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Family Engagement

Hollenbeck Middle School Santee Education Complex Brooklyn Avenue School Los Angeles Unified School District Presented by: Marissa Martinez

If Parents are Involved, Students from All Backgrounds Tend to:

• Earn higher grades and test scores
• Enroll in higher-level programs
• Be promoted and earn credits
• Adapt well to school and attend regularly
• Have better social skills and behavior
• Graduate and go on to higher education

When families are effectively engaged in their children’s education and in the improvement of schools, what are the various roles they can play?

Epstein’s Six Types of Involvement

1. 1.

Parenti nting: ng: Assist families with parenting skills, understanding child and adolescent

development, and setting home conditions to support learning at each age and grade level. 2.

• 2. Communi

unica cati ting: ng: Communicate with families about school and student progress.

Create two-way communication channels between school and home. 3.

• 3. Volunte

nteeri ering.

• ng. Improve recruitment, training, activities, and schedules to involve

families as volunteers and as audiences at the school or in other locations. 4.

• 4. Learni

ning ng at Home: Involve families with their children in academic learning at home,

including homework, goal setting, and other curriculum-related activities. Encourage teachers to design homework that enables students to share and discuss interesting tasks. 5.

• 5. Decision
• n Making:

ng: Include families as participants in school decisions, governance, and

advocacy activities through school councils or improvement teams, committees, and parent organizations. 6.

• 6. Collab

abora

• rati

ting ng with the Communi unity ty: Coordinate resources and services for

families, students, and the school with community groups, including businesses, agencies, cultural and civic organizations, and colleges or universities.

Title One Resources to support Parent Engagment

• X-Time for teachers to provide parent workshops
• IMA to purchase supplies for parent workshops,

ie: parent book club

• Purchase Community Rep and use as Parent

Center lead and community outreach

• Sub/Coverage time for teachers to participate in

Family Action Team meetings

• Use Annual Title One Meeting as an opportunity

for Saturday conference style workshops

• Use school parent compact as an opportunity to

engage parents in meaningful agreements

Family Action Team

• Parents
• Teachers
• Coordinator
• Counselor
• Community Rep
• Community Partner
• Administrator

Meets monthly to develop and implement strategic parental involvement activities that engage and empower families to support schools academic goals.

Family Action Team Develop OUR WHY

Family Action Team Goals

Goal al 1/Meta a 1: LITER ERACY ACY/LEE EER Y ESCR CRIBIR IBIR Goal al 2/Meta ta 2: MATH/ H/ MATEMÁTICAS Goal al 3/Meta a 3: RECL CLASS SSIFICATIO IFICATION N / RECL CLASIFI SIFICA CACI CION Goal al 4/Meta ta 4: PAR ARENTA ENTAL INVOLVE VEME MENT/ NT/ INVOLUCR CRAMIEN IENTO TO DE PADRE DRES

65% of students will meet or exceed English proficiency. Students will improve in lexile reading levels. Students will improve in lexile reading levels. 25% of students will meet or exceed Math proficiency/ 25% de estudiantes van a conocer o exceder competencia en matemáticas. 35% of English learner students will meet reclassification criteria 100% of graduating Senior parents will participate in at least 4 parental involvement activities for the academic school year./ 100% de padres de estudiantes del 12 grado participaran en por lo menos 4 actividades en el año escolar.

Goals to Strategies

Goal 1/Meta 1: LITERACY/LEER Y ESCRIBIR

65% of students will meet or exceed English proficiency. Strategies aligned to SPSA/Estrategias aliniadas al SPSA:

• Send out lexile level letters to parents at the BOY, MOY, EOY/Mandar

cartas a padres con los niveles de lectura a todos los padres al principio, mediado, y fin del año.

• Offer “Understanding Lexile Levels and Complex Text” workshops to

parents/Ofrecer talleres de “Entender niveles de lectura y texto complejo”

• Offer “SBAC ELA ICA” workshops to parents to share ICA data and

goal setting/Ofrecer talleres de “SBAC ELA ICA” y compartir resultados de ICA y hacer metas.

• Literacy Night/Noche de Literatura
• Parent Classroom Observations with Literacy Focus: complex text,

kagan, metacognitive skills/Observaciones de salones con énfasis de literatura: texto complejo, estrategias Kagan, capacidad metacognitivo.

Annual Plan

Parent Passport

• 14 parent participations for

the school year.

• 4 mandatory for senior

students

• Parents can submit to the

parent center for a certificate for the parent and for their child that will go into their Senior Portfolio

• End of the Year Banquet

for ALL PARENTS who complete the Parent Passport.

What’s going on in the Parent Center?

• Monthly Parent

Newsletter with calendar is mailed home.

• Bi-Weekly Parent

Classroom Vits

• 2-3 Academic Parent

Workshops a Week that are aligned to goals

• Parent Volunteer Program

Parents are working just as hard for this as we are.

Involve families in meaningful ways. Do it, because it is a part of your core belief that parents matter. Lead your school with parents as true partners.