Purpose: Clarify Expectations Around the Implementation of Annual Meeting for All City Schools

1. Purpose: Clarify expectations around the implementation of Annual Meeting for all City Schools.

1. Board Priority 4: City Schools and all schools will partner with families, communities and the public and private sectors to foster shared ownership of schools and to collectively create opportunities for student success; City Schools and all schools will more deeply engage parents in their students’ learning.

1. Governing Policy/Regulatory Implications:
2. Family and Community Engagement Policy (KCA) and Administrative Regulations (KCA-RA)
3. No Child Left Behind Section 1118 (c)(1), (e)(1)

1. Implementation Guidelines:

At least one Annual Meeting is required for all schools. An Annual Meeting is open to all parents and broadly promoted to encourage attendance. The purpose is to share data, programs, budget information, and implementation plans for family and community engagement activities with parents, students and community members.

1. An Annual Meeting can happen at any time throughout the school year but every school must address all the Annual Meeting components over the course of the year.
2. Schools can use their Back to School Night as an Annual Meeting.
3. The components to be covered at an Annual Meeting are:
4. Title I School Status/Rights of Title I Parents
5. School Performance Data
6. School budget overview of key (e.g. state assessment results, Maryland College and Career Readiness Standards, PARCC)
7. Parent Involvement Plan
8. School-Parent Compact
9. All documentation for the Annual Meeting must be kept in the Family and Community Engagement Binder
10. Types of Documentation (S.A.N.E.)
11. Sign-In Sheets
12. Agendas
13. Notes and Notifications (e.g. flyers, letters home, Parent Link scripts, website)
14. Evaluations
15. Support for Schools
16. Schools who need assistance can contact their Network Family and Community Engagement Specialist, the Engagement Office or the Office of Federal Programs/Title I

Contact Information:

Name of Contact Person:Sabrina Sutton, Interim Executive Director

Engagement Office

Phone Number:410-545-1870

Contact Email:

Updated June 2014page 1