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PARENT VISITATION AND OBSERVATIONS

Detailed information is forthcoming regarding how you can make a difference by spending a few minutes in your child's classroom a few times during the school year.

PARENT LIAISON

Greetings Fort Foote family! My name is Darlene Kindred and I am the Parent Liaison at Fort Foote Elementary School. I am a graduate of the University of Virginia and have over 20 years experience in management, customer service, networking and coordinating programs. I am a humanitarian in all respects and will absolutely do all within my power to assist you with your needs and concerns.

I am here to empower the parents to navigate and interface frequently with appropriate officials of county, state and national governmental agencies as well as community organizations and school personnel to address the educational, health, economic and social needs of our children.

The Parent Resource Center has relocated to the (former) main office. You still come into that room to sign-in and get your visitor sticker.   Please do not forget to sign-out before leaving the building.

There are no set hours for the Resource Center. You may call for an appointment or you may walk-in. There are forms available in the Parent Resource Center for you to document any concerns, needs, or suggestions that you would like to share with me. I am in the school most days. There will be days when I will have to be out of the building for business purposes. Whether I am in the building or not, you may always contact me by telephone or email. I will make every effort to respond to your telephone and email messages within 48 hours. Please leave detailed messages and advise me what is the latest time of day that I may respond to your phone calls.

The Prince George’s County Parent Liaisons are to do the following:

·         Work with parents to help them demonstrate an improved understanding of school policies, procedures and educational requirements

·         Interpret or facilitate interpretation, for school conferences and Special Education meetings when necessary

·         Develop and implement a plan designed to foster families’ participation in training and educational opportunities to support the psycho-social and academic achievement of their children

·         Develop a process to facilitate effective and frequent communication between school staff and families regarding the needs and concerns of families and schools

·         Develop, compile and make available to parents/guardians a data base of public governmental services as well as private organizations who are providing relevant social services

·         Make periodic home visits regarding attendance, emergency family needs and crisis situations in conjunction with the school counselor and Pupil Personnel Worker

·         Maintain confidentiality of records of pertinent family data, including completed enrollment forms, referrals and follow-up reports, reports of contacts with other agencies, and with families

When should I contact the Parent Liaison?

I should contact the Parent Liaison when:

Family/Home

When a parent has a concern about a situation at school.

When a home visit is needed to alert a family to issues that may interfere with student achievement

To solicit cooperation with family to support student academics

When a family needs information about local government and other family resources

When a family needs assistance in identifying resources to connect them to technology

Attendance

When families are not following school policies regarding attendance

When international families demonstrate irregular attendance

Policy

When a new policy or procedure is introduced

When parents have questions about policies and procedures pertaining to their students

When parents need assistance in identifying the appropriate school personnel regarding a concern

Community Outreach

When a local business or community agency would like to partner with the school

When a local business or community agency would like to make a donation to the school

Workshops/Training

Provide training to parents on how to navigate the school system

Provide opportunities for parents to learn more about school and community resources

Provide training to parents on attendance policies

Provide training to parents on the benefit of parental engagement

Implement school programs that will promote and foster parental engagement

Facilitate programs or workshops that assist parents in understanding how they can assist their students with homework, and academic achievement

New Policy and Summary for Students Earning SSL (Student Service Learning) Hours
Service-learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service to the community with curriculum-based learning. Students improve their academic skills by applying what they learn in school to the real world; they then reflect on their experience to reinforce the link between their service and their learning.

Prince George’s County Public Schools students must engage in a minimum of 75 student service-learning (SSL) hours in order to successfully meet the service-learning graduation requirement. To meet this requirement, service-learning has been infused into the science and social studies curricula for grades 5-10 (new to grades 5 & 6) for a total of 51 hours. Social Studies courses provide a total of 28 curriculum-infused hours and Science courses provide a total of 23 curriculum-infused hours.

Additionally, students must complete 24 independent hours of service learning. The Prince George’s Volunteer Center is the designated one-stop for service learning. They connect concerned and energized individuals with worthwhile and challenging opportunities to serve their neighbors and community. Student must complete and turn in a Service Learning Verification form. If the site is not-approved, the student must complete a Service Learning Site Approval Form and submit it to your SSL Coordinator, Ms. Darlene Kindred for approval PRIOR TO BEGINNING service.

