Supporting the Whole Child SUPERINTENDENT PARENT FORUM Denver Plan 2020: Supporting the Whole Child Office of Family & Community Engagement | face.dpsk12.org

Welcome to the February Superintendent Parent Forum – Whole Child Georgia Duran Chief Officer, Office of Family and Community Engagement -Welcome -Announce webcasting and welcome parents from other places

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Welcome to the Superintendent Parent Forum Tom Boasberg Superintendent, Denver Public Schools Tom… Introduces himself Explain the genesis of Whole Child in the Denver Plan – community engagement

2020 THE DENVER PLAN GOAL #2 GOAL #3 GOAL #1 GOAL #4 GOAL #5 A Foundation for Success in School GOAL #2 GOAL #3 Ready for College and Career GOAL #1 Great Schools in Every Neighborhood GOAL #4 Support for the Whole Child GOAL #5 Close the Opportunity Gap Notes: The Denver Plan 2020 is Denver Public Schools’ five-year strategic plan. With the vision of Every Child Succeeds, DPS has committed to five specific goals designed to close academic achievement gaps and prepare all students for success in college and careers.  Today, we are focused on Goal #4 – support for the Whole Child.  denverplan.dpsk12.org

Support for the Whole Child In Denver Public Schools, we are committed to equitable and inclusive environments where: Every Child Succeeds Students are Challenged academically and prepared for success for college and career Students are Engaged in learning and connected to community Students are Supported by qualified, caring adults Students are in environments that are physically and emotionally Safe Students learn about and practice a Healthy lifestyle Students are Socially and Emotionally Intelligent Note: In Denver Public Schools, we know that kids can’t do their best in school if they come to school hungry, don’t have a winter coat, are afraid of being bullied or have other social and emotional challenges. We believe we must focus on more than academics to ensure our kids can truly succeed. And that means we must work to ensure students are challenged, engaged, supported, safe, healthy, and social and emotionally intelligent. This is what we mean when we talk about supporting the Whole Child.

What do we mean by “Supporting the Whole Child”? VIDEO PLACEHOLDER Tom notes: We are going to kick off our conversation with a video to anchor us. When we come back from the video, we will have small group conversation.

Table Discussion Which of the Whole Child priorities do you feel are most critical for your child? Which of the Whole Child priorities do you feel most supported by your school? How can DPS support your child in achieving in realizing their Whole Child dreams? Notes: We want to kick it off with a small group conversation and then brief share out Please introduce yourself at your table and then answer these questions Then place a green dots on Whole Child Support you feel most supported and place a red dot on where you need support Feel free to grab a sticky and write down additional needs you have and put them on the wall next to it We will have 10 minutes for this, so please make sure everyone gets a turn!

Whole Group Share Out Which of the Whole Child priorities do you feel are most critical for your child? Which of the Whole Child priorities do you feel most supported by your school? How can DPS support your child in achieving in realizing their Whole Child dreams? Notes: Facilitate Share out

Breakout Sessions…pick 2 of 3 Safe: Bullying Prevention Healthy: Whole Child, Healthy Agenda Notes: Three areas of focus to dig into college and career readiness for your child: Elementary – standards guides and home visits Middle – New graduation requirements High School – Concurrent enrollment, workforce experiences Socially and Emotionally Intelligent: Social Emotional Screening and Support

SAFE: Bullying Prevention Panel Katherine Plog-Martinez Jack Becker FACILITATORS Kimberly Grayson (MLK) Rachel Payne (Greenwood) Sahari Perez | Raul Valenzuela – 12th Grade Perla Alvarado | Nadia Alvarado – 8th Grade ALL GROUPS: At DPS we believe parents are essential to partnership with educators The biggest way we believe parents can be partners is to KNOW what their student should be learning We have academic standards guides for ALL grades (you can pick up here) We also have a great resource tool called the “Super 5” (you should have picked these up as well) with some key moves for you to consider as a parent On our Parent Portal you can access a tremendous amount of data about your student’s performance We have included a list of tips in your resource book that can double as commitments for you to take back to you home and school PARENTS/STUDENTS SCHOOL LEADERS/TEACHERS face.dpsk12.org

HEALTHY: Whole Child, Healthy Agenda Panel Amber Leytem Yoni Geffen FACILITATORS Pam Rogers (PE) + community member Theresa Peña (Food Services) Carol Boward (GALS Charter) Courtney Flores (Padres Unidos) Lowry (District) ALL GROUPS: At DPS we believe parents are essential to partnership with educators The biggest way we believe parents can be partners is to KNOW what their student should be learning We have academic standards guides for ALL grades (you can pick up here) We also have a great resource tool called the “Super 5” (you should have picked these up as well) with some key moves for you to consider as a parent On our Parent Portal you can access a tremendous amount of data about your student’s performance We have included a list of tips in your resource book that can double as commitments for you to take back to you home and school PANEL face.dpsk12.org

SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT: Screening and Support Panel Ellen Kelty Lilian Pacheco FACILITATORS Charmaine Keeton (Amesse) Parents ALL GROUPS: At DPS we believe parents are essential to partnership with educators The biggest way we believe parents can be partners is to KNOW what their student should be learning We have academic standards guides for ALL grades (you can pick up here) We also have a great resource tool called the “Super 5” (you should have picked these up as well) with some key moves for you to consider as a parent On our Parent Portal you can access a tremendous amount of data about your student’s performance We have included a list of tips in your resource book that can double as commitments for you to take back to you home and school PANEL face.dpsk12.org

Build questions as a team! Please spend the first few minutes as a group creating 1 or 2 questions that you would like to ask the panel. Notes: Three areas of focus to dig into college and career readiness for your child: Elementary – standards guides and home visits Middle – New graduation requirements High School – Concurrent enrollment, workforce experiences

Self-reflection How can you take this learning back to your school as they build their Whole Child plan? Notes: Three areas of focus to dig into college and career readiness for your child: Elementary – standards guides and home visits Middle – New graduation requirements High School – Concurrent enrollment, workforce experiences

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Attend the Family Leadership Institute! Session 3: Communications – Thursday, March 9, 2017 Session 4: Organizing - Thursday, April 13, 2017 PPA Center 2105 Decatur Street, Denver, CO 80211

Join the DPS District Accountability Committee! We need community leadership! Info session to meet with current DAC members & learn more: February 28th from 5:30 – 6:30 pm 1860 Lincoln St., 10th Floor Room 1035 Apply today by visiting: http://board.dpsk12.org/district-advisory-committee or calling: 720-423-3210

Open to all participating Home Visit Schools Spring Home Visit Week! March 4 - 12 Open to all participating Home Visit Schools To learn more, go to homevisit.dpsk12.org

Closing the Opportunity Gap PLEASE JOIN OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT PARENT FORUM Denver Plan 2020: Closing the Opportunity Gap Tuesday May 2 2017 PPA Center 9:15 a.m. -11:15 a.m. add link to watch if you want Office of Family & Community Engagement | face.dpsk12.org