OPS Title I Director:
Ms. Tina L. Forté 531-299-0247 Email: tina.forte@ops.org
U.S. Mail: Title I, Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administrative Center 3215 Cuming Street Omaha, NE 68131-2024
Section 8. Parental Involvement Attachment I-3
8.01 Omaha Public Schools Title I Parental Involvement Policy
PART I. GENERAL EXPECTATIONS
The Board of Education of the Omaha Public Schools recognizes that a child’s education is a responsibility shared by both school and parent/guardian. This shared responsibility requires that parent/guardians actively participate in the education of their children and that they are informed of the educational practices affecting their children.
It is the intent of the Board of Education that the district shall provide opportunities for the development of parenting skills. This will include training/information regarding appropriate types of parental involvement, which demonstrates techniques to assist parents with the child’s learning at home.
It is the further intent of the Board of Education that the district shall continue to identify and work toward the elimination of barriers that impede parent involvement.
In compliance with federal law, Section 1118(a) (2), ESEA (No Child Left Behind), the Omaha Public School District agrees to implement the following statutory requirements:
• The school district will put into operation programs, activities and
procedures for the involvement of parents in all of its schools with
Title I, Part A programs, consistent with section 1118 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Those programs,
activities and procedures will be planned and operated with meaningful consultation with parents of participating children.
• Consistent with section 1118, the school district will work with its
schools to ensure that the required school-level parental involvement
policies meet the requirements of section 1118(b) of the ESEA (No Child Left Behind), and
each include, as a component, a school-parent compact consistent with
section 1118(d) of the ESEA (No Child Left Behind).
• The school district will incorporate this district wide parental
involvement policy into its LEA plan developed under section 1112 of
the ESEA (No Child Left Behind).
• In carrying out the Title I, Part A parental involvement requirements,
to the extent practicable, the school district and its schools will provide
full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English
proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory
children, including providing information and school reports required
under section 1111 and 1112 of the ESEA (No Child Left Behind) in an understandable and uniform
format and, including alternative formats upon request, and, to the
extent practicable, in a language parents understand.
• If the LEA plan for Title I, Part A, developed under section 1112 of
the ESEA, is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children,
the school district will submit any parent comments with the plan
when the school district submits the plan to the State Department of
Education.
• The school district will be governed by the following statutory
definition of parental involvement, and expects that its Title I schools
will carry out programs, activities and procedures in accordance with
this definition:
Parental involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic
learning and other school activities, including ensuring—
learning;
child’s education at school;
are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on
advisory committees to assist in the education of their child;
in section 1118 of the ESEA (No Child Left Behind).
PART II. DESCRIPTION OF HOW DISTRICT WILL IMPLEMENT
REQUIRED DISTRICT WIDE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
POLICY COMPONENTS
1. The Omaha Public School District will take the following actions to involve
parents in the joint development of its district wide parental involvement plan under section 1112 of the ESEA (No Child Left Behind):
2. The Omaha Public School District will take the following actions to involve parents in the process of school review and improvement under section 1116 of the ESEA (No Child Left Behind):
4. The Omaha Public School District will coordinate and integrate parental involvement strategies in Part A with parental involvement strategies under the following other programs: English as a Second Language (ESL), Head Start, public pre-school and other programs.
5. The Omaha Public School District will take the following actions to conduct, with the involvement of parents, an annual review of the content and effectiveness of this parental involvement policy in improving the academic quality of its Title I, Part A schools. The review will include identifying barriers to greater participation by parents in parental involvement activities (with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background). The school district will use the findings of the review about its parental involvement policy and activities to design strategies for more effective parental involvement, and to revise, if necessary (and with the involvement of parents) its parental involvement policies.
6. The Omaha Public School District will build the schools’ and parents'
capacity for strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school involved, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement, through the following
activities specifically described below:
A. The school district will, with the assistance of its Title I, Part A schools, provide assistance to parents of children served by the school district or school, as appropriate, in understanding topics such as the following, by undertaking the actions described in this paragraph --
• Nebraska academic content standards,
• Nebraska student academic achievement standards,
• State and local academic assessments including alternate
assessments,
• Requirements of Title I Part A,
• How to monitor their child’s progress, and
• How to work with educators by providing the following activities and/or information:
B. The school district will, with the assistance of its schools, provide materials and training to help parents work with their children to improve their children’s academic achievement, such as literacy training, and using technology, as appropriate, to foster parental involvement, by providing newsletters and parent conferences.
C. The school district will, with the assistance of its schools and parents, educate its teachers, pupil services personnel, principals and other staff, in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties between parents and schools, by making it a part of everyday culture, providing staff development, and providing resources for communication.
D. The school district will, to the extent feasible and appropriate, coordinate and integrate parental involvement programs and activities with ESL, Head Start, public preschool and other programs, and conduct other activities that encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children.
F. The school district will provide such other reasonable support for parental involvement activities as parents may request.
This District- wide Parental Involvement Policy has been developed jointly with, and
agreed on with, parents of children participating in Title I, Part A programs and Title I schools’ parent organizations. The Title I Parental Involvement Policy was adopted by the Omaha Public School District on March 12, 2007
Last Review Date by Parents:
Thursday, February 18, 2016 – 5:30PM
Location: Teacher Administration Center (TAC)
Facilitated by. Dr. Zollie Stevenson
Omaha Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, genetic information, citizenship status, or economic status in its programs, activities and employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following individual has been designated to address inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Superintendent of Schools, 3215 Cuming Street, Omaha, NE 68131
(531-299-0247).