Bruce Elementary School
Family Engagement Plan
Bruce Elementary School has a special responsibility to our parents and the community by providing
opportunities to get involved and share the responsibility of promoting success in our children. Bruce
Elementary School will ensure that its families have opportunities to participate in planning, designing,
and implementing the Family Engagement program by doing the following:
Major Activities
Title 1-A Parent Involvement
Strategies
Evaluation/Outcomes
(Coordinated and integrated with parent involvement strategies under
other programs such as Head Start, Parents as Teachers, etc.)
1. Bruce School’s Family Engagement
Plan commits to involving families in
policy development
1. Annually--Develop jointly, review,
agree upon, distribute, and monitor
implementation of the Home-School
Compact, Family Engagement Plan, and
School Improvement Plan; *A process is
in place for parents to submit
complaints on the school-wide program
if deemed unsatisfactory.
1. Family and community members
become stakeholders in the education
process and are continuously aware of
the responsibilities and expectations
of the school
2. Bruce School’s Family Engagement
Plan incorporates family involvement
in decision-making and governance
2. Provide regular opportunities for
families to have input regarding the
planning, review, and improvement of
the school parental involvement policy
and joint development of the schoolwide program plan (TSIPP):
site-based council meetings, parent
meetings, suggestion box, newsletters,
website, monthly coffee talks, parent
surveys
2. Implement/review School Climate
surveys; Address/resolve issues
between families and school within 48
hours
3. Annual No Child Left Behind
meeting: describe and explain Title 1
guidelines, curriculum, school’s AYP
status and participation in Title 1,
forms of local academic assessments
used to measure student progress and
the proficiency levels students are
expected to meet, state standards,
interventions, parent involvement
3. Invite families and offer annual
meeting at flexible times (a.m./p.m.),
with translators for parents with
limited English proficiency; Repeat
meeting second semester for new
families; Daycare provided at every
parent meeting; Transportation
3. Provide Families with the knowledge
of programs and effective
strategies/activities to increase
student proficiency levels
programs,
Attendance/Promotion/Retention
Policies, parental rights
4. Timely two-way communication
between
families, teachers, school staff,
administrators, and community
5. Bruce School shall provide full
opportunities for the participation of
parents with disabilities, parents of
migratory children, and parents with
limited English proficiency to the
extent practicable
6. Professional Development
Opportunities for all school
stakeholders
available, to the extent practicable,
per parent request.
4. Provide assistance to parents in
understanding topics such as the
State’s academic content standards,
assessments, how to monitor students’
progress, and how to work with
teachers to improve achievement:
flexibly-scheduled conferences and/or
per parent requests, progress reports,
assessment results, TCAP data
(proficiency levels), report cards,
notes/phone calls home, EDplans (if
applicable), intervention strategies,
bi-monthly papers sent home, e-mail,
voice mail, lesson line, high-quality
curriculum
5. Continuously provide information
related to school and parent programs,
school reports, in an understandable,
uniform format, using translators as
needed, such as monthly newsletters,
calendars, school website, and
postings in the Parent Resource Room
6. Invite parents/guardians to partake
in Bruce School’s planned professional
development via school calendar,
website, and notes home. Materials
and training are provided to help
parents work with their children to
improve their achievement (Parent
Resource Room, English for Moms,
Parent Power, PACE). Send home Memphis
City School’s professional development
calendar, post in the Parent Resource
4. Families can address student’s
areas of need and become involved in
the academic experience
5. Delivery of services that supports
and increases family involvement
6. Enable parents to better understand
standards, academic content, and
improve parenting skills knowledge;
increased opportunities for parents to
become learners
7. Maximize the possibility of
parental attendance; ensure meaningful
7. Bruce School’s Family Engagement
Plan pledges to increase family
involvement
8. Staff members will study the value
and contributions of parents,
working/communicating with parents as
equal partners, implementing and
coordinating parent programs, and
foster ties between home and school.
Room, and link on the school’s
website.
7. Family meetings shall be held
regularly throughout the year at
flexible times to accommodate the
needs of all families. Parents are
provided with opportunities to observe
the instructional program, volunteer
their services, and take a
participatory role in school planning.
Per parent request, regular meetings
are held to formulate suggestions and
to participate in decisions relating
to the education of their children.
parental involvement
8. Build strong relationships with
students’ parents to be support
academic achievement.
8. Staff will receive on-going
professional development using a book
study/jigsaw: Parents and Teachers
Working Together by Davis & Yang
*Parents are to submit the complaint to either the school’s Parent Input Box or to the Site Based Council. If the
problem still goes unresolved, the next step will be to file a complaint in writing to the Tennessee Department of
Education, Federal Programs Office. The complaint must include the name and address of the person submitting the
complaint and a description of the complaint. The complaint must also include a statement that the school/agency has
violated a requirement of federal stature or regulation that applies to the program.
Mailing Address:
Tennessee Department of Education, Federal Programs Office, 5th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower, 710 James Robertson
Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243