1. Tired of Trying and Getting Nowhere? Parent and Family Engagement Tips
Presented By:
Sara Shriver, School ADvance, MASA ~

2. Outcomes of Presentation
Learn the legislative requirements
Learn relevant ideas for staff professional development for parent engagement
Learn effective ways to engage parents
Assess your team’s parent engagement level of success

3. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #1
Know the law
Know the expectations
Know how you meet the guidance
Easy Parent Involvement Plan to use all rolled into one
Engage parents in the development or review of the Parent Involvement Plans

4. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #2
Know the Research
Apply the Research with Professional Development
Book by Joyce Epstein’s: School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Review the Six Types of Engagement with Staff
National Standards for School-Family Partnerships Implementation Guide

5. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #3
Gather, share, and reflect on perception data to connect with parents
Survey Data and/or Focus Groups
Band Boosters
Sports Boosters
PTO/PTA Groups
School Events
Door Greeting Before and After School

6. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #4
Frontload School Improvement Agendas
Put parents on the agenda first
Have a purpose for parents to be there
Excuse parents after their agenda items, but invite to stay as long as they want
Ask each parent rep to bring along another parent rep

7. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #5
Align parent engagement activities with other school activities
Literacy Workshop – Breakfast and Books during Book Fair
FASFA Support – Athletic Events, School Events, Local Businesses/Shops
Parent Portal Training – Parent/Teacher Conferences

8. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #6
Disguise your parent engagement activities
Literacy and Math Events – Game Night or Day with Office Central
West Branch, MI
Annual Title I Meeting – Literacy and Math Celebrations

9. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #7
Tips from the parents point of view
National Standards for Family-School Partnerships (National PTA)
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Use this rubric to rate your team’s level of parent and family engagement status

10. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #8
Offer parent feedback opportunities at random events
Feedback boxes around the buildings, at events, at local businesses/shops
Discuss feedback at District/Building meetings
Make an Action Plan to address feedback
Publish Action Plan on website, in newsletters, at parent events

11. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #9
Have announcers at sporting events or school activities highlight upcoming parent and family engagement events
Have registration tables set up
Link incentives to registrations/attendance

12. Parent and Family Engagement Tip #10
Start with relationship building
Invite every parent into the building, out to breakfast, lunch, etc… for a meet and greet, no school related reasons
Call every parent and share good news about their child at least once a year
Try to learn parent names and call them by name every chance you see them; greet at the door, in the hallways, in the classrooms, in the grocery store, at church,