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2/3/2014 1 Promising Practices to Implement a Comprehensive, Sustainable Structure Family-School-Community Partnering Winter 2014 Participants will: Learn the components of a comprehensive structure for implementing family-school-community partnerships. Gain strategies to partner with families based on the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships. Discuss partnership initiatives and resources in Colorado. Plan next steps to implement a comprehensive, sustainable partnership structure. Session Objectives The standards of behavior by which we agree to operate while we are engaged in learning together. Norms

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Promising Practices to Implement a

Comprehensive, Sustainable Structure

Family-School-Community Partnering

Winter 2014

Participants will:

Learn the components of a comprehensive structure for implementing family-school-community partnerships.

Gain strategies to partner with families based on the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships.

Discuss partnership initiatives and resources in Colorado.

Plan next steps to implement a comprehensive, sustainable partnership structure.

Session Objectives

The standards of behavior by which we agree to operate while we are engaged in

learning together.

Norms

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A Blast From The Past

Together We Can

Vision

All students in Colorado will become educated and productive citizens capable of succeeding in society, the

workforce, and life.

Mission The mission of the Colorado Department of Education is to ensure that all students are prepared for success in

society, work, and life by providing excellent leadership, service, and support to schools, districts, and

communities across the state.

Start strong

Read by third grade

Meet or exceed standards

Graduate ready

CDE Strategic Goals: Every Student Every Step of the Way

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A Research Base

Family-School-Community Partnerships

OVERLAPPING SPHERES OF INFLUENCE OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY ON

CHILDREN’S LEARNING

Force B Experience, Philosophy, Practices of Family

Force C Experience, Philosophy, Practices of School

Force D Experience, Philosophy, Practices of Community

Force A Time/Age/Grade Level

Theoretical Model

Students Spend More Than 70% Of Their Waking Hours Outside of School. (Clark,1990; Callender & Hansen, 2004)

Time Coordinated Learning Between Home and School

30%

70%

During School Years (Waking Hours)

In School

Out ofSchool

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TELL Survey Results

On the Colorado TELL Survey, the teaching condition with the strongest connection to high student achievement is Community Support and Involvement – whether parents/guardians in the community are engaged, influential, and supportive of teachers and schools – across all school levels. (New Teacher Center, 2012, p.1)

Implementation Research

Families vary in how much they are presently involved.

Students need multiple sources of support to succeed in school and in their communities.

Teachers and administrators may be initially hesitant to increasing family involvement.

Teachers, administrators, and external supports need inservice, preservice, and advanced education on partnerships.

Schools must reach out in order to involve all families.

Epstein, J. L. et al. (2009). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Partnership Structure Development

Structures and practices of partnership make a difference.

Subject-specific practices assist students’ learning.

Teachers who use practices of partnership are more likely to report that all families can help their children.

Structures will be most useful to schools and to families if they are customized, comprehensive, and continually improved to help meet important goals for students.

Epstein, J. L. et al. (2009). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

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Secondary School Research

Often family involvement drops off by the time teenagers are in middle and high school. Higher student-teacher ratio Distance from school Complex curriculum Students’ desire for independence

Based on a narrow view of involvement

Family involvement practices at home and at school have been found to influence: Academic Achievement School Attendance Homework Effort Graduation and college matriculation rates

Epstein, J. L. et al. (2009). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

National Standards for Family-School Partnerships

Families are active participants in the life of the school, and feel welcomed, valued, and connected to each other, to school staff,

and to what students are learning and doing in class.

Create a welcome climate.

Build a respectful, inclusive school community.

Welcoming All Families into the School Community

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

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Families and school staff engage in regular, two-way, meaningful communication about student learning.

Share information between school and families.

Communication should be two-way and on-going.

Communicating Effectively

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Families and school staff continuously collaborate to support students’ learning and healthy development both at home and at

school, and have regular opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills to do so effectively.

Share information about student progress.

Support learning by engaging families.

Supporting Student Success

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Discussion Question

How have you seen Standards 1-3 in

action at your site?

Welcoming All Families into the School Community

Communicating Effectively

Supporting Student Success

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Families are empowered to be advocates for their own and other children, to ensure that students are treated fairly and have access

to learning opportunities that will support their success.

Understand how the school system works.

Empower families to support their own and other children’s success in school.

