PURPOSE: Tulsa Public Schools shall promote involvement in all schools as mandated by Title I, No Child Left Behind Act of 2021 and work as equal partners with parents in providing quality experiences for every student, every day, without exception.
The Board believes and acknowledges that parent involvement raises the academic achievement level of students. Additionally, parents become empowered, teacher morale improves, and communities grow stronger when parents take an active role in educating their children. To this end, schools shall involve parents in the education of their children at all grades levels. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall provide coordination, technical assistance and other support necessary to assist all schools in planning and implementing effective parent involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance. Public Law 107-110, No Child Left Behind; section 1118-Title I Parent Involvement establishes that to build capacity for parent involvement within schools, a district is to “develop jointly with, agree on with, and distribute to parents of participating children a written Parent Involvement Policy”.
Building Parents Capacity for Involvement
The Board believes that empowering parents to insist on improvement and giving schools extra incentive to do so and by giving parents options regarding their children’s education helps the district to realize its vision to become the “District of Choice” for patrons of the community. As a result of these belief, the Board shall create an environment of supportive and collaborative parent involvement.
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Program information for Parents: Kerr Elementary shall provide assistance to parents of all children in understanding such topics as the state’s academic content and achievement standards, the assessments being used, the requirements of Title I, Part A, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and how to monitor their children’s progress and work with educators to improve their achievement.
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Materials and Training: Kerr Elementary shall provide materials, and training, such as literacy training on how to use technology to help parents work with their children to improve achievement.
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Educate Educators: Kerr Elementary shall educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility and contributions of parents, and in how to reach out to, communicate with and work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties between parents and the school
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Preschool Coordination: Kerr Elementary shall “to the extent feasible and appropriate”, coordinate and integrate parental involvement programs with Head Start, Even Start, and other conduct activities, such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children.
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Understandable Communication: Kerr Elementary shall ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings and other activities is sent to the parents of all
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Other Requested Activities: Kerr Elementary shall provide such other reasonable support for parent involvement activities such as parents may request.
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Kerr Elementary has a bilingual parent facilitator for parents.
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Parent/Guardian & Community Involvement: By 2019, each school will demonstrate exceptional parent/ guardian involvement association, and the districts will triple its Partners-in-Education agreements with community, business, institutions, organizations and agencies.
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STEM Nights to promote Literacy and Math
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Parent Teacher Conferences
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Monthly Newsletters
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Classroom Newsletters/Grade Level Newsletters
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Kerr Kick Off-formerly Back to School Night
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Implementation of a school web site
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Regular meetings of Parent Community Advisory Committee
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Full time parental involvement facilitator
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Monthly parent involvement activities
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District Wide Track and Field Day
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Project Merry Christmas Baskets with John Knox Presbyterian Church
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Salvation Army Food Basket
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Thank you notes for Quick Trip
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Any Given Child Field Trips
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Career Day
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Reading Partners Volunteers
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Backlight Dance and Snowball Dance
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Chili Salsa Cook Off-Parent Event
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Dips and Desert Parent Event
Revised August 10, 2023