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Aloha HE'E Members and Participants,
HE'E Vote on Family School Partnership Work-VOTING MEMBERS PLEASE RESPOND
HE'E has recently been working on a family-school partnership initiative, organizing tips that schools can use do to improve their family-school partnership strategies. Initially, the objective was to put together a simple list of things schools could do. However, because of a very positive reception by the DOE and our members' enthusiasm, the Coalition has decided to continue working on the initiative and expand into creating a useful toolkit for schools. We have completed a first step in the work, creating some tips for "Welcoming Families," and "Communicating Effectively," which are two standards based on the National PTA Standards for Family-School Partnerships. With an affirmative vote, we intend to continue and develop tools for all six standards in the next year. We will be working with the DOE in this effort, a real collaboration!
We would like to send the following cover letter and list to the DOE on this initial work. Because it is a Coalition sponsored effort, we ask for a vote to endorse the Coalition's work. Please see the following documents.
1. Cover Letter to DOE on Family-School Partnership Initiative
2. Family-School Actions on Welcoming Families and Communicating Effectively
Voting Members: Please vote YES if you agree to endorse the Coalition's work, NO if you do not agree to endorse the Coalition's work and ABSTAIN if you do not want to take a position.
A YES vote is affirmative, a NO vote is negative and a BLANK vote is affirmative.
If you would like to send comments along with your vote, please feel free to send to cheri@heecoalition.org.
HE'E Meetings
HE'E Planning Meeting: Tuesday August 6, 2013, from 9-11am at The Learning Coalition
HE'E will have its next Planning Meeting on Tuesday August 6, 2013, at The Learning Coalition (validated parking at Ali'i Place). We will give an update on the Family-School Partnership Initiative, Strive HI Performance System (ESEA Waiver implementation), and prospective legislative ideas. Notes for last Planning Meeting are here. Please RSVP to cheri@heecoalition.org if you can make it!
Mahalo Teachers!!!
We want to send a big Mahalo to the teachers that participated in our meetings this summer--your participation is so important and it was great to have you working with us! We will be scheduling some of our meetings in the afternoon to accommodate your schedules so we hope you can see you soon! Our students are very fortunate to have such great, dedicated teachers!
HE'E News
HIDOE recently launched their new website: http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/Pages/home.aspx.
We really want to give substantive family and community feedback on the new website. Take a minute to try and navigate the site. Please send us your thoughts with constructive comments. We will consolidate and send the feedback to the DOE from the Coalition. The website was designed for the parents and community members so let's help them get it right! Please send comments to cheri@heecoalition.org by noon Friday, July 26, 2013.
HE'E Member News
At our last Planning Meeting, Margaret Higa from the Hawaii International Dyslexia Association (HIDA) shared information about SCR120, which passed during the 2013 legislative session. The resolution requests that the BOE and DOE evaluate the implementation of a plan to promote greater awareness of Dyslexia and other literacy challenges. Here are two more documents for reference.
1. FAQ on SCR 120 and Comprehensive Plan for Teaching Reading
2. Final Comprehensive Plan for Teaching Reading
If you have questions or further interest, please contact HIDA at Email: HIDA@dyslexia-hawaii.org. Website: www.dyslexia-hawaii.org
HE'E meeting notes posted on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-meeting-notes/
HE'E email archives on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-email-newsletter-archive
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