ROUND VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY
PART I. GENERAL EXPECTATIONS
Round Valley Elementary School agrees to implement the following statutory requirements:
1. The school will jointly develop with parents and distribute to parents a School Parent
Involvement Policy that the school and parents of participating children agree on.
2. The school will notify parents about the School Parent Involvement Policy in an
understandable and uniform format and, to the extent possible, will distribute this policy to
parents in a language the parents can understand.
3. The school will make the School Parent Involvement Policy available to the local
community.
4. The school will update the School Parent Involvement Policy to meet the changing needs of
parents and the school.
5. The school will adopt the school’s-parent compact as a component of its School Parent
Involvement Policy.
6. The school will provide accessibility and opportunities for parents with limited English
proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory students.
7. The school agrees to be governed by the following statutory definition of parent
involvement, and will carry out programs, activities and procedures in accordance with this
definition:
Parental Involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way and meaningful
communications involving student academic learning and other school activities, which
include ensuring That parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning;
 That parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at
school;
 That parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as
appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education
of their child;
 The carrying out of other activities, such as those described in section 1118 of the
ESEA.
PART II. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE SCHOOL WILL IMPLEMENT REQUIRED SCHOOL
PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY COMPONENTS
1.
Round Valley Elementary School will take the following actions to involve parents in the
joint development and joint agreement of the Round Valley Elementary School Parent
Involvement Policy and its school wide plan, if applicable, in an organized, ongoing, and
timely way under section 1118(b) of the ESEA:
Action
Responsible
Timeline
Distribute a copy of the Board adopted Parent Involvement
Principal
January
Policy, the school’s Parent Involvement Policy, and the
2012
School-Parent compact to all parents by mailing home.
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Distribute a form for parents to provide written feedback, if
desired.
Hold three parent input meetings for feedback on the above –
1 in morning when parents bring students to school; 1
afterschool; 1 in evening
Present parent Involvement Policy for review and input from
RV Tribal Council
Solicit input from parents at the January School Board
meeting
Advertise a SSC meeting to be held in February where
parent input will be reviewed and modifications will be
discussed and implemented, as determined by SSC.
2.
Principal and
SSC Chair
January
2012
Superintendent January
2012
Superintendent January
2012
Principal and
February
SSC Chair
2012
Round Valley Elementary School will take the following actions to distribute to parents of
participating children and the local community, the Round Valley Elementary School Parent
Involvement Policy:
Action
Mail adopted RVES Parent Involvement Policy to all parents
with the March Newsletter
Review Parent Involvement Policy at SSC
Present Parent Involvement Policy to Board of Trustees at
meeting
Present Parent Involvement Policy to Tribal Council
Provide a copy of Parent Involvement Policy to all new parents
in the school enrollment packet
Place Parent Involvement Policy on District website
3.
Responsible
Principal
Principal and
SSC Chair
Principal and
SSC Chair
Superintendent
Principal
Technology
Dept.
Timeline
March
2012
March
2012
March
2012
March
2012
August /
Yearly
February
2012
Round Valley Elementary School will periodically update the Round Valley Elementary
School Parent Involvement Policy to meet the changing needs of parents and the school.
The Parent Involvement Policy will be reviewed at least annually, and will be reviewed
when the school is involved in changes that will affect students and parents, including PL
(choice, SES, corrective action, restructuring) and other changes:
Action
The SSC will review the Parent Involvement Policy for
potential revisions in November of each year. The updated
plan will be approved by December of each year.
Parents will be provided a copy of the School Parent
Involvement Policy at Back to School Night, Open House, and
student performances. With each copy of the policy, a
feedback form will be attached
Responsible
Principal
Timeline
November /
yearly
Principal and
SSC Chair
Parent input sessions will be set one month prior to the SSC
meeting to determine revisions.
Principal and
SSC Chair
Events
throughout
year/ Sept.,
December,
April
October /
yearly
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Present new School Parent Involvement Policy to Board of
Trustees
4.
December /
yearly
Round Valley Elementary School will convene an annual meeting to inform parents of the
following:
 That their child’s school participates in Title I;
 About the requirements of Title I; and
 Of the parent’s rights to be involved.
Action
A parent information meeting will take place in September
each year. Parents will receive the following information:
 Information about the Title I program in the school;
what services are provided; how students/parents can
access services; how parents can provide feedback on
effectiveness of services
 Information about how the district/school receives
Title I funding and the purpose of Title I funding;
 The rights that parents have under law;
 Review of the district parent involvement policy and
the school parent involvement policy, including the
school-parent compact’
 Information on the ways parents can get involved in
the school and in their child’s education.
*Parent incentives will be provided to increase
participation.
5.
Superintendent
Responsible
Principal
Timeline
September /
yearly
Round Valley Elementary School will hold meetings to ensure parents are provided an
opportunity for input into the Title I program, and will provide child care to facilitate
parent attendance.