Speaking up for Every Child

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Families and school staff are equal partners in decisions that affect children and families and together inform, influence, and create

policies, practices, and programs.

Strengthen the families’ voice in shared decision-making.

Build families social and political connections.

Sharing Power

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Families and school staff collaborate with community members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded learning opportunities, community services, and civic participation.

Connect the school with community resources.

Have the school give back to the community.

Collaborating with the Community

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

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Discussion Question

How have you seen Standards 4-6 in

action at your site?

Speaking Up for Every Child

Sharing Power

Collaborating with the Community

Starting Points Inventory

Complete the Inventory to identify whether your site is excelling, progressing, or emerging for each indicator. Then prioritize an area of improvement and identify how you will evaluate that practice.

Emerging: Limited level of development and implementation

Progressing: Functioning level of development and implementation

Excelling: Highly functioning level of development and implementation

Meeting the Challenges

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Create opportunities for families, staff, and administrators to develop personal relationships.

Encourage staff to value the contributions of all families.

Provide multiple ways for families and community members to volunteer.

In the school

For the school

As audience members

Welcoming All Families into the School Community

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Establish on-going, two-way channels of communication.

Provide information in a language and format that is easy for families to understand and access.

Ensure teachers and administrators are easily accessible to any family.

Communicating Effectively

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Ensure that families and teachers communicate about student progress beyond conferences and report cards.

Create opportunities for families to learn how to support their children’s learning at every grade and level.

Develop families’ capacity to strengthen learning at home, including through interactive homework assignments.

Supporting Student Success

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

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Ensure that families are aware that federal and state laws mandate that schools involve and inform families.

Implement and communicate a clear process to resolve problems.

Meet with every student and family to map out a plan for the student’s future, including the opportunity to go to college or technical school.

Speaking up for Every Child

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Include family leaders from all racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and other groups in the school.

Offer training to enable parent leaders to develop skills to serve as representatives of other families.

Include student representatives along with parents on decision-making committees.

Sharing Power

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

Include families in the process of linking the school to community resources.

Use community partners to strengthen families and support student success

Student-centered

Family-centered

School-centered

Community-centered

Establish ways for the school to give back to the community.

Collaborating with the Community

PTA (2009). PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide.

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Challenge-go-Round

1. Work with your team to identify a challenge to implementing Family-School-Community Partnerships. Write your challenge on the poster.

2. At the signal, rotate clockwise to the next poster and write one solution.

3. Repeat until each challenge has 3 solutions.

4. Return to the poster with your challenge and determine which solution you like the best.

Reaching Results for Students

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Standard 1 Students gain academic skills that are tutored or taught by volunteers

Standard 2 Increase students’ awareness of their own progress in subjects and skills

Standard 3 Students complete more homework in the specific subject area

Standard 4 Students gain specific benefits linked to policies enacted by parent organizations

Standard 5 Students benefit from diverse parent representative on decision-making committees

Standard 6 Students gain skills and talents in subject area from enriched curricular experiences

Reaching Results for Students

Epstein, J. L. et al. (2009). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

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Benefits of Partnerships for Families

Increased feeling of support from school and other parents

More interactions with other families in school and community activities

More effective responses to student problems

Increased awareness of student progress and how to help students do better

Increased feeling of ownership of school

Others?

Epstein, J. L. et al. (2009). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Benefits of Partnerships for Teachers

Increased respect for families’ strength and efforts

Greater readiness to involve all families in new ways

Increased satisfaction with family involvement and support

Others?

Epstein, J. L. et al. (2009). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Multi-Tiered System of Supports

RtI

(2009)

PBIS

Academic

Supports

Behavior

Supports

MTSS

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“Multi-Tiered System of Supports…”

Whole-school, data-driven, prevention-based framework for improving learning outcomes for EVERY student through a layered

continuum of evidence-based practices & systems

MTSS Integrated Continuum

Academic Continuum

Behavior Continuum

Adapted from the OSEP TA Center for PBIS Adapted from the OSEP TA Center for PBIS

Every student, every staff member, every family, every school setting

Every student receives Universal supports

Some students also receive Targeted supports

Few students also receive Intensive supports

Layered Continuum of Supports

EVERY ED, EVERY KID, EVERY FAMILY

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Colorado MTSS Essential Components

Shared Leadership

Data-Based Problem Solving and Decision

Making

Layered Continuum of Supports

Evidence-based Instruction,

Intervention and Assessment Practices

Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring

Family, School, and Community Partnering

Targeted Tier - SOME (includes all Universal)

Focused school/community outreach and problem-

solving partnering for some families, students, and

educators.

