Family and Community Engagement Plan

It is the goal of Hobgood Elementary School to:

1. Involve parents, families, and community in the educational growth of the child by offering a wide variety of parent/child activities that create a comfortable school climate and encourage family engagement through:

• Parent Nights
• Curriculum/Family Literacy Nights
• Book Fair opportunities
• Parent workshops
• School to Home Connection (sent home to parents monthly)
• Rutherford County Parent Magazine (sent home to parents monthly)

 

2. Communicate in a timely and frequent manner through:
• Flexible hours for parent/teacher conferences by appointment
• Letters from building principal
• District/school web site
• Daily agendas
• Home visits           
• E-mail
• Parents’ information of rights included in school handbook
• Teacher contact information provided to parents
• A letter from the principal providing notification and explanation of School Wide Title Program
• Open-house
• Classroom newsletters
• Parent/student/teacher compact
• Report cards/progress reports
• Student handbooks
• District outcomes handout (Murfreesboro City Schools FACTS)

3. Offer a wide variety of opportunities for parent involvement in decision making for school improvements through:
• Annual parent survey
• Annual Review of Program and Planning Meeting with the Parent Advisory Council
• Joint development of the School Improvement Plan
• PTO

 

Edited 12/2009