FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PLAN Fort Worth Independent School District

revised May 2017

FAMILY SUPPORT

PARENTS AS TEACHERS

Parents as Teachers is an international, non-profit

organization that promotes optimal early

development, learning and health of young children

by supporting and engaging their parents and

caregivers. Parents as Teachers provides an

evidence-based home visiting model and is a center

for innovation in promising practices and flexible

and adaptive designs. Through professionals in a

national network of affiliates and partners, they

provide parents and caregiver with research-based

information and support from pregnancy through

Kindergarten. For more information, visit the site.

PARENT UNIVERSITY

This is a 13 week course created to

help build stronger families by giving you the

confidence, tools, and skills you need to raise

healthy, caring, and responsible children. Marta

Plata, the principal at Fort Worth ISD’s Manuel Jara

Elementary, teamed up with RezilientKidz and

created the first Parent University with the “Raising

Highly Capable Kids” curriculum in 2013. In the

years that have followed, Mrs. Plata created a

second-year curriculum (201) for returning parents

and even teamed up with Tarrant Community

College for those parents who wish to continue

learning in level 301. Now the program has spread

to more than 20 other Fort Worth ISD schools.

Please visit your school office for more information.

GETTING INVOLVED

READ2WIN

The vision of Read2Win is to match a local church with all 85 FWISD elementary schools and provide 1,000 caring volunteer reading coaches for every 1st grader needing help in the FWISD. Our Volunteer Reading Coaches (VRCs) just this past year have assisted nearly 700 1st grade students! Please help us continue to grow this number until every struggling student has a caring volunteer to help them.

Volunteer Reading Coaches help their 1st grade students:

Once a week for an average of one hour

One-on-one sessions

During school hours

Stay with them for their entire school year

We have set lesson plans that almost anyone can use that have been

applauded by the FWISD and our volunteers.

Register for a Read2Win Training Session

Complete your FWISD Background Check

100X25 FWTX

The 100x25 FWTX is a priority initiative for

volunteers looking to support students and

reading. The goal is 100 percent of Fort Worth

third-graders reading on grade level or above by

2025. Third-grade literacy can determine success

in all subjects for years to come, including math

and science. Until third grade, children are learning

to read. After that, they are reading to learn.

Studies show that 75 percent of children who

struggle with reading in third grade never catch up.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Become a Literacy Volunteer

Volunteers are now being placed strategically in schools where they can make the biggest impact. Volunteer in

schools where you can make the most impact.

Alma Pohler

Volunteer Specialist

817-814-2973

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD

SITE-BASED DECISION MAKING TEAM

Site-based decision making is a process for decentralizing decisions to improve the educational outcomes at every school campus through a collaborative effort by which principals, teachers, campus staff, district staff, parents, and community representatives assess educational outcomes of all students, determine goals and strategies, and ensure that strategies are implemented and adjusted to improve student achievement. For more information about participating at your campus, please contact the school.

Site-Based Decision-Making District Plan and

Handbook

http://www.wdrb.com/story/31730412/moore-traditional-

school-to-appeal-data-that-brought-state-sanctions

SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Special Education Advisory Committee

(SEAC) is a volunteer group of parents,

teachers, school administrators and others

who want to improve programs and

services for students with disabilities in

Fort Worth. If you'd like to talk about

your concerns, meet other parents of

special needs children, and get involved

in making things better, come see us!

Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Page

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE

Each school has an LPAC committee. Each LPAC

should include a campus administrator, Bilingual/ESL

teacher and a parent of a student who is in the

bilingual or ESL program (Limited English Proficient-

LEP). All members of the LPAC must be trained to

perform the duties of the committee according to

state guidelines. The LPAC reviews all pertinent

information on each LEP student at the time of initial

enrollment and at the end of each school year,

places students in the appropriate program, and

monitors the progress of LEP and former LEP

students. For more information about participating

at your campus, please contact the school.

http://www.oakville.ca/townhall/committees.html

DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The District Advisory Committee (DAC) is a group of

individuals who meet four to six times per year to

advise the Superintendent and the School Board on

educational plans, goals, performance objectives,

and major classroom instructional programs. The

committee is made up of representatives from the

professional staff of the district, parents of students

enrolled in the district, and business and community

members. The committee is advisory in nature and

each year the committee evaluates the academic

progress in the district and assists staff in making

appropriate changes in the District Educational

Improvement Plan. For more information, visit the

website.

http://24thstreetconferencecenter.com/

COUNCIL OF PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS

Parent Teacher Associations are well-represented across Fort Worth ISD. Each campus has its own governing body. For more information about joining the association at your campus, please contact the school.

FWISD Council of PTAshttp://www.katyisd.org/campus/HE/Pages/PTA.aspx

LEARNING BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY

READYROSIE(BIRTH-GRADE 3)

ReadyRosie: Short videos are delivered to

your mobile device (smart phone, tablet) or

laptop via text, app, or email and

demonstrate activities you can do with your

child anytime, anywhere. These fun activities

can be done in the car, in a restaurant, in the

laundromat or at home – all situations in which

you may find you have free time to interact in

a fun and helpful way with your son or

daughter! Plus, it increases the amount of

quality time you spend together. Click here to

find out more information and register!

SMARTY ANTS (PK- GRADE 2)

Smarty Ants: Smarty Ants is an effective, research-driven solution that differentiates instruction in foundational reading skills and accelerates student achievement – all in an engaging, interactive, online learning environment. The program continuously evaluates each student’s exact skill level, learning temperament, and learning pace. Based on this information, the adaptive content system automatically delivers the right level of skill instruction and practice to keep learners in the zone of proximal development. No two students will approach the content or process in the same manner, but they all will reach the same critical milestones for primary-grade literacy success and emerge as confident, capable readers ready for the challenges of second grade and beyond.

Student Login

GETTING THE WORD OUT

FORT WORTH ISD SOCIAL MEDIA

www.facebook.com/fortworthisd

https://twitter.com/fortworth_isd

https://www.instagram.com/fortworthisd/

FORT WORTH ISD ON THE WEB

www.fwisd.org

PARENT INFO LINE

817-814-2070

Our Parent Information Line allows parents to call

for any District or campus-related questions.

You can also email us at parentinfo@fwisd.org!

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR FORT WORTH ISD- FULL DOCUMENT