required trainings for the parent coordinators. They have the flexibility of organizing other parent workshops that they would like, with the understanding that they are still limited to working only 40 hours per month. The Tool Kits were developed by the Parent Engagement Team to offer structure and continuity. The Tool Kits include everything a parent coordinator would need in delivering a workshop, (i.e. the flyer, the announcement, and the sign in sheet.)

Parental Engagement Workshops Workshops are scheduled for parents based on the results from an interest survey which is completed at the beginning of each school year. Parent Coordinators have several, Title I mandatory workshops which must be held. Other workshops are scheduled in collaboration with the principal. Parent Requested Workshops have included; Bullying Technology Attendance Career Planning and Job Preparation Test Taking Preparations Family Reading and Math Night Library Night Kitchen Math These are just several of the titles of workshops which have been offered to parents. Parent Coordinators understand that workshops must be ones that will aid their parents in assisting the students in successful academic achievement.

Workshop Attendance and Participation Workshops Attendance Date Time Bullying 28 MLK, 10/15/12, 11/15/12 Montview, 2/13/13, 3:00 1:00 Technology 51 MLK, 12/7/12 McDonnell, 2/1/13 Montview, 10/25/12 Chapman, 11/30/12, 12/3/12 Davis Hills, 10/23/12 8:00, 1:00 10:00, 1:00 12:30 9:00, 4:00; 9:00 4:00 9:00, 11:30 Test Taking Preparation 33 Westlawn, 1/11/13, 1/25/13, 3/14/13, 1/10/13, 11:30; 9:00; 9:00 Family Reading Night 66 Morris 2/28/13 Montview, 1/30/13 Westlawn, 1/10/13 5:00 2:00 District Title 1 Plan Evaluation and Revision Meetings (Parents from All Title I schools were invited to participate) 25 3/14/13 3/21/13 4/18/13 4/25/13 11:00-1:00 Dad’s Day 47 Morris, 2/18/13 Annual Title 1 Meeting at all Title Schools 600 MLK, 9/28/12 Butler, 10/30/12 Morris, 9/20/12 Lakewood, 10/4/12 Montview, 10/4/12 Dawson, 9/27/12 8:30, 1:30, 5:30 8:00, 4:00 8:00, 1:00, 5:00 Donuts for Dads 34 Chapman, 2/22/13 7:30 am Sip and See Santa (math and literacy workshop) 163 Morris, 1/28/13 Morris, 12/12/12 5:30 ELL Classes for Parents Westlawn, daily classes Butler HS, Mon. & Tue. 9:00-12:00 pm 8:30-12:00 noon From this slide you can see that parents do attend our scheduled workshops, when offered at flexible times to meet their schedules. Science workshops were also offered. Technology workshops were presented by our own Technology Specialists, as well as, community tech specialist and Pearson. In the past, parent workshops were offered via ETV and using the several schools’ Distance Learning (DL)Equipment. The presenter would be in the studio at ETV and DL would be set up at several schools. Attendance was great, because not only could parents attend the workshops in person, but they could also view the presentation again on ETV at a scheduled time.

Parent Interest Survey

Community Partnerships Distance Learning Workshops for Parents Alabama PIRC- Parental Engagement Resource Center Family Engagement University Training Academy for Parent Leadership & Engagement Parental engagement Subcommittee of the Madison County Children’s Policy Council North Alabama Center for Educational Excellence J. F. Drake State Technical College, Career Coaches Madison County Extension at Alabama A&M University Madison County Commission's Circle Project Second Mile Development, Parent Initiative Kids and Kin Program of Madison County SAVECA, Strengthening Alabama Via Education and Cultural Awareness The Parent Ambassadors, Latino parent group The community has always been excited about supporting parental engagement in Huntsville City. They’re always willing to provide the resources they have to parents and families of our students. Most everyone is familiar with the Circle Project, Second Mile and Kids and Kin. Sa-VE-ca, is a Hispanic organization which serves as an advocate for Hispanic parents. The Parent Ambassadors, was a group of about 30 Hispanic parents that organized when they had several concerns which they wished addressed by the school department heads. There concerns were addressed and issues were resolved. Parents.....the Key to Student Success

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