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PRESENTERS: Tyenise Blackmon, Maria Ovalle-Lopez, Shanceler Terry
PRESENTERS: Tyenise Blackmon, Maria Ovalle-Lopez, Shanceler Terry
Connect & Share
What opportunities have you had to collaborate with other districts in your area around the topic of family engagement?
What opportunities are made available for your staff to collaborate outside of your district?
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Alief ISD, Fort Bend ISD, & Klein ISD: Members of the Planning Committee
2017 Statewide Parental Involvement Conference
in Houston
Debriefing: Parking lot conversation
The AHA! Moment
Need: Space and time to build the capacity of the staff working
directly in Family Engagement through
networking and exchange of ideas and best practices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WrGzFSy8w&feature=youtu.be
April 24, 2018 Year One
Three School Districts Alief ISD Fort Bend ISD Klein ISD Three sessions 100 participants
Feedback
Suggestions/ Comments
“ Invite more districts” “I wish we had more time to look more in depth to FE in other districts” “In the future, maybe invite parents” “Loved the #WeRFamily!” “It was a very well organized event! It allowed us a forum to meet with parent educators from other districts as well as a provide a team building experience with colleagues from within our district”.
Five School Districts
Alief ISD
Fort Bend ISD
Klein ISD
Spring Branch ISD
Lamar CISD
Three sessions
115 participants
Extended time for discussion
Parent presenters
March 27, 2019 Year Two
Feedback
Suggestions/ Comments “I found the collaboration between all stakeholders encouraging, informative and inspiring. Came back to my campus excited about building even stronger parent, staff and community relationships” “Having conversations with other Liaisons throughout other districts was a great idea. I love that we are able to build relationships within our community of Liaison”. “Would like to see how events and sessions are received by parents and how the liaisons facilitate the sessions”.
In Klein ISD “EVERY student enters with a Promise and exits with a Purpose”
Klein ISD Family Engagement: Cultivate Talent
• Provide training to build the capacity of staff to work with families: Dual Capacity Family Engagement Framework for School- Family Partnerships
• Assistance to campuses: College & Career Pathways Department, Department of State & Federal Programs
• Developed an on-line module(Schoology) to provide easily accessible Professional Development
• Cultural Awareness training for staff
Klein ISD Family Engagement: Innovation
• Family Engagement under College & Career Pathways Department: Increased collaboration and allows to weave Family Engagement in different areas: GT, Advanced Academics, CTE, Fine Arts
• Using technology to build capacity of family and staff: On- line FE module for staff, On-line ESL program for families
• Using families feedback to re-invent Family engagement workshops and events
• COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS: Networking and collaborating with other school districts to build staff capacity
Klein ISD Family Engagement: Build Community
• Strong emphasis in Building Relationships first: Knowing every student by name, strength and need
• Compliance: Parents as leaders and active collaborators
• Family Workshops linked to learning: Hands on Learning
• Skills for Living classes
• Developing parent leaders
• Parent University: Building Community by EMPOWERING families to support students from Promise2Purpose
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Alief ISD Family and Community Engagement Program
District encompasses 36.6 square miles
41 campuses – all Title One
Urban district serves 45, 436 students
Most ethnically diverse of school districts of comparable size in Texas.
Every culture of the modern world is represented in our student enrollment; more than 80 languages and dialects are spoken.
“Alief ISD will
strengthen and improve the organizational health, climate and relationship
of Alief ISD and our community.”
BOARD PRIORITY
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MEANINGFUL WORK
134 fall parent graduates of
Parenting Partners -
Over 60 families
trained to lead classes in
the fall
Over 100 three year old future
Alief students enrolled in Alief
Jumpstart program
108 family members leading on
Campus FAME Committees
2,000 families have access to
online parenting classes
EQUIPPING FAMILIES FOR STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS
School News Conversational English
Rosetta Stone Alief Jumpstart: Preschool Readiness
Financial Aid/FAFSA Help Homework Tips
Bridge to Success: Transitional Grades Family Nutrition and Fitness
Raise a Reader Math Games
School to Home Academic Connections
EQUIPPING FAMILIES WITH TOOLS & TIPS Active Parenting of Teens
Parenting Partners Practical Parenting
Love & Logic Coping with Stress
Communicating with Teens Developmental Assets
Tools of the Trade: Parenting Tips Gang & Drug Education & Prevention Leadership & Character Development
EQUIPPING FAMILIES PROFESSIONALLY GED Prep classes Dollars & Sense
Drivers Education Test Prep Careers, Resumes & Interviews
Open Computer Labs Technology in the 21st Century
Citizenship Test Prep Mexican Institute Tech Classes
HCDE Evening classes
EQUIPPING FAMILIES TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE
Community Resources & Individual Help Guest Speakers
Roundtable Discussions Book Club
Self Defense Kindness Club
Mentoring Opportunities Volunteer Opportunities
Campus FAME Committees
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Currently funded by the Arnold Foundation
Partnership with Rice University
Scholarship Program - Houston Food Bank
Offered at 24 Elementary campuses
366 families tested – Bracken & Alief test
171 families in control group
141 families currently participating in program
Provided on 30 campuses
135 Graduates
29 Family Facilitators
Focuses on leadership within
the home
Gateway to families leading
on the campus and on district
commiittees
Families invited to participate
in two day facilitator training
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Fall 2018 Family Facilitators
Fall 2018 Graduates
FAME Initiative Families Actively and Meaningfully Engaged
Led by Campus FAME
Committees
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
Dual Capacity
Model
Parent Teacher Home Visits
Academic Parent Teacher Teams
Summer PD
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QUESTIONS?
http://bit.ly/2G9LctG
Shanceler Terry
Alief ISD Family & Community Engagement Coordinator
Tyenise Blackmon
Fort Bend ISD Coordinator, Department of Collaborative Communities
Maria Ovalle - Lopez
Klein ISD Family Engagement Coordinator
