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You are invited to participate in the 2009 Statewide NCLB Parental Involvement Conference, November 19-21, 2009, at the Westin Galleria, Houston. The conference will provide opportunities for educators, parents, and community leaders to learn strategies for empowering all stakeholders to increase student achievement and to meet the required mandates of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. The conference, Educators and Parents: Everyday Heroes, promises to build the capacity of all the participants in the parental involvement arena. If no child is to be left behind, it is paramount that we all work together to create a successful tomorrow for all our students.

The major goal of this conference is to provide a forum for dialogue on NCLB issues in parental involvement among administrators, parents, teachers, federal program directors, ESC personnel, and community leaders with interest in improving teaching and learning.

Presentations and workshops will probe the issues inherent in the NCLB legislation, particularly as they relate to parental involvement. The relationship between NCLB and student achievement will be the common thread among the conference’s diverse general and concurrent sessions.

TEA staff will offer multiple concurrent sessions that will give the latest NCLB requirements and legislative updates in parental involvement. The top parental involvement practitioners from around the state will offer presentations demonstrating scientifically based research practices and strategies that will result in increased parental involvement, as well as higher achievement for all students. There will also be a series of workshops provided in Spanish and translators will be provided at all of the general sessions.

Come and join your friends and colleagues in Houston on November 19-21, 2009. Mail or FAX the enclosed registration form today, or use our online registration at www.esc16.net. We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Statewide NCLB Parental Involvement Conference!

Terri Stafford
Coordinator, Title I Statewide School Support/Parental Involvement Initiative
NCLB 2009 Conference Chair
Region 16 Education Service Center