+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- kevin.baker@lausd.net

Enriqueta Cabrera- exc9058@lausd.net

Estevan Leyva- exl3118@lausd.net

Rosa Prado- rosa.prado@lausd.net

Violeta Ruiz- violeta.ruiz@lausd.net

Additional Resources:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/pf/pf/

http://schoolparentcompact.org/