State & Federal Programs

Parent and Family Engagement

November 2018

The Statewide Parent and Family Engagement Initiative is funded by the Texas Education Agency and produced by Region 16 Education Service Center. This website serves as a central location for important resources on compliance and best practice. 

Visit the Region 16 Website by clicking HERE

November Newsletter Now Available for Download!

Together We Can Make a Difference

The November newsletter, The Parental & Family Engagement CONNECTION, is available in English and Spanish and now Vietnamese, http://www.esc16.net/page/title1swi.3_newsletter%20-%20Copy .

This edition of the newsletter includes articles about Helping Your Child Manage Test Anxiety, Teen suicide, Get into the Spirit of Giving, Safety Tips, Coping with Holiday Depression, and Raising Happy “Successful” Children.

You may…

• print the newsletter  
• place the link on your school website
• forward the link to your families  
• place the link on your Facebook and social media accounts

BUT, you must use the newsletter in its entirety due to copyright restrictions.  You may attach additional information to the newsletter from your own district and/or school.  Hope you enjoy the read.

 Calendar Reminders for February

• If allowed by your LEA or campus administrators, register and attend the Statewide Parental Involvement Conference at the Frisco Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center, Frisco, December 6-8
• National Parent Involvement Day (3rd Thursday of the month)
• Provide frequent reports on Student Progress. ESSA Section 1116 (d)(2)(B)
• A school district that assigns an inappropriately certified or uncertified teacher to the same classroom for more than 4 consecutive weeks during the same school year shall provide written notice of the assignment to a parent or guardian of each student in that classroom. ESSA Section 1112 (e)(1)(B)

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