Involvement for English Learner Parents Involvement for English Learner Parents 2015 ESEA Directors Institute August 27, 2015

Consolidated Planning & Monitoring Jan Lanier Title III Director (615) (Office) (615) (Cell)

English Learner Parent Involvement Strategies – Panel Discussion Mr. Stacy will discuss the MNPS Parent University’s impact on their EL program. Dr. Legg will discuss engaging EL parents in Hamilton County. Dr. Smith will share Kingsport City Schools’ experiences using surveys to enhance their EL program.

Metro Nashville Public Schools Kevin Stacy

EL Community & Parent Involvement

VISION The vision of the MNPS EL Team is to support English Learners (ELs) and Non-English Language Background (NELB) families with the social, emotional, cultural, linguistic and academic skills necessary to excel in higher education, work and life.

MISSION The mission of the EL Team is to engage, empower and value EL/NELB families, students, schools and community through the following: –Build district instructional leadership capacity to ensure ELs have access to evidence-based, rigorous instruction on English Language Development and content standards. –Engage all teachers in professional development ensuring ELs have access to grade level content. –Ensure assessment, registration, and translation services are accessible and efficient for NELB families. –Inform and empower NELB families and community stakeholders to partner with schools.

OUTCOMES ELs will achieve the district’s established achievement goals. ELs will gain at least one language proficiency in one or more domains per year. NELB students will develop their social and emotional knowledge while valuing their cultural identity. NELB families will partner with schools in ensuring NELB student achievement.

L.E.A.F. Linking, Educating and Advancing Families

Social, Emotional and Cultural Support EL Family and Community Liaison Cultural Exchange Programs with Schools Parent Ambassadors Parent Advisory Board Family and School Connection Program NAZA after school Program partnership Metro Legal Aid Society EL Public Awareness Announcements (Radio and TV) Community Collaboration Meetings Community EL Specialist New Americans Corner

Linguistic and Academic Support After-School EL Programs with Reading Clinics with Community Volunteers (Process) Family Literacy Technology Program (Process) Summer School for ELs Imagine Learning (cloud based for entire family) Parent Outreach Translators EL Office In-Take for Registration and Assessment EL Office Community Room (planning)

Hamilton County Schools Dr. Julie Legg

Engaging EL Parents in Hamilton County

Kingsport City Schools Dr. Lamar Smith

Surveying ELL Stakeholders

Voice of the Customer Criteria 3.1: How do you obtain information from your students and other customers? –3.1b: Determination of student and other customer satisfaction and engagement –Satisfaction and engagement –Satisfaction relative to customers –Dissatisfaction How do you determine customer satisfaction and engagement?

Elementary Parent Survey

Elementary Student Survey

Secondary Parent Survey

Secondary Student Survey

Next Steps Expanding student surveys in transitional phases Expanding school surveys Examining English Language survey Always looking for benchmark competitors Considerations –Adding classroom teacher –Listing school on survey

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