Intensive Tier - FEW (includes all Universal, Targeted)

Individualized school and community partnering for a few

families, students, and educators.

Universal Tier – ALL, EVERY

Positive school climate with school-wide efforts to

welcome, include, and support every student and family;

stated beliefs that: (1) education is a shared responsibility

between families and schools; (2) families are equal

partners; (3) student success is always the focus; each

classroom provides coordinated learning opportunities for

home and school.

Multi-Tiered Family, School, and Community Partnering (FSCP)

MTSS FSCP Video, Trainings, And Tools

http://cde.state.co.us/mtss http://www.cde.state.co.us/rti/family

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Focus

What are some of your school’s

goals for students?

Filter

Suggestions for home conditions that support learning at each grade level*Workshops, video tapes, computerized phone messages on parenting and child rearing for each age and grade level*Parent education and other courses or training for parents (e.g., GED, college credit, family literacy)*Family support programs to assist families with health, nutrition, and other services*Come visits at transition points to preschool, elementary, middle, and high school; neighborhood meetings to help families understand schools and to help schools understand families.*Conferences with every parent at least once a year, with follow-ups as needed*Language translators assist families, as needed*Weekly or monthly folders of student work sent home for review and comments*Parent-student pick-up of report cards, with conferences on improving grades*Regular schedule of useful notices, memos, phone calls, newsletters, and other communications*Clear information on choosing schools or courses, programs, and activities within schools*Clear information on all school policies, programs, reforms, and transitions*School and classroom volunteer program to help teachers, administrators, students, and other parents*Parent room or family center for volunteer work, meetings, resources for families*Annual postcard survey to identify all available talents, times, and locations of volunteers*Class parent, telephone tree, or other structures to provide all families with needed information *Parent patrols or other activities to aid safety and operation of school programs*Information for families on skills required for students in all subjects at each grade*Information on homework policies and how to monitor and discuss schoolwork at home*Information on how to assist students to improve skills on various class and school assessments*Regular schedule of homework that requires students to discuss and interact with families on what they are learning in class*Calendars with activities for parents and students to do at home or in the community*Family math, science, and reading activities at school*Summer learning packets or activities*Family participation in setting student goals each year and in planning for college or work*Active PTA/PTO or other parent organizations, advisory councils, or committees (e.g., curriculum, safety, personnel) for parent leadership and participation*Independent advocacy groups to lobby and work for school reform and improvements*District-level councils and committees for family and community involvement*Information on school or local elections for school representatives*Networks to link all families with parent representatives*Information for students and families on community health, cultural, recreational, social support, and other programs or services*Information on community activities that link to learning skills and talents, including summer programs for students*Service integration through partnerships involving school; civic, counseling, cultural, health, recreation, and other agencies and organizations; and businesses*Service to the community by students, families, and schools (e.g., recycling, art, music, drama, and other activities for seniors or others)*Participation of alumni in school programs for students* Suggestions for home conditions that support learning at each grade level*Workshops, video tapes, computerized phone messages on parenting and child rearing for each age and grade level*Parent education and other courses or training for parents (e.g., GED, college credit, family literacy)*Family support programs to assist families *Information on school or local elections for school representatives*Networks to link all families with parent representatives*Information for students and families on community health, cultural, recreational, social support, and other programs or services*Information on community activities that link to learning skills and talents, including summer programs for students*Service integration through partnerships involving school; civic, counseling, cultural, health, recreation, and other agencies and organizations; and businesses*Service to the community by students, families, and schools (e.g., recycling, art, music, drama, and other activities for seniors or others)*Participation of alumni in school programs for students*

GOAL FOR STUDENT:

Standard 6: Collaborating with the

Community

Standard 1: Welcoming All Families into the

School Community

Standard 5: Sharing Power

Standard 4: Speaking Up for Every Child

Standard 3: Supporting Student Success

Standard 2: Communicating Effectively

Reaching Results

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Taking a Team Approach

Research on Action Teams for Partnerships

ATPs that meet regularly and replace departing members have higher quality partnership programs. (Epstein, 1995; Sanders, 1999; Van Voorhis & Sheldon, 2002; Sheldon & Van Voorhis,

