+ Linking Family Engagement to Your Parent Involvement Policy & School –Parent Compact Title I September Coordinators’ Meeting PIP and School-Parent Compact Presenters: Violeta Ruiz, Parent Educator Coach Compiled by Violeta Ruiz
Jan 03, 2016
+Linking Family Engagement to Your Parent Involvement Policy & School –Parent Compact
Title I September Coordinators’ MeetingPIP and School-Parent Compact
Presenters:Violeta Ruiz, Parent Educator Coach
Compiled by Violeta Ruiz
+Objectives
Title I Coordinators will: Be aware of the major deadlines in the fall
semester Know the Parent Educator Coach assigned to
their school Understand the link between creating a
welcoming environment to facilitating the revision of the Parent Involvement Policy and Parent-School Compact.
Be provided with a tool that will facilitate the revision of the school-parent compact wit the active participation of all stakeholders.
June 2013
+Overview
Information Sheets
5 Goals for Parent Engagement
Welcoming Environment
Parent Involvement Policy
School-Parent Compact
Next Steps
June 2013
+Information Sheets
ISIC Parent Educator Coach Assignments
Important Fall 2013 Dates
Parent Involvement Policy School PIP Template
School-Parent Compact Handbook School-Parent Compact Checklist School-Parent Compact Template
Welcoming School Environment Handouts
June 2013
+Strategies to Increase Parental Involvement
+PARKING LOT!
Write down the questions you may have during the presentation and post in the parking lot.
Make sure to include your name, school name, and email address so we can email you an answer.
+5 School Goals for Parent Engagement
1. Provide a welcoming environment for families ad invite them to participate as equal partner in the education of their children.
2. Provide parents opportunities to acquire necessary information, knowledge, and skills to support their children’s education at home and at school.
3. Engage parents in the school’s volunteer program so they can participate in supporting school-wide, classroom, and parent involvement activities.
4. Respond to parent concerns and/or complaints to ensure child’s educational needs are met.
5. Comply with all LAUSD, State, and Federal requirements regarding parent involvement.
June 2013
+Goal #1:Welcoming Environment
Provide a welcoming environment for families and invite them to participate as equal partners in their children’s education
June 2013
+Objectives
Identify the benefits and components of a welcoming environment
Learn how to assess a school’s environment and develop a plan
June 2013
+Benefits of a Welcoming Environment
It creates a positive, student-centered school climate.
Parents become stronger partners and are involved both at the school and helping their children at home.
Parents and community have a sense of belonging and become loyal members of the school community.
Trusting relationships among staff and families lead to improved student outcomes.
June 2013
+Key Components of a Welcoming Environment
Physical Environment
Welcoming School Staff
Communication
School-Wide Practices
June 2013
+Welcoming Environment Walkthrough
The Walkthrough is a tour that a team of staff and/or parents and community takes to assess the key components of a welcoming environment at the school.
A checklist is used by each team member to record their findings to provide input for recommendations on enhancing the school’s environment.
June 2013
+Walkthrough Process
1. Conduct Welcoming Environment Training
2. Create Welcoming Environment Team
3. Conduct Welcoming Environment Walkthrough Each team member completes the Welcoming
Environment Checklist
4. Team debriefs and collaborates to complete the Welcoming Environment Recommendation Form
5. School develops and implements Welcoming Environment Plan
6. Reevaluate school’s Welcoming Environment at the beginning of each semester
June 2013
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Welcoming Environment: Parent Involvement Policy
June 2013
+ Title 1: Parent Involvement Policy
District Level Title 1 Policy
School Level Title 1 Policy (mem. 5838)
Building Capacity
Home-School CompactParent
Involvement
Accessibility
+2013-2014 LAUSD Goals
100% Graduation
Proficiency for all
100% Attendance
Parent and Community Engagement
School Safety
June 2013
+PCSB Goals
Welcoming Environment
Support of Instruction at Home
Volunteers
Respond to Complaints
Comply with District, State, and Federal Parent Involvement
June 2013
+Research
The involvement of parents in their children’s education is more predictive of students’ school success than the families’ socioeconomic status, race, or cultural background.
W.H. Jeynes (2005), “A Meta-Analysis of the Relation of Parental Involvement to Urban Elementary School Student Achievement.”
+Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
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suspensions,drugs,
alcohol, violent
behavior
higher grades, test scores &
graduation rates, better school attendance,
increased motivation, higher self esteem
Regardless of family income, education, or cultural background, children whose parents are involved in their education are more likely to…
+2013-2014 LAUSD Goal #4- Provide ongoing mechanisms for family and community engagement:
• Increasing academically focused family and community engagement.
• Developing and implementing a family and community engagement plan which provides information and data on a formal and frequent basis to all district stakeholders and community collaborators.
+How Can Schools Engage Families?
