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The Clayton County Board of Education and all schools may involve parents in the development of training for teachers, principals, and othereducators to improve the effectiveness of such training. CCPS may provide necessary literacy training for parents with Part A funds if the schooldistrict has exhausted all other reasonably available sources of funding. In addition, CCPS may train parents to enhance the involvement of otherparents.Arrange school meetings at a variety of times, or conduct in-home conferences between parents who are unable to attend the school meetingsand the teachers and other educators who work with their children. Adopt and implement model approaches to improving parental involvement.Establish a district-wide parent advisory council to provide advice on all matters related to parental involvement in funded programs. Developappropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses in parent involvement activities.PArENT INVOLVEmENT PLAN DETAILSParents will be involved in the planning, review and improvement of the Title I Program, join planning and design of programs in such ways as:- Surveys- Conferences- Annual Meeting- PTA Meeting- PTO Meeting- Parent Compacts- School CouncilsInformation and assistance concerning Title I will be addressed through items such as: parent letters, conferences, phone calls, parent visitation,and open house. CCPS will share student performance and assessment through School Report Card, Progress Reports, and Online Grade Book.All schools will provide parents opportunities to review school curriculum through parent meetings and curriculum nights.CCPS will promote two-way communication through conferences, phone calls, questionnaires, parent visitation and parent compacts. CCPS willprovide parents with materials and training to help them work with their children and to coordinate literacy training through opportunities suchas:- Parent Academy Workshops- Curriculum Nights- Family Reading/Literacy NightsTeachers will be educated in the value and utility of contributions of parents and how to reach and communicate effectively by creating a schoolvision for parental involvement. To the extent possible, we will provide information to Limited English Proficient (LEP) parents in a language theparents understand and provide opportunities for these parents to participate by providing an interpreter for meetings, providing a resourceperson to contact parents, providing a written communication in the language parents can understand.Clayton County will reserve not less than 1 percent of our allocation to carry out parent involvement activities. The system shall provide assistanceto participating parents in such areas as understanding the:- National Education Goals- State’s content standards and students performance standards- Components of a school wide program, if applicable- State and local assessments- Requirements of Title I Parent Involvement- Ways parents can monitor their children’s progress and work with educators toimprove the performance of their children.- Ways parents can participate in decisions relating to the education of the children.CCPS will promote parental involvement through the 360 Degrees of Family Engagement that assist schools in developing a full circle plan toexecute sustainable family policy and programs to impact student achievement! The state collaborative model activates a synergy of partnersfrom Pre-K to post secondary to evaluate current actions already taking place to determine effectiveness and devise new ideas to facilitate familyengagement. All CCPS schools will also engage parents in the 6 Types of Involvement which includes decision-making, learning at home,collaborating with the community, parenting, communication and volunteering.55