For a list of courses and/or grade levels that include infused service-learning activities and the number of hours or level of involvement with service-learning in each course, please contact your SSL Coordinator, Ms. Darlene Kindred.

Independent student service-learning projects are expected to be earned at each grade level so that all hours have been met by completion of 10^th grade. Students in grades 6-8 are expected to earn four hours per year. Students in grades 9 and 10 are expected to earn six hours per year. This will give you a total of 24 hours.

*Students currently in grades 7-12 still must complete 36 hours of direct service. The actual 24 hours of direct service begins with the 5^th grade class this year (Class of 2014).

Service-learning IS NOT the same as...

Volunteerism: Volunteers engage in service for a variety of personal reasons. They do not necessarily link their service to academic studies nor do they receive academic credit for their efforts.

Community Service: People engaging in community service do so for a variety of reasons. This is a broad term that can encompass court ordered, stipend or volunteer service. It also does not necessarily link to academic studies.

Work Study Internship: Student interns frequently work at for-profit business to benefit the financial standing of that business. They are not necessarily working to improve their communities through these internship experiences. There can be overlap between work study internships and service-learning. Students are engaged in service-learning if through their internship experiences they work to improve the health or welfare of their community while linking this to their academic studies.

Service Learning Projects

·        assist city governments or civic associations with the planting of trees, flowers or a park clean-up

·        participate in the Adopt-a-Highway program

·        assist with monitoring a recycling program in your apartment or housing development

·        volunteer at the library

·        coach or help out with the Boys and Girls Club

·        help with the Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts

·        help with Little League

·        work on a graffiti clean-up campaign in your community

·        help at the local nursing home, volunteer in your hospital

·        assist with Special Community Projects – e.g., National Heritage Hispanic Month, Martin Luther King, Jr. celebrations, African American History Month, Women’s History Month School-Based Projects

·        become an active member of the peer mediation and/or conflict resolution teams in your school

·        develop a plan and plant bushes and flowers around the school; decorate trash containers (school colors and mascot), do grounds clean-up

·        Tutor students before school, after school or during lunch

THESE ARE SUGGESTED SERVICE ACTIVITIES – SERVICE HOURS MUST BE EARNED IN A NON-PROFIT SETTING (EXCLUDING NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, and LICENSED DAY-CARE FACILITIES).

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CALL THE SERVICE-LEARNING OFFICE AT (301) 567-8670

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PARENT VISITATION AND OBSERVATIONS

Detailed information is forthcoming regarding how you can make a difference by spending a few minutes in your child's classroom a few times during the school year.

PARENT LIAISON

I am here to empower the parents to navigate and interface frequently with appropriate officials of county, state and national governmental agencies as well as community organizations and school personnel to address the educational, health, economic and social needs of our children.

The Parent Resource Center has relocated to the (former) main office. You still come into that room to sign-in and get your visitor sticker. Please do not forget to sign-out before leaving the building.

The Prince George’s County Parent Liaisons are to do the following:

· Work with parents to help them demonstrate an improved understanding of school policies, procedures and educational requirements

· Interpret or facilitate interpretation, for school conferences and Special Education meetings when necessary

· Develop and implement a plan designed to foster families’ participation in training and educational opportunities to support the psycho-social and academic achievement of their children

· Develop a process to facilitate effective and frequent communication between school staff and families regarding the needs and concerns of families and schools

· Develop, compile and make available to parents/guardians a data base of public governmental services as well as private organizations who are providing relevant social services

· Make periodic home visits regarding attendance, emergency family needs and crisis situations in conjunction with the school counselor and Pupil Personnel Worker

· Maintain confidentiality of records of pertinent family data, including completed enrollment forms, referrals and follow-up reports, reports of contacts with other agencies, and with families

Service-learning IS NOT the same as...

Volunteerism: Volunteers engage in service for a variety of personal reasons. They do not necessarily link their service to academic studies nor do they receive academic credit for their efforts.

Community Service: People engaging in community service do so for a variety of reasons. This is a broad term that can encompass court ordered, stipend or volunteer service. It also does not necessarily link to academic studies.

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