So You’ve Launched Home Visits: Now What? Beyond the Basics

Parent/Teacher Home Visits PreK-12 Remember: Home Visits Are And Our Model: Two Visits Voluntary For All Staff Trained And Compensated Visits In Teams Of Two Relational (Hopes and Dreams) Across the Board (Not Targeted) Visit 1 Relational Focus is on Building Trust and Opening New Lines of Communication 30-40 minutes Visit 2 Informational Focus is on Academics and Capacity Building

Beyond the Basics Success Can Be A Problem- How Do You Insure The Visits Stay Relational? Are The Visits Building Capacity for Students, Educators and Families? Are The Home Visits Linked Back Into The Learning Cycle At School?

Relational Visits Why Visits Stray From Relational Model Role of Union Leadership Two Examples- Sacramento and St. Paul

St. Paul’s Experience Other Means For Partnering With the Community: Listening Sessions, Book Groups, Community Meetings, and Open Bargaining

4000+ Signatures presented to the school board

More than 1,000 signs went out, creating conversations in homes across the city

January 30- walk ins with 2500 parents and teachers participating

School Board Rally

Multiple Capacity Building Feature of PTHVP Students Families Staff

Two Great Strategies … But Together…. A Winning Combination! mparede@wested.org 480.823.9425 Linking Home Visits To Learning Back At the School Two Great Strategies … But Together…. A Winning Combination!

One Teacher’s Experience Melissa Bryant, Stanton Elementary School

The Academic Parent Teacher Team Model Two Components: Three 75-minute team meetings (All parents in the class come together) One 30-minute individual session (The teacher, the student, and the student’s family) APTT Repurposes Traditional Conferences

Individual Session (30-min.) Held In Oct-Nov. APTT Implementation Timeline Team Meeting (75-min.) Held In Early Fall Individual Session (30-min.) Held In Oct-Nov. Team Meeting (75-min.) Held In Winter Held In Spring APTT increases parent-teacher collaboration time by approximately 600% compared to traditional conferences.

NEA Priority School Partners! Thank You NEA Priority School Partners! What’s Next? Come To Our 8th National Gathering: October 23-25 in St. Paul, MN For more details visit www.pthvp.org Stay In Touch! Carrie Rose, carrie@pthvp.org, 916-752-3206 Nick Faber, nick@spft.org, 612-728-0985 Melissa Bryant, melissa.bryant@dc.gov , 202-276-6948