McNair Elementary
Parent & Family Engagement Policy
2023-2024
Denton ISD Professional Development Center
1212 Bolivar Street
Denton, TX 76226
(940) 369-0676
Purpose of the Policy
Because school age children spend 70% of their waking hours (including weekends and holidays) outside of school, parental involvement and engagement is essential to the success of children in school. While volunteering at school is beneficial, and attending parent-teacher conferences, school events, and parent involvement activities are important, “the most significant type of involvement is what parents do at home. By monitoring, supporting and advocating, parents can be engaged in ways that ensure that their children have every opportunity for success.” Involvement encompasses: setting goals with children and fostering achievement of those goals, accessing and using children’s academic scores to ensure they’re on track, frequently viewing the parent portal, developing a relationship with children’s teachers and keeping in touch with them often, and advocating for improvements in the school building and with local, state, and federal officials to ensure schools have the resources they need to provide a world class education to every student.”
Parental Involvement Research
Extensive research demonstrates “a positive and convincing relationship between family involvement and benefits for students, including improved academic achievement. This relationship holds across families of all economic, racial/ethnic, and educational backgrounds and for students at all ages. The benefits for students include:
• higher grade point averages and scores on standardized tests or rating scales,
• enrollment in more challenging academic programs,
• more classes passed and credits earned,
• better attendance,
• improved behavior at home and at school, and
• better social skills and adaptation to school.”
Mission Statement:
Denton ISD: Empowering lifelong learners to be engaged citizens who positively impact their local and global community.
1212 Hickory Creek Road
Denton, TX 76210
(940) 369-3600
Denton ISD Professional Development Center
1212 Bolivar Street
Denton, TX 76226
(940) 369-0676
Ways to Be Involved and Engaged in Our Schools
• Attend school activities with your child(ren).
• Volunteer at your child(ren)’s school(s).
• Serve on the Parent-Teacher Association � (PTA) at your child(ren)’s school.
• Visit your child’s school for more details.
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Title I Annual Meeting
Each school served under Title I shall “convene an annual meeting, at a convenient time, to which all parents of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend, to inform parents of their school’s participation under Title I and to explain the requirements of Title I, and the right of the parents to be involved.”
Development of the Parent and Family Engagement Policy
According to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), “Each local education agency (LEA) shall develop jointly with, agree on with, and distribute to, parents and family members of participating children a written parent and family engagement policy.” Additionally, each school served under Title I shall “jointly develop with, and distribute to, parents and family members of participating children a written parent and family engagement policy, agreed on by such parents.” Further, each school shall “involve parents, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of programs under Title I, including the planning, review, and improvement of the school parent and family engagement policy.” This brochure is our way of informing parents of our family engagement policies.
School-Parent Compacts
Each school served under Title I shall “jointly develop with parents for all children served under this part a school-parent compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high standards.”
Title I Program Plan
Each local education agency is required to involve parents and family members in jointly developing the LEA plan (i.e. district improvement plan). Further, each school served under Title I shall “involve parents, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the joint development of the schoolwide program plan.” Parent representatives serve on our Educational Improvement Council (EIC) and assist in the development of the district improvement plan; and parent representatives serve on Campus Leadership Teams (CLT) and assist in the development of the campus improvement plan.