the indiana center for family, school and community partnerships
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The Indiana Center for Family, School and Community Partnerships . The Indiana Partnerships Center 931 E. 86 th Street, Suite 205 Indianapolis, IN 46240 (317) 205-2595 www.fscp.org Jackie Garvey, Executive Director Jim Grim, Executive Board Member. Our Mission. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Indiana Center for Family, School and Community Partnerships
The Indiana Partnerships Center 931 E. 86th Street, Suite 205
Indianapolis, IN 46240(317) 205-2595
www.fscp.orgJackie Garvey, Executive Director
Jim Grim, Executive Board Member
Our Mission
The Indiana FSCP Center is committed to partnering with schools and
community to engage, equip and empower all families to be involved in their child’s education and overall
success.
Our Major Goals Education and Outreach to provide timely
and relevant information to families, schools and community partners regarding family engagement
School and Community Capacity Building to integrate systemic family engagement practices.
Public Policy and Advocacy that support best practices for family, school & community engagement.
New DefinitionResearch Informed Definition of Family, School and Community
Engagement in Support of Improved Family, School and Community Outcomes (National Family and Community Engagement Working Group, 2009)
Family Engagement is: A Shared Responsibility:
- Schools and other community agencies and organizations are committed to engaging families in meaningful and culturally respectful ways, and families are committed to actively supporting their children’s learning and development. Cradle to Career:
- Continuous across a child’s life, spanning from early head start programs to college and career. Across Contexts:
- Carried out everywhere that children learn – at home, in pre-k programs, in school, in after-school programs, in faith-based institutions, and in community programs and activities.
Commonalities in National Frameworks
Head Start PFCE Framework
National PTA Standards
Parent Engagement 2.0 National Family
Engagement Working Group
1. Family Well-Being 1. Welcoming All Families into the School Community 1. Home Visits
2. Positive Parent-Child Relationships
2. Communicating Effectively 2. Community Walks
3. Families as Lifelong Educators
3. Supporting Student Success
3. Parent University, Institutes or Leadership Training
4. Families as Learners 4. Speaking Up for Every Child
4. Community Organizing
5. Family Engagement in Transitions 5. Sharing Power 5. Linkages to Outside
Partners6. Family Connections to Peers and Community
6. Collaborating with Community
6. Systemic Professional Development
7. Families as Advocates and Leaders
7. FCE Competencies as Part of Evaluation, Certification or Licensure
Share A Memory of How Your Family
Supported Your Learning as a Child?
What makes it MEMORABLE?
Why do you STILL REMEMBER IT TODAY?
How Can We Effectively Partner with Families?
A workshop designed by Luz SantanaFacilitated by: The Indiana Partnerships Center
“Asking the Right Question
To Get the Best Education
For Your Child”
Positive and Goal Oriented Relationships
Voices in Action Voces en Acción
A Latino Parent Leadership Project
Creating Parent Centers
3. Providing Parents with Knowledge
& Skills
Research Based Parent
Involvement
Books on Board
• Trainer of Trainers model• Interactive workshops in
English and Spanish• Uses the 5 components of
literacy• Activities for to develop
skills at home
Communicating and Building Trust
Welcoming EnvironmentAre We Family Friendly?
Welcoming Walk Throughs
Effective Family Workshops Diverse recruitment strategies Support on program designs linked to
learning Participatory
outcomes based
Power of Engaging Fathers
Professional Development of Staff
Indiana has Out-of-School-Time standards through the Indiana Afterschool Network
www.ian.org Standards 8 & 9
Standards
2. Linking Involvement to Learning
Research Based Parent
Involvement
Parent Leadership• Teams of diverse parents and
educators• Goal: to link parent engagement to
student learning and other program goals
• Goal: to develop positive relationships between home and school
• Goal: to build skills and knowledge to help families take leadership roles
7 Big Stories from 30 years of Research
When families are involved at home and at school, children do better in school and the school gets better.
The effects are greatest for low-income students.
Students with involved parents, no matter what their income or
background, are more likely to: Earn higher grades and test scores, and enroll in
higher-level programs
Be promoted, pass their classes, and earn credits
Attend school regularly
Have better social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school
Graduate and go on to postsecondary education
Families are doing more at home than we realize or give them credit for.
For years, studies have found that families of all education levels, and from all ethnic and cultural groups, are talking to their children about school, trying to keep them focused on learning and homework, encouraging them to work hard and get a good education, and helping them plan for higher education.
Supporting ALL families in their efforts to be more involved and more knowledgeable about what their children are learning is an important strategy for addressing the achievement gap.
We must build on their interest and effort, instead of blaming families for not doing more.
Parent advocacy and support has a protective effect on children
The more families speak out for children and support their progress, the better their children do, and the longer they stay in school. How is this similar for out of school time programs?
The Indiana Partnerships Center
931 E. 86th Street, Suite 205Indianapolis, IN 46240
Telephone (317) [email protected]
www.fscp.org
Serving Indiana Families for over 17years
“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
- Alan Greenspan