Parental and Community Involvement Sample Clauses

Parental and Community Involvement. The RSA Governance Board will organize and instruct parents to take an active role in the school and create a supportive parent network through the following activities: Parents/guardians will be involved in RSA by having representation on RSA Governance Board. Parents/guardians will also serve on RSA Governance Board committees such as enrollment, by-laws, curriculum and facilities. Parents may also take part in the instructional delivery as they will be encouraged to share their expertise and interests related to the studies at RSA. a. RSA will enrich the opportunities for students and staff at West High School in a variety of ways as well. Speakers and programs brought in by RSA will be made available to the West students and staff. b. Parents will receive quarterly reports on student progress at RSA. Parent-teacher conferences will be held at the close of the first and third quarters. Additional parent teacher conferences, electronic mail, print correspondence, and telephone contacts will be used on an individual basis to communicate student progress when the parents or teachers feel it is appropriate. c. Parental issues, concerns, questions, and complaints will be handled following these steps: (1) Contact the classroom teacher. (2) If resolution has not been reached, or if the concern is school wide, the RSA school director will be contacted. (3) If resolution is still not reached, the principal will be contacted. (4) If resolution is still not reached and based on the issue, the charter school principal will contact the RSA Governing Board or AASD Assistant Superintendent. (5) Unresolved issues may be appealed the Superintendent of Schools. (6) The final step in the District appeal process is to contact the Board of Education.
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Parental and Community Involvement. Parents/guardians will be involved in the FRA by having representation on the FRA Governance Board. Parents/guardians will also serve on FRA Governance Board committees such as enrollment, bylaws, curriculum and facilities. Parents will be an integral part of instructional delivery as they will be encouraged to share their expertise and interests related to the studies at FRA. FRA will provide numerous opportunities for meaningful parent/community involvement. The community service requirement, the use of community members as primary sources in research, the opportunity to develop mentor relationships, and student end-of-year/capstone projects all serve to encourage students and parents to become concerned and contributing members of their communities on local, state, national and international levels. For the period that FRA is housed within a Host School, students will be able to participate in the after school activities available to the students of the Host School. If FRA students meet the age range for afterschool programs, FRA students will be able to attend these programs at the Host School. FRA will enrich the opportunities for students and staff at Host School in a variety of ways as well. Speakers and programs brought in by FRA will be made available to the Host School’s students, parents, and staff. FRA materials purchased through grant funds will be available for loan to the Host School’s staff as well. Finally, positive learning relationships will develop as FRA students share their knowledge with students of the Host School when project fairs are held. Parents will receive mid-quarter and quarterly reports on student progress at FRA. Parent-teacher conferences will be held at the close of the first and third quarters. Additional parent teacher conferences, electronic mail, print correspondence, and telephone contacts will be used on an individual basis to communicate student progress when the parents, or teachers, feel it is appropriate. Students from the 5th through 8th grades will: have email accounts assigned by FRA; be able to post podcasts and webcasts, create blogs, and fully utilize available technology under the supervision and website administration of FRA teachers. Parental issues, concerns, questions, and complaints will be handled following these steps: Contact the classroom teacher. If resolution has not been reached, or if the concern is school wide, the FRA lead teacher will be contacted. If resolution is still not reached, the...
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Parental and Community Involvement. The Tesla Governance Board will organize and instruct parents to take an active role in the school and create a supportive parent network through the following activities: Parents/guardians will be involved in the Tesla by having representation on the Tesla Governance Board. Parents/guardians will also serve on Tesla Governance Board committees such as enrollment, by-laws, curriculum and facilities. Parents will be an integral part of instructional delivery as they will be encouraged to share their expertise and interests related to the studies at Tesla. a. Tesla will provide numerous opportunities for meaningful parent/community involvement. The community service requirement, the use of community members as primary sources in research, the opportunity to develop mentor relationships, and student end-of-year/capstone projects all serve to encourage students and parents to become concerned and contributing members of their communities on local, state, national and international levels. b. For the period that Tesla is housed within a Host School, students will be able to participate in the after school activities available to the students of the Host School. If Tesla students meet the age range for afterschool programs, Tesla students will be able to attend these programs at the Host School. x. Xxxxx will enrich the opportunities for students and staff at the Host School in a variety of ways as well. Speakers and programs brought in by Tesla will be made available to the Host School’s students, parents, and staff. Donations that are given to Tesla are given with the stipulation that the equipment purchased with the funds will be owned by Tesla. The understanding with donors is that the equipment/services will be used by other Tesla and the host schools staff and students; however, if Tesla should change locations, the equipment would move with the school d. Parents will receive mid-quarter and quarterly reports on student progress at Tesla. Parent-teacher conferences will be held at the close of the first and third quarters. Additional parent-teacher conferences, electronic mail, print correspondence, and telephone contacts will be used on an individual basis to communicate student progress when the parents or teachers feel it is appropriate. e. Students from the 9th through 12th grades will: have email accounts assigned by XXXX; and will be able to fully utilize available technology under the supervision and website administration of Tesla teachers. f. Pare...
