The Plan The Promise

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other

 Title I information are available on our school’s website at https://alfordes.gcpsk12.org/ under the Parents/Title I/Parent Center 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 have the opportunity to review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period.

Regular communication between families about educators regarding student progress is strongly encouraged. Some of the ways we foster communication include Parent/Teacher Conferences, School website https://alfordes.gcpsk12.org/, Email, ParentVUE, ParentSquare, and phone calls from teachers, Parent Instructional Coordinator, and Parent Outreach Liaison. 

Parents may request a meeting with a teacher throughout the year by contacting the teacher through email located on the school’s website, ParentSquare messaging, sending in a note with the student, or calling Alford Elementary at 678-924-5300 or Lisa McPherson in the Family Engagement Center at 678-245-3209. 

The Blueprint for the Future is the strategic plan for Gwinnett County Public Schools. This plan is organized into four strategic priorities, each with three specific goals. To ensure success, these goals have clear objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track and measure progress. Each year schools review their data to identify areas for growth and set long-term goals to improve them. This information is used to create a Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI) aligned to the district's priorities. School staff, families, and community members participate in providing input for the LSPI. Families can easily access the latest strategic plan on the Gwinnett County Public Schools’ website 

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

We will enhance the well-being of both students and staff by focusing on physical and mental health, as well as social and emotional learning.  We will also focus on  improving attendance while being culturally responsive to the needs and requests of students and staff. 

We will improve our overall performance on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) and accelerate annual growth on the Milestones and ACCESS (ML students).   

We will purposefully create opportunities for students to build the skills outlined in the GCPS Portrait of a Graduate. 

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
• Specific 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, school staff, students, community business partners, and other stakeholders during our Planning Meeting
• Reviewed and revised throughout the year during parent-teacher conferences and building parent capacity activities and workshops.

ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES WITH…

• 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.

Alford Elementary School will…

• Provide informational sessions to increase parent capacity by sharing resources and strategies to help students become successful learners.

• Provide remediation and enrichment support, along with family communication to enhance the learning of each student academically and emotionally/socially.
• Invite and engage with families and business partners during school wide events such as Literacy and Math Nights.

   

  As Families, we will…                                             

• Attend Parent workshops to learn skills and strategies to support your child/children in their academic success.

• Take your child/children to school wide events while ensuring they attend school consistently.

• ·Visit the Family Engagement Center to check out resources to help your child/children at home and frequently check Alford’s website, ParentVUE and ParentSquare.

• Increase parent capacity by sharing resources and strategies to help students become successful learners.
• Provide remediation and enrichment supports, along with family communication to enhance the learning of each student academically and emotionally/socially.

As Students, we will…

• ·Participate in Social/Emotional Learning (SEL) time and restorative practices using strategies developing social and emotional learning.

• Read nightly, study for tests and quizzes and consistently attend school.

• Share invitations with family and ask to go to school wide events such as Literacy and Math Night.

Dr. Shon Davis                      4/17/26

Principal’s Signature                  Date