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HQPK Family Engagement Plan

HQPK Family Engagement Plan

In accordance with House Bill 3 High-Quality Prekindergarten guidelines, Splendora ISD has created a High-Quality Prekindergarten Family Engagement Plan to promote partnership among our school, families, and community and ensure successful outcomes for our youngest learners in prekindergarten programs. Together, we share responsibility for encouraging and supporting initiatives, activities, and practices that enhance student learning and achievement.

Family Engagement Plan Development Committee Members:

Dr. Kristy Dietrich, Dawn Jackson, Shelley Wells, Susy Ramos, Rachel Coleman

Primary Contact and Contact Information for Families:

Name: Dawn Jackson
Email: djackson@splendoraisd.org
Phone: 281-689-4327

2026-2027 Family Engagement Plan

Family Engagement Plan Component: Facilitate Family-to-Family Support

Component Description: Inclusive, transparent communications allows school personnel to create a safe and respectful environment to promote supportive interaction between households.

Activity/Event/Practice Details and Timing

  • PK Round-Up (April 2026)
  • PK/K Meet the Teacher events (August 2026)
    • Kinder - Meet the Teacher
    • PK - Little Wildcats, Big Beginnings Night

Family Engagement Plan Component: Establish a network of community resources

Component Description: Splendora ISD will build strategic partnerships with community organizations to leverage community resources for caregivers through the Community Resources Handbook and ongoing district-wide events.

Activity/Event/Practice Details and Timing

  • PK-12 CCMR Initiative
  • PK -Health Science (Sept 2026)
  • PK -Animal Science (Feb 2027)
  • K- Automotive (Sept 2026)
  • K - Teaching & Training (Sept 2026)

Family Engagement Plan Component: Increase family participation in decision-making

Component Description: Throughout the year, participation in district and school-wide decision-making empowers caregivers as their child’s first teacher and advocate.

Activity/Event/Practice Details and Timing

  • Surveys

Family Engagement Plan Component: Equip families with tools to enhance and extend learning

Component Description: Caregivers have multiple opportunities to learn about student progress and ways to support success at home. Caregivers also have personal extended learning opportunities.

Activity/Event/Practice Details and Timing

  • Newsletter from teacher
  • Family conferences required twice each year
  • Family night events

Family Engagement Plan Component: Provide ongoing professional development opportunities for educators

Component Description: Prekindergarten teaching staff participate in professional development opportunities to support and use culturally diverse, culturally relevant, and culturally responsive family engagement strategies and enhance instruction

Activity/Event/Practice Details and Timing

  • District-wide PK/K curriculum training
  • District-wide instructional practices PD
  • PK/K Dual language PD

Family Engagement Plan Component: Evaluate family engagement efforts and use results for continuous improvement

Component Description: Ongoing campus/district needs assessment cycle will seek input to improve the quality of instruction, climate, and family engagement

Activity/Event/Practice Details and Timing

  • Campus Improvement Plan cycle
  • District/Campus Climate Surveys
  • Title I Parent Survey
  • Beginning-of-year student-centered goal setting and family conferences

Transition Activities:

  • Splendora Littles - SISD library community outreach program for young children not yet enrolled in PK/K - Partnership with local childcare providers
  • Special Services outreach to local childcare providers
  • Little Wildcats, Big Beginnings 

Conclusion:

The Splendora ISD HQPK Family Engagement Plan is one of the strategies our district uses to guide collaborative success. The positive relationships between staff and families that Splendora ISD promotes through the HQPK Family Engagement Plan help build a shared understanding of how we can work together to ensure every child will reach their full potential, from birth to kindergarten and beyond.  

Download the HQPK Family Engagement Plan PDF

If you need this document in another language, please email communications@splendoraisd.org, and include the name of the document you would like translated.

Early Childhood Program Self-Assessment for Prekindergarten

Evaluating the quality of our prekindergarten program allows us to identify strengths and areas for growth to ensure every child benefits from a rich, developmentally appropriate learning environment. Through continuous assessment and improvement, we can better support children's cognitive, social, and emotional development - laying a strong foundation for future academic success.

