Title 1 Policy

Title 1: Parental Involvement Policy

POLICY                                                                                                 
Board of Education
Atlantic County Vocational School

Atlantic County Vocational Technical School
Mays Landing, New Jersey

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Parent Involvement

Parent Involvement 

The Board of Education believes that the education of children is a joint responsibility that the Board shares with the parents of pupils.  To insure that the best interests of child are served in this process, a strong program of communication between home and school must be maintained.

It is the position of the Board that parents bear the ultimate responsibility for their children’s in-school behavior, including the behavior of pupils who have reached the legal age of majority, but are still for all practical purposes under parental authority.

The Board directs that parent-school cooperation be encouraged by parent-teacher conferences that permit two-way communication between home and school; open houses in district schools that provide parents with the opportunity to see the school facilities, meet the faculty, and observe the program on a first hand basis; and meetings of staff members and groups of the parents of those pupils having special abilities, needs or problems.

For the benefit of children, the Board believes that parents have a responsibility to encourage their child’s career in school by the following means:

Supporting the schools in requiring that the children observe all school rules and regulations and by accepting their own responsibility for children’s willful in-school behavior;

Sending children to school with proper attention to their health, personal cleanliness and dress;

Maintaining an active interest in pupils’ daily work and making it possible for the pupil to complete assigned homework by providing a quiet place and suitable conditions for study;

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Parent Involvement

Reading all communications from the school and signing and returning them promptly when required; to include but not limited to: pamphlets, website posturing, newsletters, TV broadcast, and direct mailing. (See Attachment)

Cooperating with the school in attending conferences set up for the exchange of information on the child’s progress in school; and

Scheduling family matters to minimize interference with school time.

The Atlantic County Vocational Technical School District’s responsibility to parents and community through the following: 

1. Parents and community members are involved in the development of the Title I, Part A planning process of the school in the following ways:
1. Open forum for parents conducted
2. Parents/community member asked to serve on committees as needed.
3. Provide the opportunity for parental involvement in roles such as advisory board members, volunteers, chaperones, guest speaker, assist in recruitment, etc

2. School and parents capacity for strong parental involvement will be built by providing the following:
1. The district website Parent Involvement section
2. Distribution of Parent Information pamphlets
3. School newsletters is produced and distributed by the school’s guidance office
4. Provide parents with information on school performance, student’s individual assessments, school curriculum, and the proficiency level students are expected to meet.
5. Parents given timely responses to their concerns and suggestions.
6. Assistance in understanding the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards

3. An annual evaluation process of parent/community involvement will be conducted
1. Parent surveys
2. Open forum discussions

4. Information gathered from the evaluation will be used in
1. Developing  targeted strategies to increase parent involvement
2. Revising school policy/procedures as needed

5.  To the extent practicable, provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities, including providing information and school reports in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language such parents understand.

6.  School – Parent Compact
1. Review of the compact by parents
2. Adjusting it to meet the needs of the individual student
3. Revising it if deemed necessary by the school and parent

Adopted: 09/17/79
Revised:  10/14/86
Revised:  01/27/03
Revised: 11/12/04

Attached: Student-Parent-School-Compact – TITLE I