Peoria District #150 is committed to family involvement!
Peoria District #150 is committed to family involvement! The Title I Office
focused this past year on a comprehensive parent involvement initiative involving
teachers and community members beginning with a parent involvement institute
and joining the National Network of Partnership Schools.
School, Family, and Community Partnerships
District #150 Title I schools and the Title I Office have joined the National Network of Partnership Schools. The National Network is a network of over 1700 schools nationwide. The Network is focused on the research of Joyce Epstein and based on the book School, Family, and Community Partnerships.
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Peoria Public School District #150
Parent Partnership Leaders:
District #150 has joined the National Network for Partnership Schools. In
addition, each Title I school has identified a leader within their individual
school to help lead the charge of family involvement. The following individuals
are a part of the district team:
Wanda Binion – Harrison Primary School
Cathy Behrll - Trewyn
Elaine Greer – Valeska Early Childhood Center
Stan Hangen – Manual High School
Joanne Helenek – Tyng Primary School
Mary Huber – Columbia Middle School
Nancy Knussman – Kingman Primary School
Karen Kolb – Roosevelt Magnet School
Becky Lindholm – ELL Lead Teacher
Dawn Mabis-Mitchell – Irving Primary School
Kathy Phillips – White Middle School
Linda Rex – Garfield Primary School
Nicole Stroup – Woodrow Wilson Primary School
Roz Swain – Sterling Middle School
Sharon Trussler – Manual High School
Alicia Moore - Loucks
Stan Hangen - Manual High School
Jodi Walschaert – Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Center
Deanne Tucker-White - Franklin Edison
A special thanks to our community partners:
Joyce Banks – Community Builders
Shirley Dresden – Common Place
Helen Jenkins – Common Place
ATTENTION ACTION TEAMS - Have
you been working on your plan or details of activities you have planned for
next year? Plans for the 07-08 school year are due to Title
I by August 24th. You may submit them now or at the beginning
of the year.
Check out the PDF document with information
and ideas!
Parental Involvement School Requirements
Three decades of research provides convincing evidence that parents are an
important influence in helping their children achieve high academic standards.
The schools collaborate with parents to help their children learn and when
parents participate in school activities and decision-making about their children's
education, children achieve at higher levels. Children do best when parents
are enabled to play four key roles in their children's learning: teachers
(helping children at home), supporters (contributing their skills to the school),
advocates (helping children receive fair treatment), and decision makers (participating
in joint problem-solving with the school at every level). (Henderson and Berla,
1994)
Parents involvement with their children's schools can take many forms. Those
forms need to be determined at two levels. One is at the school district
level were general policies are determined. The other is at each school
so that parental involvement is tailored to meet each child's, parent's,
and schools needs and capabilities
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS
UNDER NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
Each school receiving Title I funds is to have a written parental involvement
policy. The policy is to be developed with participation of the parents
of participating children. Parents shall be notified of the policy in an
understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided
in a language the parents can understand. Such policy shall be made available
to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs
of parents and the school. The Parental Involvement Policy is to describe
how the school will:
• Involve parents in the development of the policy and how such opportunity
will be communicated to the parents of participating children. Section 1118
(c) delineates specific communication requirements with parents that schools
are to undertake.
• Through the school-parent compact explain how school staff and parents
will be jointly responsible for improving the students' academic performance.
• Assist parents in becoming effective participants in their children's
education.
• Provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited
English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory
children, including providing information and school reports required under
Section 1111 in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language such
parents understand.
For full text of the Act, go to: