The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other Title I information are available on our school’s website at https://gcpsk12.org/CorleyES under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Parent Center.

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.

All information, both written and spoken, is provided in English and Spanish. Please let us know if a different language is needed. On-site interpreters are available, upon request.

Let us know if a translator is needed for Parent/Teacher Conferences or a parent meeting.

If you would like to request a meeting with a teachers at any time, please contact the teacher through ParentSquare or email. Please allow 24 hours for the teacher to respond to the message. When leaving a message, please include your contact information and the best time to reach you.

Empathy: Cultural competence, staff and student wellbeing, educator diversity.
Equity: Multi-tiered system of supports, opportunity and access, equitable resource allocation.
Effectiveness: Results-Based evaluation system, talent management, educational return on investment.
Excellence: Preferred education destination, post-secondary and workforce readiness, world-class communication and engagement.  

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

Opportunity and access: Expand student opportunities to engage in and have access to high quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum.

Reading: Improve reading fluency and comprehension to increase the percentage of students reading at or above grade level.

Math: Utilize mathematical reasoning, critical thinking, and application of the math strategies to solve real-world problems

Science: Obtain, explore, evaluate, communicate, and demonstrate scientific information.

Social Studies: Synthesize new understandings and apply learning to identify civic

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 [Tell how your school will review the School-Family Promise with families throughout the school year. Include examples such as reviewing the Promise at building parent capacity activities and parent-teacher conferences.]

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, eCLASS, 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.

Corley Elementary will…

• Equity: Conduct workshops that offer parents strategies to help their child with reading, math, and critical thinking skills.
• Effectiveness: Communicate with parents via eClass, ParentSquare, and newsletters to increase the home-school connections and improve students’ reading, writing, math, and critical thinking skills.
• Excellence: Provide parents resources through the Parent Center to help their children with reading.

 Aleshia Duckworth                           5/5/24 

Principal’s Signature                  Date

As Students, we will…

• Effectiveness: Read books every night and record on our reading log.
• Equity: Attend workshops and academic nights with my family and practice skills that we learn to help us improve our work at school.Excellence: Use assignments on eClass, Google Docs, as well as other resources to practice reading, writing, math, social studies, and science.
• Excellence: Use assignments on eClass, Google Docs, as well as other resources to practice reading, writing, math, social studies, and science.

As Families, we will…

• Equity: Attend parent/teacher conferences, workshops, and academic nights to learn strategies to help my child improve in reading, writing, math, social studies, and science.
• Effectiveness: Use tips and websites sent home to find practice activities to help my child with reading, writing, math, social studies, and science.
• Excellence: Content the Parent instructional Coordinator to checkout resources for use with my child at home.

Corley elementary is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about student learning. Some of the ways we foster effective communication include Parent/Teacher Conferences, Thursday Folders, Parent Portal, email, phone calls, ParentSquare, website, newsletters, school flyers, parent portal, and eClass

If you need interpretation and/or translation services, please contact: Mrs. Lyzbet Castillo at 770-717-2178.

Open House

Kindergarten Parent Orientation

Curriculum Night

Family Cookout

Parent Workshops

Hispanic Heritage Month

Literacy Night & Math/Science Night

Parent Teacher Conferences

African American History Month

Shamrock Shake

Women’s History Month

Learning Celebrations

Parent-teacher conferences are held each semester. This provides an opportunity for the parents to speak one-on-one with their child’s teacher.

• Title I is a federal program designed to support school reform efforts to improve teaching and learning for all students.
• Title I programs are based on effective means of improving student achievement and include strategies to support family engagement.
• The Title I Office reserves at least one percent of the district’s allocation to fund family and community engagement programs. The use of these funds is based on suggestions gathered at our spring Planning Meetings from families and community members. Funds are distributed equally to all our Title I schools.
• Childcare and/or transportation may be provided for meetings and school events.

The Mission of Corley Elementary is to foster a safe, respectful learning community that promotes engaging and challenging instruction where students can apply their knowledge to the real world.

Believe * Achieve * Succeed

Our Parent Center has learning games, books and many other resources available for families to checkout and use at home. Our Parent Instructional Coordinator is Anna Elliott. Our Parent Outreach Liaison is Mrs. Lyzbet Castillo. They are available to help you find resources, navigate the Parent Portal, connect with teachers, and learn about ways you can help your children at home.

Our Parent Center is located at Corley Elementary School just off the Atrium.

Hours of Operation: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm or by appointment.

Please contact Mrs. Anna Elliott or Mrs. Lyzbet Castillo for additional information about our Parent Center and resources available for checkout.

770-717-2178

Anna.W.Elliott@gcpsk12.org
Lyzbet.Castillo.Bosque@gcpsk12.org

We value the home-school partnership. Please contact us if you would like to support our mission and vision. Parents are invited and encouraged to participate in all parent workshops and meetings held throughout the year.