2004; Sheldon, 2005; Epstein, Galindo, & Sheldon, 2011)

ATPs that divide into subcommittees rather than work only as a whole team report higher quality partnership programs. (Van Voorhis & Sheldon, 2002; Hutchins &

Sheldon, 2012)

Principals’ strong support of the ATP and stable team leadership are related to higher quality partnership programs. (Van Voorhis & Sheldon, 2002; Sheldon, 2005;

Sheldon & Sanders, 2009)

Possible Team Structure

School-Based Leadership Team Unified Improvement Plan

ACTION TEAM for SCHOOL, FAMILY, and COMMUNITY

PARTNERSHIPS

Major Improvement

Strategy 1

Draw from the National Standards

Major Improvement

Strategy 3

Draw from the National Standards

Major Improvement

Strategy 2

Draw from the National Standards

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Another Possible Team Structure

Major Improvement

Strategy 1

Draw from the National Standards

Major Improvement

Strategy 3

Draw from the National Standards

Major Improvement

Strategy 2

Draw from the National Standards

School-Based Leadership Team Unified Improvement Plan

ATP

Portrait of a Successful ATP

Help members communicate with each other

Plan goal-oriented partnerships

Conduct useful meetings with a good agenda

Make decisions collegially and share leadership for planned activities

Continue to write and implement plans to improve partnerships

Epstein, J. L. et al. (2009). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Taking a Team Approach

Discuss with your group who will be involved with implementing a

comprehensive partnership structure.

You may use the planning guide provided or use a different tool in your discussion.

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Family-School-Community Resources and Requirements

Laws Informed by

Research, Focused on Results

Federal: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Colorado: Exceptional Children’s Educational Act (ECEA)

Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) (S.B. 09-256) Education Accountability Act (S.B. 09-163) State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education (S.B. 09-090) Educator Effectiveness (S.B.10-191) READ Act (H.B. 12-1345) Increasing Parent Engagement in Public Schools (S.B. 13-193)

Support from CDE and SACPIE S.B. 13-193

Increasing Parent Engagement in Public Schools

Coordinate and communicate with districts’ Family Partnership Liaison

Promising practices trainings

SAC/DAC trainings

Identify key indicators of successful parent engagement

Report to State Board of Education, the Colorado Commission of Higher Education, and the Education Committees of the Senate and House on progress

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Solicit parent participation on school and district accountability committees (SACs and DACs), including parents that represent the student population.

Incorporate strategies on the Unified Improvement Plan to increase parent engagement in schools (Priority Improvement and Turnaround Schools).

Each school district board of education shall adopt a district policy for increasing an supporting parent engagement in the public and charter schools of the district.

Districts shall identify a Family Partnership Liaison as the point of contact for family engagement training and resources.

What does S.B. 13-193 mean for schools and districts?

Parent Notification and Public Hearing

Release of

Preliminary SPFs

Districts notify

parents within 30

days

Local Board hold hearing 30 days after notification

Local Board adopts PI or Turnaround

Plan and submits to

CDE

Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan

Aug 15

Tumbleweed Elem

receives PI plan type

Sept 14

District X sends

notification to

Tumbleweed parents, inc plan type,

reason, and info on hearing.

Nov 1

District X holds public hearing for school, inc

progress on plan.

Dec 10

District X adopts

Tumbleweed UIP and

submits to CDE.

Example

Summary

State vs. Federal Requirements

State Title I

Parent notification and public hearing Parent notification

Family engagement strategies on UIP for Priority Improvement and Turnaround

Parents shall be involved in the district and school level programs

Parents on SAC/DAC have the right to advise the principal about programming decisions and contents of Unified Improvement Plan

Parents shall be involved in the decisions concerning the use of federal funds

Each school district board of education shall adopt a policy for increasing and supporting parent engagement in public schools

Parents shall be involved in the development and evaluation of the District-level Parent Involvement Policy

SAC shall assist school district in implementing the parent engagement policy adopted by the local school board.

