One of the interventions that the T&FASEG Program supports is Parental Engagement.  The program recognizes that one of the factors in attributing to high student performance is the partnership between the home and the school.  The main focus of this project is consistent with the philosophy of the Public School System to put “Students First” by providing students supplemental support to meet the expected student performance levels through regular and intensive quality instruction in the specified standards and benchmarks.

The objective of the Parent Literacy events is to target parents of struggling students and provide them with strategies, resources and tools to be used at home. It is expected that through this intervention, parents will be able to help their children in the targeted reading and math standards and benchmarks.

All nineteen PSS schools are expected to convene at least four parent literacy events in a school year (two in reading and two in math).  Schools have been very active and creative when planning for these events.   Such events include MotheRead/FatheRead, Partners in Print, Family Math, Game Night!, Summer Bridging Activities, Mini Conferences, Literacy Fairs, Basic Reading Strategies for Decoding, and Singapore Math.

The Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are responsible for the parent literacy events for each of the schools.  They participate as trainers and also coordinate with trainers and other support groups within and outside of the PSS to provide the training for parents.

For the past two years of funding, over 2,500 parents have benefitted from the program.  Parents have responded positively to the activities held at the schools and encourage more to be offered.