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ALIGNED TOOLBOX STANDARDS
& U.S. DoEd, Share Same Parent
StandardsAppleseed, PTA Dr.
Joyce
Epstein’s
typology
of
family
involvement
in
education
has become the standard of the field
and
appears in various adaptations, including:
  United
States Department of Education
School Improvement Grants A comprehensive family-school partnership (which Epstein defines as an ongoing relationship rather than a program or event) addresses all six types of family involvement: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, and collaborating with the community. MAIN
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Get the Parental Involvement Toolbox!  The Parental Involvement Toolbox
The Parental Involvement Toolbox is the point of enrollment that schools take to become involved in Project Appleseed. It is designed for educators and parent leaders who strive to increase family engagement. The Toolbox is aligned with the Six Slices of Parental Involvement. Schools organize parent responsibility with an effective, researched-based program that meets district and state mandates and best practices. Parental involvement is a centerpiece of high-performing schools and Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Project Appleseed worked with the Clinton White House and helped pioneer the original parental involvement provisions in Section 1118 of Title I in the 1994. Title I defines the term “parental involvement” as the participation of parents in regular, two–way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities. By using these tools, schools increase the number of family members involved in schools and enhance the "transparency" for parental involvement in children's education. Use the Parental Involvement Pldge and supersize your school's parent engagement. All over America parent volunteers are filling roles as secretaries, aides, crossing guards and more after budget cuts. Supersize your school's parent engagement - all year! See related story... If family volunteer service were calculated into the school budget at $34.00 an hour*, based on the average teacher pay in America, then 100 family volunteers who take the Parental Involvement Pldge will generate at least $34,000.00 of volunteer service for their school each year! The Parental Involvement Toolbox has the cost effective, research-based tools, like our learning compact called the Parental Involvement Pledge. * Wall Street Journal
Independent media report of a school
successfully using
the Toolbox:
The Toolbox contains five primary engagement tools: Masterfiles are in Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf files). Toolboxes are delivered by e-mail.
The
Cost
of
the
Parental
Involvement
Toolbox:
One
Day Rush Delivery!
$250.00 for each additional
district school.
$300.00 for each additional
district school.
$400.00 for each
additional
district school.
Masterfiles
are
in Adobe
Portable Document Format (.pdf files). Toolboxes are delivered by
e-mail.
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Fax (314) 725-2319  1. Every Title I school must have a written parent involvement policy,
developed with and
approved by parents. This policy should spell out how parents will be
involved in a meaningful way and how they will be involved in the
school. The policy must be updated periodically to reflect the changing
concerns of parents.
“No
Child
Left
Behind:
What’s
in
it
for
Parents”
by
Anne
Henderson,
20022. Every Title I school must have a school-parent compact, developed and approved by parents, that describes how the school and parents will build a partnership to improve student achievement. This compact should explain how the school will meet the needs of its students so that they will achieve high standards. 3. Every school district must have a written Title I parent involvement policy that is developed with and approved by parents, and evaluated every year. This policy must spell out how the district will engage parents in developing its Title 1 plan and how it will help parents gain the knowledge and skills to be involved effectively in decisions about the program and in the schools. 4. The school district must distribute a report card specifying how every school and the district as a whole is performing. This applies to Title I and non-Title I schools, as well as to charter schools. 5. If a Title I school has not made adequate progress over the past two or more years, parents have two options. They can ask to transfer their children to a school that is making adequate progress, or they can request supplemental services and become involved in improving the school. 6. The state education agency must monitor the school districts’ Title I programs to make sure they carry out the law. If the district is not involving parents, parents and community members should appeal to the state. |
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Independent
media
reports
of
schools
using
the
Toolbox
The 
The
toolkit includes information on the following topics:
