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• Encourage and increase parental involvement in education and improve family literacy.
GACHA 2007 Annual Report
(In progress) The Education Committee will work with DOE and the Parent Leadership Institute to help recruit Hispanic Parent
Ambassadors. DOE has implemented the Advanced Placement Incentive Program, which has a training component specifically for parents.
The training provides parents with information about Advanced Placement programs and the importance of their children’s participation
in such programs as well as specific strategies to help their children enroll in Advanced Placement programs. This information is available
on the DOE website www.doe.state.de.us in English and Spanish, as shown below:
• Support and enable schools to develop school-specific English Language Learner (ELL) engagement and student
success plans.
Objectives–Year 1: 2007
• (In progress) Establish an ongoing dialogue with DOE to discuss issues regarding teacher retention and recruitment,
unit count, holistic approaches to parent and student engagement and other holistic approaches to promote student
success.
• (In progress) Collaborate with DOE to support schools to show demonstrated efforts and activities that will increase
academic achievement, student success and parent and student engagement.
• Delaware School Counselor Association (DSCA) – provide training on the Delaware SEED scholarship program at the
DSCA annual training event (completed in June 2007). Subsequently, measure the number of Hispanic students
participating in the SEED program.
• Increase the number of school districts participating and the number of students being nominated for the Hispanic
Student Recognition Program (HSRP). The following charts illustrate the growth of participation by district.
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