Milwaukee Title I Parent Information

Latest update: 4-11-06

New Family Invovlement Tools for the 2005-2006 Educational Plan Now Available: Do a Family and Community Involvement Needs Assessment Based Upon National Standards!

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This web site is designed to provide information and support to Milwaukee Title I schools and parents. The first section provides information related to school development of Educational Plans. The second section provides links to general information that may be helpful to parents. Please e-mail suggestions related to possible additions or improvements to this web page.

Links and Downloads to Help Schools in Educational Plan Development Related to Family and Community Involvement

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New for 2005-2006 Educational Plan Development

Family Involvement Tools: Appendix C from the 2005-2006 MPS Ed Plan Workbook. This resource includes:

Preliminary Family and Community Involvement (F&CI) needs assessment questions for school improvement teams

F&CI Standard area criterion surveys (see also the survey calculator in cell below)

F&CI Standard area document analysis tools

A T-chart to assist in brainstorming for activities and strategies in each Standard area

Family Involvement Tools Survey Microsoft Word version of the MPS Family Involvement Survey (1 page for each standard area)

Family Involvement Tools Survey Calculator: An Excel spreadsheet that is set up for schools to enter survey results and generate numerical scores for each survey question and standard area.

Latest family involvement Title program guidance from the United States Department of Education. This document contains extensive information relevant to the development of parental involvement policies and family compacts. (Word)

Family and Community Involvement / Educational Plan Workshop PowerPoint (April and May 2005)

PISA Downloads for 04-05 Ed Plan Evaluations

Puts the Parent Involvement Self Assessment (PISA) Based on Standards provided by the National Parent Teachers' Organization into a format that allows numerical analysis to aid in interpretation and evaluation. (Word). While MPS has moved to more comprehensive survey tools, this instrument may be used to gauge progress on 2004-2005 goals that were based on PISA results.

Parent Involvement Self Assessment (PISA) Calculator: Tabulate PISA results in this spreadsheed and have numeric values calculated for Parent Involvement Quality Indicators and Standards. Provides chart and graph results. (Excel) While MPS has moved to more comprehensive survey tools, this instrument may be used to gauge progress on 2004-2005 goals that were based upon PISA results.

Custom PISA Calculator: provides graph and chart related to self selected goals related to Family and Community Involvement. (Excel)

Even More Links and Downloads to Help Schools in Development of Educational Plan Parental Involvement Goals and School Compacts

	Section 1118 of the No Child Left Behind Act: The original language on family involvement requirements under Title I (Word)
	Sample: Clarke Elementary School Compact and Parental Involvement Policy (pdf)
	Sample: Green Bay Avenue Elementary School Compact and Parental Involvement Policy (pdf)
	Sample: Robinson Middle SchoolSchool Compact from (pdf)
	Sample: Morse Middle School Compact and Parental Involvement Policy (pdf)
	Sample: Juneau High School Compact from (pdf)
	Sample: Marshall High School Parent Involvement Policy (pdf)
	Milwaukee Public Schools District Parental Empowerment Plan
	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's "Toolkit for Schools"; Involving Parents in No Child Left Behind; Families, Schools, Communities Learning Together. Published in the Spring of 2004. (pdf)
	Milwaukee Public Schools Title I Parent Involvement Planning Guide
	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction WINS Web Site: The Standards and Assessment, Data Analysis, Continuous School Improvement and Best Practices sections guide users to key local, state and national information about success in education as found on the DPI Web site and other valuable resources.
	Wisconsin Learns Family Literacy Resource
	The Case for Parent Leadership - A January 2004 publication from the Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence

Parental Involvement Links and Downloads

Under Construction.... more to come for the 2004-2005 school year

U.S. Department of Education "Especially for Parents" page. Publications designed to support parents of school aged children.

National Parent Teacher Association Parent Page

National PTA Home Page

National PTA's "Check list on Quality Indicators" ~ A great tool for evaluating the parental involvement at your school. Survey form is available at web site in multiple languages

PTA's "Quality Indicators" of Parental Involvement with rating scale in Microsoft Word: How does your school measure up on this survey? Where can improvements be made?

Tips on Developing a Family Involvement Policy for your school

PTA's Pamphlet: 100 Ways for Parents to be Involved in Their Child's Education ~ Available in multiple languages.

Image from: http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/index.asp

Developing and supporting SMART goals and the strategies to attain them with Parent Involvement Self Assessment data. Handout from a presentation given by Edward Valent at the 2004 National Coalition of Chapter I / Title I Parents; Milwaukee,WI (October 28, 2004)

	Family Involvement Tools: Appendix C from the 2005-2006 MPS Ed Plan Workbook. This resource includes: Preliminary Family and Community Involvement (F&CI) needs assessment questions for school improvement teams F&CI Standard area criterion surveys (see also the survey calculator in cell below) F&CI Standard area document analysis tools A T-chart to assist in brainstorming for activities and strategies in each Standard area
	Family Involvement Tools Survey Microsoft Word version of the MPS Family Involvement Survey (1 page for each standard area)
	Family Involvement Tools Survey Calculator: An Excel spreadsheet that is set up for schools to enter survey results and generate numerical scores for each survey question and standard area.
	Latest family involvement Title program guidance from the United States Department of Education. This document contains extensive information relevant to the development of parental involvement policies and family compacts. (Word)
	Family and Community Involvement / Educational Plan Workshop PowerPoint (April and May 2005)

	U.S. Department of Education "Especially for Parents" page. Publications designed to support parents of school aged children.
	National Parent Teacher Association Parent Page National PTA Home Page
	National PTA's "Check list on Quality Indicators" ~ A great tool for evaluating the parental involvement at your school. Survey form is available at web site in multiple languages	PTA's "Quality Indicators" of Parental Involvement with rating scale in Microsoft Word: How does your school measure up on this survey? Where can improvements be made?
	Tips on Developing a Family Involvement Policy for your school
	PTA's Pamphlet: 100 Ways for Parents to be Involved in Their Child's Education ~ Available in multiple languages.	Image from: http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/index.asp
	Developing and supporting SMART goals and the strategies to attain them with Parent Involvement Self Assessment data. Handout from a presentation given by Edward Valent at the 2004 National Coalition of Chapter I / Title I Parents; Milwaukee,WI (October 28, 2004)