1. Submission Deadline: Friday, November 17, 2017
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Department of Title I Administration Title I School-level Parent and Family Engagement Plan (PFEP)
Submission Deadline: Friday, November 17, 2017

2. Overview
The intent of this PowerPoint is to assist schools in developing a comprehensive and high quality School-level Parent and Family Engagement Plan (PFEP), which will meet the requirements of Section 1116 of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The format for this guidance includes:
Expected Outcomes and Goals
Title I School-level PFEP
Documents to be Maintained in the Title I School-level Filing System
School-level PFEP Evaluation/Review Recommendations
Important Reminders
Instructions for the Submission of the School-level PFEP Template
Staff Contact Information

3. Title I School-level Parent and Family Engagement Plan (PFEP) Expected Outcomes and Goals
Scope and Sequence, Every Student Succeeds Act, Section Parent and Family Engagement.
All project and program activities help to:
Understand and implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); and
Increase academic achievement through Parent and Family Engagement.
Goals:
Implement research-based PFEP practices, programs, and activities that are linked to improving academic achievement;
Provide training, information, and support services that strengthen the relations between parents and schools in meaningful ways to improve academic achievement; and
Plan, collaborate, and network to coordinate efforts related to parent and family engagement activities to improve the academic performance of students.

4. 2017-2018 Title I School-level Parent and Family Engagement Plan (PFEP)
The School-level PFEP will be due to the Department of Title I Administration before close of business, Friday, November 17, 2017.
The Title I School-level PFEP template is available via the Title I School-level Collaboration Site.
The completed plan, along with the Principal’s signed and dated PFEP Assurances page must be uploaded to the sub-folder designated for the school on the Title I School-level Compliance Collaboration, Evidence Sources Upload folder.
PFEP

5. Documents to be Maintained in the 2017-2018 Title I School-level Filing System
Once the PFEP is submitted to the District via the Title I School-level Compliance Collaboration Site, schools are required to compile and maintain the following documentation in the Parent and Family Engagement Section of the Title I School-level Filing System:
Evidence of Input from parents, family members or guardians in the Development of the PFEP;
Copy of the PFEP;
Evidence of parent and family engagement in the development of the Parent-School Compact; and
Copy of the Parent-School Compact in English, Spanish and Haitian-Creole.

6. Evaluation/Review Recommendations
It is recommended that the Title I School-level PFEP and School-Parent Compact Evaluations/Reviews are included in the EESAC meetings. The discussions should be included in the meeting minutes and agendas. Below are recommended and not recommended examples of strategies for documenting parental input.
Recommended Examples
The Principal distributed a draft of the School-level PFEP and the amount of Title I funds set aside for parent and family engagement activities to the parents. The Principal led a discussion on each of the components included in the School-level PFEP and appropriate and legal uses of Title I funds. Through careful deliberation and discussion, revisions were made to the “Building Capacity” sections based on the recommendations. Those present made no suggestions for revisions to the other sections.
The Principal will make the updates to the online template as requested. Ms. Brown (parent) made a motion to approve the School-level PFEP with the indicated revisions. Mr. Gomez (parent) seconded. The motion was carried unanimously.
The examples above indicate that the parents reviewed a draft of the School-level PFEP and were provided an opportunity to give input. While it’s not necessary to make all the changes suggested by the parents, school leaders should take their suggestions into careful consideration.

7. Evaluation/Review Recommendations (continued) Not Recommended Example
The School-level PFEP was reviewed and approved.
This entry only indicates that parents were provided an opportunity to review the plan. It does not indicate that the parents had an opportunity for meaningful input.

8. Important Reminders!
Identify barriers which could have hindered participation by parents in parent and family engagement activities during the school year, and the steps the school will take to overcome the identified barriers.
Utilize parent survey results to develop the School-level PFEP.
Refer to the School-level PFEP Assurances page in order to meet State guidelines, applicable statutes, regulations, and procedures.
Display hard copies of the School-level PFEP, and make them available in the school’s main office, the Parent Resource Center/Parent Area and on the school’s website for parents to review.
Maintain documentation of parental involvement in the planning, reviewing, and improvements to the School-level Title I PFEP and the Title I School-Parent Compact in the Title I School-level Compliance Filing System.
Maintain samples in the Title I School-level Compliance Filing System of Communication Logs from a few teachers, to demonstrate that at least one parent conference per child was conducted with appropriate school staff to amend the School-Parent Compact with the parent for his/her child (grades K-5 only).

9. School-level PFEP Submission
Access the Title I School-level Compliance Collaboration Site by clicking on the following link: (
Click on the last yellow tab titled Evidence Sources Upload, located on the left navigation menu of the Title I School-level Compliance Collaboration Site;

10. School-level PFEP Submission (Continued)
Locate your school designated folder (folders are in numerical order by school location). Please note that there are 100 schools per page, so if your school folder does not show on the page, you need to click on the “1 – 100”, “101 – 200”, “201 – 300”, or “301 – 305” to go to the next page;
Click here to go to the next page

11. School-level PFEP Submission (Continued)
Click on your school designated folder;

12. School-level PFEP Submission (Continued)
Click on the Upload tab, located at the top of the page (under Shared Documents);

13. School-level PFEP Submission (Continued)
Click on Browse;

14. School-level PFEP Submission (Continued)
Locate your school’s completed Title I School-level PFEP saved on your computer, then click Open; and
Click OK to upload the complete, signed, and dated PFEP.

15. Vivian Crucet-Martinez
Staff Contact Information
If further assistance is required, please contact any of the Department of Title I Administration’s staff members assigned to your Region:
staff assigned to your respective Region
Region
Staff Name
Telephone #
Address
North Region
Marina Prieto
Raymonde Reyes
Central Region
Vivian Crucet-Martinez
Maria Salas
South Region
Yalili Low
Ramon Sanchez
Charter Schools
Janeth Rodriguez
Please be reminded that the School-level PFEP will be due to the Department of Title I Administration before close of business, Friday, November 17, 2017.