Lorton Station Elementary School December 8, 2015

Welcome Title I Parent Advisory Committee Meeting General Meeting Agenda Welcome Grounding Activity Opening/Budget Tools Information Small Group Activity Panel Discussion Processing and Connection Activity Closing/Feedback Exit Ticket

Grounding Activity What’s In a Name? Instructions: 1. Form small groups at your tables 2. Introduce yourselves 3. Share why you chose your child’s name

Start Without A Start Activity FCPS is experiencing a potential $100 million budget shortfall for the school year. What are some ways you are able to get further involved in the decision making process? Title I funds are federal and separate from FCPS Operating Funds Budget proposal tools ast%20Presentation%20for%20Board.pdf ast%20Presentation%20for%20Board.pdf D/$file/FY%202017%20Budget%20Task%20Force%20Recommendation s1.pdf D/$file/FY%202017%20Budget%20Task%20Force%20Recommendation s1.pdf

Small Group Activity At your table groups discuss the following questions: How would describe the current level of parent engagement at your school? What are some “bright spots” examples where things are working well? What are the biggest challenges to parent engagement? Are there technology-specific barriers? What are some ideas that might improve parent communication and engagement at your school? Is there anything we need to do differently or better to engage more parents and keep them engaged?

Panel Discussion Description of Lorton Station Family Support Department– who is involved, purpose of team, meeting structure, actions/impact What specific work did your team perform to make that difference? How do you think this support team structure impacts student support and family engagement differently than traditional models? In what ways does your team bridge the home-school gap for families? What role does technology play in relation to outreach and communication with families? What are some specific patterns or trends that seem to be emerging with technology in your work? How does your team support/encourage parents to move from engagement to leadership within the school? What do you to identify and develop parent leaders? What is one idea that you want us to take back to our schools to share with teams?

Lorton Station Family Support Department Parent Liaison 2 FT and 1 PT Counselors School Social Worker School Psychologist Member of the Administrative Team Parent Liaison and Counselors serve as Family Engagement Leaders

FSD Builds Shared Understandings of Student/Family Needs The FSD meets weekly on Monday mornings from 9:30am – 10:30am. The following types of issues and services are discussed: Family Engagement Events Basic family needs and referrals Collaboration on support services for families

FSD Outreach and the Use of Technology FSD Webpage accessible through the Lorton Station School Website FSD Newsletter FSD Brochure FSD Twitter Account ( t.html) t.html

Building Parent Leadership and Advocacy through Programming August Kindergarten Playdate and Title I Assessment Clinic Summer Bridge to Kindergarten Program and Follow up Assessments Summer Outreach: Tdap reminder calls, Free/Reduced Lunch Application Reminders School Supply Donation Program in conjunction with New Hope Church Needs based donations through Lorton Community Action Center, New Hope Church, McLean Bible Church, Alice’s Kids

Building Parent Leadership and Advocacy through Programming Collaboration with Lorton Community Action Center Tutoring Program LSES Mentoring Program New Family Outreach – Introduction to Family Support Department Parent Classes: Early Literacy, HIPPY, Slices of Learning Workshop, SuRF (Summer Resource Fair)

Building Parent Leadership and Advocacy through Programming Kindergarten Tools for School Parent Resource Room

Processing and Connection Discuss the following questions with your table: How would you envision a structure similar to this being implemented at your school? How might this structure relate to other support structures that currently exist in your school? What are some things you might have to do at your school to advocate for the development of this type of support model at your school? Who else might contribute to the advocacy and development of this structure in your school?

Feedback Activity Based on tonight’s session, what might you? Rethink Continue doing Begin doing

Exit Ticket What elements of FCPS school-based technologies currently work well with regard to parent engagement and communication? What questions do you have about FCPS school-based technologies? Where do you see opportunities for improvement?

Have a wonderful winter holiday!!! Our next meeting is January 19, 2016 at Bren Mar Park ES