Parents shall be involved in the development and evaluation of the school-level parent involvement policy

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Family, School, and Community Partnering

Colorado Support Structure

CDE-

193

Colorado Family,

School, and

Community Partnering

for Every Student’s

Achievement

A CDE cross-departmental team focused on all facets of family, school, and community partnering within the CDE and throughout the Colorado education community operating under the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships (PTA, 2008).

Family School Community Partnering (FSCP) Community of Practice (CoP)

Adult Education and Family Literacy

Colorado State Library

Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement

Early Learning and School Readiness

Exceptional Student Services

Federal Programs

Health and Wellness

Improvement Planning

Language, Culture, and Equity

Office of Learning Supports (RtI and PBIS)

FSCP CoP

Active CDE Units, Offices and Programs

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Share department, state, and national trainings and resources

Contribute to a shared work space

Provide feedback on documents, resources, trainings, videos

Meet monthly

Develop an FSCP definition (11.26.13)

Learn about communities of practice

Collect sample family-school partnership learning opportunities and resources

Collaborate on presentations (Colorado Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – CoTESOL, 11.9.13)

Support S.B. 13 -193 and CDE’s Family Partnership Director

FSCP CoP Activities (2011- 2014)

The FSCP CoP is beginning to more strategically organize CDE trainings and resources:

State Library

Lessons from SPELL (Supporting Parents in Early Literacy Through Libraries)

Exceptional Student Services Unit

Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP)

Website

Office of Learning Supports

Network/Bulletin

Online Courses

Statewide Community of Practice

Face-to-Face Trainings

FSCP CoP Sharing CDE Learning Opportunities

Sample Offerings

SACPIE is a Legislated Council

In 2009, the Colorado General Assembly found that it was in the best interests of the state to create a state advisory council for parent involvement in education that will review best practices and recommend to policy makers and educators strategies to increase parent involvement…thus helping…raise the level of student achievement throughout the state. (C.R.S. 22-7-301(2), 2012)

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SACPIE Strives To Achieve an Overarching Goal

To partner with Colorado’s families in maximizing the potential of every student by:

Reducing dropout rates.

Reducing gaps in academic achievement and growth among student groups.

Increasing the number of students who continue into higher education.

Involving families in the following;

Improving levels of academic achievement

Closing the achievement and growth gap

Implementing Response to Intervention (RtI, MTSS)

Increasing the high school graduation rate

Increasing persistence and on-time graduation rates in higher education

Increasing family participation on education committees

Designing parent education, leadership, and liaison programs

Establishing school-based parent information centers

SACPIE Must Inform: Best Practices, Strategies, National Standards

(S .B. 09 -090)

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Parents on School or District Accountability Committees

Non-Profit Organizations That Promote Families Who: Have Students with

Disabilities Are Underserved Need Support

Early Childhood

SACPIE Includes Members Who Represent…

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Statewide Organizations For: Counselors Teachers School Executives School Boards Charter Schools Parents and Teachers

CDE Higher Education (CCHE) Human Services

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SACPIE Includes Four Working Committees

And Reports Annually Early Childhood: To identify and communicate with Colorado early

childhood councils and networks regarding partnerships and resources

K-12: To work with CDE in supporting districts to enact accountability, requirements, regional trainings, indicators, policies; study legislation

Higher Education: To communicate with the Colorado higher education community regarding partnerships, resources, and measures; to support the implementation of SACPIE’s Additional 7th Standard – Providing professional development and pre-service training for teachers and administrators

Partnerships: To understand, review, update, and publicize relevant programs, trainings, resources, and events; investigate grant funding

SAPCIE has a Best Practices Framework http://www.cde.state.co.us/sacpie

Align strategies and practices with the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships (PTA, 2008) for every student and family.

Ensure inclusion of those with cultural, linguistic, socioeconomic, and learning differences.

Apply research and laws to practice, focusing on student success. Do what works, consistently.

Share knowledge and responsibility. Use two-way communication. Partner actively and equitably.

Use data to make decisions. Be strategic and intentional. Action plan, based on what exists and what is needed. Continuously improve.

Family Partnership Policies

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Local boards to work with the parent members of the district accountability committee (DAC) to create, adopt and implement a parent engagement policy. C.R.S. 22-32-142(1)(a).

The School Accountability Committee (SAC) shall assist that district in implementing at the school the adopted family engagement policy.

