1: Jointly Developed Expectations and Objectives

1.1: Involve parents in the development of the district PFE plan, the schoolwide program plan, and support and improvement plans

1.2: Establish expectations and objectives for meaningful involvement, reflecting the specific needs of students and families

1.3: Make the district parent and family engagement plan available to the families and the local community

    *File with DESE by August 1 [Indistar]

    *On district website by August 1

    *Parent-friendly summary/explanation of the PFE plan online and in student handbook

    *Obtain signatures from each parent acknowledging receipt of the Nemo Vista parent and family         engagement plan summary

1.4: Ensure adequate representation of parents and families of participating children in the process

    * Invite parents to review the plan in a variety of ways (i.e. physical notes, social media, email, phone         system) to reach the largest variety of parents.

    * Parents and families invited or willing to be on the committees will be from different backgrounds and         economic status

1.5: Incorporate the parent and family engagement plan into the schoolwide plan

1.6: Submit to the State the comments from parents who deem the schoolwide plan unsatisfactory

2: Building Staff Capacity through Training & Technical Assistance

2.1: Ensure professional development requirements are met for teachers and administrators

2.2: Provide coordination, technical assistance, and other support to schools in

    *jointly-developing school parent and family engagement plans

    *implementing effective parent and family involvement activities

    *jointly-developing school-parent compacts

2.3: Train teachers, specialized instructional support personnel, principals, other school leaders, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in:

    *the value and utility of contributions of parents

    *how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners

    *how to implement and coordinate parent programs

    *how to build ties between parents and the school

2.4: Provide training at least annually for volunteers

2.5: Place a parent-friendly summary of the (district) parent and family engagement plan as a supplement to the student handbook

2.6: Obtain signatures from each parent acknowledging receipt of the (district's) parent and family engagement plan

2.7: Ensure information is sent in a language and format parents and families can understand

​3: Building Parent Capacity

3.1: Provide assistance to parents, as appropriate, in understanding

    *the challenging State academic standards

    *State and local academic assessments

    *the requirements of Title I, Part A

    *how to monitor a child's progress and work with educators to improve the achievement of their children

3.2: Provide materials and training to help parents to work with their children to improve their children's achievement

such as literacy training and using technology (including education about the harms of copyright piracy), as appropriate, to foster parental involvement

3.3: Provide such other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under this section as parents may request

3.4: Describe how each discretionary item your district and parents chose will be implemented

D.1: May provide necessary literacy training if the [district] has exhausted all other reasonably available sources of funding

D.2: May pay reasonable and necessary expenses associated with local parental involvement activities, including transportation and child care costs, to enable parents to participate in school-related meetings and training sessions

D.3: May train parents to enhance the involvement of other parents

D.4: May adopt and implement model approaches to improving parental involvement

D.5: May establish a districtwide parent advisory council

D.6: May develop appropriate roles for community-based organizations and businesses    

4. Reservation and Evaluation

4.1: Reserve at least 1% of district allocation under Title I, Part A, ensuring that a minimum of 90% of that 1% goes to schools, priority given to high-need schools (Does not apply if the district receives less than $500,000)- *Not applicable 

4.2: Ensure parents and families are involved in the decisions regarding how funds reserved for PFE are allotted for parental involvement activities

4.3: Ensure the funded activities and strategies are consistent with the district PFE policy

4.4: Conduct an annual evaluation identifying barriers, needs, and strategies for improving the academic quality of all schools

4.5: Use the findings from the evaluation to design evidence-based strategies for more effective parental involvement

4.6: Review and approve the plan for each school

4.7: Review and update district plan annually by August 1

5. Coordination

5.1: Coordinate and integrate programs and activities with other Federal, State, and local programs

5.2: Conduct other activities, such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support parents