WOODSIDE ELEMENTARY PBIS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

PBIS PARENT HANDBOOK Letter to Families-explanation PBIS/PAWS goals Practice Respect Act Responsibly Woodside Friend Safety Always Behavior Matrix /Guidelines Outlines expectations in common areas of school and bus Acknowledgements Getting “PAWed” Shout-outs

Our Survey CESA CHECKLIST-Climate showed highest area of need 10 questions focusing on climate Based it on other surveys Survey Monkey-end of April

ACTION PLAN Action Item What needs to be done Who will do whatWhen to be done by Create parent survey Set plan for addressing ways to help families feel welcomed and valued Plan for training staff on how to work collaboratively and respectfully with families Survey Monkey to assess parent opinions Look at what we already have in place. Get info linked on Home and School web page Form committee Research ways to effectively collaborate with families What do we already have in place? Robyn, Peter, Becky, Julie, Peggy Create a survey based on the checklist (areas that addressed assessing and evaluating parents) Margy, Kirsten, Jodi, Ann T., Penny James, Linda, Cheryl, Corey, Pam B. April 8 38/530 families responded this year (7%) Redo survey next August at Meet and Greet? summer school year

Results 7% of families responded Changed to online newsletter not enough for true data Checklist as starting point link to our WOODSIDE WORLD with family involvement opportunities identify NEED FOR WRITTEN PLANS

Plans for this year Redo survey Timing Registration Meet and Greet Incentive for students

Training all staff to work collaboratively and respectfully with families August WELCOME letter Introduce self, classroom expectations Beginning of the year phone calls Teacher report positive for first contact Work as a team Find out what works at home to transfer to school Entire class by end of September

POSITIVE PARENT FEEDBACK Dear Mr. Edmond: I am writing to recognize the efforts of the teachers at Woodside Elementary School and to acknowledge the effectiveness of the PBIS programming being used with the students at Woodside.

I cannot say enough how pleased I am with his teachers taking such initiative and implementing creative and effective solutions to student’s behaviors without the traditional “spare the rod” approach.

In this environment, Ben has not only showed significant improvement in his social and behavioral activities, his academic accomplishments are also flourishing. I even received praise from one of my neighbors with children at Woodside who couldn’t help but notice how much better behaved Ben is when playing with her children. Kudos to your staff for their accomplishments in helping my little guy meet all of his!