Objective 5: Learning OpportunitiesDistinguished Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>icient Apprentice NoviceaDistrict and school leaders involve allstakeholders, use many communityresources and opportunities to explainstandards and rights defined inPr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>icient, and expect all parents tohave adequate informati<strong>on</strong> andunderstanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se practices.Parents with barriers to learning areindividually assisted.Parents have multiple opportunities to learnabout and discuss:Kentucky standards and expectati<strong>on</strong>s for allstudentsSchool’s curriculum, instructi<strong>on</strong>al methods,and student servicesSchool’s decisi<strong>on</strong>-making process,including opportunities to participate <strong>on</strong>SBDM councils and committees<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir children’s learning and development,al<strong>on</strong>g with legal and practical opti<strong>on</strong>s forhelping <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir children succeed, such as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>IEP and/or ILP processCommunity resources to support learningOpportunities to participate in state anddistrict school improvement efforts (e.g.,forums, committees, and surveys).School provides open house and familynights for some parents to learn about:Kentucky standards and expectati<strong>on</strong>s forall studentsSchool’s curriculum, instructi<strong>on</strong>almethods, and student servicesSchool’s decisi<strong>on</strong>-making process,including opportunities for parents toparticipate <strong>on</strong> councils and SBDMcommittees<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir children’s learning and development,al<strong>on</strong>g with legal and practical opti<strong>on</strong>s forhelping <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir children succeed, such as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>IEP and/or ILP processCommunity resources to support learning.School provides <strong>on</strong>e open house ayear and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fers some written materialsabout:Kentucky standards and expectati<strong>on</strong>sfor all studentsSchool’s decisi<strong>on</strong>-making process,including opportunities for parents toparticipate <strong>on</strong> councils and SBDMcommitteesbAll stakeholders are engaged inc<strong>on</strong>versati<strong>on</strong> and writtencommunicati<strong>on</strong> about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> academicprogress <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all students in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> schooland district.School staff makes systematic use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> writtencommunicati<strong>on</strong>s (newsletters, Web sites,bulletin boards) to help parents understand<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir children’s academic progress and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>progress <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> school.School staff provides parents withinformati<strong>on</strong> about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir child’s academicprogress and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> progress <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> school.School staff provides parents <strong>on</strong>ly withinformati<strong>on</strong> mandated by reportingrequirements <strong>on</strong> student achievement.cSchool staff exhibits and rotatespr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>icient and distinguished work andprovides resources for achieving athigher levels.School staff displays—and regularlyupdates— pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>icient student work, al<strong>on</strong>gwith scoring guides to dem<strong>on</strong>strateacademic expectati<strong>on</strong>s, to parents andstudents.School staff exhibits some student workwith scoring guide and pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>icient-levelwork.Some student work <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> various levels isexhibited in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> classroom.dDistrict and school staff collaborateswith parents and community membersto provide training <strong>on</strong> how to supportchildren’s learning and district andschool improvement efforts.School staff <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fers parent workshops ormeetings in c<strong>on</strong>venient locati<strong>on</strong>s to helpparents develop skills for supporting <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>irchildren’s learning and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> school’simprovement efforts.School staff <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fers targeted parentworkshops and meetings to help parentsdevelop skills to support <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir child’slearning.School staff <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fers some informati<strong>on</strong> toparents to learn how to support <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>irchild’s learning.eSchool staff has posted council policy<strong>on</strong> classroom visits, providing accessto all classrooms.School council has a classroom observati<strong>on</strong>policy that welcomes families to visit allclassrooms.School council encourages parents toserve <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong> SBDM committees that dealwith parent involvement and/or schoolclimate.School staff allows parents to visitregular educati<strong>on</strong> classrooms up<strong>on</strong>request. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is no school policy.fParent leaders regularly work with allparents to improve parentunderstanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> learning issues.School staff develops parent leaders whoc<strong>on</strong>tribute regularly to o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r parents’understanding and who help meet o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rparent learning needs.Parents report <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y are sometimesencouraged to take part in discussi<strong>on</strong>sabout school improvement.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is little or no parent training.
6. Community Partnerships<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> school staff engagesand partners withcommunity members toplan and implementsubstantive work to improvestudent achievement.21
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