PPEP TEC HIGH SCHOOLS

Parent Involvment Policy

Parent Involvment Policy

It is the policy of PPEP TEC High School (PTHS) to involve parents, family and community members in the
planning, development and implementation of its continuous review and improvement of educational
programs. With this in mind, PPEP TEC High School will implement the following statutory requirements:

The PTHS Administration will operate programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of
parents in all of its schools, especially in schools with Title I, Part A programs. Those programs, activities,
and procedures will be planned and operated with meaningful consultation with parents of participating
students.

The PTHS Administration will work with its schools to ensure that the required school-level parent
involvement policies meet the requirements of section 1118(b) of the ESEA, and include a school-parent
compact as a component.

This district wide parent involvement policy will be incorporated into the PTHS LEA Integrated Action
Plan. If the PTHS LEA ESSA Consolidated Plan is not satisfactory to parents of participating students, the
PTHS Administration will submit any parent comments with the plan when the plan is submitted to the
Arizona Department of Education.

In carrying out the Title I, Part A parent involvement requirements, PTHS will provide full opportunities
for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of
migratory students, which will include providing information and summaries of school reports in an
understandable and uniform format in a language parents understand.

Through the PTHS ESSA Committee, the PTHS Administration will involve parents of students served in
Title I, Part A schools in decisions about how the 1% of Title I, Part A
funds reserved for parent involvement are spent, and will ensure that not less than 95% of the 1%
reserved goes directly to schools.

The PTHS Administration will ensure schools inform parents of the purpose and existence of the
Arizona Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC).

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PTHS will be governed by the following statutory definition of parent involvement, and will ensure its
Title I schools carry out programs, activities, and procedures in accordance with this definition:

Parent involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful
communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring –
A. Parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning;
B. Parent are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school;
C. Parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-
making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child; and
D. Activities are carried out in accordance with section 1118 of the ESEA.

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The PTHS Administration will involve parents in the joint development of its district wide parent
involvement plan through soliciting and encouraging parent participation on the PTHS ESSA Committee.
The PTHS Administration will involve parents in the process of review and improvement through
soliciting and encouraging parent participation on the School Improvement Committee at the Title I
schools in improvement.

The PTHS Administration will provide, as funding permits, the necessary coordination, technical
assistance, and other support to assist Title I, Part A schools in planning and implementing effective
parent involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance. These
include, Parent Liaisons at Title I schools as well as funding to support professional development that
focuses on parent, family, and community involvement for parent liaisons, parents, and school staff.

Through the PTHS ESSA Committee, the PTHS Administration will conduct, with the involvement of
parents, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of this parent involvement policy in
improving the quality of its Title I, Part A schools. The evaluation will include identifying barriers to
greater participation by parents in parent involvement activities, with particular attention to parents
who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited
literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background. The PTHS Administration will use the findings
of the evaluation about its parent involvement policy and activities to design strategies for more
effective parent involvement, and to revise as necessary and with the involvement of parents, its parent
involvement policies. The evaluation will be conducted annually at the end of each school year through:

Parent surveys conducted and collected at school open houses;

Parent surveys conducted and collected at year-end meetings of school site-based councils;

Parent surveys conducted and collected at the year-end meeting of the PTHS Migrant Parent Advisory
Council, which includes parents of migratory students enrolled at the schools in San Luis and Somerton;
and

Staff surveys conducted and collected through electronic means.

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Site committees will recognize survey results in the CAN/RCA/IAP processes and create plans that
answer recognized needs.
In order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among schools and
parents, the PTHS Administration will, with the assistance of Title I, Part A schools, build the schools’ and
parent’s capacity for strong parent involvement through the following activities:
A.PTHS will provide to parents of children served by PPEP TEC High School, assistance in understanding
topics such as the following –

Understanding the State’s academic content standards;
Understanding the State’s student academic achievement standards;
Understanding State and district academic assessments including alternate assessments;
Understanding the requirements of Title I, Part A;
How to monitor their child’s progress; and
How to work with teachers and other school staff.

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Parents will have the opportunity to participate on their school’s site-based council, attend quarterly
open houses, and attend the annual Title I meeting at PTHS Title I schools. Parents will also have
opportunity to attend the National Title I and Migrant Education Conferences as funding permits.

B.PTHS will provide materials and training to help parents work with their children to improve their
children’s academic achievement and to foster parent involvement by providing parents with literacy
training and training to use technology, as funding allows.

C.PTHS will educate its lead teachers, teachers, student services personnel, and other school staff in how
to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners; in the value and utility of
contributions of parents; and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties
between parents and schools by providing training and technical assistance at district pre-service and in-
service meetings, and school staff meetings.

D.PTHS will take the following actions to ensure that information related to the school and parent
programs, meetings, and other activities, is sent to the parents of participating students in an
understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon request, and to the extent
practicable, in a language the parents can understand through:

Quarterly open houses at all PPEP TEC High School sites;
Annual Title I meetings at Title I schools;
Flyers sent with student progress reports; and
Announcements posted on the PPEP TEC social media sites.

Flyers, the PPEP TEC High School website and PTHS social media sites provide information in both
English and Spanish. Translators are available at open houses and Title I meetings.

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In consultation with its parents through the PTHS ESSA Committee, the PTHS Administration may choose
to undertake the following discretionary activities to build parents’ capacity for involvement in schools
to support their children’s academic achievement:

As funding permits, paying reasonable and necessary expenses associated with parent involvement
activities, such as transportation and child care costs, to enable parents to participate in school-related
meetings and training sessions;

Training parents to enhance the involvement of other parents

Arranging school meetings at a variety of times that are convenient to parents, or conducting in-home
conferences between parents who are unable to attend parent conferences at school, and teachers and
other educators who work directly with participating students.

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For more information about parent, families, and community involvement, please contact the District
Parent Liaison at (520) 294-6997.