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Pre-K Family Engagement Plan

  • Houston ISD created a High-Quality Prekindergarten Family Engagement Plan to promote partnership between our schools, families, and community. The plan ensures successful outcomes for our youngest learners in pre-K programs. Collaboratively, we all share the responsibility to encourage and support activities and practices that enhance the success of student learning and achievement.
  • HISD’S PK Program Evaluation Committee uses a self-assessment tool provided by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to identify and evaluate areas of need and areas of growth. The results then determine the district’s pathway for improvement, to continue providing high-quality education for our Pre-K students. The results can be found here: Early Childhood Program Self-Evaluation 

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  • TEA has defined six family engagement categories that must be supported within the local family engagement plan. The following pages outline the six areas and list district activities to support each family engagement category.

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Plan Components

Facilitate Family-To-Family Support

Establish a Network of Community Resources

Increase Family Participation in Decision-Making

Create a safe and respectful environment where families can learn from each other as individuals and in groups

Build partnerships with community organizations to offer community resources for caregivers

Participation in district and school-wide decision-making empowers caregivers as their child’s first teacher and advocate

Events:

· PTA/PTO

· Campus Shared Decision-Making Committee

· District Community Meetings

· Title 1 Campus Meetings

· Volunteer opportunities through VIPS

· District FACE (Family and Community Engagement)

· Head Start Prekindergarten Collaboration

· District HIPPY Program

· Campus Community Partnerships

· Sunrise Centers

· Pre-K Parent Palooza Events

· FACE Parent University Leaders Academy

· Coffee with the Principal

Events:

· Pre-K Partnerships expansion strategy

· Collaborations with local Head Start agencies- Avance, Harris County, Baker-Ripley, and Gulf Coast

· Partnership with Collaborative for Children to establish 1882 partnerships with local childcare centers

· Rice University School Literacy and Culture · Campus OWL Labs (PK)

· Sunrise Centers

· PTO/PTA Meet N Greets

· PTO EXPO

· Superintendent Lunch and Learns

Events:

· Title 1 Parent Advisory Committee Meetings

· Campus Shared Decision-Making Committee

· PTA/PTO Participation

· District Parent Satisfaction Survey

· District Surveys

· POSSIP

· FACE District Advisory Committee

· FACE Campus Walkthrough

· FACE Family Friendly School Program

· Campus FACE Committee

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Plan Components

Equip families with tools to enhance and extend learning

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

Evaluate family engagement efforts and use results for continuous improvement

Opportunities to learn about student progress and ways to support success at home

Provide essential professional development for educators in understanding communication and engagement with families

Develop data collection systems to monitor family engagement

Events:

· Pre-K Parent Palooza Events

· Ready Rosie

· District HIPPY Program

· Homework calendar

· Access to the District Clever digital resources

· Campus Early Literacy and Math Family Nights

· Notification of Performance – PK CIRCLE results, etc.

· Report Cards and Progress Reports

· CIRCLE Activity Collection

· Campus Conference Days and Open House

· FACE Parent University Leaders Academy

Events:

· Leaders in Pre-K Informational Sessions

· District Wide PD Days

· Early Childhood support to campus administrators

· Pre-K Parent Palooza Events

· Ready Rosie

· FACE Staff Department trainings

· FACE Customer Service Training

Events:

· District Parent Survey

· Pre-K Parent Palooza Event Participation Data

· Student Performance Data

· Ready Rosie Participation/Enrollment

· TEA Self-Evaluation Tool

· POSSIP

· Campus School Walkthrough

· FACE Climate Survey

· Family Connections Center