NASD Federal Programs Update

Fall 2023

Newsletter Outline

NASD Title Programs Overview Video
Title Programs: What to Expect at Your Child’s School
To Review at Your Convenience
Updated NASD Equity Plan
Anything else I need to know?
Federal Programs Stakeholder Survey

Title Programs: What to Expect at Your Child’s School

Back-to-School events, and school Title I meetings, are brilliant opportunities to get to know your child’s school community and staff!

During these events, NASD schools review and conduct revisions to (2) planning documents that are required for every Title I school. They include each school community’s:

School-Parent Compact
School Parent Engagement Policy

Parents are invited and encouraged to assist in this process when they attend.

Additionally, after being reviewed and revised, these planning documents will be made available electronically here and on both the Federal Programs Pages for the district and each school respectively.

Parents that are unable to attend their student’s back-to-school events or Title I meeting will be able to view and provide stakeholder feedback on them at that time.

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To Review at Your Convenience

NASD parents are also invited to review the following materials at your convenience:

Parents’ Right to Know Letter
NASD District-Level Parent & Family Engagement Policy

Parent Right to Know letters inform parents of their right to information pertaining to their child’s education. They will be sent out by your school’s building principal, however, they will also be available here.

NASD’s district-level Parent & Family Engagement Policy is similar to your child’s school parent & family engagement policy but is applicable to the entire school district. This document is available here.

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NASD Equity Plan for Consideration

Required by school districts that run Title Programs, the Equity Report is designed to measure the effectiveness of a district’s hiring, retention, and assurance that students in the most in need communities are provided experienced and appropriately certified educators at the same rate as their peers.

The 2022-2023 NASD Equity Report has been reviewed and revised by NASD over Summer 2023 and is ready for community review. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to review the assessment. Questions, points of clarification and input on challenges, courses of action, etc. can be posed to Ben Ratkiewicz at bratkiewicz@nasd.k12.pa.us.

Review and revision for the 2023-2024 NASD Equity Report is anticipated to take place between Winter & Spring 2024.

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Is there anything else I need to know?

NASD parents are required by federal law to be notified by their child’s school if an educator, who is not appropriately state certified, has been teaching your child for (4) consecutive weeks or more.

If this occurs, building principals from your child’s school will be sure to send a communication out in a timely manner. A template of that document is available here.

Federal Programs Stakeholder Survey

The Norristown Area School District solicits input from the parents, guardians, and caregivers of our students.

You are cordially invited to submit information requests and provide constructive feedback on how NASD communicates with its families, implements federal programming, and considers new programs or initiatives aimed at addressing the needs of our students, families, and community!

Click on the Google Form below and send us your thoughts!

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Newsletter written by Ben Ratkiewicz (Translated by Mirna Castro)

If you have questions or would like more information regarding resources or school activities for parents and families, please don't hesitate to reach out to me via email at bratkiewicz@nasd.k12.pa.us.