T3 Engagement Series

As part of Title III Initiatives, the TEA Emergent Bilingual Support Division is thrilled to assist LEAs in planning events which provide valuable information to attendees from presenters at the top of their fields across the state of Texas.

Join us by hosting watch parties for your parents, families, and community while we provide the experts and interpreters so that all attendees can learn and listen in their native languages.

These events will be conducted virtually over the Zoom platform and will be presented in English. Interpreters can be requested through the registration process. Please note only 8 languages other than English will be provided based on the registration requests.

Thursday, September 26, 2024
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CDT

Parent outreach and training provides parents with the education and training needed to support the improvement of their child's English language skills and become more active participants in their child's education.

This event was held in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, Hindi, Telugu, and Urdu. It included presentations on classroom supports for emergent bilingual students and special education resources for emergent bilingual families.

Find the recordings for this event under the Recordings button above.

Flyers:

English Parent Spanish Parent Vietnamese Parent Arabic Parent

Thursday, November 14, 2024
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CT

Family outreach and training provide parents with the required parent and family literacy services, activities, and trainings needed to improve their English language skills.

This event was held in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, Gujarati, Mandarin Chinese, Telugu, and Urdu. It included presentations on how to include literacy in everyday activities and how to support your child's journey through high school and beyond.

Find the recordings for this event under the Recordings button above.

Flyers:

English Family Spanish Family Vietnamese Family Arabic Family

Thursday, January 30, 2025
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CT

Community participation programs: Participation is the action of taking part in an activity or an event. Under Title III, Part A, “community participation programs” are programs in which English learners, parents, and family members can take part.

Flyers:

English Community Spanish Community Vietnamese Community Arabic Community

Presenter	Time	Topic
TEA	12:30 p.m. Central Time	Welcome
PBS Learning	12:40 p.m. Central Time	More details to come
Break	1:10 p.m. Central Time	Watch Party debrief and discuss first presentation
Catholic Charities	1:20 p.m. Central Time	More details to come
All Hosts	1:50 p.m. Central Time	Q&A and Closing

Enhancing Education Supports for EB Students

Presentations from the 2024-2025 Parent Event included classroom supports for emergent bilingual students and special education resources for emergent bilingual families.

To access previous years Parent Event recordings, please refer to the Parent Event Recordings document. Please note that the languages offered vary based on which year the presentation was given.

Presentations from the 2024-2025 Family Event included literacy in everyday activities and how to support your child's journey through high school and beyond.

To access previous years' Family Event recordings, please refer to the Family Event Recordings document. Please note that the languages offered vary based on which year the presentation was given.

English

Spanish

Arabic

Vietnamese

TBD

To access previous years' Community Event recordings, please refer to the Community Event Recordings document. Please note that the languages offered vary based on which year the presentation was given.

Must Haves

Use a sign in sheet to record parents' and families' attendance
Proper A/V equipment(computer/screen/access to internet)
A separate room for each additional language needed by parents and families
Parents fill out the evaluation survey(QR Code))

Things to Consider Offering

Childcare

Get volunteers, have activities and snacks for the kids
Make sure to follow district guidelines

Snacks

Consider having a local restaurant bring in snacks or goodies
Invite families to bring in their own snack/dinner

Transportation may be provided to increase participation.

Funding Explained:

Parent, family and community engagement activities offered are meant to improve the English language skills of emergent bilingual students, assist parents and families in helping their children to improve their academic achievement, and become active participants in the education of their children.
Title III, Part A Funds can be used to provide childcare, snacks, and transportation for this event.

For more information about Title III Allowable Use of Funds refer to the

Before the Event Starts

Prep meeting space for each language you are hosting
Charge the device/s used to access the Zoom link
Ensure that speakers are working
Print out an attendance sheet for your records
If offered:

Organize childcare
Buy snacks

At the End of the Event

Must submit the TEA attendance Google Form shared on the day of the presentation
Should ask parents to give feedback to TEA via Google Form shared on the day of the presentation

At the Start of the Event

Have parents sign in for your records as the enter the room
Open the Zoom link for each room of parents
Select the proper Interpretation channel
Assign a staff member to enter questions into the Zoom chat on behalf of the parents in attendance.

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