Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

Together We Dream, Achieve, Succeed!

Mission

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is a caring and safe community where all students belong. We prepare all students for their future through high expectations for all students, development of critical thinking skills, integrated use of technology, and collaborative teamwork as we become lifelong learners.

Student Agreement

I will …

• Do my best.
• Respect myself, others, and school property.
• Always have a positive attitude.
• Exercise self-control.
• Make a difference.
• Work hard to succeed.

Family/Parent Agreement

We will …

• Encourage my student to persevere and always try their best.
• Teach my child to self-advocate when they need help, socially or academically.
• Discuss/ask about my child’s learning.
• Connect home experiences and routines to academic learning.
• Encourage my child to have a positive attitude.
• Communicate regularly with my child’s teacher.
• Check my child’s folder and backpack daily for homework and school communication.
• Participate in school sponsored activities and learning opportunities to model the importance of education for my child.

Teachers/Staff Agreement

We will …

• Communicate regularly with parents/families through newsletters and gradebook updates
• Have high expectations for our students and ourselves.
• Incorporate a variety of teaching/learning strategies to meet the needs of all of our students
• Provide a positive learning environment that builds academic knowledge and self-esteem.
• Collaborate with colleagues (within grade levels, across grade levels, and with specialists) to expand teaching strategies.
• Utilize data derived from formal and informal assessments to guide instruction.
• Share reading and math instructional strategies with parents.

Title I Parent and Family Engagement School Policy

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Title I program is established to improve student achievement so that every student will graduate on time with the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to create a thriving future for themselves and their community.

King Elementary School will ensure effective involvement of families and will support a partnership among the school, parents, guardians, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways: 

School Family Engagement Policy

• Review the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy which is jointly developed and distributed to parents.
• Provide all parents with information about the schools’ participation in Title I at the Annual Meeting and inform parents of their right to be involved.
• Invite and encourage all parents to attend all Title I Family meetings and events. Inform parents that the school may provide support for them to attend meetings.
• Involve family participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the schools’ Title I Schoolwide/Continuous Improvement Plan
• Provide parents with information about the Title I program, the curriculum, academic assessments, and students’ expected proficiency levels.
• Notify the PWCS Title I Office if the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children. 

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Achievement

• Invite parents to volunteer, observe, and/or participate in their child’s class(es) and school.
• Include a schedule for parent-teacher conferences and progress reports.
• Invite parents to participate in events related to academics.

Building Capacity for Engagement

• Assist parents to understand the state’s academic content, achievement standards, and assessments.
• Communicate with families on a regular basis regarding their child’s progress in school; including school performance information and student assessment results.
• Provide materials and training to help parents support their children’s academic progress.
• Develop, in consultation with families, a Family-School Compact, stating how the school and families will share the responsibility for high student performance. Review the Family-School Compact annually with families and school staff.
• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners.
• Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement programs and activities with other federal and state programs supporting preschool, multilingual students, and students with disabilities.
• Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.
• Distribute annual parent surveys encouraging parents to respond to additional support needed to participate in parent and family engagement.
• Provide opportunities to participate in decision-making at Parent Advisory Council meetings, Parent Teacher Organization meetings, and meetings related to Title I program planning.

Accessibility

• Provide opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities, in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.

Important Dates and Upcoming Title I Events

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Elementary Schools

• November 6, 2023
• January 26, 2024

Middle Schools and High Schools       

• Touch base days will be scheduled by schools

Last Day of Grading Periods

• November 3, 2023
• January 26, 2024
• April 8, 2024
• June 7, 2024 

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Events (additional events may be added)

• Annual Title I Family Engagement Meeting: October 10, 2023
• Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Math at Home January 26, 2024
• Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Parent Data Night February 6, 2024
• Title I “Summer Thrive” Family Engagement Meeting: June 2024 (date TBA)