Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

Mullen Elementary School is a world-class School of Excellence where children and learning come first.

Mission

The Mullen Elementary School Community is accountable for the academic success of all students. We unite to provide a safe and nurturing learning environment which embraces diversity, holds high achievement expectations, and motivates students to lifelong learning.

Student Agreement

I will...

• Strive to be quality students by applying IB Learner Profile traits by being:
  • Balanced
  • Caring
  • Courageous
  • Communicator
  • Global Thinker
  • Knowledgeable
  • Inquirer
  • Reflective
  • Principled

• Improve reading and writing by:
  • Reading every night
  • Going to the school and public library
  • Writing for a variety of purposes

• Improve math by:
  • Playing math fluency games
  • Applying and using math in real world situations
  • Using problem solving skills

Family/Parent Agreement

We will … 

• Encourage and motivate our children by:

  • Talking about their day, discussing school activities
  • Work on literacy and math skills by:
    • Reading with them 20 minutes daily
    • Playing word and math games
    • Showing daily activities that incorporate math, reading, and writing
• Want to get involved? Ask about….
  • PTO/MAC
  • Family Engagement Nights
  • Classroom/Office Volunteers

Teachers/Staff Agreement

We will 

Instruct by:

• Using and analyzing quick assessments to guide instruction based on students’ individual needs
• Collaborating with colleagues (within grade levels, across grade levels, and with specialists) to expand teaching strategies
• Using examples that kids can visualize and experience
• Creating a safe environment

Communicate with parents by:

• Giving feedback of students’ progress
• Sending home books for daily reading
• Sharing reading and math strategies
• Weekly Newsletters with learning targets

Title I Parent and Family Engagement School Policy

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Title I program is established to improve student achievement so that every student will graduate on time with the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to create a thriving future for themselves and their community.

Mullen Elementary School will ensure effective involvement of families and will support a partnership among the school, parents, guardians, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways: 

School Family Engagement Policy

• Review the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy which is jointly developed and distributed to parents.
• Provide all parents with information about the schools’ participation in Title I at the Annual Meeting and inform parents of their right to be involved.
• Invite and encourage all parents to attend all Title I Family meetings and events. Inform parents that the school may provide support for them to attend meetings.
• Involve family participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the schools’ Title I Schoolwide/Continuous Improvement Plan
• Provide parents with information about the Title I program, the curriculum, academic assessments, and students’ expected proficiency levels.
• Notify the PWCS Title I Office if the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children. 

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Achievement

• Invite parents to volunteer, observe, and/or participate in their child’s class(es) and school.
• Include a schedule for parent-teacher conferences and progress reports.
• Invite parents to participate in events related to academics.

Building Capacity for Engagement

• Assist parents to understand the state’s academic content, achievement standards, and assessments.
• Communicate with families on a regular basis regarding their child’s progress in school; including school performance information and student assessment results.
• Provide materials and training to help parents support their children’s academic progress.
• Develop, in consultation with families, a Family-School Compact, stating how the school and families will share the responsibility for high student performance. Review the Family-School Compact annually with families and school staff.
• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners.
• Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement programs and activities with other federal and state programs supporting preschool, multilingual students, and students with disabilities.
• Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.
• Distribute annual parent surveys encouraging parents to respond to additional support needed to participate in parent and family engagement.
• Provide opportunities to participate in decision-making at Parent Advisory Council meetings, Parent Teacher Organization meetings, and meetings related to Title I program planning.

Accessibility

• Provide opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities, in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.

Important Dates and Upcoming Title I Events

Parent-teacher Conferences are scheduled:

• • • November 6, 2023
    • January 26, 2024

Last Day of Reporting Periods:

• • • November 3, 2023
    • January 26, 2024
    • April 8, 2024
    • June 7, 2024 

Scheduled Title I Parent & Family Engagement Events are included below 

1. Annual Title I Family Engagement Meeting: August 18 and October 17, 2023
2. Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Math- November 6, 2023
3. Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Reading- Tools for Success in Literacy September 27-28, 2023
4. Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Reading- One School, One Book March 6, 2024
5. Title I “Summer Thrive” Family Engagement Meeting: June 2024