The Indiana Center for Family, School and Community Partnerships

1. 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.org Jackie Garvey, Executive Director Jim Grim, Executive Board Member

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. New Definition Research 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.

5. Commonalities in National Frameworks

7. Share A Memory of How Your Family Supported Your Learning as a Child? • What makes it MEMORABLE? • Why do you STILL REMEMBER IT TODAY?

8. How Can We Effectively Partner with Families?

9. Positive and Goal Oriented Relationships “Asking the Right Question To Get the Best Education For Your Child” A workshop designed by Luz Santana Facilitated by:The Indiana Partnerships Center

10. Voices in Action Voces en Acción • A Latino Parent Leadership Project

11. Creating Parent Centers

12. Research Based Parent Involvement 3. Providing Parents with Knowledge & Skills 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

13. Communicating and Building Trust Welcoming Environment Are We Family Friendly? Welcoming Walk Throughs

14. Effective Family Workshops • Diverse recruitment strategies • Support on program designslinked to learning • Participatory outcomes based

15. Power of Engaging Fathers

16. Professional Development of Staff

17. Standards • Indiana has Out-of-School-Time standards through the Indiana Afterschool Network • www.ian.org • Standards 8 & 9

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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?

24. The Indiana Partnerships Center 931 E. 86th Street, Suite 205 Indianapolis, IN 46240 Telephone (317) 205-2595 jgarvey@fscp.org grimj@ips.k12.in.us www.fscp.org Serving Indiana Families for over 17years

25. “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