Rockford Public School District's Community Relations/
Parental Involvement Policy |
In order to assure collaborative relationships between students' families and the Board of Education and District personnel and to enable parent(s)/guardian(s) to become active partners in education, the Superintendent shall develop and implement administrative procedures to: |
- Keep parent(s)/guardian(s) thoroughly informed about their child's school and education (e.g., school and classroom newsletters, school and classroom web sites, phone calls, home visits, and character generator announcements of school activities on the district's educational access cable TV channel);
- Encourage involvement in their child's school and education (e.g., Encourage parent participation at Open House, Lighted Library evenings, Family Reading Night, and on the Parent Council and the School Improvement Planning Committee);
- Establish effective two-way communication between all families and the Board of Education and District personnel (Teacher phone calls to students' homes, home visits, teacher and parent exchange of e-mail addresses, parent/teacher conference attendance, and make parents aware of their right to express their opinions at District school board meetings);
- Seek the advice of parent(s)/guardian(s) on school governance issues and methods to fulfill the District's educational mission (Encourage parent/guardian participation in Parent Council, School Improvement Planning Committee and District committees, use of parent/guardian school satisfaction surveys, and parent focus group discussions);
- Inform parent(s)/guardian(s) on how they can assist their children's learning (Principal and teachers disseminate information at Open House and parent teacher conferences, school members share homework assistance tips on the district and school web sites and via newsletter and e-mail and inform parents that the district's curriculum, aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards, is on the District's web site);
- Encourage parental participation in Title 1 schools in accordance with the requirements of 20 U.S.C. Section 19 and each school's parental involvement policy (Parent Compact) (Each year, the student, parent/guardian, teacher, and principal sign the parent compact to signify that they each commit to uphold their responsibilities for improving the student's academic achievement. The responsibilities for each party are delineated in the Parent Compact. Title 1 supervisors make school visits to build awareness of the school administrator's responsibility to have a large beginning-of-the-year parent meeting to share information regarding the school's status as a Title 1 school and the necessity for all educational partners, including the parent and student, to sign the Parent Compact. At parent/teacher conferences, teachers review the Parent Compact with the parent(s)/guardian(s) to remind them of what they promised to do to help the student achieve academic progress. Students are reminded on a daily basis of their responsibilities under this compact and they are also reminded at parent teacher conferences of their commitment. Principals remind teachers of their responsibilities under this compact at their formative and summative evaluations. District Title 1 personnel supervise the implementation of the Parent Compact process.)
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