The New Standards for Global Family Engagement Steven M. Constantino, Ed.D. Every Child Every Family Every School Every Day

A Thought… We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose education is of interest to us. We already know more than we need in order to do this. Whether we do this or not must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far Ron Edmonds

The Rest of the Thought… “How many effective schools would you have to see to be persuaded of the educability of all children? If your answer is more than one, than I submit that you have reasons of your own for preferring to believe that basic pupil performance derives from family background instead of school response to family background. Whether or not we will ever effectively teach the children of the poor is probably far more a matter of politics than of social science and that is as it should be.”

Why Engaging Families Matters: Research and ROI  Attendance Improves  Grades Improve  Test Scores Improve  Student Attitudes and Behaviors Improve  Achievement Gap Closes

Why Engaging Families Matters: Research and ROI  Teacher Satisfaction/Efficacy/Retention Improve  Improved Parent/Child Communication  Improved Home Learning Environments

The Three Levels of Culture (Deal and Peterson) The Surface Level: Artifacts Includes all that one sees, hears, and feels when one encounters a new group with an unfamiliar culture. Also included are visible products, technology, language, artistic creations, clothing, myths and stories told about the organization. Intermediary Level: Espoused Beliefs and Values All learning and knowledge within any group has at its core someone’s original beliefs and values as well as that someone’s sense of the way things ought to be. Therefore, when a new task or challenge faces the group, it is likely the “culture” will revert quickly to what it knows as its fundamental knowledge. The Final Level: Basic Underlying Assumptions When a solution to a problem works repeatedly, a group or organization usually begins to take that solution for granted. A hunch starts to be treated as a reality. Often alternative solutions are no longer visible within the organization.

What Causes Disengagement? Self-Preservation Isolation Stress Anxiety Fear Negative Catalyst

My Definition of Family Engagement The degree to which families are empowered to be involved in the educational and academic lives of their children and the degree to which schools and school districts support and sustain the efficacy of parents in shaping their own child’s academic future.

Standard 1 A Culture that Includes All Families Standard 2 Build Relationships and Effective Communication Standard 3 Empowering All Families Standard 4 Family Participation in Decisionmaking Standard 5 Engaging the Greater Community The New Standards for Global Family Engagement™

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