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Title: Family Engagement 5 Year Plan Development


1
Family Engagement 5 Year Plan Development
  • Presented by Social Entrepreneurs, Inc.
  • Requirements and Resources

2
Introduction
  • The overarching goal of the project is to
  • Improve the graduation rates at our schools
    through enhanced parent involvement and family
    engagement
  • Over the next 5 months, we will begin the
  • Planning process that engages stakeholders to
    develop a plan that is specific, actionable, and
    that builds on local assets and challenges

3
What is Family Engagement?
  • Parents work with schools and their children
    to benefit their childrens educational outcomes
    and future success. (Hill et al, 2004)
  • the participation of parents in regular, two-way
    and meaningful communication involving academic
    learning and other school activities. (NCLB
    107th Congress, 2002, section 910 para 3).
  • Parent involvement is the support and
    participation of parents at home, in the
    community, and at the school site that directly
    and positively affect the educational performance
    of all children. (San Diego County Office of
    Education)

4
What is Family Engagement?
  • According to Joyce Epstein at The Johns Hopkins
    University, schools can foster parent engagement
    across a number of realms
  • Parenting - helping all families establish
    supportive home environments for children
  • Communicating establishing two-way exchanges
    about school programs and childrens progress
  • Volunteering restructuring and organizing
    parent help at school, home or other locations
  • Learning at home providing information and
    ideas to families about how to help students with
    homework and other curriculum-related materials
  • Decision making having families serve as
    representatives and leaders on school
    committees.  
  • America's Promise Video

5
What We Know about Family Engagement
  • Numerous studies show the importance of family
    engagement in improving educational outcomes
  • Parent involvement looks different in high school
  • Some types of family engagement activities are
    more successful than others
  • Some families are more readily engaged than
    others
  • Youth want involvement from their parents

6
What We Know about Family Engagement
  • Academic Socialization is Most Important
  • Communicating parental expectations for education
    and its value or utility
  • Linking schoolwork to current events
  • Fostering educational and occupational
    aspirations
  • Discussing learning strategies
  • Making plans for the future
  • (Multiple studies, presented by Hill,
    December 8, 2009)

7
The Problem
  • Parents see two very different school systems in
    America one that is largely fostering academic
    achievement in their students and another that is
    not one that is effectively engaging parents in
    the academic lives of their children and another
    that is failing to do so.
  • -One Dream Two Realities, Bridgeland et al.

8
The Problem
  • In national research
  • Regardless of their income, race, ethnicity or
    school their children attend, parents share
    common beliefs about the importance of education
    today.
  • 74 of parents with a child in a low-performing
    school, 78 of parents with a child in a
    moderate-performing school, and 86 of parents
    of a child in a high performing school agree that
    an education leading to college is very important
    to them.
  • 66 of parents of a child who attends a
    high-performing school said their childs school
    is doing a very good job preparing students for
    college, in contrast to just 18 of parents from
    low-performing schools.
  • Only 15 of low-performing school parents say
    that their childs school does a very good job in
    challenging students, and only 14 say it does a
    very good job in keeping students engaged. In
    contrast, 58 of high-performing school parents
    say their childs school challenges its students,
    and 53 say it keeps students engaged.
  • -One Dream Two Realities, Bridgeland et al.

9
Planning Overview
  • Develop a specific and focused plan to address
    parent involvement at your school
  • Plan must be targeted for students and families
    that can benefit most from the interventions
  • Include parent and student input
  • Must be completed by May 27th
  • Implementation support from Washoe County,
    potentially other sources as well
  • Long-term outcome is Graduation

10
Planning Overview
  • Based on facts
  • Address real issues
  • Be measurable
  • Be actionable
  • (Process is iterative and organic!!!)

11
Key Dates and Milestones
  • Our Project Calendar

Meeting 1 February 4 Meeting 2 March 1 Meeting 3 March 30 Meeting 4 April 27 Meeting 5 May 18 Presentation June (TBD)
Overview Formalize Definition Develop goals Plan for more voices (student, parent, etc). Research Presentation Anne Henderson, Harvard Understand assets and barriers Begin strategies Document processes to include parents in planning Modify if needed Further develop strategies Determine resources needed Complete and enhance all sections of the plan Share plans with the WCSD leadership an d other community partners
12
How Will We Involve Students and More Families in
the Planning Process?
  • Meetings
  • Surveys
  • Focus Groups
  • Community Café
  • Interviews

13
Suggested Activities to Outreach to Students and
Families
  • Meeting Invitation to Parents
  • Student Survey
  • Student Focus Group
  • Student Interviews
  • Teacher Survey
  • Teacher Focus Group
  • Teacher Interview
  • Parent Survey
  • Parent Focus Group
  • Parent Interviews (Call parents, and ask them to
    answer your questions. Record the results. See if
    theyd be willing to call a few more people)
  • Hold a Community Café for teachers, parents, and
    youth.

14
Plan Requirements
  1. A definition of family engagement that is shared
    by families, schools and community partners
  2. Strategies for reaching out to and engaging
    families of students most at risk for academic
    failure
  3. Use of research and innovation to develop
    engagement strategies that connect families to
    student learning
  4. Creation of family engagement pathways for
    continuous family involvement
  5. Strategies for building the capacity of schools,
    districts and community partners to promote
    family engagement in education
  6. Strategies for leveraging and connecting
    community and other relevant resources

15
Resources Available
  • Planning meetings
  • Plan template and other materials
  • Your team members
  • Your school students and family members
  • Your Parent Involvement Facilitator (PIF)
  • SEI, Education Alliance and United Way
  • Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), United
    Way Worldwide
  • Research and resources developed by Anne
    Henderson and others at the Annenberg Foundation
    for School Reform
  • Tools and templates (Americas Promise, Annenberg
    Foundation, etc).

16
How We Know We are Making a Difference
  • Creating a focused and detailed plan
  • Documenting our process
  • Making changes and modifications as needed to
    improve the plan (and plan implementation)
  • Building opportunities to measure

17
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