Being that Imboden Area Charter School is a schoolwide Title I program, all stakeholders are provided with the same materials and trainings. The Imboden Area Charter School's District-wide Title I meeting is held annually in September. At this meeting the following items are addressed; What students will be learning; How students will be assessed; What parents/families should expect for their child's education; and How parents/families can assist and make a difference in their child's education. Imboden Area Charter School also schedules two parent/teacher conferences per year where parents/families are able to meet, ask questions, and provide feedback. These conferences are available virtually should a family require it. Planning meetings are held annually in the spring for eighth grade students who will be attending high school the following fall. The school counselor meets with the child and his/her parents/family to ensure smooth transition into one of the local high school programs. Additionally, teachers are available for parent conferences thirty minutes prior to school starting, and for an additional thirty minutes after the end of the instructional day.
Information that is available to parents/families throughout all of these planned and unplanned meetings is, but not limited to:
- Students are scored not only on content knowledge, but collaborative skills, communication skills and work ethic.
- Parents are provided copies of their student's state assessments (or alternate assessments) and guidance on how to read the document, and what that means regarding their child's academic readiness.
- Materials and resources are available to help both students and their parents to improve a students achievement, school attendance, appropriate use of technology, and responsible parenting.
- In response to the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, IACS has and will continue to provide parents with training in the use of technology should they need it.
Imboden Area Charter School will involve parents through an annual survey conducted in the spring for Title I to improve school and program effectiveness.
Matthew Wells, Director, and Paula Wagner, School Counselor, will be the persons responsible for conducting this survey and collecting results.
Imboden Area Charter School will provide any and all reasonable support for parent and family engagment. Imboden Area Charter School works diligently to consider implementing supports for any suggestions or recommendations shared by parents and school staff during the annual Title I review in May to more actively involve parents in their child's education.
Parents/families are taught through newsletters, phone calls, Remind App messages, and parent/teacher meetings how to monitor their child's progress. Teachers send a grade report home for each child weekly. Parents/families are able to review the child's grades frequently to monitor the child's progress in meeting goals. Also, during parent/teacher meetings, IACS staff details how children's learning levels are established, and what all of the numbers mean. Parents are thusly easily able to see what level their child is working at in literacy and mathematics at any time. Students performing below grade level are also referred for additional afterschool tutoring which is discussed and approved by parents.