Parent Involvement

Parental involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring:

• Parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning,
• Parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school,
• Parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child,
• Other activities are carried out, such as those described in Section 1118 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).

To that end, the Irwin County School System provides the following assistance to parents:

• Assisting parent/guardians in understanding the State’s academic content standards and academic achievement standards and goals,
• Assisting parent/guardians in understanding the requirements of Title I Part A,
• Assisting parent/guardians in monitoring their child’s academic progress,
• Assisting parent/guardians in understanding state and local assessments,
• Assisting parent/guardians in knowing how to work with educators to improve achievement,
• Providing the opportunity for parents/guardians to request training on topics and specific workshop opportunities.

In addition, parents will be given help in understanding:

• The state’s academic content standards (CCGPS),
• The state’s student academic achievement standards (CCRPI),
• The state and local academic assessments including alternate assessments (local benchmarks, GKIDS, GA Milestone Assessment System, SLOs, Writing, ACCESS for ELs, GAA),
• The requirements of Title I, Part A,
• How to monitor their child’s progress (progress reports, report cards, parent conferences, parental portal for Power School),
• How to work with educators (Literature, brochures, website).

A percentage of Title I School-wide funding is set aside each year for parental involvement activities.

Teacher Qualifications

In compliance with the requirements of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Irwin County Schools would like to inform you that you may request information about the professional qualifications of your student’s teacher(s) and/ or paraprofessional(s). The following information may be requested:

• Whether the student’s teacher:
  • has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;
  • is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; and
  • is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
  • Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

 If you wish to request information concerning your child’s teacher’s and/ or paraprofessional’s qualifications, please contact school administration.