The Texas Education Agency (TEA) invites you to a night of Parental Engagement Strategies.

Empowering Families through Helpful Resources
5:30 p.m. | Thursday, February 22, 2024
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) presents a virtual information session for parents and families of emergent bilingual students. This session focuses on family outreach and training that will provide parents with literary services, activities and training needed to improve their English language skills.

The virtual information session will be available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Urdu. Attendees will be provided with links to access the information session in their preferred language at the beginning of the session. 

During the session, TEA representatives will discuss the TELPAS exam that students in the Emergent Bilingual program will take this spring, what it entails and how students should respond to the exam. 

Parents will also learn about the different platforms that provide student support including paid subscription websites that are available to Humble ISD Students, and they will have the opportunity to listen to advice on how they can build a relationship with their student’s school and what their rights as parents are. 

The session will be divided into three main topics discussed by TEA representatives for bilingual education: 

English Learner Support Project Manager Sharon Santo will cover the resources available to parents and families through the TXEL website, such as the Parents and Families newsletter, which is available in English and in Spanish, the TELPAS Practice test site, where parents can find practice tests for both TELPAS and STAAR and resources they can utilize to learn with their students at home.

TEA Project Specialist Alba Avila will discuss biliteracy practices at home and at school. She will talk to parents about the immediate and long-term benefits of biliteracy and how parents can help their students develop their English skills at home. 

The TEA’s Federal/State Engagement and Projects Manager, Rickey Santellana, will speak to parents about the educational school system and the importance of creating a strong partnership between the home and the school by establishing a communication system that is consistent, multilingual and that is used frequently.     

At the end of the session, parents will have the opportunity to hear the answers to the most frequently asked questions by parents in the state of Texas.

Parents should register online to attend this virtual information session.

Save the date for this additional virtual information session:

Community Resources
5:30 p.m. | Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Community Engagement event focuses on bringing together families of English learners, immigrant families, and providing valuable resources offered by the community.

Past session information:

Enhance Your Parental Support for your Students
5:30 p.m. | Thursday, December 14, 2023

Join the TEA for a virtual information session for parents and families of emergent bilingual students that focuses on increasing parents’ English skills and becoming an active participant in the education of their children.

The virtual information session will be available in English and Spanish. During the session, parents will also be provided with links to access the information session through the TEA in other languages, including Urdu, Arabic, Japanese, Vietnamese, Russian and Ukrainian.

The session will be divided into three different topics presented by TEA representatives for bilingual education.

Dr. Xóchitl Anabel Rocha, the TEA’s Bilingual Programs Policy & Technical Assistance Programs Manager, will cover the TEA’s bilingual education services and provide an understanding of how students are placed into the bilingual program, the services offered in school and how growth in English language proficiency is measured.

The TEA’s Federal/State Engagement and Projects Manager Rickey Santellana will discuss preparing beyond high school and provide parents with resources and tools to help students who have been in a bilingual program prepare for college through academic and financial preparation.

Dr. Julie Lara, the TEA’s Director of Emergent Bilingual Support, will discuss Texas Reality Check and will provide a resource overview to parents that enables families to have conversations about career readiness and work opportunities in Texas beyond high school.

At the end of the event, there will be a dedicated time for questions and answers, and parents will have the opportunity to review the questions that other parents are frequently asking the State of Texas and the responses to those questions.