Team Tussing

2020 - 2021

School-Parent Compact

Tussing Elementary, and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (participating children), agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

This school-parent compact is in effect during the 2020-2021 school year.

School Responsibilities

We, as a school, Tussing Elementary will support our students' learning in the following ways:

As a school, we will:

1. Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the State’s student academic achievement standards as follows:

Provide a high-quality effective learning environment that is safe and that enables the student to meet the State’s student academic achievement standards.
Provide ongoing two-way communication between teachers and parents through parent-teacher-student conferences and frequent reports to parents.
Provide reasonable access to administrators through an “open door” policy.
Provide opportunities for parents to volunteer and participate in their child’s class and observe classroom activities upon completion of the Visitor Observation form and coordination with the teacher.
Provide a mutually respectful relationship between all parties (students, parents, teachers, and volunteers).

2. Hold parent-teacher conferences (at least annually in elementary schools) during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement.

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on the following dates:

October 15, 2020 - Evening
October 20, 2020 - All Day (Kindergarten Only)
October 22, 2020 - Evening
November 3, 2020 - All Day
March 4, 2021 - Evening
March 9, 2021 - Evening

Information about scheduling conferences will be sent home prior to October and March conference dates.

3. Provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress. Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows:

Parents will receive iReady reports three times a year after each screener.
Achievement records will be available in your Infinite Campus Parent Portal four times a year at the end of each nine-week period.
Parents will receive ODE state testing reports as soon as they are available.

4. Provide parents reasonable access to staff. Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows:

Parents are able to reach staff members by calling the school and leaving a message or via email.
Staff members will respond to messages and emails within 24 hours.
Parents are also able to contact and communicate with staff members by using apps such as SeeSaw or TalkingPoints.

Parent Responsibilities

We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways:

As a parent, I will:

Support my child’s learning by ensuring that he/she has proper rest and nutrition and attends school on time and on a regular basis.
Support my child’s learning by reading with him/her.
Help set a positive tone for learning with my child.
Strive to make positive use of my time with my child (“quality” one on one time).
Participate in decisions relating to the education of my child through a mutually respectful relationship with school staff.
Provide a mutually respectful relationship between all parties (students, parents, teachers, and volunteers).
Provide time for homework completion (“perfect practice”).
Support my child’s class/school (i.e. collaborating with teachers to help in class/school, volunteering in my child’s classroom/school, communicating with my child’s teachers, attending school events when possible, etc.).

Student Responsibilities

We, as students, will share the responsibility to improve our academic achievement and achieve the state’s high standards.

As a student, I will:

Show respect and cooperate with all adults at the school.
Come to class on time and prepared to work.
Complete all assignments to the best of my ability.
Respect the right of others to learn without disruption.

Show respect for people and property.
Be an active member of "Team Tussing".

Additional Required School Responsibilities

Tussing Elementary will:

1. Hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school’s participation in Title I, Part A programs, and to explain the Title I, Part A requirements, and the right of parents to be involved in Title I, Part A programs. The school will convene the meeting at a convenient time for parents.

2. Provide to each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the state assessment in at least math, language arts, and reading.

3. Provide each parent timely notice when their child has been assigned or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified within the meaning of the term in section 200.56 of the Title I Final Regulations (67 Fed. Reg. 71710, December 2, 2002).