Title I
Riverwood Elementary is a Title 1 school
What is Title I?
Ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.
Title I Parent Involvement Policy
The Mustang School District’s Title I program encourages each Title I parent to be involved in their child’s education. This policy outlines the parent involvement activities that will be conducted during the school year.
During the school year teachers and/or staff will provide:
- Suggestions and strategies for working with your child
- Lists of good books to read to/with your child, as well as other information, will be sent home periodically to inform parents how to help students succeed at school.
- Parent resources are also available on district and teacher websites.
What is a title I FAMILY SCHOOL COMPACT?
A Family-School Compact is a voluntary agreement co-developed by parents, students, and teachers. It identifies how parents and the classroom teacher will work together to ensure all students receive the individual support they need.
Effective Compacts:
- Begin with standards
- Focus on student learning
- Respond to school data
The parents and staff of Mustang Public Schools Title I developed this Family- School Compact for Achievement. Parents created the suggestions for home activities to support learning.
Student Responsibilities:
- I will help create a safe environment by following school rules.
- I will follow the dress code policy.
- I will come to school prepared with supplies, books, and completed homework.
- I will come to school on time and ready to learn every day.
- I will have and show respect for my principal, teachers, school staff members, other students, and myself.
School/Teacher Responsibilities:
- Provide a high quality curriculum and research based instructional practice to equip students to be successful both academically and for life.
- Create a learning environment where students feel safe, respected, and nurtured in order for healthy student-to-student relationships and healthy teacher-to-student relationships exist.
- Provide two-way communication with parent/guardian and child.
- Communicate with parent/guardian regularly on ways to help their child learn.
- Expect and challenge all students to learn at rigorous, high level of thinking and make connections with learning to real world applications.
- Seek resources and assistance
Parent Responsibilities:
- Communicate regularly with my child’s teacher
- Make sure my child attends school on time and ready to learn.
- Balance my child’s TV and video game playing time with learning opportunities such as reading 20 to 30 minutes daily or going to the library.
- Inform teacher if my child is having difficulty with homework or is having difficulty in school.
- Attend (virtual)parent conferences (as needed), PTA (virtual) meetings, and (virtual) parent education workshops.
- Provide necessary supplies to help my child be prepared for school and be able to complete assignments. Create a home environment that is safe for my child.