1. Networking Session 2 Iowa Parent Information Resource Center Welcome iSPIN Teams!

2. Today’s Agenda 1.Introductions and GEL Activity 2.Team Development Human Action Model Review of Basic Psychological Needs Team Cohesiveness Balance: Support and Challenge (next time?) 3.Level One – Hoover-Dempsey/Sandler Model 4.Next Agendas – 3, 4, 5, 6 (old #ing - 5, 6, 7, 8) 5.Survey Data 6.Team Time 7.Wrap-up and Next Steps

3. To Ponder With Your SCC Team 1.What are two to three things that you have learned from being a part of your School Community Council (SCC)? 2.What are you currently working on in your SCC? 3.What questions do you have about your work on the SCC?

4. iSPIN Desired State Our School Culture is one in which parents…  Feel welcome in our school  Understand and play a role in their children’s education  Feel confident and competent as they support their children’s school success …and is based upon the positive relationships that are developed, nurtured, and sustained between parents and school staff. Our goal is for students to internalize the following attributes of successful students…  Feel confident they can succeed  Be internally motivated to do well in each class  To know how to manage their own learning  To know how to ask for help

5. HUMAN ACTION MODEL DIAMOND MODEL Important Aspects of Team Building

6. Human Action Model Human Action Mission Toward which Power (Energy) By which Resources With which Structure Through which

7. Human Action Model Power (Energy) Mission Structure Resources Productive Alignment

8. PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS Important Aspects of Team Building

9. Four Basic Psychological Needs Belonging Caring Competence Learning Fun Humor Freedom Hope

10. TEAM COHESIVENESS Important Aspects of Team Building

11. Team Cohesiveness Continuum

12. Let’s Plan a Trip…  Using the note cards on your table please write one of the following words on each note card::  PlacaterDigresser  BlamerComputer  Silent One (only need this one if you have 5 in your group)  Each person in your group takes one note card  Your group will plan a trip to anywhere – all expenses paid  You will play the role listed on your note card  After one minute I will call time and you will switch note cards.  Each time you trade note cards continue your planning, each time playing the role on your new note card.

13. LESS OF THIS MORE OF THIS Team Cohesiveness Members being forced to do unwanted duties Emphasis is on cooperation versus competition Dominance by individual members Each team member must feel welcomed and honored Inability to resolve conflicts and differences; avoiding differences Differences of opinion should be expected…all members are encouraged to address the issues and problems under consideration

14. LESS OF THIS MORE OF THIS Team Cohesiveness Continued.. Competition among team members A team conflict resolution system - process must be learned by the team Lack of success; not completing or implementing tasks/idea The team must sense achievement, learning, and/or task completion Not all members feel their contributions are honored All members, including parents, actively contribute. Group seeks information from all members

15. Effective Team Member Behaviors  As a team develops and member needs become integrated with team goals, there will be less self- oriented behavior and more task-oriented behavior. The following increases cohesiveness:  Agreement on mission, beliefs and values  Encouraging others  Giving information and sharing ideas and offering facts  Seeking information, idea, facts, and opinions by asking questions  Clarifying and elaborating by interpreting information shared by others and suggesting alternatives

16. Effective Team Member Behaviors Continued…  As appropriate, keeping track of information and ideas by summarizing, offering a decision, recording information  Taking responsibility for assigned tasks that must be carried out independent of the group.  Resolving differences by compromising or getting the group members to explore differences  Recognizing that content areas, roles and responsibilities may differ  All members continue to learn and demonstrate behaviors consistently

17. Let’s Plan a Trip…  Now work with your group to plan a trip to anywhere – all expenses paid!  This time use what your team has learned about increasing Team Cohesiveness & Effective Team Member Behaviors when planning your group’s trip

18. BALANCE: SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE Important Aspects of Team Building

19. Balancing Support and Challenge Light on Support Heavy on Challenge Light on Challenge Heavy on Support A balance between Challenge and Support

20. THE 4 THINGS STUDENTS NEED TO SUCCEED Hoover-Dempsey / Sandler Model

21. Consider….  What are the learning attributes students must have to be successful in school?  Write them down  Share your ideas with 1 other person  Be prepared to share with the large group

22. Model Developers  Family School Partnership Lab (Vanderbilt)  http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Peabody/family-school/index.html http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Peabody/family-school/index.html  Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey & Howard Sandler  Original Model--1995  Revised Model--2005

23. Level 5 5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

24. Level 4  Students feel confident they can learn  Students have internal motivation to improve their learning  Students can manage their own learning  Students can seek guidance and support for their learning, especially from teachers 4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement 5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