Action
Two parent meetings will be held at the school site to review
the Title I program, and ask parents to provide input on the
effectiveness of the program in meeting student needs. These
meetings will be held prior to budget development. All
parents will receive invitations to attend these planning
meetings. Invitations will be sent home with students. (Alert
Now reminder)
Childcare will be provided at the Title I input meetings.
Responsible
Principal
Timeline
November
2012,
April 2013
Principal and
SSC Chair
A SSC meeting will be held monthly, with one agenda item to
include input from parents regarding the Title I program.
Principal and
SSC Chair
November
2012,
April 2013
December /
yearly
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6.
Round Valley Elementary School will provide timely information about Title I program to
parents of participating children through the following activities;
Action
Parents will receive written information about Title I
programs at the school in the Back to School Packets that are
mailed to each parent prior to the beginning of school each
year.
Information about Title I programs, the Parent Involvement
Policy, School-Parent Compacts, etc., will be provided to
parents at Parent Conferences held within the first three
weeks of school each year.
Information about Title I programs, the Parent Involvement
Policy, School-Parent Compacts, etc., will be provided to new
parents at enrollment.
7.
Responsible
Principal /
Superintendent
Timeline
August /
yearly
Principal
September /
Yearly
Principal
on-going
Round Valley Elementary School will provide to parents of participating children a
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:
Action
Responsible
The school will sponsor a parent education evening in April of Principal /
each year (prior to STAR testing) to share with parents about Coach
the assessment system, the proficiency levels, samples of
assessment items, information on how parents can help their
students understand the importance of taking the tests
seriously and information on how parents can help prepare
their students.
Timeline
April /
yearly
Teachers will share with parents their student’s individual
assessment results and ways parents can help their students
to increase student achievement
Teachers will share with parents the curriculum that their
child will be using during the school year and how teachers
use benchmark assessments to determine student growth and
make decisions about modifications to instruction.
Information regarding district wide assessment results will be
presented to the Board of Trustees
Teachers at
conferences
September /
yearly
Teachers at
conferences
September /
yearly
Superintendent
Principal
September
/ yearly
8.
Round Valley Elementary School will provide parents of participating children, if
requested by parents, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and to
participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their children, and
respond to any such suggestions as soon as possible.
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Action
Parent conferences will be held at least three time a year and
will also occur as determined by student progress
Responsible
Teachers
Parents who request additional parent conferences will be
provided with a time to meet with the teacher within one
week of the request.
Monthly SSC meetings will have an agenda item that
provides an opportunity for parents to provide input into
their child’s educational program.
Two parent / community meetings will be held in places
within the community for the purpose of soliciting input into
the educational program.
PL874 parent committee meetings will have an agenda item
that provides an opportunity for parents to provide input into
the educational programs offered by the school, and the
effectiveness of the programs.
Teachers
9.
Timeline
September,
November,
March /
April
As needed
Principal
SSC Chair
Monthly
Superintendent
Principal
Oct. 2012
Feb. 2013
Superintendent
Principal
Monthly
Round Valley Elementary School will submit to the district any parent comments if the
school wide plan is not satisfactory to parents of participating children. The principal or
the SSC chair will write down all parent comments, or will ask parents to write down their
comments. The two school site parent representatives to the district wide Parent Advisory
Council will bring all comments to the quarterly meetings for review with the district wide
Parent Advisory Council.
10. Opportunities will be provided for all parents to participate, including parents with limited
English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory students. This
includes holding activities in handicapped accessible environments and providing
information in a form and language parents understand.
Action
Upon parent request, the school will provide someone who
can interpret in the parent’s primary language.
All written information will be provided in a clear, concise
format that is easily readable by parents.
Parents will be encouraged to contact the school or visit the
school to clarify any information that has been provided.
Parents will be provided information about school and parent
events in oral format through the use of the district phone
contact system.
Responsible
Principal
Timeline
On-going
Principal
Teachers
Principal
Teachers
Principal
On-going
On-going
On-going
PART III. SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HIGH STUDENT ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT
1. Round Valley Elementary School will build the school’s and parents’ capacity for
strong parent involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to
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support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve
student academic achievement through a variety of strategies, including:
Action
Parents will receive written information about Title I
programs at the school in the Back to School Packets that are
mailed to each parent prior to the beginning of school each
year.
Information about Title I programs, the Parent Involvement
Policy, School-Parent Compacts, etc., will be provided to
parents at Parent conferences held within the first three
weeks of school each year.
Information about Title I programs, the Parent Involvement
Policy, School-Parent Compacts, etc., will be provided to new
parents at enrollment
Responsible
Principal
superintendent
Timeline
August /
yearly
Principal
Principal
On-going
On-going
Principal
Teachers
September /
yearly
2. The school will incorporate the school-parent-student compact as a component of its
School Parent Involvement Policy.
Action
The SSC will review and update the School-Parent-Student
Compact each spring for the upcoming year.
Teachers will provide parents an explanation of the SchoolParent-Student compact, review the compact and request
signatures at parent conferences.
