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Families In Schools

Families In Schools. “ Students need to realize they must put forth effort. The fact is it is the communities and parents who are failing. Just look at the bars on the windows and tagging. Clean up your own house before you come after those working to give your kids an education.”.

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Families In Schools

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  1. Families In Schools

  2. “Students need to realize they must put forth effort. The fact is it is the communities and parents who are failing. Just look at the bars on the windows and tagging. Clean up your own house before you come after those working to give your kids an education.”

  3. Parent engagement is NOT part of the problem, it IS part of the solution!

  4. as “requirement” to funding (Title I Advisory) • as “consequence” to not meeting benchmarks (e.g. parent trigger) • impacts few parents • led by central office or parent center at best History

  5. History • Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the • Past, Recommendations for the Future • Karen L. Mapp, Harvard Graduate School of Education • http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/issues/2012/03/pdf/titleI_parental_invovlement.pdf History

  6. When done right, parent engagement: • Decreases costs to the state • Improves teacher satisfaction and turnover • Student attendance increases (school funding increases) • Student outcomes increase Solution

  7. Research • Long-term study of Chicago schools found five essential supports for school improvement: school leadership, parent-community ties, professional capacity, student-centered learning, instructional guidance • Schools with strong family and community ties are 4x more likely in reading, and 10x more likely in math, to make significant gains. Anthony S. Bryk et al, (2010) Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)

  8. Research Reading 50% 47% 45% 43% 45% 40% 40% 36% 35% 30% Weak Percentage of Schools that Substantially Improved in Reading 25% Strong 20% 16% 15% 11% 10% 10% 9% 10% 5% 0% School Work Safety & Curriculum Parent Leadership Involvement Orientation Order Alignment

  9. Beyond the Bake Sale • Anne Henderson, Karen Mapp, Vivian Johnson, and Don Davies • http://www.hfrp.org/evaluation/the-evaluation-exchange/issue-archive/building-the-future-of-family-involvement/beyond-the-bake-sale-how-school-districts-can-promote-family-involvement Research

  10. Schools have role to play • Focus at the school/classroom level • Create a welcoming environment • Increase learning opportunities • Increase communication/trust • Train staff and leadership • Increase volunteer and leadership opportunities Beyond Compliance

  11. Collaborate with community organizations • A school improvement strategy • Funding that supports parent engagement • Raise awareness • Improve monitoring/accountability • Options and choices Become A Champion

  12. 11 organizations from the Central Valley & Inland Empire (over 130 parents, civic leaders, board members). • Working to improve education in their communities • Key problems: • High dropout rates • Low ELL reclassification • Lack of welcoming environment • Unfair education policies • One solution • An education system that welcomes parents and makes them part of the solution Families Improving Education

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