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Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Committee Montgomery County Board of Education October 15, 2019 Connecting for Student Success: All Means All Division of Student, Family, and School Services Office of Student and Family Support and

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Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Committee

Montgomery County Board of Education October 15, 2019

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Division of Student, Family, and School Services Office of Student and Family Support and Engagement

October 15, 2019

Connecting for Student Success: All Means All

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Core Belief 1

All parents have dreams for their children and want the best for them.

Core Belief 2

All parents have the capacity to support their children’s learning.

Core Belief 3

Parents and school staff should be equal partners.

Core Belief 4

The responsibility for building partnerships between home and school rests primarily with school staff. Family Engagement Core Beliefs

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MCPS Strategic Priorities

REMOVE cultural or linguistic

barriers that may prevent families from engaging with their children’s education in partnership with the school.

FACILITATE TWO-WAY

COMMUNICATION with parents, students, employees and community members using an array of tools to engage and communicate information.

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MCPS Family Engagement Standards

Welcoming All Families
Communicating Effectively
Supporting Student Success
Speaking Up for Children
Sharing Power
Collaborating with the Community

(MCPS Policy ABC, MSDE Pre-K–12 Family Engagement Framework and PTA Standards)

Policy ABC Regulation ABC-RA

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The Research – Benefits of Family Engagement

When families and schools partner, students:

Attend school regularly.
Earn higher grades and test scores.
Have better social skills.
Show improved behavior.
Graduate from high school.
Go on to post-secondary education and careers.

And, it improves school climate!

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Family Engagement Defined

The systematic inclusion of families in activities at school that promote student learning and physical, social and emotional development

Adapted from the U.S. Dept. of Education and U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Joint Policy Statement on Family Engagement, 2016

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Barriers to Parents Being Involved at School

Language differences
Cultural perceptions and misperceptions
Time (work schedules and availability)
Transportation
Immigration issues
No internet or computer at home
Feeling unwelcome at school
Fear of being judged
Information overload
Basic needs and challenges at home
Historic perception of the school

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Ideas

Hold meetings in community centers or apartment

complexes

Match parents with other parents to coordinate

transportation to meetings

Create phone trees to help with communication
Personally invite parents who could be leaders and

can help with interpretation/translation (non- sensitive matters)

Plan for how parents are welcomed to meetings

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What is the number one factor for creating and maintaining successful family-school partnerships??

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Relationships

Treat people how you want to be treated.

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A Parent’s Perspective

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How We Serve Schools and Families

Parent Community Coordinators (PCCs)

57 elementary schools, based on FARMS rates
22 secondary schools with METS/ESOL programs
Systemwide requests for support for special

education and school issues in English and the following foreign languages: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese

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Parent/Family Outreach and Support Systemwide support from bilingual parent community coordinators

Help with enrollment
Help parents/guardians complete forms
Share school system policies, procedures and

programs

Assist parents with attendance at school

meetings to discuss their children’s progress

Provide information to families on county

resources that provide support

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Free parent workshops to support student learning

and well-being

Locations around Montgomery County
Child care and interpretation services provided
Some workshops held in non-English languages

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/ parentacademy/

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Conferencias de Padres y Maestros: Escuche, Aprenda y Abogue

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Connecting for Student Success

Next steps
Parent Academy
Family Engagement Advisory Team
Transformative Parent Engagement
Q&A

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The Pupil Personnel Worker

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What is a Pupil Personnel Worker?

Specialist trained to assess student needs, serve as

student advocates and act as a motivating force in removing barriers to student achievement.

http://marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/DSFSS/SSSP/PPW/index.aspx

Master’s-level (and beyond) state-certified

educator who has professional classroom and other school-based experience across elementary, middle and high school levels in a number of educational leadership positions.

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What Does a PPW Do?

Serves primarily as an advocate for all students
Serves as a consultant to school staff and

parents/guardians on a variety of issues, such as attendance, discipline, counseling, residency, homelessness and crisis support for schools

Serves as a liaison between various departments

within MCPS, as well as a referral source to

utside agencies and community resources in an

effort to forge home, school and community partnerships