School-Parent-Student compacts will be available for parent
review and signature as a part of Back to School classroom
activities
Teachers will review School-Parent-Student compacts with
students at the beginning of the school year.
The school will distribute information about School-ParentStudent compacts at parent / teacher conferences and will
ask parents to sign the compact.
Responsible
Principal
SSC Chair
Teachers
Timeline
May /
yearly
September /
yearly
Teachers
September /
yearly
Teachers
August /
yearly
October /
yearly
Principal
Teachers
3. The school will, with the assistance of the district, provide assistance to parents of
children served by the school in understanding the following topics:
 CA’s academic content standards;
 CA’s goals for student achievement and the assessment system;
 RVUSD’s benchmark assessments and how they are used;
 Ways parents can monitor their child’s progress;
 How to work with educators.
A plan of action for how to provide information will be developed through the following process:
Action
The SSC will review and update the School-Parent-Student
Compact each spring for the upcoming year.
Teachers will provide parents an explanation of the SchoolParent-Student compact, review the compact and request
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Responsible
Principal
SSC Chair
Teachers
Timeline
May /
yearly
September /
yearly
signatures at parent conferences.
School-Parent-Student compacts will be available for parent
Teachers
September /
review and signature as a part of Back to School classroom
yearly
activities
4. The school will, with the assistance of the district, provide materials and training to help
parents work with their children to improve their children’s academic achievement. A
plan of action for how to identify topics of importance and provide information will be
developed through the following process:
Action
SSC will brainstorm topics that parents may be interested in
learning more about, i.e. literacy, math skills, technology,
completing homework etc.
Teachers will brainstorm topics that parents may be
interested in learning more about, i.e. literacy, math skills,
technology, completing homework, etc.
School staff will prioritize topics based on identified student
achievement issues.
School staff will develop a calendar for presenting
information to parents. (2x year)
Responsible
Principal
SSC Chair
Timeline
March
Principal
Teachers
March
Principal
Teachers
Principal
March
Invite parents to trainings through an invitation, newsletter
announcement, flyer and or Alert Now System
Principal
May for
2013-14
year
2013-14
5. The school will, with the assistance of the district and parents, educate teachers,
principal and other staff in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with
parents as equal partners, and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs
and build ties between parents and schools.
Action
SSC will brainstorm ideas on how to reach out to,
communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners,
and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs
and build ties between parents and schools.
School staff will brainstorm ideas on how to reach out to,
communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners,
and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs
and build ties between parents and schools.
SSC will research parent programs that will build ties
between parents and schools. Ideas will be shared with staff.
SSC will adopt and implement two key ideas.
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Responsible
SSC Chair and
Members
Principal
Timeline
March
Teachers
Principal
March
SSC Chair
SSC Members
Principal
SSC Chair
Principal
March
March
6. The school will coordinate and integrate parent involvement programs and activities
with State Preschool and Head Start by:
Action
Principal will contact State Preschool and Head Start and
request information on parent involvement activities that are
in place within each of their programs.
Principal will work with State Preschool and Head Start to
share information regarding current parent activities that are
occurring within all programs. All programs will cross share
activities that will be open to all parents. The school will
share information with parents through the monthly school
newsletter.
Responsible
Principal
Timeline
January
Principal
January /
ongoing
quarterly
7. The school will take the following actions to ensure that information related to the
school and parent programs, meetings, or other school based activities, is sent to the
parents of participating children in an understandable and uniform format, and in a
language the parents can understand.
 All information on programs, meetings, activities will be placed in the monthly school
newspaper.
 Invitational flyers will be developed and distributed to parents. Flyers will be translated
to Spanish, or parents who speak Spanish will be contacted by phone to insure they have
knowledge of any event.
 The phone notification system will be used to inform parents of activities. The phone
notification system provides information in both Spanish and English.
8. The RVES School Site Council will select two parents who will represent the school and its
parents on the RVUSD District wide Parent Advisory Council. Parents will be selected at a RVES
SSC meeting in April/May of each year. Parent representatives will provide advice to the district
on all matters related to parent involvement in Title I, Part A programs. RVUSD District wide
Parent Advisory Council will meet quarterly.
PART IV. ADOPTION
The Round Valley Elementary School Parent Involvement Policy has been developed jointly and
agreed upon by parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs provided at Round
Valley Elementary School.
This policy was adopted by Round Valley Elementary School on Nov. 28, 2011, and has been in
effect for the period of one year. The RVES Parent Involvement Policy will be reviewed annually
at a meeting in May of each year. The school distributed the Parent Involvement Policy to all
parents initially in January 2012. The policy, with any updates, will be distributed each year on or
before September 30th, the RVES Parent Involvement Policy will be made available to the local
community within 30 days of approval by being placed on the district website. The RVES’s
notification to parents of this policy will be in an understandable and uniform format, and, to the
extent practicable, provided to parents in a language they can understand.
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Original signed by members of the School Site Council
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