2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Family Engagement Team Meeting East Coast Technical Assistance Center February 26, 2015 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Bureau of Family and Community Outreach Family Engagement News and Updates 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. School Improvement Conference Family and Community Engagement Modules Purpose To assist schools/districts supported by Differentiated Accountability (DA) in recognizing the need to engage families and communities system-wide as one of five necessary pillars to improve student outcomes and prevent regression of student achievement. Planning Team Bureau of School Improvement Professional Development Team Bureau of Family and Community Outreach Locations and Dates 1 st conference- Orlando, June 22-26, nd conference- West Palm Beach, July 13-17, 2015 For Additional Information https://www.floridacims.org/ Choose Toolkit Finally, choose DA Summer Academies * *Conference information will be available towards the end of the school year. 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Educational Strategies & Student Engagement Institute 2015 Proposed Topics Related to Family Engagement (by Strand) Strategies for Effectively Engaging Families School and Community Collaboration Building School-Business Partnerships Faith and Community-Based Initiatives Location and Dates Orlando World Center Marriott- September 21-23, 2015 Save the Date- will be sent viain March Registration-open early June Survey Indicate interest in additional session topics on the survey- will be sent viaWednesday, March 6 th. 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Statewide Literacy & Parental Involvement Campaign Campaign Goal Empower Floridas families with strategies and activities that will promote effective literacy practices at home. What will be provided? Florida Standards aligned literacy curriculum and strategies. Opportunities for parents, families and students K-12 to engage in meaningful and enjoyable literacy activities, both technologically and face-to-face. Information and resources that accommodate the needs of children with literacy learning challenges, and/ or are linguistically and culturally diverse. Professional development for district literacy and parental involvement specialists related to engaging families in effective student literacy practices. Timeframe Information regarding the summer launch is forthcoming and will be available via our bureaus site. Summer 2015 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Questions/Comments 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Contact information Bureau of Family and Community Outreach (BFCO) Hope Williams, Family Engagement Specialist (850) BFCOs Parental Involvement Website 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved.