Parent+Engagement+Practices

** Our Chittenden County Parent Engagement Best Practices ** Strategies:
 * School Concerts (parents love that)
 * Organized 2 clothing give-away
 * Variety show featuring staff, parents, students
 * All events are free
 * Separated community buildings events from fundraising events
 * Four literacy breakfast (k-2, 3-5 grades) Parents come have breakfast, listen to their children read. Reading breakfast starts when bell rings @ 8:10. Parents go in with child to classroom.
 * Each parent that shows up for parent teacher conference will get a turkey.
 * Women’s tea for Somali Bantu Moms. Started as 1x/week and grew to 2x/week English classes. All happening in schools.
 * Separate parent-teacher conference for new Americans
 * Alternative PTO for ESL parents with dinner. Translators there and run by Parent Involvement Coordinator.
 * Harvest dinner including transportation
 * Using parent involvement coordinator as the liaison for parents of kids missing school a lot?
 * Encourage parents to come into guidance office and introduce themselves – if they come in, they are entered into raffles
 * Bought fan buses to send parents/siblings to attend semifinal soccer game in Vergennes
 * Year-end carnival (in planning stages)
 * Tippecanoe School Corporation in Indianuses a form to have consistent communication from parents. The district gives each parent a pad of these at the start of the year. The form (Parent pad for excuses form) is attached to this page as a PFD.