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U.S. Department of Education: Overview of the Parent and Family Engagement Requirements in Title I, Part A of the ESEA, Featuring Best Practices of State and Local Implementation with the Pennsylvania Department of Education
This session provides a summary of the U.S. Department of Education’s 2025 Title I targeted monitoring and explores lessons learned on parent and family engagement efforts, highlighting State’s best practices and common themes to overcoming barriers to parent and family engagement.
This talk was presented at:
2026 National ESEA Conference
February 2026
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Denver, CO
Speakers
Melissa Siry
Melissa Siry is a Group Leader for Title I and Low-Performing Schools in the Office of School Support and Accountability at the U.S. Department of Education. In that role, she leads the team that works with State educational agencies to implement accountability systems, school identification for support and improvement, and State and local report cards among other aspects of Title I, Part A. She has worked on K-12 implementation at the Department for nearly 15 years and was previously a middle and high school social studies teacher.
Fatimah Abdullahi
Fatimah Abdullahi is an Education Program Specialist in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, School Support and Accountability. In this capacity she works with different aspects of the Title I, Part A program and other ESEA programs, including equitable services, accountability, maintenance of effort and allocations.
Emily Johnson
Emily Johnson has spent her career in education, with experience in adult education, correctional education, and state-level leadership. She taught business administration and computer systems for 10 years at South Hills School of Business & Technology and later spent nearly five years teaching entrepreneurship and technology in Pennsylvania state correctional institutions. Emily has been with the Pennsylvania Department of Education for three years and currently serves as the State Parent and Family Engagement Manager and ESSA Monitoring Manager, where she is dedicated to strengthening family, school, and community partnerships to support student success across Pennsylvania. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband, two daughters, and their black lab—family and community are at the heart of everything she does.
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The National Association of ESEA State Program Administrators (formerly the National Title I Association) is dedicated to building the capacity of education professionals to provide disadvantaged children with a high quality education. Their ESEA Network website provides a host of resources to educators at all levels.
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