Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

Bel Air Panthers are globally minded citizens and independent thinkers who have a love for learning. They will be resilient, kind, and open-minded individuals who have an appreciation for diversity and are contributing members of society.

Mission

Through the intentional interactions of school, family and community, our students will be provided a safe and caring learning environment where they can build strong relationships that allow them to take risks and grow as learners. Students will receive a world-class, inclusive education where they explore and develop an appreciation for different cultures, so they are prepared to live in a 21st Century world.

Student Agreement

I will … 

• Be a global leader.
• Come to school ready to learn.
• Do my best.
• Ask questions.
• Be a good listener and observer.
• Follow Panther PAWS Behavior.

Family/Parent Agreement

We will … 

• Become involved at Bel Air.
• Provide good nutrition for our children.
• Read to our children and help with homework.
• Spend quality time together.
• Ask how our child’s day went.
• Teach good habits such as appropriate bedtimes and manners.
• Establish rules and routines at home.

Teachers/Staff Agreement

We will … 

• Communicate frequently with parents.
• Invite parents to visit Bel Air and participate in conferences, programs, and committees.
• Offer workshops for parents on reading and mathematics strategies to help students be successful.
• Attend quality professional development.
• Provide rigorous, standards-based instruction that focuses on the improvement of students.
• Assess each student’s learning and communicate findings to parents.

Title I Parent and Family Engagement School Policy

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Title I program is established to improve student achievement so that every student will graduate on time with the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to create a thriving future for themselves and their community.

Bel Air Elementary School will ensure effective involvement of families and will support a partnership among the school, parents, guardians, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways: 

School Family Engagement Policy

• Review the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy which is jointly developed and distributed to parents.
• Provide all parents with information about the schools’ participation in Title I at the Annual Meeting and inform parents of their right to be involved.
• Invite and encourage all parents to attend all Title I Family meetings and events. Inform parents that the school may provide support for them to attend meetings.
• Involve family participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the schools’ Title I Schoolwide/Continuous Improvement Plan
• Provide parents with information about the Title I program, the curriculum, academic assessments, and students’ expected proficiency levels.
• Notify the PWCS Title I Office if the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children. 

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Achievement

• Invite parents to volunteer, observe, and/or participate in their child’s class(es) and school.
• Include a schedule for parent-teacher conferences and progress reports.
• Invite parents to participate in events related to academics.

Building Capacity for Engagement

• Assist parents to understand the state’s academic content, achievement standards, and assessments.
• Communicate with families on a regular basis regarding their child’s progress in school; including school performance information and student assessment results.
• Provide materials and training to help parents support their children’s academic progress.
• Develop, in consultation with families, a Family-School Compact, stating how the school and families will share the responsibility for high student performance. Review the Family-School Compact annually with families and school staff.
• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners.
• Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement programs and activities with other federal and state programs supporting preschool, multilingual students, and students with disabilities.
• Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.
• Distribute annual parent surveys encouraging parents to respond to additional support needed to participate in parent and family engagement.
• Provide opportunities to participate in decision-making at Parent Advisory Council meetings, Parent Teacher Organization meetings, and meetings related to Title I program planning.

Accessibility

• Provide opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities, in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.

Important Dates and Upcoming Title I Events

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Elementary Schools

• November 6, 2023
• January 26, 2024

Middle Schools and High Schools       

• Touch base days will be scheduled by schools

Last Day of Grading Periods

• November 3, 2023
• January 26, 2024
• April 8, 2024
• June 7, 2024 

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Events (additional events may be added)

February 29, 2024 “Campout with a Good Strategy” 5:30-6:30PM - Bel Air Cafeteria

May 22, 2024 “Summer Thrive Glow Up” 4:00-5:00PM – Bel Air Cafeteria

• Annual Title I Family Engagement Meeting: September 26 and 28, 2023 6:00pm – 6:30pm
• Title I Family Engagement Meeting: November 8, 2023, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
• Title I Family Engagement Meeting: February 27, 2024, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
• Title I “Summer Thrive” Family Engagement Meeting: May 22, 2024, 4:00pm- 5:00pm