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Parental and Community Involvement. The WCA Governance Board will organize and instruct parents to take an active role in the school and create a supportive parent network through the following activities: Parent/guardian involvement continues to be the centerpiece of WCA’s concept. Each student’s parent (or guardian or other caring adult responsible for the student) serves as the learning coach consulting frequently with the teachers, guiding the students learning, and helping keep track of work to be done and completed. WCA, with the assistance of AASD and Xxxxxxx, shall offer ongoing training and support to help learning coaches carry out their important role. In addition to the Parent Advisory Council, parents/guardians will be involved in WCA by having representation on WCA’s Governance Board. Parent/guardian involvement is promoted by providing to each parent/guardian for each student enrolled with WCA the following information in writing: the name of and how to contact each member of the school board that contracted with WCA for the establishment of WCA; the name of and how to contact each member of the Governance Board; the names of and how to contact the members of the Parent Advisory Council; the name of and how to contact the WCA staff. a. Kindergarten through twelfth grade students enrolled in WCA will have accounts with Xxxxxxx Virtual Classroom; be able to webmail within a secure medium, attend virtual classes, create posts on message boards, and fully utilize available technology under the supervision of their learning coach. WCA students continue to be members of a variety of communities; the community of their extended family, the geographic community in which they live, the community of Pearson, and the broader world to which we are all connected. WCA’s instructional program makes available these communities into students learning in several ways: b. School organized field trips and other school events held in different towns and at different locations around the state; • Encouraging local community service activities that allow students to apply their academic skills while interacting with other WCA students in their immediate geographic areas; • Strategically hosted state testing sites that afford students and parents the opportunity to meet teachers and connect with each other. • Xxxxxxx offers a broad range of clubs and activities that encourages students to pursue their interests. Most activities are voluntary but certain activities may be required in order to meet AAS...
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Parental and Community Involvement. The Appleton eSchool Governance Board will organize and instruct parents to take an active role in the school and create a supportive parent network through the following activities: a. Participation eSchool parents/guardians will be involved with the eSchool by having representation on the eSchool governing board. Parents/guardians will also serve on eSchool parent advisory council. Parents (and students) may be an integral part of representing eSchool at the AASD annual charter fair for the community. b. Parent Involvement and Relationship. Parents, through their guardian accounts in eSchool, will receive a minimum of monthly progress reports as well as direct, real-time access to their student’s academic progress in eSchool courses. Parent support training events will be held in conjunction with the district calendar conferences schedule. Additional parent teacher conferences, electronic mail, print correspondence, and telephone contacts will be used on an individual basis to communicate student progress when the parents, or teachers, feel it is appropriate. c. Parental issues, concerns, questions, and complaints will be handled following these steps: (1) Contact the teacher. (2) If resolution has not been reached, or if the concern is school wide, the Appleton eSchool lead teacher/director will be contacted. (3) If resolution is still not reached, the Principal will be contacted. (4) If resolution is still not reached and based on the issue, the charter school principal will contact the Appleton eSchool Governing Board or AASD Assistant Superintendent. (5) Unresolved issues may be appealed the Superintendent of Schools. (6) The final step in the District appeal process is to contact the Board of Education.
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Parental and Community Involvement. The CCSA Governance Board will organize and instruct parents to take an active role in the school and create a supportive parent network through the following activities: a. Parents/guardians/community members will be invited to participate in the committees established by CCSA. Yearly Committee Goals found in CCSA/Classical School Strategic Plan. b. Parents/guardians/community members will serve on the CCSA Board of Directors. c. Parents/guardians are encouraged to volunteer within Classical School a minimum of 10 hours/school year. d. Parents/guardians will receive mid-quarter and quarterly reports on student progress at Classical School. Parents/guardians can also monitor student progress using the AASD’s online tools (e.g., Infinite Campus). Parent-teacher conferences will be held during the first and third quarters. Additional in-person parent-teacher conferences, e-mail/print correspondence, and telephone/video contacts will be used on an individual basis to communicate student progress when the parents or teachers feel it is appropriate. e. Students in grades 7 and 8 will be eligible to participate in extracurriculars at Partner School (Einstein). f. Parental issues, concerns, questions, and complaints will be handled following these steps: (1) Contact the classroom teacher. (2) If resolution is not reached, or if the concern is school wide, the Classical School principal will be contacted. (3) If resolution is still not reached and based on the issue, the charter school principal will contact the CCSA Governing Board or AASD Assistant Superintendent. (4) Unresolved issues may be appealed the Superintendent of Schools. (5) The final step in the District appeal process is to contact the Board of Education.
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Parental and Community Involvement. 150 Parents/guardians will have several opportunities to be involved in the FWA. 151 a. Parent and community involvement is an essential component of FWA. Opportunities 152 for involvement in FWA include representation on the Governance Council, committee 153 involvement, special activities, and volunteer opportunities to help in the classroom.
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