Training presentation addresses ensuring meaningful communication with limited English proficient parents.

The Family Engagement Standard of Effective Practice require district and school personnel to consider communication style preferences when engaging parents of English Language Learner (ELL) students, and to ensure that communication is accessible to all and in the languages of families.

4) Parent and Community Participation - Each district or cooperative shall establish a parent advisory committee consisting of parents, legal guardians, transitional bilingual education teachers, counselors, and community leaders. This committee shall participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of programs. The majority of committee members shall be parents or legal guardians of students enrolled in these programs. Membership on this committee shall be representative of the languages served in programs to the extent possible . (Section 14C-10 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/14C-10])

• A) The committee shall:
• i) meet at least four times per year;
• ii) maintain on file with the school district minutes of these meetings;
• iii) review the district's annual program application to the State Superintendent of Education; and
• iv) autonomously carry out their affairs, including the election of officers and the establishment of internal rules, guidelines, and procedures. (Section 14C-10 of the School Code)

School districts shall provide for the maximum practical involvement of parents of children in transitional bilingual education programs. Each school district shall, accordingly, establish a parent advisory committee which affords parents the opportunity effectively to express their views and which ensures that such programs are planned, operated, and evaluated with the involvement of, and in consultation with, parents of children served by the programs. Such committees shall be composed of parents of children enrolled in transitional bilingual education programs, transitional bilingual education teachers, counselors, and representatives from community groups; provided, however, that a majority of each committee shall be parents of children enrolled in the transitional bilingual education program. Once established, these committees shall autonomously carry out their affairs, including the election of officers and the establishment of internal rules, guidelines, and procedures.

(e) The local school council of an attendance center which provides bilingual education shall be encouraged to provide translators at each council meeting to maximize participation of parents and the community. (f) Each local school council of an attendance center which provides bilingual education shall create a Bilingual Advisory Committee or recognize an existing Bilingual Advisory Committee as a standing committee. The Chair and a majority of the members of the advisory committee shall be parents of students in the bilingual education program. The parents on the advisory committee shall be selected by parents of students in the bilingual education program, and the committee shall select a Chair. The advisory committee for each secondary attendance center shall include at least one full-time bilingual education student. The Bilingual Advisory Committee shall serve only in an advisory capacity to the local school council.

Training presentation addresses ensuring meaningful communication with limited English proficient parents.