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The
Parental
Involvement
Toolbox

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city and state here
The
Parental Involvement Toolbox is a
family
and community
engagement
program
for
school improvement,
volunteerism
&
school
health
that
is systemic,
integratable
and
sustainable
The
Parental
Involvement
Toolbox
is
the
point
of
enrollment
that
schools
take
to
become
involved
in
Project
Appleseed.
It is designed for educators and parent leaders who strive to increase
family engagement. The Toolbox is aligned with the Six
Slices of Parental
Involvement. Schools organize parent
responsibility with an effective, researched-based program that meets
district and state mandates and best practices.
The
Parental
Involvement Toolbox
contains these
two primary
family engagement tools:
- The
Parental Involvement Pledge - For School Improvement and
Volunteers Project
Appleseed’s Title I learning compact, the most widely employed learning
compact in the nation, is branded with each school’s name and school
logo, for distribution to every student and family.
- The Parental Involvement Pledge for Fitness
& Nutrition
A family wellness
compact to support children’s participation in physical activities and
healthy eating, to be an active role model, and to include healthy
eating and physical activity in family events.
The
Parental
Involvement Toolbox
contains these additional support and training tools:
- The Parental
Involvement Pledge
Online, branded
with
your
school's
name, and linked to your school's web site -
for accessibility anywhere.
- The
Parental Involvement Report
Card - This is a self
diagnostic tool for distribution to every parent, grandparent, and
caring adult. Branded with each school’s name and school logo,
the Report Card quizzes parents with questions based on standards found
the Six Types of Parental Involvement developed by Epstein.
- Certificates of
Parental
Involvement for schools and
parents!
The Toolkit for
Title I Parental Involvement from SEDL - 33
Tools (Southwest Educational
Development Laboratory) We provide
the most recent research inside the
Toolbox with detailed explanations of the Title I, Part A parental
involvement provisions. The
toolkit includes information on the following topics:
- Policy,
Planning, and Building Capacity
- Communication, Notification,
Reporting, and Information
Sharing
- Parent Rights and Options
- Meaningful Involvement and
Decision Making
- Fund Allocation
- Parent
Engagement: Strategies for Involving Parents in School Health
- This document was
prepared by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
The
strategies and actions recommended
in
this publication are based on a synthesis of parent engagement and
involvement research and guidance from the fields of education, health,
psychology, and sociology. Materials in the review include
peer-reviewed journal articles, books, reports from government agencies
and nongovernmental organizations, and Web sites. Information from
these sources was summarized to identify parent engagement practices in
school that demonstrated an impact on students’ academic and health
behaviors.
Masterfiles
are
in Adobe
Portable Document Format (.pdf files). Toolboxes are delivered by
e-mail.
Read independent
news accounts about Project Appleseed here:
The
Cost
of
the
Basic
Parental
Involvement
Toolbox:
- One Year -
$300.00 for
each
individual
school one
calendar
year. $250.00 for
each additional
district school.
- Two
Years - $400.00 for
each
individual
school one
calendar
year.
$300.00 for each
additional
district school.
- Three
Years -
$500.00 for
each
individual
school one
calendar
year. $400.00 for each
additional
district school.
Toolboxes are delivered by
e-mail and delivered in
Adobe .pdf files.
Fax
purchase orders to
Project Appleseed @ (314) 725-2319
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Communication
School
staff will involve parents in decisions related to the use of Title I,
Part
A
funds
for
parental
involvement.
School
staff will engage parents and students in focused
brainstorming sessions
at
least once monthly to provide them the opportunity to share concerns
and
desires, to better improve the school environment and student
achievement.
Every
school staff member will participate
in communication activities, including,
but not imited to, phone calls, e–mail, and home visits to
communicate with parents.
Furthermore school
staff will ensure that at least one
parent in every child’s
home is contacted by a teacher or other school staff member at least
twice a
year. Parents will be
encouraged to call staff to answer
questions. Suggested
times to call each staff member will be posted on the school Web site.
School
staff will collaborate with parents to provide
workshops to assist parents in
understanding test data and interpretation. Parents’ input and
assistance will
be requested at events and through all communication activities.
Reaching
Out
School
staff will encourage continued positive partnerships and involvement
throughout
the community by encouraging parents and students to engage in
planning, feedback, and
review
activities. Moreover, parents will be encouraged to help
present at staff professional development activities.
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