Parental Involvement

Parent Involvement Policies

Each Union County Title I school has a Parent Involvement Policy. Each school’s Parent Involvement Policy can be seen by clicking on the links below.

Question: What is a Parental Involvement Policy?

A parental involvement policy is a written explanation describing how the school system and each school will carry out the parental involvement requirements of the Title I, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Each of these policies may be downloaded from the links below. They are also available in the Parent/Student Handbook.

Question: What is Parental Involvement?

Parental Involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities. The involvement includes ensuring that parents play an integral role in assisting their child's learning; that parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child's education at school; that 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.

Parental involvement is a partnership between the parents, teachers, administrators, and children. All must work together to ensure this relationship flourishes. When parents and families are involved in their children's education, children do better in school, and schools improve as well.

Question: What are the benefits of Parental Involvement?

Benefits for students include:

•  Higher academic achievement.
•  Better attendance.
•  Higher grades and test scores, and enrollment in higher-level programs.

Benefits for parents include:

•  A deeper understanding of educational programs and how schools operate.
•  Increased confidence in their ability to help their children learn at home.
•  Increased support for their children.

Benefits for teachers, administrators, and schools include:

•  Higher student achievement.
•  Increased student attendance.
•  A network of supportive parents and communities.

Question: What is a Title I Principal/Teacher/Parent/Student Compact?

A compact is a written agreement between the school, teacher, parent and student identifying activities each of them will use to build a partnership and the activities they will undertake in their shared responsibility to improve academic achievement.

Each school’s Compact can be seen by clicking on the links below:

Additional Resources for Parents

•  Georgia Parental Information Resource Center (PIRC)
•  Play A Role In Your Child’s Success in School
•  Play A Role In Your Child’s Success in School (Espanol)
•  100 Tips for Parents
•  Helping Your Child Succeed in High School
•  Homework Help
•  Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences
•  Test Taking Tips