Networking Session 2Iowa Parent Information Resource Center

Welcome iSPIN Teams!

Today’s Agenda

1. Introductions and GEL Activity2. Team Development• Human Action Model• Review of Basic Psychological Needs• Team Cohesiveness• Balance: Support and Challenge (next time?)

3. Level One – Hoover-Dempsey/Sandler Model4. Next Agendas – 3, 4, 5, 6 (old #ing - 5, 6, 7, 8) 5. Survey Data6. Team Time7. Wrap-up and Next Steps

To Ponder With Your SCC Team

1. What are two to three things that you have learned from being a part of your School Community Council (SCC)?

2. What are you currently working on in your SCC?

3. What questions do you have about your work on the SCC?

iSPIN Desired State

Our School Culture is one in which parents…  Feel welcome in our school Understand and play a role in their children’s

education Feel confident and competent as they support their

children’s school success …and is based upon the positive relationships that

are developed, nurtured, and sustained between parents and school staff.

Our goal is for students to internalize the following attributes of successful students… Feel confident they can succeed Be internally motivated to do well in each class To know how to manage their own learning To know how to ask for help

HUMAN ACTION MODEL

DIAMOND MODELImportant Aspects of Team Building

Human Action Model

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PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS

Important Aspects of Team Building

Four Basic Psychological Needs

TEAM COHESIVENESS

Important Aspects of Team Building

Team Cohesiveness Continuum

Let’s Plan a Trip…

Using the note cards on your table please write one of the following words on each note card::

Placater Digresser Blamer Computer Silent One (only need this one if you have 5 in your

group)

Each person in your group takes one note card

Your group will plan a trip to anywhere – all expenses paid

You will play the role listed on your note card After one minute I will call time and you will switch note

cards. Each time you trade note cards continue your planning,

each time playing the role on your new note card.

LESS OF THIS MORE OF THIS

Team Cohesiveness

Members being forced

to do unwanted duties

Emphasis is on cooperation versus

competition

Dominance by individual members

Each team member must feel welcomed

and honored

Inability to resolve conflicts and differences; avoiding differences

Differences of opinion should be expected…all

members are encouraged to address the issues and

problems under consideration

LESS OF THIS MORE OF THIS

Team Cohesiveness Continued..

Competition among team

members

A team conflict resolution system - process must be

learned by the team

Lack of success; not completing or

implementing tasks/idea

The team must sense achievement, learning, and/or task completion

Not all members feel their contributions are

honored

All members, including parents, actively

contribute. Group seeks information from all

members

Effective Team Member Behaviors

As a team develops and member needs become integrated with team goals, there will be less self-oriented behavior and more task-oriented behavior. The following increases cohesiveness: Agreement on mission, beliefs and values Encouraging others Giving information and sharing ideas and offering

facts Seeking information, idea, facts, and opinions by

asking questions Clarifying and elaborating by interpreting

information shared by others and suggesting alternatives

Effective Team Member Behaviors Continued… As appropriate, keeping track of information

and ideas by summarizing, offering a decision, recording information

Taking responsibility for assigned tasks that must be carried out independent of the group.

Resolving differences by compromising or getting the group members to explore differences

Recognizing that content areas, roles and responsibilities may differ

All members continue to learn and demonstrate behaviors consistently

Let’s Plan a Trip…

Now work with your group to plan a trip to anywhere – all expenses paid!

This time use what your team has learned about increasing Team Cohesiveness & Effective Team Member Behaviors when planning your group’s trip

BALANCE: SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE

Important Aspects of Team Building

Balancing Support and Challenge

Light on Support Heavy on Challenge

Light on Challenge Heavy on Support

A balance betweenChallenge and

Support

THE 4 THINGS STUDENTS NEED TO SUCCEED

Hoover-Dempsey / Sandler Model

Consider….

What are the learning attributes students must have to be successful in school? Write them down Share your ideas with 1 other person Be prepared to share with the large

group

Model Developers

Family School Partnership Lab (Vanderbilt) http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Peabody/family-school/inde

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Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey & Howard Sandler Original Model--1995 Revised Model--2005

Level 5

5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

Level 4

Students feel confident they can learn Students have internal motivation to

improve their learning Students can manage their own learning Students can seek guidance and

support for their learning, especially from teachers

4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement

5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

Where do we start?

How do schools get parents to help children change their beliefs, attitudes and behaviors about learning?

4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement

5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

Level 1

How do schools get parents to help children change their beliefs, attitudes and behaviors about learning?