25. Where do we start?  How do schools get parents to help children change their beliefs, attitudes and behaviors about learning? 4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement 5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning

26. Level 1  How do schools get parents to help children change their beliefs, attitudes and behaviors about learning?  You must start at Level 1 4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement 5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning 4 - Student learning attributes related to increased student achievement 5 - Increased Student Achievement & Learning 1 – Helping motivate parents to be involved and feel invited, and understanding factors effecting parent participation

27. Level 1 - Invitations to Participate  Motivating parent participation…  How do you help parents understand how their participation will help their children learn?  How do you help reinforce parent confidence that they can effectively help their children?  Helping parents feel invited to participate…  How does the school make general invitations to encourage parent participation?  How do you make specific invitations to encourage parent participation?  How do students in your classes make specific invitation to encourage parent participation?  Understanding and honoring factors that effect parent participation…  How are you asking parents about their level of knowledge and skills to help students?  How are you asking parents about their time and energy constraints that effect participation?  How are you asking parents about cultural factors that effect participation? 1 – Helping motivate parents to be involved and feel invited, and understanding factors effecting parent participation

28. NEXT AGENDAS iSPIN Implementation Model

29. Outline for Solid Foundation Planning Guide Getting Started Orientation to Solid Foundation Step 1: Form the School Community Council (Old Agenda 1) Shared Leadership Agenda 1: Constitution (Old Agenda 4) Agenda 2: Information for Shared Leadership (School Info Form) Agenda 2B: Surveying the School Community (Old Agenda 2) Agenda 3: Welcoming Place Walkthrough (Old Agenda 5) Agenda 4: Welcoming Place Report Review (Old Agenda 6) Goals and Roles Agenda 5: Welcoming Place and School Visits (Old Agenda 7) Agenda 6: School Community Compact Agenda 7: Homework Policy and Student Report Cards Agenda 8: Finalizing Goals and Roles

30. Outline for Solid Foundation Planning Guide Education Agenda 14: Parents and Learning Agenda 15: Courses for Parents Agenda 16: Family Resource Library and Parent Room Agenda 17: Parent Workshops Connection Agenda 18: Open House Agenda 19: Conferences Agenda 20: Family-School Nights Agenda 21: Home Gatherings and Home Visits Continuous Improvement Agenda 22: Degree of Implementation Agenda 23: Self-Rating Forms Agenda 24: Homework Monitoring Agenda 25: Effectiveness Matrix

31. Agenda 3 Welcoming Place Walk-Through

32. Agenda 4 Welcoming Place Walk-Through Report Review

33. Agenda 5 Welcoming Place & School Visits

34. DATA COLLECTION

35. Staff Survey  How many staff are in your building? _____  How many staff completed the survey? _____  What % of staff completed the survey? _____  Is this 95% or greater? __Yes __No  (If “no,” keep working with staff until the % is at least 95%).

36. Student Survey  Student Survey  How many students are in the grades you selected?  3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ 8__ 9__ 10__ 11__ 12__  How many students completed the survey?  3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ 8__ 9__ 10__ 11__ 12__  What % of students completed the survey?  3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ 8__ 9__ 10__ 11__ 12__  Is the % is 90% or greater at each level? __Yes __No  (If “no,” keep working with students until the % is at least 90%).

37. Family Survey 1  Family Survey  How many separate families have children who attend your school? _____  How many families completed the survey? _____  What % of families completed the survey? _____  Is the % is 40% or greater? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working with families until the % is at least 40%).  Gender  What is the % of women who completed the survey? _____  What is the % of men who completed the survey? _____  Are these percentages similar? __Yes __No  Do you need additional surveys from men? __Yes __No  Ethnicity  What is the % of students of color in your building? _____  What is the % of parents of color who answered the survey? _____  Are these percentages similar? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working until you have a better % of families of color).

38. Family Survey 2  Families who speak languages other than English  What is the % of parents who are non-English speakers in your school? _____  What is the % of parents who are non-English speakers who answered the survey? _____  Are these percentages similar? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working until you have a better %).  Grade Level of Students  What is the % of students of (by grade) for whom the parent answered the survey questions?  K ___ 1 ___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___ 8___ 9___ 10___ 11___ 12___  Do you have a good distribution of grade levels? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working until you have a better %).  Special Services  What is the % of parents who said they had a child who received special services? _____  Is this % close to the % of students receiving services? __Yes __No (If “no,” keep working until you have a better %).  Data Collection Complete  This checklist has been reviewed with your external partner and you both agree that data collection efforts are complete.  Date completed: ____________

39. T EAM M EETING T IME School Community Constitution

40. W RAP UP AND NEXT STEPS Next Networking Session—April 25, 2011