Title I Information

Our teachers have new teacher computers, Promethean Boards, Active View over head projectors and Active Expression "Clicker" systems for use in the classroom. The program has also distributed student planners for all students to organize their daily assignments and develop their study skills.

Thank you Title One for all your support and help!

CHURCH HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

School Level Family Engagement Plan 2011-2012

 Each Title I school is required to establish a Family and Community Engagement Committee.  To the extent possible, the Family and Community Engagement Committee will be a demographic representation of the school.  The school-level Family and Community Engagement Committee will be responsible for:

• Developing, implementing, and assessing the school-level Family Engagement Policy.
• Determining what action needs to be taken, if any, to plan and increase participation in family engagement activities.
• Identifying barriers to participation in family engagement activities.
• When applicable, integrating parent involvement activities with existing community agencies such as Tennessee Early Intervention Services, HeadStart, preschools (public and private), etc.

·         Our committee will meet four times per year. The contact person for our committee will be Michelle Harless. Mrs. Harless will notify committee members in writing one week in advance before all meetings and will send out agendas before each meeting. Kris Lumpkin will act as committee secretary during meetings and will take notes during the meeting that she will then e-mail to everyone the next day. Title I information will be available on our school website.

Additionally, each school will:

• Annually distribute the Home-School Compact to families at the beginning of each school year.  Discuss the Home-School Compact with parents and students at parent-teacher conferences.  The compact will also be posted online on the county and school-level websites.
• Convene an annual parent meeting following State and Federal Guidelines
• Address the importance of communication between teachers and parents
  • provide at least two parent-teacher conference dates to address student progress
  • provide frequent child progress reports for parents
  • provide parents with reasonable access to staff through phone numbers, emails and scheduled meetings
  • opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class
  • opportunities to observe classroom activities following school procedures
• Provide parents with materials to help parents work with their children to improve academic achievement
  • make the Parent Lending Library easily accessible to parents
  • promote the use of the Lending Library through newsletters, websites, and classroom communication.
• Provide at least two parent training and activities designed to increase parents’ capacity to help with learning at home.
  • Focus on strategies to improve homework, attendance, and discipline.
  • Convene at varying times to accommodate family schedules.
  • Invite all families to attend activities through written and verbal notice.
  • To the extent practicable, the school will provide full opportunities for participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities and parents of migratory child.
    • Back to School Bash – provided opportunity for parents to meet teachers and receive literature on how to help children with homework, the importance of attendance, why testing matters, etc.
    • Home visits at the beginning of the school year with ten of our students who live in poverty.
    • 7^th Grade Parent Lunch – Parents will be provided information about helping their child be successful during the adolescent years.
    • 8^th Grade Parent Breakfast with Guest Speaker “Transitioning to High School” and information on Kuder testing / ACT Explore
    • Coffee with the Principal each Nine Weeks.
    • We will have MIST and RIST as a form off in school intervention.
    • We have before and after school tutoring beginning in November.
    • We will have “March Madness” in the spring to help parents understand TCAP testing material and how to help prepare students for taking the test.
• Provide parents with a student handbook at the beginning of each year to provide information on
  • procedures to learn about the course of study for their child and have access to all learning materials.
  • the right to access their child’s official records.
• Utilize the Family Engagement Coordinator for technical assistance on policy development
• Provide parents with written procedures on how to access the Parent Involvement Policy, the Hawkins County Schools Family Engagement Plan, and curriculum.
• Increase parents’ capacity to become involved in the educational process by presenting information in a timely manner and through various means to include information such as
  • a written description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school.
  • the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.
  • State’s academic content standards.
  • State student academic achievement standards.
  • State and local academic assessments, the requirements of parent involvement.
  • how to monitor a child’s progress and work with educators to improve the achievement of their child.
    • We will have a newsletter sent home with report cards each nine weeks that will inform parents of the content standards the students will be learning for the next nine weeks.
    • Progress reports will go home twice during each marking period.
    • Thinklink Data will be sent home three times per year.
    • A Title 1 newsletter will go home as needed to inform parents on parent engagement activities taking place.
    • Website

• Set up meetings requested by parents to give suggestions and be part of the decision making about their child relating to the education of their child, and respond to the suggestions as soon as possible.
• Coordinate parent involvement programs and activities with Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, and public preschool and other programs, and conduct other activities, such as parent resource centers.
  • We have a parent library available in the front office.
  • CHIS students will be invited to take part in our Homecoming pep rally during the fall. CHIS students and parents will tour the school in the spring.
  • We have parents participate in the SWPBS Panther Paw Celebration.
• All information about school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to the parents in an understandable language.
• Provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities as parents may request.
• Provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information and school reports in a language such parents understand.