You must start at Level 1

4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement

5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement

5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

1 – Helping motivate parents to be involved and feel invited, and understanding factors effecting parent participation

Level 1 - Invitations to Participate

Motivating parent participation… How do you help parents understand how their participation will help

their children learn? How do you help reinforce parent confidence that they can effectively help

their children?

Helping parents feel invited to participate… How does the school make general invitations to encourage parent

participation? How do you make specific invitations to encourage parent participation? How do students in your classes make specific invitation to encourage parent

participation?

Understanding and honoring factors that effect parent participation…

How are you asking parents about their level of knowledge and skills to help students?

How are you asking parents about their time and energy constraints that effect participation?

How are you asking parents about cultural factors that effect participation?

1 – Helping motivate parents to be involved and feel invited, and understanding factors effecting parent participation

NEXT AGENDAS

iSPIN Implementation Model

Outline for Solid Foundation Planning Guide

Getting StartedOrientation to Solid FoundationStep 1: Form the School Community Council (Old Agenda 1)

Shared LeadershipAgenda 1: Constitution (Old Agenda 4)Agenda 2: Information for Shared Leadership (School Info

Form)Agenda 2B: Surveying the School Community (Old Agenda 2)Agenda 3: Welcoming Place Walkthrough (Old Agenda 5)Agenda 4: Welcoming Place Report Review (Old Agenda 6)

Goals and RolesAgenda 5: Welcoming Place and School Visits (Old Agenda 7)Agenda 6: School Community CompactAgenda 7: Homework Policy and Student Report CardsAgenda 8: Finalizing Goals and Roles

Outline for Solid Foundation Planning Guide

EducationAgenda 14: Parents and LearningAgenda 15: Courses for ParentsAgenda 16: Family Resource Library and

Parent RoomAgenda 17: Parent Workshops

ConnectionAgenda 18: Open HouseAgenda 19: ConferencesAgenda 20: Family-School NightsAgenda 21: Home Gatherings and Home

VisitsContinuous Improvement

Agenda 22: Degree of ImplementationAgenda 23: Self-Rating FormsAgenda 24: Homework MonitoringAgenda 25: Effectiveness Matrix

Agenda 3Welcoming Place Walk-Through

Agenda 4Welcoming Place Walk-Through Report Review

Agenda 5Welcoming Place & School Visits

DATA COLLECTION

Staff Survey

How many staff are in your building? _____

How many staff completed the survey? _____

What % of staff completed the survey? _____

Is this 95% or greater? __Yes __No

(If “no,” keep working with staff until the % is at least 95%).

Student Survey

Student Survey

How many students are in the grades you selected?

3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ 8__ 9__ 10__ 11__ 12__

How many students completed the survey?

3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ 8__ 9__ 10__ 11__ 12__

What % of students completed the survey?

3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ 8__ 9__ 10__ 11__ 12__

Is the % is 90% or greater at each level? __Yes __No

(If “no,” keep working with students until the % is at least 90%).

Family Survey 1

Family Survey

How many separate families have children who attend your school? _____

How many families completed the survey? _____

What % of families completed the survey? _____

Is the % is 40% or greater? __Yes __No

(If “no,” keep working with families until the % is at least 40%).

Gender

What is the % of women who completed the survey? _____

What is the % of men who completed the survey? _____

Are these percentages similar? __Yes __No

Do you need additional surveys from men? __Yes __No

Ethnicity

What is the % of students of color in your building? _____

What is the % of parents of color who answered the survey? _____

Are these percentages similar? __Yes __No

(If “no,” keep working until you have a better % of families of color).

Family Survey 2

Families who speak languages other than English

What is the % of parents who are non-English speakers in your school? _____

What is the % of parents who are non-English speakers who answered the survey? _____

Are these percentages similar? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working until you have a better %).

Grade Level of Students

What is the % of students of (by grade) for whom the parent answered the survey questions?

K ___ 1 ___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___ 8___ 9___ 10___ 11___ 12___

Do you have a good distribution of grade levels? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working until you have a better %).

Special Services

What is the % of parents who said they had a child who received special services? _____

Is this % close to the % of students receiving services? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working until you have a better %).

Data Collection Complete

This checklist has been reviewed with your external partner and you both agree that data collection efforts are complete.

Date completed: ____________

TEAM MEETING TIME

School Community Constitution

WRAP UP AND NEXT STEPSNext Networking Session—April 25, 2011