1. December 9, 2016 ECTAC Quarterly Meeting
Professional Development Part II: Effectively Linking Family Engagement to Learning Using Evidence-Based Strategies and Resources
December 9, 2016
ECTAC Quarterly Meeting

2. December Meeting Objectives
Re-Cap of August FE Meeting
Effectively Link Family Engagement Activities to Learning
Why?
How?
Examples of FE Activities that are “L2L”
Activity: Examine Current FE Activities
Activity: Mini PD

3. August Meeting Re-Cap “Schools Working with Parents as Equal Partners”
Educate schools on how to work and communicate with parents effectively
Building relationship between school staff and parents
Districts are required to provide training to school staff
Developed Mini-PD
The value of the contributions of parents/families
Building relationships with parents/families
Collaborating with parents/families
Effective two-way communication with parents/families

8. Linking Family Engagement Activities To Learning
What does it mean for an activity to be “linked to learning”
Why do we link FE Activities to Learning?
How do we link FE Activities to Learning?
Examples
Parent-Teacher Conference
Parent Phone Call

9. Parent-Teacher Conference
Examples
Parent-Teacher Conference
Parent Communication Study
The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence From a Field Study
(Kraft and Rogers 2014)

10. Activity – Examine Your FE Activities
Write down all FE activities and their (approximate) costs
How many are linked to learning?
Cross off all activities that aren’t directly linked to learning
Star activities that have potential to become linked to learning
Circle activities that are linked to learning

11. Activity – Mini Professional Development
Create a Mini-PD session to use to train staff for linking FE activities to learning.
5 to 10 slides
Provide specific examples
Encourage new perspective (L2L)