The Plan / The Promise

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other Title I information are available on our school’s website under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Family Engagement 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 can review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period.

Written communication is available to all parents in both English and Spanish with additional languages available upon request. In addition, interpreters are available for parent-teacher conferences, family workshops, and individual parent meetings.

• 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. 

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.
• 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, staff, students, business partners, and other stakeholders during our Annual Title I Planning Meeting.
• Reviewed and revised throughout the year via Parent Square, website, parent-teacher conferences, newsletters, PTSA meetings, and Building Parent Capacity activities.

Northbrook Middle School will ...

• provide strategies that families and students can use to improve student achievement in reading and math.
• provide resources and website links for families and students to practice activities.
• create ongoing opportunities for two-way communication with families and students to strengthen achievement. 

As students, we will…

• actively engage in daily learning activities.
• stay informed about our own progress.
• complete all assignments and ask for help when needed.

As families, we will…

• attend meetings and workshops to learn more about supporting our child’s progress.
• communicate with the school if I have questions or concerns.
• promote literacy in the home and encourage our children to read at least 30 minutes each night. 

Empathy: Cultural competence, staff and student well being, and 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 a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.
Northbrook Middle School will…

• provide high-quality Tier 1 instruction for all students that includes targeted small groups, grade-level curriculum, ongoing formative assessments, and progress.
• engage families with effective two-way communication, partnering to support student learning.
• utilize formative assessments to measure student learning and provide enrichment or remediation to support learning outcomes.