December 9, 2016 ECTAC Quarterly Meeting Professional Development Part II: Effectively Linking Family Engagement to Learning Using Evidence-Based Strategies and Resources December 9, 2016 ECTAC Quarterly Meeting

December Meeting Objectives Re-Cap of August FE Meeting Effectively Link Family Engagement Activities to Learning Why? How? Examples of FE Activities that are “L2L” Activity: Examine Current FE Activities Activity: Mini PD

August Meeting Re-Cap “Schools Working with Parents as Equal Partners” Educate schools on how to work and communicate with parents effectively Building relationship between school staff and parents Districts are required to provide training to school staff Developed Mini-PD The value of the contributions of parents/families Building relationships with parents/families Collaborating with parents/families Effective two-way communication with parents/families

Linking Family Engagement Activities To Learning What does it mean for an activity to be “linked to learning” Why do we link FE Activities to Learning? How do we link FE Activities to Learning? Examples Parent-Teacher Conference Parent Phone Call

Parent-Teacher Conference Examples Parent-Teacher Conference Parent Communication Study The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence From a Field Study (Kraft and Rogers 2014)

Activity – Examine Your FE Activities Write down all FE activities and their (approximate) costs How many are linked to learning? Cross off all activities that aren’t directly linked to learning Star activities that have potential to become linked to learning Circle activities that are linked to learning

Activity – Mini Professional Development Create a Mini-PD session to use to train staff for linking FE activities to learning. 5 to 10 slides Provide specific examples Encourage new perspective (L2L)