Overview

• Provide intervention reading and mathematics programs.
• Provide before school, after school, or intersession programs.
• Hire highly qualified certified staff, such as reading specialists or instructional coaches
• Hire highly qualified support staff, such as paraprofessionals or parent liaisons.
• Support family engagement by providing site parent liaisons and family resource centers.
• Provide professional development for families, teachers, and support staff.
• Purchase supplemental instructional supplies and materials.

• Holding an annual meeting to explain Title I policy and programs.
• Providing families with up-to-date academic information about their children in an easy to understand format.
• Offering families a flexible number of meetings on Title I policy and programs.
• Involving families in the decision making process on how family involvement dollars are spent.
• Providing families with a compact entered by the school, the parent, and the child acknowledging responsibility for student success.

Parent Liaisons are an important and integral part of the school staff.  They are the ones who bridge families, schools and the communities together.  They work in partnership with parents and the schools to support and ensure the students' academic success. 
 
CUSD Liaison Responsibilities:
Improve the quality and quantity of parent/teacher communication.
Improve student learning through effective parent involvement.
Create a family-friendly school culture.
Increase meaningful parent involvement in school.
Organize regular educational workshops for parents.
Raise parent awareness of academic standards and standardized testing.
Connect students with supplemental academic support.
Give teachers support by arranging family intervention assistance.
Connect schools and families with community resources.
Facilitate volunteering opportunities to parents and community members.
Promote and improve information flow between parents, schools, and the community.

Our Parent Liaisons

Andersen Junior High School

Arazu Urrutia; (480) 883-5322

Galveston Elementary School

Maria Gutierrez; (480) 812-6500

Sanborn Elementary School

Lory Beckmann; (480) 812-7300

San Marcos Elementary School

Melissa Dugan; (480) 883-4200