The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other Title I information are available on our school's website at https://www.gcpsk12.org/JenkinsES under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Parent Center or by logging into their MyPaymentsPlus accounts. 

 

 

It is reviewed and revised at least annually during the Planning Meeting in the spring. All feedback forms from the Planning Meeting are submitted to the Office of Federal Programs for review. Families who are not able to attend the Planning Meeting have the opportunity to review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period. 

 

 

We strive to give information in ways that are both clear and easily understood by parents and families by providing: 

•    Bilingual support and translation services provided through our Parent Outreach Liaison to the extent possible.
•    Multiple ways for families and community to stay informed 

• Newsletters 
• Flyers 
• Friday folders 
• Parent Portal 
• School website 
• School Messenger ( email only)
• Reminder Stickers
• My eCLASS
• MyPaymentsPlus
• Parent Center

• Parents may also contact their child's teacher directly through email and written requests. 

The Blueprint for the Future is the strategic plan for Gwinnett County Public Schools. This plan is organized into four strategic priorities, each with three specific goals. To ensure success, these goals have clear objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track and measure progress. Each year schools review their data to identify areas for growth and set long-term goals to improve them. This information is used to create a Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI) aligned to the district's priorities. School staff, families, and community members participate in providing input for the LSPI. Families can easily access the latest strategic plan on the Gwinnett County Public Schools' website.

 

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.  The percentage of our students in the Proficient and Distinguished levels at each grade level will increase as
measured by the end-of-year iReady Diagnostic and District Assessments (DAs). All students will make at least one year of growth as measured by iReady Diagonistic and Lexille
level.  

Foundational, Language, Text, and Practice Skills we will target over the years in order to strengthen the ability to read and respond to narrative and informational text:

Kindergarten- 2nd Grade:

• Phonics: Phoneme-Grapheme Correspondences,
• Decoding, Encoding
• Fluency: Oral and Silent Reading
• Handwriting: Motor Skills, Letter/Word Formation,
• Transcription, and Handwriting Fluency, Read and
• Write Cursive
• Concepts of Print: Conceptualizing Text, Book
• Orientation, Direction and Mechanics of Print,
• Alphabet Knowledge
• Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Words, Sentences,
• Compound Words, Syllables, Onsets and Rimes,
• Blend, Identify, and Manipulate sounds

3rd-5th Grade

• Grammar Conventions
• Vocabulary
• Texts: Context, Structure/Style, Techniques,
• Research/Analysis
• Practice: Engagement and Intention for
• Comprehension, Situating Texts, Author's Craft,
• Collaboration/Presentation

 

 

It is a plan that describes how our school will provide opportunities to improve family engagement that will support student learning at school and at home. All students and their families are invited and encouraged to fully participate in the opportunities described in this plan. The school will provide information and as many opportunities as possible for the participation of all family members. 

 

 

It is a written agreement that outlines how the school, the students, and the family will work together to ensure your child’s academic success. An effective School-Family Promise contains the following elements:

• Clear learning goals that are linked to the school’s improvement plan
• Specific skills students will learn during the year
• Strategies that staff, families, and students will use to improve student learning
• Ways to extend learning at home
• Methods teachers and family members will use to communicate about student progress
• Opportunities for family members to observe and participate in the classroom
• Jointly-developed by families, school staff, students, community business partners, and other stakeholders during our Planning Meeting
• Reviewed and revised throughout the year 

The School-Family Promise is available online through parents' My Payments Plus accounts at the beginning of each school year for parents to review. Parents are asked to acknowledge they have viewed the document
as part of their child's registration process. An additional reminder to view and electronically sign the documents sent to families via Parent Square ( email only) within the first month of school. A link to the document also is posted on the school website under the Parents tab and on each student's eCLASS landing page. It is revisited during parent/teacher conferences in the fall, as well as periodically throughout the school year during parent workshops or school-wide events.

ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES WITH…

• Title I Program Information: Program information is available during the Title I Planning Meeting in the spring and Annual Parent Meetings in the fall, on the school website, and in the Parent Center.
• Curriculum Information: Knowing what your child is learning at school is important. We will keep you informed throughout the year about what your child is learning during parent meetings, conferences, Google Classroom, and on our school website.
• Student Progress Monitoring: The Parent Portal is an online resource that allows families to view grades, attendance, schedules, assessment, and your child’s results, course history, and much more. Monitoring your child’s progress in school is an important way to be engaged.
• Parent Resources: We have many resources available for checkout to use at home with your child. We also host several parent workshops to empower you as you work with your child at home.
• Staff Training: We will train our staff to effectively communicate with you. Your input on how we train our staff is valuable.
• Communication: We will communicate, to the extent feasible, all information with you in a language and format you understand. Whenever possible, we will provide interpreters during parent workshops, and academic events. Translation is available for most documents.
• Transition Support: Entering a new school can be scary for both students and families. We will host events to make sure both you and your child are aware of what is expected and how you can prepare as your child transitions to a new school level, college, and career.

 

 

Jenkins Elementary will…

Provide learning opportunities for parents to help them support their child's academic learning at home by: 

 

• offering parent workshops and school-wide events that teach strategies to support the AKS at each grade level.
• provide take-home learning kits, tip sheets or resource lists available at each event. Books and learning games can also be checked out from the Parent Center throughout the school year.
• using electronic resources (newsletters, our school websites, and Google Classroom to share links to learning videos, practice games and other helpful websites that align with the AKS and their child's specific needs

 

 

As Students, we will…

Practice our writing to improve our literacy skills by:

 

 

• using strategies and materials our parents receive through workshops and school-wide events. 
• using materials, home-learning kits and other resources from events or the Parent Center.
• using electronic resources my parents share with me to practice literacy skills in fun and interesting ways

 

As Families, we will…

Work together on literacy skills by:

 

 

• attending parent workshops or school-wide events to the extent possible. If we cannot attend, we can contact the POL for resources from the event. 
• asking the teacher, POL or visit the Parent Center for additional resources and materials to use at home.
• contacting the POL for additional tips and resources to target specific foundational skills my teacher recommends for us.