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Family Engagement Plan

Prekindergarten Family Engagement Plan

Goal 1: Facilitate family to family support and provide a welcoming environment to all families.

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ISD Early childhood educators will encourage families to participate in district, program, and campus initiatives such as:

• Campus-based family events
• Prekindergarten events such as Prek Night and Big Wheels, Big Dreams
• Free/reduced breakfast/lunch program for State-Based Prekindergarten Students
• Free Summer Dining Program
• Adult ESL classes

Strategies:

• Collaborate with Multilingual Services, Communications, Title I, Child Nutrition and campuses
• Provide events that are fun, purposeful and provide meaningful ways for families, students and staff to interact.

Goal 2: Establish a network of community resources

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ISD Early Childhood Education will partner with community organizations to create a network of resources that will enrich local families such as:

• PTA Clothes Connection
• Community Enrichment Center
• One Safe Place
• Cook Children's Psychology- Hurst
• Center for Counseling and Family Relationships
• MHMR
• Little Love Counseling
• Empathy HQ

Goal 3: Increase family participation in decision-making.

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ISD Early Childhood Educators will empower families to take an active role in their child's education.

Strategies

• Family Conferences
• Provide families with CIRCLE assessment results at MOY and EOY
• Weekly family newsletters
• Include parents in ARD and LPAC meetings

Goal 4: Equip families with tools to support their children as they learn and grow.

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ISD Early Childhood Educators will equip families with tools to support their children as they learn and grow.

Strategies:

• Provide weekly take-home literacy packs
• Weekly Family newsletters
• Family CIRCLE task cards

Goal 5: Develop staff skills in evidence-based practices that support families in meeting their children's learning benchmarks.

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ISD Early Childhood Educators will take part in professional learning that increases their skill in supporting families.

Strategies:

• District PD days
• Early Childhood Chats
• Conscious Discipline training

Goal 6: Evaluate Family Engagement efforts and use evaluations for continuous improvement.

Strategies:

• TEA High Quality Prekindergarten Self Assessment Rubric
• Parent Surveys and Feedback.