PURPOSE : Tulsa Public Schools shall promote involvement as mandated by Title I. We will strive to work as equal partners with parents in providing quality learning experiences for every student, every day without exception. We thoroughly believe and acknowledge that parent involvement raises the academic achievement level of students. Additionally, parents become empowered, teachers' morale improves and communities grow stronger when parents take an active role in educating their children.
Tulsa Public Schools shall involve in the education of their children at all grade levels. The principal shall provide coordinating technical assistance and other support necessary to assist in planning and implementing effective parent involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance. Title I Parent Involvement was established to build capacity for parent involvement within schools. A district is to develop jointly with, agree on with and distribute to parents of participating children a written Parent Involvement Policy.
BUILDING PARENT'S CAPACITY FOR INVOLVEMENT: We believe that empowering parents to insist on improvement and giving schools extra incentives to do so. Giving parents options regarding their children's education will help the district to realize the vision to become the “District of Choice" for parents of the community. As a result of this belief, we shall create an environment of supportive and collaborative parent involvement.
- PROGRAM INFORMATION for PARENTS: John Hope Franklin Elementary shall provide assistance to all parents of all children understanding such topics as the state's academic content and achievement standards, the assessments being used the requirements of Title I and how to monitor their progress and work with educators to improve their achievements.
- MATERIALS and TRAINING: John Hope Franklin Elementary shall provide materials and training. Literacy training and training on how to use technology to help parents work with their children to improve the children's achievements.
- EDUCATE EDUCATORS: John Hope Franklin Elementary shall educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals and other staff with the assistance of parents in how to reach out to communicate with and work with parents as equal partners. Implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties between parents and the school.
- PRESCHOOL COORDINATOR: John Hope Franklin Elementary shall “to the extent feasible and appropriate” coordinate and integrate parental involvement programs with Head Start, Even Start and other preschool programs. We shall conduct other activities such as a parent resource center that will encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children.
- UNDERSTANDABLE COMMUNICATION: John Hope Franklin Elementary shall ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings and other activities are sent to all children in a format and in the extent practicable, in a language the parents understand.
- OTHER REQUESTED ACTIVITIES: John Hope Franklin Elementary shall provide such other involvement activities as parents may request.
- Our school community will strive to demonstrate exceptional parent/guardian involvement and support through membership in it's respective parent/guardian association and increase it's Partners-In-Education agreements with community, businesses, institutions, organizations and agencies.
Updated July 2023