Program Self-Assessment Committee Members

  • Dr. Kristy Dietrich, Deputy Superintendent of Academics
  • Dawn Jackson, Director of Elementary Teaching and Learning
  • Shelley Wells, Elementary Humanities Coordinator
  • Rachel Coleman, Coordinator of Special Services
  • Susy Ramos, Multilingual Coordinator

For more information, please contact Dawn Jackson at djackson@splendoraisd.org.

Early Childhood Program Self-Assessment for Prekindergarten Results

Mark the status for each strategy using the following key:

  • D = Developing
  • P = Proficient
  • E = Exemplary

Access/Enrollment

  • Eligible 4-Year-Olds — Proficient
  • Eligible 3-Year-Olds — Proficient
  • Outreach Strategies — Proficient
  • Enrollment Plan — Proficient
  • Enrollment Process — Proficient

Administrative and Teaching Staff

  • Educational Aide Qualifications — Developing
  • Teacher Qualifications — Proficient
  • Teacher Evaluations — Proficient
  • Teacher Professional Development — Proficient
  • Coaching and Mentoring — Proficient
  • Administrator Professional Development — Proficient
  • Leading Continuous Improvement — Proficient

Curriculum

  • Curriculum — Proficient
  • Scope and Sequence — Proficient
  • Curricular Integration — Proficient
  • Vertical Alignment — Proficient
  • Horizontal Alignment — Proficient

Instruction

  • Instructional Activities — Proficient
  • Instructional Settings — Exemplary
  • Supporting Special Populations — Proficient
  • Teacher Interactions w/Students — Exemplary
  • Supporting the Whole Child — Proficient
  • Student-to-Teacher Ratio — Proficient

Assessment

  • Formative Assessment — Proficient
  • Summative Assessment — Proficient
  • Data-Driven Practices — Proficient
  • Family Input — Developing
  • Referrals/Intervention — Proficient

Learning Environments

  • Physical Arrangement — Exemplary
  • Link to Classroom Instruction — Exemplary
  • Procedures and Routines — Exemplary
  • Supporting Student Behavior — Proficient
  • Daily Schedule — Exemplary
  • Classroom Displays — Exemplary
  • Outdoor Environment — Proficient

Family Engagement

  • Family Engagement Plan — Proficient
  • Communication Practices — Proficient
  • Inclusive Fam. Eng. Policy — Proficient
  • Family Conferences — Proficient
  • Reporting Student Progress — Proficient
  • Program Expectations — Proficient
  • Attendance Plan — Proficient
  • On-Campus Opportunities — Proficient
  • Participation — Proficient
  • Support to Families — Proficient

Transitions

  • LEA/non-LEA Shared Prof.Dev. — Developing
  • Collaborative Meetings w/Early Care & Education Providers — Developing
  • Sharing Student Data — Developing
  • Family Transition Strategies — Developing
  • Transition Plan — Developing

Continuous Improvement Worksheet

Strengths Identified

Curriculum and Instruction

  • Scope and Sequence: In-depth revisions in 2024-25 to ensure effective pacing

  • Vertical Alignment: PK skills are well-aligned to support kindergarten readiness.

Enrollment Plan

  • Effective systems in place for PK roundup and managing intake

Opportunities to Grow

Transitions from outside entities to the PK program

  • Collaborative meetings with local early childcare providers, LEA shared professional development with local childcare providers

Assessment

  • Alignment of parent notification of CLI assessment results

Next Steps for Continuous Improvement

  1. Host collaborative meetings with local early care providers and non-LEA partners to discuss student needs and family strategies.
  2. Offer to host literacy days onsite at local early care providers and non-LEA partners.
  3. Conduct a midyear PK family feedback survey.
  4. Develop a district-wide plan for how we share CLI assessment results with families.

Download the Early Childhood Program Self-Assessment for Prekindergarten

If you need this document in another language, please email communications@splendoraisd.org, and include the name of the document you would like translated.