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