District Parent Involvement Specialist:

All Families Should Know About Your District CPIS

Welcome!

Dear Dunellen Families,

My name is Beatriz Jimenez and I am very excited to be part of the Dunellen team. I am the District CPIS (Community Parent Involvement Specialist) serving Faber Elementary, Lincoln Middle, and Dunellen High School. As your CPIS, my job is to help you get the information and support you need to ensure your child’s academic and social success in school. It is a privilege to get involved, keep informed and share information to ensure that your child does his or her best. I am here to be the anchor for every child! All of our conversations are strictly confidential so don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is the District CPIS?

A district CPIS is a staff member who works to bridge the gap between home, school, and the community by helping parents get the information and support they need to ensure their child’s academic and social success.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

The District CPIS is the contact person who initiates a close connection/relationship and maintains that communication/link between parties in order to ensure collaborative action and cooperation toward agreed upon goals on both sides.

The District CPIS can connect you to important information

• Registration
• Community Resources
• School policy and procedures
• Child safety resources
• Parental and family engagement
• Contacting teachers, admins, and counselors

The District CPIS can connect you to available resources/help

• After-school programs
• Public-Library programs and activities
• Community events
• School events
• Information to local assistance programs

Your District CPIS can help you make a comfortable connection with the school

• Parent/Teacher conferences
• Phone calls
• Notes to school
• Get assistance from interpreters
• Volunteering

District CPIS Role and Mission

Research continues to emphasize the importance of parent involvement in promoting school success. At the same time, lack of participation among parents of socially and culturally diverse students is also well-documented. Today’s families constantly deal with stress that impacts students’ abilities to participate in academic and extra-curricular school activities. If schools are to do an effective job of education in their increasingly diverse populations of students, they must find ways to communicate and build more cooperative working relationships with parents.

District CPIS:

• Facilitate parent-school communication
• Facilitate community agency referrals
• Encourage parent involvement in the school
• Foster trust between parents and the educational community
• Foster higher academic achievement through collaboration with school personnel

The primary role of the District CPIS is to empower parents to become active participants in the education of their children. 

Targeted are those parents who:

• Need help in determining how best to help their children
• Are infrequent participants in school activities
• May need clarification of their role in the educational process
• Need assistance in making connections and accessing services

How can the District CPIS help me?

At times, parents may feel uncomfortable sharing their questions or concerns with the teachers or school administration. Since open communication between home and school is such a vital part of your child’s academic success, 

The District CPIS 

• will listen to your concerns and then work with you to make sure that your situation, question or point of view is expressed and understood. 
• will help and support you if you need to find ways to resolve any issues that may be hindering your child’s success in school. 
• wants to be sure that you understand what you can do to get involved, keep informed, share information, and help your child do his or her best.

What kind of assistance can the District CPIS provide?

Information

• Provide you with programs that will help you get involved with your child’s learning development.
• Discuss some ways you can get more involved with the school.
• Answer questions you may have about school rules and regulations.

Conferences

• Help arrange meetings between you and your child’s teachers or the school administration so that important information about your child is shared and understood.
• Help arrange for an interpreter if you need to communicate in your own language.

Special help and services

• Find out whom you need to call or where you need to go to get special help or services for your child or your family.

CONTACT ME

To contact me you can:

Call me directly at (732) 400-5580

Email me directly at jimenezb@dunellenschools.org

Complete the CPIS Contact Form 





I look forward to hearing from you!