Five Focus Areas:
1. Create a welcoming environment
2. Provide parents opportunities to learn and
support instruction at home
3. Implement a volunteer program
4. Respond to parents’ concerns
5. Comply with federal, state, and district
requirements
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Title I SWP and
ParentInvolvement
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What is Parent Involvement?
NCLB Definition:
“The term parent involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities.”
Federal and State Education Programs Branch
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District Title I Parent Involvement Policy
LAUSD adopted a district-wide Title I Parent Involvement Policy for parents on December 11, 2012. This policy is annually distributed to parents and is required for Title I schools.
The policy describes how the District will:- Involve parents in the LEA Plan- Provide coordination and technical assistance to schools for parent involvement- Build parent & school capacity- Annually evaluate the policy- Involve parents in Title I school activities
The District’s annual Parent Student Handbook also provides parents with information on parental involvement and NCLB mandates.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch
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District Parent Involvement Policy
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School Parent Involvement Policy
In addition to the District Parent Involvement Policy, each Title I school must develop, jointly with parents of children receiving Title I services, a written school parent involvement policy that describes how the school will carry out the parental involvement requirements in No Child Left Behind, Section 1118.
Federal and State Education Programs Branch
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School-level policies must:
Be jointly developed & distributed to parents Describe how school will carry out
requirementsProvided to parents in an understandable
language“Periodically” updated
School Parent Involvement Policy Requirements
Federal and State Education Programs Branch
+Parent Involvement Policy: Required Sections
Section I: Involvement of Parents in the Title 1 Program
Section II: School-Parent Compact
Section III: Building Capacity for Involvement
Section IV: Accessibility
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Write down 3 ideas as to how you will engage parents in revising your school’s Parent Involvement Policy.
+Your turn!
1. Look at your school’s PIP.
2. List the different sections included. Are the strategies explained specifically?
3. What might your revise this year?
4. When will you schedule the dates for the revision?
June 2013
+ School-Parent Compact
+Prior Knowledge…
Write down at least 5 things you know about the School-Parent Compact.
Write down 3 questions you might have about the School-Parent Compact.
+SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT
developed jointly
approved by Title I parents
disseminated in a parent-friendly manner
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written agreement of shared responsibility
catalyst for collaboration
better communication
translates goals for achievement intoshared action statements
SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT
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How will families and school staff work together this year
to achieve the goals of the school improvement plan?
SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT
+SCHOOL-PARENT
COMPACT
moving towardsmoving away
from
shared responsibility
individual responsibility
results focused on students and goals
results focused on parent attendance
activities planned to support goals
random acts
integrated add on
ownership compliance
continuous improvement
one-time project
+Myths of the Compact
must be signed by teachers and parents
is a good place to teach parenting
is the place to correct student behavior
+What’s In a Compact?
1. What Teachers Should Do
2. What Parents Should Do
3. What Students Should Do
4. Communication About Student Progress
5. Activities to Develop Partnerships
6. Jointly Developed with Parents
7. Friendly Format and Language
Essential Elements
+Pointers
1. Link actions to goals in SPSA and to school data
2. Connect activities for families to what students are learning and doing in class
3. Include contact information to support parents and students
4. Describe how students will be responsible for their learning
5. Consult with parents on communication strategies that work best for them
6. Translate into families’ home languages and non-teacher specific language
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It's All About the
Conversations!
+Timeline for Revision
August Identify Participants Schedule meeting times Identify goals and possible grouping options
October Obtain input from:
Parents, student, and staff.
+Timeline for Revision
October Align compact with Single Plan for
Student Achievement (SPSA) Identify school / community
resources to meet compact goals
November Create a draft form of the compact Distribute to stakeholders who
participated in the revision process Approve by Title I parents Translate the compact School-wide distribution of final
draft
+Timeline for Revision
December Review, revise, celebrate and repeat cycle
Continuous Distribute the compact to all stakeholders (August)
+School-Parent Compact: Reflect on your own compact
Take out the most updated School-Parent Compact available at your school
When was it last revised? Is there a date on it? How can you find this information?
Highlight the major sections of the document.
Questions to keep in mind: 1. Is any information missing?
2. Does any information need to be explained in a clearer way?
3. Are there any changes that need to be included in your compact?
+Next Steps
Take a moment to reflect on what next steps need to be taken to ensure that your school will successfully revise both the Parent Involvement Policy and School-Parent Compact.
On a Post-It, write down three things that you learned during our session today.
Bring your school’s current Parent Involvement Policy and School-Parent Compact to the next meeting.
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2013-2014 School-Parent Compact Due to
your PACE Office by:November 15, 2013
+We are here to support you . . .
Parent and Community Engagement – ISIC
Dr. Kevin Baker- [email protected]
Enriqueta Cabrera- [email protected]
Estevan Leyva- [email protected]
Rosa Prado- [email protected]
Violeta Ruiz- [email protected]
Additional Resources:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/pf/pf/
http://schoolparentcompact.org/