2013 Title I Conference

This presentation will explain how to revitalize Title I School-Parent Compacts - moving from a routine requirement to a powerful tool for collaborating with families to improve their child's academic achievement. This workshop will show you how to engage parents in designing grade-level Compacts that are linked to the goals of the school improvement plan and use specific and meaningful learning strategies in the classroom and at home.

Participants will engage in interactive activities with sample templates and tools they can use right away along with a new 10-step process developed with Title I schools in Connecticut. They will learn about the research-based evidence that says why the process of truly engaging parents in creating the Compact is as important as the product. Participants will also take a tour of Connecticut's new online video coaching toolkit that walks schools through the process for creating a School-Parent Compact that will get results (website is freely available).