Awesome Advisory Groups Parents, Family, and Community Are An Organization’s Power Source Supporting families to create positive and lasting progress is not for the faint of heart. Success toward positive change is not simply a matter of the will or desire of the professional or the will or desire of the person embarking on personal change. Creating the conditions for positive change is a dance between the professional and the client. The world around them is the music. Missteps and dizzying spins are common to the experience of home visitors, parent educators, health educators, and their supervisors. You can set the tempo. Come join in this day long workshop to learn what the spirit and science of Motivational Interviewing, change science, and the practical wisdom of other participants has to offer in terms of enhancing your effectiveness with families and empowering them to live their best life! Lilly Irvin-Vitela, MCRP President, Common Worth, LLC http://commonworth.net 608-577-8987

Session Description People power is the greatest resource in any organization. Come to this two-part session to learn more from parent leaders and an organizational development and management consultant about how to attract, nurture, and retain parent leaders and community members to strengthen your organization’s decision making, service delivery, and outcomes. Explore with other family-serving professionals meaningful ways to cultivate leadership and examine hands on tools to set the foundations for effective governance.

Learning Objectives Explore parent leadership stories Examine how a systems approach to Parent, Family Community Engagement leads to a secure foundation for family outcomes Analyze strategies for attracting, nurturing, and retaining parent and community leaders in a program’s success Explore and consider tools for strengthening the capacity of your advisory group Make a plan for strengthening collaboration

Values that Drive PFCE

Why Parent & Community Member Leadership Stories Matter They help make sense of relationships They give insight into how values are being lived They affirm what’s healthy and challenge us to consider opportunities for growth They inspire us to stay focused on what matters most What are you doing to elevate the stories of parent and community leaders?

Laura’s Story

Charisse’s Story

Arnstein’s Ladder of Participation 1 Manipulation and 2 Non-Client Centered Therapy The aim is to cure or educate the participants. 3 Informing A most important first step to legitimate participation. But too frequently the emphasis is on a one way flow of information. 4 Consultation Again a legitimate step - attitude surveys, neighborhood meetings and public enquiries. 5 Placation It allows citizens to advise or plan ad infinitum but retains for power holders the right to judge the legitimacy or feasibility of the advice. 6 Partnership Power is in fact redistributed through negotiation between citizens and power holders. 7 Delegated power Citizens holding a clear majority of seats on committees with delegated powers to make decisions. 8 Citizen Control Have-nots handle the entire job of planning, policy making and managing decisions, resources, and efforts. Arnstein, Sherry R. "A Ladder of Citizen Participation," JAIP, Vol. 35, No. 4, July 1969, pp. 216-224

Strategies for Program Foundations Program Leadership Continuous Quality Improvement Professional Development

Strategies for Program Impacts Family Partnerships Program Environment Teaching & Learning Program Partnerships

Strategies for Family Outcomes Lifelong Educator + Parent-Child Relationships Lifelong Learner Family Well-being Engagement in Transitions Families and Advocates & Leaders Connections to Peers & Community

Strategies for Child Outcomes

Tools for Advisory Groups Advisory Group Planning Checklist By-laws Checklist Sample Advisory Group Application Sample Advisory Group Outreach/Job Descriptions Sample Conflict of Interest Statements Sample Commitment Letters Sample Bio Sketches for Newsletter/Press Release

Closing Circle/Café How do you define healthy collaboration? How do you know there is a fair balance of power/decision-making? How do you define positive outcomes? What have you done that included community/family members as leaders that strengthened outcomes?

Contact information for presenters Email Charisse Daniels @ lovebeautyandgrace@gamil.com LinkedIn! Charisse Daniels Phone: 920-253-6577 Email Lilly Irvin-Vitela@ LillyIrvin-Vitela@commonworth.net LinkedIn! Lilly Irvin-Vitela Website http://commonworth.net Phone- 608-577-8987 Email Laura Meulemans @ la.meulemans@gmail.com LinkedIn! Laura Meulemans Phone: 920-595-0947