Family Engagement: Oregon 21 st CCLC Spring Conference Friday, May 29, 2015 Debra M. Ellis Family Engagement Resource Provider (FERP) Project Connecting and Sustaining!

For children’s learning to be successful, 21 st CCLCs and parents need to work together in close partnership and move beyond information sharing and occasional parental participation in activities and events. Taking this next step will ensure that 21 st CCLCs are contributing to children’s learning in meaningful ways that complement what is taught in schools and other learning settings. Thus, parents and 21 st CCLCs have a shared responsibility for promoting children’s learning. ~ National Conference of State Legislatures

Goals and Objectives Participants will… Showcase their vision for Family Engagement for their program Discuss ways to connect family engagement to program goals Explore how to make family engagement a key component of program quality Identify ways family engagement can help sustain program components

Family Background Family engagement through the lens of a parent of a child with disabilities Professional Background BA Child and Family Studies MA Public Administration 20 years experience with family engagement and early childhood education Deep understanding of importance of family engagement

Write a bumper sticker slogan about what Family Engagement means to you!

Organizing Schools for Improvement School Leadership Instructional Guidance Professional Capacity Student-Centered Learning Climate Parent/Community Relations Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons Learned from Chicago Schools. Bryk, Sebring, Allensworth, Luppescu, and Easton.

Partnerships by Design 1. Identify desired results 2. Determine acceptable evidence 3. Plan activities Versus – planning activities from a list of things from your “family engagement” Box.

A New Plan Most important goals for your program or the students in your program. (What are they going to leave the room with!!!) How are you measuring whether you have met this goal? What activities will you plan to help meet this goal? How can you engage the student’s family in helping him/her achieve this goal? or helping your program to achieve this goal? How are you including students, families, and program staff in creating these goals and planning activities?

Report Out What changes have you decided to implement for your next year?

Important Things to Remember Its all about the Goals! Connected to Academic Achievement Relationships What do you know about the families and their needs? – What motivates them? What relationships have you built? How have you invited them? Location, Location, Location Meeting the families where they are – emotionally and physically!

Important Things to Remember Communication Two-way, meaningful, positive If you survey them, make sure you communicate with them what you learned and how you are using that information! Connected Family Engagement should be connected to the other activities in your program – not a separate, disconnected activity! Example – building literacy into everything you do!!!

Wrap Up / Q&A Debbie Ellis Family Engagement Resource Provider (FERP) /

This information is being provided as part of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 webinar for the Family Engagement Resource Providers (FERP) Project. This project supports the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Education. Information and materials mentioned or shown during this presentation are provided as resources and examples for the viewer’s convenience. Their inclusion is not intended as an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education. In addition, the instructional practices and assessments discussed or shown in these presentations are not intended to mandate, direct, or control a State’s, local educational agency’s, or school’s specific instructional content, academic achievement system and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction. States and local programs are free to use any instructional content, achievement system and assessments, curriculum, or program instruction that they wish, insofar as they support the goals and objectives of the 21st CCLC program, as authorized. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education U.S. Department of Education Copyright © 2014 Family Engagement Resource Provider (FERP), All rights reserved. Funding Statement Materials were supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Program, Contract #ED-ESE-12-C The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department. No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, or enterprise mentioned in this material is intended or should be inferred.

About the FERP Project Serving 21stCCLC programs nationwide FERPs provide technical assistance, capacity-building, communities of practice for SEAs and Program Directors FERP is building a national collaborative system of support for family engagement National webinars open to all Resources will be available through You4Youth website ( Copyright © 2014 Family Engagement Resource Provider (FERP), All rights reserved. Funding Statement Materials were supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Program, Contract #ED-ESE-12-C The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department. No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, or enterprise mentioned in this material is intended or should be inferred.

Contact Your Regional Family Engagement Resource Provider Copyright © 2014 Family Engagement Resource Provider (FERP), All rights reserved. Funding Statement Materials were supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Program, Contract #ED-ESE-12-C The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department. No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, or enterprise mentioned in this material is intended or should be inferred.

Contact Your Regional Family Engagement Resource Provider RegionStatesFERP AppalachiaKY, TN, VA, WVLinda Robinson CentralCO, KS, MO, NE, ND, SD, WYJane Groff MidwestIL, IN, IA, MI, MN, OH, WIJacqueline Garvey Mid-AtlanticDE, DC, MD, NJ, PA Karen Parker Thompson NortheastCT, MA, ME, NH, NY, PR, RI, VT, VI NorthwestAK, ID, MT, OR, WADebra Ellis PacificAS, FM, GU, HI, MH, MP, PW, BIE Christina Simmons SoutheastAL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SCDonna Kosicki SouthwestAR, LA, NM, OK, TXM. Dewana Thompson WestAZ, CA, NV, UTCarol Dickson

FERP Leadership Team Contact Information Sally M. Wade, Ed.D., FERP Project Director Jennifer Brady, FERP Technical Assistance Manager