Sanger ISD Prekindergarten Family Engagement Plan 2025-2026
Sanger ISD, in accordance with the House Bill 3 High-Quality Prekindergarten guidelines, created a High-Quality Prekindergarten Family Engagement Plan to promote partnership between our school, families, and community to ensure the successful outcomes for our youngest learners in prekindergarten programs. Collaboratively, we all share the responsibility to encourage and support initiatives, activities, and practices that enhance the success of student learning and achievement.
Facilitate Family-to-Family Support:
Sanger ISD will have Inclusive, transparent communications which allow school personnel to create a safe and respectful environment to promote supportive interaction between households.
Strategies Include:
● SISD will provide opportunities for families to participate in campus/district initiatives such as:
○ PTO
○ Volunteer Opportunities
○ Weekly Newsletters for families
○ Prekindergarten registration with local childcare programs
○ School Family Engagement Events (Meet the Teacher, Math & Reading Nights, ESL Literacy Night)
○ Classroom Events & Activities
○ Campus Parent Orientations
Establish a Network of Community Resources:
Sanger ISD will build strategic partnerships with community organizations to leverage community resources for caregivers through ongoing district-wide events.
Strategies Include:
● Link families with support systems, peer-to-peer groups, bilingual translators, and various resources depending on family needs
○ School Counselors
○ Career Day Events
○ Dental Hygiene Programs
○ Fire Safety Programs
○ Backpack Program
○ Local Business Partnerships
○ Individualized Campus Programs
Increase Family Participation in Decision-Making: The Sanger ISD Prekindergarten Program will encourage family participation in decision-making through improvement planning targeting family engagement.
Strategies Include:
● Provide beginning and end-of-year feedback opportunities through parent surveys
● Provide opportunities for parents to serve as advocates and leaders on various campus and district committees such as the Campus Educational Improvement Committee, District Educational Improvement Committee, and the LPAC Committee
● Provide opportunities for parents to join the PTO
Equip families with Tools to Enhance and Extend Learning: The Sanger ISD Prekindergarten Program will design and implement existing home educational resources to support learning at home while strengthening the family/school partnership.
Strategies Include:
● Weekly progress reports
● Meet the Teacher Night
● Newsletters
● PTO Meetings
● Parent/Teacher Conferences
● Circle Testing Results
Provide ongoing professional development opportunities for educators:
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.
Strategies Include:
● Ongoing District/Campus Staff Development
● ESC ECE Professional Development opportunities
● Prekindergarten Guidelines
● Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) Family Engagement Training
● Grade Level Meetings
● Gain an understanding of early intervention services to support family inquiries and needs
Evaluate family engagement efforts and use results for continuous improvement:
Sanger ISD will conduct an ongoing campus/district needs assessment cycle that will seek input to improve the quality of instruction, climate, and family engagement.
Strategies Include:
● Campus Improvement Plan cycle
● District/Campus Climate Surveys
● Title I Parent Survey
● District Performance Report
● Beginning-of-Year student-centered goal setting
Plan Activities for Transitioning to Kindergarten
Strategies Include:
● Kindergarten visits
● Role-playing kindergarten
● Read books about kindergarten
● Practice key skills
● Provide school tours/visits with local childcare providers and other community programs to encourage smooth transitions to kindergarten
● Sanger ISD and Early Learning Partners provide shared professional development opportunities for teachers and staff
● Sanger ISD and Early Learning Partners meet throughout the year to share data, plan, and align instruction, assessment and progress-monitoring, with the goal of elevating school readiness.
The Sanger ISD Family Engagement Plan is one of the strategies our district uses to guide collaborative success. The positive relationships between staff and families that Sanger ISD promotes through the 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.
To ensure clear communication and support for our families, Tina Yant, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, serves as the primary district contact for all inquiries, resources, and initiatives related to Prekindergarten family engagement. Mrs. Yant can be reached at 940-458-7438 or christina.yant@sangerisd.net.
