RESULTS NAZ PARENT ENGAGEMENT & PARENT EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE JULY 20, 2017

MEETING AGENDA Introductions The Results NAZ continuous improvement process Notable findings Key questions

RESULTS NAZ INTRODUCTIONS

NAZ CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS RESULTS NAZ NAZ CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS

PARENT ENGAGEMENT & PARENT EDUCATION RESULTS PLAN : RESULT WHAT WILL IMPROVE? PARENT ENGAGEMENT & PARENT EDUCATION RESULTS PLAN : RESULT Parents will increase their belief, intention, skills and commitment to support their children’s academic development and successful path to college.

RESULTS NAZ NOTABLE FINDINGS

NOTABLE FINDINGS Engagement with NAZ Report Pages 6 & 22 718 families participated in the engagement strategy – as indicated by their enrollment with a NAZ Family Achievement Coach. 455 (63%) completed a goal or goal step 210 (29%) graduated from a Family Academy course 57* (6%) started a leadership activity during the period. (*updated data differs from report)

NOTABLE FINDINGS Engagement with NAZ Report Page 6 436 families (61%) were in NAZ for 1 year or more in FY 2017. Of these families, 47% responded “Involved or Highly Involved” with engaging the Family Achievement Coach. This compares to 21% in 2016. 36% ”Not Involved” in 2017. This compares to 61% in 2016. *This graph omits two middle categories of “Somewhat involved and Rarely involved”.

Engagement with schools NOTABLE FINDINGS Report Page 13 Engagement with schools and community Schools value family engagement highly and see parent involvement, and the parent-school partnership, as critical to a scholar’s academic success.

Engagement with schools NOTABLE FINDINGS Report Page 15 Engagement with schools and community Schools utilize a broad range of activities to engage families in their child’s schooling. ”Basic” engagement strategies are successful (e.g., communicating information to parents about the scholar.) They feel less successful at engaging parents in more robust ways (e.g., parent participation on PTOs and committees.)

NAZ Participation and Supports NOTABLE FINDINGS NAZ Participation and Supports Report Page 15 Schools perceive NAZ Coaches as a helpful, additional “touch point” with parents, but most did not feel like the presence of a Coach changed their current engagement approaches or dramatically impact family engagement. ?

NOTABLE FINDINGS Report Page 17 Family Achievement Planning   All families enrolled FY2017 (N=718) Goal plans Percent who completed at least one goal Number who completed at least one goal Any goal plan 62% 455 Academic Success – K-12 Family  47% 345 Academic Success - K-12 Scholar 30% 219 Academic Success - Early Childhood 17% 128 Career and Finance 16% 119 Housing 14% 100 455 families (62%) completed at least one goal or goal step during the period. Of these, most came from an Academic Success goal plan.

Engagement with schools NOTABLE FINDINGS Report Page 15 Engagement with schools and community Parents said what most motivated them to work on their Achievement Plans was support from their Family Achievement Coach and seeing their scholars’ grades and test scores improve.

Geographic distribution of families Report Page 26 Geographic distribution of families 315 (45%) lived within original NAZ boundaries. 342 (49%) lived outside of the original NAZ boundaries, but in North Minneapolis. 47 (7%) lived somewhere else.

RESULTS NAZ KEY QUESTIONS

KEY QUESTION 2017 RESULTS PLAN : RESULT How do we bring NAZ and school engagement processes into closer alignment to better impact each other?

KEY QUESTION 2017 RESULTS PLAN : RESULT How do we grow the leadership strategy to create families to be more meaningfully involved in our school or non-profit settings?

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