Family Engagement Dr. Rosa S. Atkins Superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools

Research says… District leadership and capacity building play a key role in supporting strategic and systemic family engagement. Seeing is Believing: Promising Practices for how School Districts Promote Family Engagement. National Parent Teacher Association and the Harvard Family Research Project, July 2009.

Strategic Planning 2006 In 2006, the school division developed a comprehensive five-year Strategic Plan to focus corrective actions and support healing in a community that was frequently divided. In 2006, the school division developed a comprehensive five-year Strategic Plan to focus corrective actions and support healing in a community that was frequently divided. Strategies were identified to: Strategies were identified to: Build trust Build trust Support transparency in decision-making Support transparency in decision-making Foster two-way communication Foster two-way communication Engage the entire community in public education Engage the entire community in public education

Strategic Goals Goal 1:Increase academic achievement for all students and close achievement gaps. Goal 1:Increase academic achievement for all students and close achievement gaps. Goal 2:Support the whole child (physical, social, emotional needs). Goal 2:Support the whole child (physical, social, emotional needs). Goal 3:Increase family, school, and community involvement and collaboration. Goal 3:Increase family, school, and community involvement and collaboration. Goal 4:Recruit, retain, and support diverse and effective leadership, teachers, and staff. Goal 4:Recruit, retain, and support diverse and effective leadership, teachers, and staff. Goal 5:Provide all students and staff with an environment conducive to learning. Goal 5:Provide all students and staff with an environment conducive to learning.

Strategic Goals Goal 1: All students will graduate prepared for post- secondary education and active participation in society. Goal 1: All students will graduate prepared for post- secondary education and active participation in society. Goal 2: Our schools will be partners with families and the community to meet the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of every student. Goal 2: Our schools will be partners with families and the community to meet the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of every student. Goal 3: Our schools will be optimal teaching and learning environments, places of excellence and equity for all. Goal 3: Our schools will be optimal teaching and learning environments, places of excellence and equity for all. Goal 4: Charlottesville City Schools will be an exemplary workplace that attracts and supports the best-qualified teachers, administrators, and staff members. Goal 4: Charlottesville City Schools will be an exemplary workplace that attracts and supports the best-qualified teachers, administrators, and staff members.

To Do vs. To Be 2006 Goals Defined by verbs: support, increase, provide, recruit. Defined by verbs: support, increase, provide, recruit. Details actions but no endpoint Details actions but no endpoint 2011 Goals Defined by states of being: Will be partners, exemplary workplace, optimal learning, etc. Defined by states of being: Will be partners, exemplary workplace, optimal learning, etc. Creates an ideal that we can act from now Creates an ideal that we can act from now 2006 Goal Goal 2: Support the whole child (physical, social, emotional needs). Goal 3: Increase family, school, and community involvement and collaboration Goal Goal 2: Our schools will be partners with families and the community to meet the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of every student.

School-based activities Open House Read to Succeed Talent Night Back to School Heritage Night Bully-Nots Performance

Community Involvement in… Neighborhood Festivals Service Projects Fitness and Fun! Divisionwide performances Buford Schoolyard Garden Prof. Development Tutoring

Parent Information

Strategies for Engagement: 2011 Holding success conferences to analyze student data early and often Holding success conferences to analyze student data early and often Enrolling parents as partners in learning through BLAST, Parent University, AVID Enrolling parents as partners in learning through BLAST, Parent University, AVID Inviting participation in long-term planning, policy, and decisions: school facilities, class sizes, budget allocations Inviting participation in long-term planning, policy, and decisions: school facilities, class sizes, budget allocations Cultivate learning centers in neighborhoods Cultivate learning centers in neighborhoods

Parent Conferences SchoolPK-12 EnrollmentConferences CHS HALC38180 BUFORD MS WALKER UPPER ELEM B-MORAN ELEM CLARK ELEM GREENBRIER ELEM J-VIA ELEM JOHNSON ELEM VENABLE ELEM August 2010-January 2011

AVID Wall of College Acceptances AVID enrolls students and parents in developing potential and setting high expectations for achievement.

Parent Education

Family Learning Centers

Community Engagement: School Facilities & Grade Configuration

Whats Next? Strategic Plan takes family engagement to a new level of engagement. Strategy Expose all students and their families to a range of social, cultural, academic, and post-graduate opportunities. Objective Engage a panel of community members to develop a catalog of community involvement opportunities for students and families, updated annually.

Personal and Academic Excellence Inspired by a Collaborative and Innovative Learning Environment