Parent Advisory Committee (PAC)

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    What is a PAC?

    Each district-run MLE program school has a Multilingual Education Parent Advisory Committee (MLE PAC). The PAC is open to all families of students in an MLE program. It provides an opportunity to increase communication between both the school and families. The PAC may be a subcommittee of a larger committee.

    Its purpose is to:

    • Provide information regarding MLE programs
    • Increase communication between MLL parents and the district
    • Review implementation of MLE programs
    • Listen to the concerns of parents and provide direct supports as needed

    You can read more about the formal legal responsiblities in the MLE Program Consent Decree: Chapter 6, Parental Oversight.

  • Resources

    MLE PAC Toolkit: This Toolkit is a one-stop shop for PAC Leads and Charter MLE Admins 

    • Family Engagement Plan samples
    • PAC Meeting guides and checklists
    • Document Templates
    • Program decks
    • Calendar and Due Dates
    • Artifact collection guides
    • DAC meetings info

  • Roles & Responsibilities

    School Leader

    • Nominate the PAC Lead(s) to serve multilingual families throughout the school year 
    • Create an inclusive and welcoming environment in your school
    • Support PAC meetings and review Family Engagement Plan, as well as parent feedback with PAC Lead

    PAC Lead

    • Create a Family Engagement Plan with the purpose of increasing Multilingual Learner family participation and accelerate learning
    • Coordinate parent meetings in collaboration with other school staff to ensure MLL families are purposely engaged at all events
    • Ensuring all preferred languages of your families are supported at all events and meetings through Translation and Interpretation services
    • Collect feedback from families and implement plans, responses, and/or changes based on their feedback
    • Submit artifacts within the MLE Family Engagement Plan
    • Reach out to the MLE PAC & DAC Coordinator for support
    • Attend the a district MLE DAC meeting with MLL families from the school to
    • Complete all required trainings 

    MLE Instructional Specialist

    • Support with the artifact collection within the Family Engagement Plan
    • Connect with the PAC & DAC Coordinator if the school needs support with MLE family engagement

    MLE PAC & DAC Coordinator: 

    Olga Olivas

    • Provide support on fundamentals of PACs and Artifact Collection
    • Deliver in-person training to PAC Leads
    • Support the school’s Family Engagement Plan
    • Host monthly office hours for PAC Leads
    • Tailored supports based on the needs of the school
    • Review artifact collection 
    • Provide feedback to MLE instructional specialist

  • Multilingual Education
    Emily Griffith Campus
    1860 Lincoln St., 10th Floor
    Denver, CO 80203

    Email: dps_mle.groups@dpsk12.net
    MLE Hotline: 720-423-2040
    Fax: 720-423-1577 

    Olga Olivas 

    MLE Family Engagement PAC & DAC Coordinator

    oolivas@dpsk12.net

    720-423-3058

    Sary Portillo

    Manager, MLE Family Engagement

    sary_portillo@dpsk12.net

    720-423-2661