Mayfield Elementary School

                                     Title I Parent Involvement Policy

Mayfield Elementary School has adopted the following parent involvement policy and plan for the school year 2024-2025.  This policy and the plan to implement it have been developed jointly and in agreement with, and will be distributed to parents of students in the Title I program.

All comments indicating parents’ dissatisfaction with the district Title I plan shall be collected and submitted along with the plan to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Mayfield Elementary School shall convene an annual meeting, at a time that is convenient for parents, to which all parents of students in the Title I program are invited and encouraged to attend.  At this meeting parents will be informed of their child’s participation in Title I, the purpose and requirements of Title I, and their right to be involved.  Surveys and conferences are conducted to provide parents opportunities to voice their opinions and suggestions.  Particular attention shall be given to reaching those parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background.

Mayfield Elementary School shall offer a flexible number of meetings to parents.

Also shall involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely manner, in the Title I planning, review, and improvement of programs, including the joint development of the school parent involvement policy and the school plan.

Parents of students in Title I shall be provided:

*Timely information and opportunities to attend grade level meetings;

*School performance profiles and their child’s individual assessment results, including an interpretation of results;

*A description and explanation of the school curriculum, assessment, and proficiency levels;

*A timely response to any parent suggestions;

Student Performance

Mayfield Elementary School has jointly developed with parents, for all students in the Title I program, parent-school learning compact that describes:

*The school’s responsibility to provide high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that will enable students to meet the state’s academic expectations;

*Ways in which each parent will be responsible for supporting his/her child’s learning;

*The ongoing communication between parents and teachers through: Emails, Remind App, Back to School Night, Parent Volunteer Program, monthly activities and parent/teacher conferences at which time the learning compact will be discussed; progress reports to parents; and reasonable access to staff, observation of classroom activities, and opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’ class.

Involvement

Mayfield Elementary School will build the capacity for strong parent involvement by:

*Providing assistance to participating parents in understanding national, state, and local goals, standards, and assessments, Title I requirements, and how to monitor their child’s performance as well as information on how parents can participate in the education of their child.

*Workshops are provided on parent skills.  Refreshments are provided for all participants.

*Ensuring that information sent home is in a language and form parents can understand.  For parents whose English is a second language, provide information in their primary language.

*Developing appropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses and encouraged partnerships with other schools.

*Coordinate and integrate parent involvement activities with FACE, public school programs and other programs to the extent feasible and appropriate.

*FACE Center assists parents in child development to help them become full partners in the education of their children.