Burton Elementary ~ Parent Involvement Plan (Revised 4/2022): The purpose of the Parent Involvement Plan is to increase meaningful parental involvement that is designed to enhance school-home partnerships and improve student learning.
The Parent Involvement Plan includes:
1) Power School: An online software package available through the internet that allows parents access to school grades, behavioral concerns, and communication with teachers and administrators.
2) Home/School Compact: A document developed through the School-wide Improvement Team.
3) Parent Conferences: Burton Elementary averages over 98% attendance by parents at the two formally scheduled conferences during the year.
4) Back-To-School Event: Parents heavily attend this Event because it gives them an opportunity to meet the teachers and get a “feel” for activities planned for the year.
5) ESL Support Personnel: The district provides a well-trained team of support personnel who are very effective in communicating with parents of children with ESL issues.
6) Language Translation: The Principal and/or other district and school personnel are capable of translating information into Spanish, which greatly facilitates the communication process.
7) Parent Teacher Organization: The PTO meets monthly to discuss issues and make plans.
8) Newsletters: Newsletters are developed to increase communication with parents. Newsletters include information from the PTO, upcoming activities, curriculum, school safety, school successes and parenting helps. Teachers frequently send home classroom newsletters as well in hardcopy, email or both.
9) Parent Classes: The district presently conducts and makes available to parents of Burton Elementary classes designed to increase parenting skills.
10) Classroom Volunteers: Many of our teachers utilize parent volunteers on a daily basis to assist with teaching center, intervention programs, classroom organization, and field trips. Teachers will have a sign-up sheet encouraging parent volunteers at the Back-to-School event. If parents don’t have an opportunity on that night to sign-up please contact your child’s teacher to ask about volunteer opportunities. Also, if you have younger children at home and are unable to volunteer within the classroom, please talk to your child’s teacher about other projects that could assist the class that can be completed from home.
11) School Web Page: Burton Elementary maintains a webpage with information about school personnel, important dates, and other news.
12) Parent Support Groups: Work with the school district to provide parent support groups. (Learning disabilities, speech and language, autism, parenting skills, ADD/ADHD, gifted and talented, etc.)
13) Thrillshare: The school uses the Thrillshare telephoning/e-mailing system to inform parents of activities and emergencies.