Parent and Family School Compact

Please complete the brief form below acknowledging the receipt of Britain's 22-23 Parent & Family Compact. Thank you in advance for your feedback and support.

Lee Britain Elementary School 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 family-school compact is in effect during the 2022- 2023 school year.

BRITAIN Elementary will:

Be a positive, contributing member of our collaborative team.

• Teachers will be part of weekly collaborative planning.

Develop and implement local common formative and summative assessments to monitor each student’s learning.

Use evidence of student learning to inform and improve our practice and to better meet the needs of individual students.

Engage in meaningful, job-embedded staff development to enhance our professional skills.

• Ongoing campus and district staff developments will be provided to our faculty to improve academic instruction.

Utilize a variety of instructional strategies to promote success for all students.

• Teachers will plan lessons according to the district’s adopted curriculum.

• Lessons will be based on state standards and ongoing assessment results.

Initiate individual and small group instructional practices to provide additional learning time for all students.

• Teachers will support students in the classroom (ie: small group), and /or before and/or after school tutoring when necessary.

Communicate and provide parents with resources, strategies, and information to help students succeed.

• Conferences will be held on district-directed days.

• A conference can be requested by the teacher and/or parent at any time.

• Phone conversations and home visits are encouraged throughout the year.

• Staff will respond to phone calls, emails, notes, etc. within 24 hours.

We, as parents, will support our children’s learning by:

• Monitoring attendance.

• Ensuring homework is completed.

• Monitoring the amount of television (screen time) my child uses.

• Taking the initiative to seek the best educational opportunities for my child.

• Actively volunteering at Britain Elementary.

• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to my child’s education.

• Promoting positive use of my child’s extracurricular time.

• Staying informed about my child’s education and communicating with the school by listening to the school messenger, promptly reading all notices from the school or the school district either received by my child or by mail, and responding, as appropriate.

• Serving, to the extent possible, on policy advisory groups, such as being the Title I, Part A parent representative on the school’s School Improvement Team, the Title I Policy Advisory Committee, the District-wide Policy Advisory Council, the State’s Committee of Practitioners, the School Support Team or other school advisory or policy groups.

• Respecting the teachers and supporting the Britain staff as partners in the education of my child.

• Utilizing two-way lines of communication between myself and the Britain staff on the instruction, achievement, and conduct of my child.

Please share with your child the student responsibilities listed below

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

Specifically, I will:

• Do my homework every day and ask for help when I need it.

• Read at least 10-30 minutes (depending on the child’s grade level) every day outside of school time.

• Give my parents all notices and information received by me from my school every day.

• Let my teacher and family know if I need help.

• Respect teachers, staff members, and all students.

• Have a positive attitude.

• Follow PBIS rules and expectations.

• Adheres to the ethical use of technology in regard to property, privacy, and appropriateness.

• Always try my best!

Parents are encouraged to volunteer at the school and participate in all classes offered through our Parent Center.

Please contact our Parent Liaison, Ruth Jasso, at rjasso@irvingisd.net or at 972-600-3812

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

631 Edmondson | Irving, TX 75060 | (972)600-3800