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 Welcome  Introductions  Connection to last meetings  LCAP Presentation  District Strengths & Implementation  Draft Systemic Approach  Design Thinking  Deep listening  Brainstorming & Prototyping  Presentation  Reflection  How did the process work? 3

Introduce yourself and share a typical greeting in your family or community. 4

5 Grades & Test Scores Behavior & Attendance Social Skills Ability to Adapt to School Advanced Coursework Enrollment Credits Earned/Course Pass Rates Graduation Rates Higher Education (Mapp et al, 2002; Weiss et al, 2009; Epstein, 2015; Hill, Hofkens &Wang 2014)

6 What works about family engagement? What could be better?

 Parent Outreach & Engagement Department:  Parent University  Project Ujima  Raising A Reader  PowerSchool & Computer Workshops  American Indian Education Title VII  Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, & African Parent Education  Family leaders at every level from school site to district  PTA School Smarts Program  Parent Centers  SDSU Parent Leadership Academy Program  PIQE  Individual School Programs 7

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Current Measure % of Families Who Have Logged into PowerSchool 12 Close of % (district managed schools) 9.6% (charters included) 11/30/147.3% 11/30/156.3%

Many families engaged in school events & learning All families empowered to support their child’s learning at home and in the community Some families take leadership Empowering Family Engagement

Build Family Networks & Leadership Design Thinking Top 3 Ways to Support Student Learning at Home Collect Data: Family Engagement Survey 14 Understand where we are to know how to move forward Connect, communicate & learn through networks Listen, heal, & build trust to take action together in a cluster or school Empower each and every family to support student learning DRAFT: SDUSD Systemic Family Engagement Build & leverage networks: school & district governance, community organizing, PTA, Foundations, faith-based, sports, etc. Train existing and new family leaders Learn top 3 home strategies Create value for partnership among families, educators, & community Deeply listen to families Professional learning for educators Collaborate to solve context- specific challenges Take action together 3 focused, impactful home strategies to empower families Support through family leaders in collaboration with teachers, schools, & community partners to empower each and every family Family engagement survey to identify strengths and improvement areas for family engagement by sub-group, school and cluster Survey also includes LCAP input 3 home strategies

15 Talk with your child as much as possible and in the language in which you’re comfortable. Your talk that explains, tells stories, or deals with the past or future is most impactful. Seek “brain- building” activities for your child because learning happens anytime, anywhere. Read with your child. This doesn’t have to be at bedtime and could be a magazine versus a storybook. If you don’t read, tell a story about the pictures in a book. Top 3 Family Strategies Pre-K & Elementary

16 Talk with your child as much as possible and in the language in which you’re comfortable. Your talk that explains, tells stories, or deals with past or future is most impactful. Seek “brain- building” activities for your child because learning happens anytime, anywhere. Read to your child. This doesn’t have to be at bedtime and could be a magazine versus a storybook. If you don’t read, tell a story about the pictures in a book. Top 3 Family Strategies Pre-K & Elementary Social & Emotional Environments Worthy of Our Children Unlocking the Genius & Agency Collaborative Conversations

17 Communicate with the school and teachers about your child’s progress on A-G requirements, grades, and enrollment in advanced coursework Support your child in learning to become independent Talk with your child about how their learning and education connects to their future. Top 3 Family Strategies Middle & High School

18 Communicate with the school and teachers about your child’s progress on A-G requirements, grades, and enrollment in advanced coursework Support your child in learning to become independent Talk with your child about how their learning and education connects to their future. Top 3 Family Strategies Middle & High School Aligned to Learning Cycle Social & Emotional Environments Worthy of Our Children Agency Collaborative Conversations & Unlocking the Genius

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How might we empower each and every family to support their child’s learning? 20

Take notes on:  Insights  Quotes  Stories  Hearts  Minds 21

Yes, and… What if… 22

Build Empathy Map Say it! Stick it! Stories Insights Quotes Hearts Minds 23

1. Use the original design question:  How might we empower each and every family to support their child’s learning? 2. Decide on a more specific question based on what you heard from families. 3. Use a question for which we would appreciate input:  How might we make the strengths of the Parent Outreach & Engagement Department more systemic?  How might we design a way for families to be empowered by the top 3 home strategies? 24

25 Brainstorm Using Your Group’s Design Question (Remember, build on each other’s ideas, rather than block them.)

 Select or vote on an idea to build  Try it out, map out all that it entails 26

 Share your team’s Design Question  Explain the key components of your ideas, using visuals and text  Describe the benefits and drawbacks to your idea (time permitted) 27

1. Individual: Please offer your written reflection on the form provided 2. Team: How might the process we just used support other LCAP feedback presentations? 28