1. The Essential Conversation What Parents and Teachers can Learn from Each Other 2014 Statewide conference

2. AGENDA 8:00 - 8:45 Let’s get started! 8:45 -10:00 Foundations of Family Engagement 10:00 -10:15 Break 10:15 -11:15 Core Beliefs of Family Engagement 11:15- 12:00 Building a Successful School Partnership 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch and Gallery Walk 1:00 - 2:00 School- Home Communication 2:00 - 2:45 Linking to Learning 2:45 - 3:00 Bringing it Home

3. Learning Objectives Participants will… 1. Read/discuss research related to family engagement and how it supports student achievement and success. 2. Understand the four core beliefs and why they are important to home/school relationships 3. Practice effective communication skills 4. Learn to develop partnerships focused on student learning

4. Ground Rules Listen and Engage Confidentiality Be Respectful Cell Phones Take Care of Yourself

5. SUMMER FUN

6. Getting Acquainted SHARE: Name Where you live/what you do ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Favorite holiday – why? If there was a movie of your life – what actor would you want to play you?

8. Reflection Discuss your response to the paper heart skit Share with large group

9. THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

10. What is Family Engagement? Belief that families play a critical role in the success of their child. Interaction between schools and families and the degree to which families are involved in the educational lives of their children.

11. “Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lesson from Chicago” Five Essential Supports LEADERSHIP that drives change Professional Capacity Student Centered Learning Climate Instructional Guidance Strong Parent-Community Ties

12. Essential Supports All of the systems affect each other. Family engagement interacts with other systems. Schools that have all FIVE components have 10 times the chance of increasing reading and math scores!

13. Handout on Family Engagement Read handout on Family Engagement Highlight 2-3 statements Share with your car

14. Beyond the Bake Sale The Essential Guide to Family- School Partnerships Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson and Don Davies The New Press, 2007 14

15. Karen Mapp speaks………

16. What’s YOUR move

17. CORE BELIEFS OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

18. What are your beliefs about family engagement? What are your beliefs about family engagement?

19. Core Beliefs of Family Engagement Core Belief 4: The responsibility for building partnerships between school and home rests primarily with school staff, especially school leaders. Chapter 3 Beyond the Bake Sale

20. Looking out the window Looking in the mirror

21. Core Beliefs of Family Engagement Core Belief 3: Parents and school staff should be equal partners. Core Belief 2: All parents have the capacity to support their children’s learning. Chapter 3 Beyond the Bake Sale

22. Core Beliefs of Family Engagement Core Belief 1: All parents have dreams for their children and want the best for them. Chapter 3 Beyond the Bake Sale

23. Dreams Talk about your dreams and expectations for your child’s future Identify what needs to be in place for these dreams to come true What do schools need to do? What role do families play? DREAMS SchoolsFamilies

24. Animal School

25. BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL- FAMILY PARTNERSHIP

26. WHY are Partnerships important? Partnership and student achievement are closely linked.

27. Types of Partnership Schools Chapter 2 of Beyond the Bake Sale

28. Types of Partnership Schools Focus on academic achievement School climate Communication and Information School-wide practices and policies to engage families

29. The Joining Process Invite and WELCOME parents to participate Honor Parents as the EXPERT on their child Connect with parents with a focus on LEARNING Chapter 4 Beyond the Bake Sale

30. Your Gold Nuggets What do you do to build effective school-family partnerships? Write and post on wall

31. LUNCH Explore the gallery of ideas !

32. SCHOOL-HOME COMMUNICATION

33. Reflexión En mi escuela… Con qué frecuencia se espera que los profesores se comuniquen con las familias? Cual es el enfoque de la communicación entre la familia y la escuela? Cuando tiene comunicación cara a cara los padres y maestros? (ademas de las conferencias).

34. DISCUSSION At my school…. How often are teachers expected to communicate with families? School-family communications focus on? When do parents and teachers have face- to-face communication (besides conferences)?

35. “When teachers reach out with the goal of building partnerships based on mutual respect and common purpose, families will respond.”

36. Teacher Outreach to Parents Pays Off! 1. Meet face/face with families at the beginning of the school year. 2. Sent home materials weekly on ways to help children at home. 3. Telephoned routinely with news! RESULTS: Student performance improved at a 40-50% higher rate!

37. BARGNA

38. Communication The Right Attitude Ongoing contact Two-way

39. Communication ELL families Watch the jargon Maximize face/face opportunities

40. We are continually faced by GREAT opportunities, brilliantly disguised as insolvable problems. ….Andrew Matthews

41. Why did you become a teacher?

42. Sharing Perspectives TeachersFamilies

43. Reframing the Discussion Parent-Teacher Conferences Don’t let conference be your FIRST conversation with parents Give parents the opportunity to be the ‘expert’ The ‘sandwich’ approach If you want their help – be prepared Emphasize their roles

44. Your Gold Nuggets What are your tips for Parent-Teacher Conferences? Write and post on wall

45. HAPPY

46. LINKING TO LEARNING

47. Beyond the Bake Sale Chapter 5 Section 1 – pages 1 to 6 Section 2 – pages 6 & 12 Section 3 – pages 13 to end Steps: Individually read your section – a couple of you might need to read the same section When each member completed – explain your assigned section to the others until entire reading has been covered Each table identify 1-2 ‘take away’ thoughts to share with large group

48. An Enterprising Turkey gathered the flock together, and with demonstration and instructions, taught the group to fly. All afternoon, they enjoyed soaring and flying and seeing new vistas. After the meeting all the turkeys walked home.

49. BRINGING IT HOME Reflect – What will you do differently next year?

50. Lori Laughlin llaughlin@bhssc.tie.net 605-347-4467 0r 800-219-6247 Connie Hermann chermann@tie.net 605-374-3918

51. HAPPY