This policy can be the Title I district- level parent involvement policy (KBA).

Policy Requirements—SB 13-193

Policies should be:

Clear

Comprehensive

Flexible

Funded

Facilitated

Policy Considerations

Account for schools’ and districts’ starting points.

Focus partnership practices on specific school and family goals for student success.

Include research-based initiatives for family-school partnering.

Set high standards for excellent, sustainable partnerships (be realistically optimistic!).

Specify ways to measure how well partnership initiatives are implemented and whether goals are met.

Partnership-Specific Considerations

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Policy Review and Critique

Review your Family Engagement Policy. This may be your district’s policy (KB or

KBA), your school’s policy or compact, or the sample policy provided.

Determine whether or not the policy meets the considerations and how it can be

improved, implemented, and evaluated.

Action Planning

FSCP Action Plan

Goals Specific Linked to Unified Improvement Plan Focus on student success and school climate

Desired results Different results for different goals and activities Specific results for students, families, and teachers Measurable

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FSCP Action Plan

Assessments Tools to measure results

Partnership activities Once or ongoing For different grade levels Involve multiple stakeholders

National Standards 6 types represented in action plan Match closely with activity

FSCP Action Plan

Dates of initiatives Evenly distributed through school year

Grade level (s) What needs to be done and when Organization Thoughtful planning Planned evaluations

Persons in charge and helping Different leaders for different activities Outreach to others

HELP!! ONE-YEAR ACTION PLAN SCHEDULE OF SCHOOL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO REACH SCHOOL GOALS

School: XYZ Elementary School School Year: 2003-2004

GOAL 1-- ACADEMIC: (Select ONE curricular goal for students, such as improving reading, math, writing, science, or other skills that the school will address in the next school year.)

To increase families’ understanding of their students’ reading abilities.

Desired result(s) for THIS goal: Students will increase their scores on the Maryland State Assessment in reading.

How will you measure the result(s)? Review the state standardized test scores.

Organize and schedule the family and community involvement activities to support THIS goal.

ACTIVITIES

(2 or more, continuing or new)

TYPE

(1-6)

DATES OF

ACTIVITIES

GRADE

LEVEL(S)

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR EACH ACTIVITY

& WHEN?

PERSONS IN CHARGE

AND HELPING

Family and community volunteers will mentor students during the after-school program (continuing).

3,6

All year

Grade 4-5

Recruit & train mentors (Fall) Match mentors with students (Fall) Inform parents about the program (Fall) Implement and monitor (Fall thru Spring)

Mrs. Smith & Mr. Lyons

Read-a-thon for students to read 100 minutes. Parents will sign that they know child has read (continuing).

1,4

January

All

Connect with the media center for a kick-off event (December). Send reading logs home (January). Announce top readers on the PA weekly (Jan.) Celebration in the media center (Feb. 1)

Mrs. Smith & Miss Garcia

Fifth grade students will be reading partners for third grade students. Two days per week for twenty minutes before end of the day. Parents will be informed about the program. (new)

3, 2

All year

3

rd & 5

th

grades

Teachers will pair students (Oct.) Students will read together as scheduled. Include an article in school newsletter to inform parents about the program (March). Party to celebrate (May).

Mrs. Smith & Ms. Sands

Family Literacy Night to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday.

2, 4

March

All

Organize guest readers and solicit donations and refreshments from CBO’s. (Jan) Decorate the school for theme. (March) Send fliers home to parents. (March)

Mrs. Smith & Ms. Garcia

Any extra funds, supplies, or resources needed for these activities? Seek donations from community businesses and organizations. Solicit from PTA.

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Tarzan Principle: Link It All Together and Move Away from “Random Acts” of

Partnering to Intentional Practices

SB13-193

UIP

Title Programs

READ Act

Postsecondary Workforce Readiness; ICAP

Accountability

Colorado Academic Standards

Educator Effectiveness

MTSS: RtI, PBIS, Special Education

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FSCP Action Planning

This is your time to plan. You may work on the family engagement component of the UIP or use one of the other planning tools

determine next steps for your family-school-community partnership structure.

Darcy Hutchins, Ph.D.

[email protected]

(w) 303-866-5921

(c) 303-562-8174

SACPIE

http://www.cde.state.co.us/SACPIE/

Thank You!

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