Timely Parent Outreach: Annual Title I Meeting and Parent Information (ESSA)
Title I schools are required to host an annual meeting at a convenient time for all parents of particpating students. It is important to ensure that all parents are invited and encouraged to attend. This meeting serves to inform parents about the school's participation in the Title I program, explain the program's requirements, and clarify the rights and opportunities for parent involvement.
For LEAs with Title I schools, it is important to provide parents with timely information about the Title I programs. This includes sharing the LEA and school-level parent and family engagement policies, including the compact; details about the curriculum in use; the forms of academic assessment emplyed to measure student progress; and the achievement levels associated with the State's academic standards.
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What is Parent and Family Engagement?
Parent and Family Engagement is an ongoing process that increases active participation, communication, and collaboration between parents, schools, and communities with the goal of educating the whole child to ensure student achievement and success.
The Georgia Department of Education’s Family-School Partnership Program ensures that Title I, Part A parent and family engagement regulations are met with meaningful and strategic actions to build parent and school staff capacity as mandated by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. Schools and districts must ensure that strong strategies are in place to: 1) build capacity to engage parents/stakeholders in an effective partnership with the school; and 2) share and support high student academic achievement.
Vision Statement
The Family-School Partnership Program believes that parents, schools, families, and communities working together can create meaningful partnerships that ultimately lead to significant gains across the board in student achievement.
