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The Partnership ProcessResources for Title III
CoordinatorsDecember 6, 2011
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Family-School-Community Partnerships Staff
• Betsy PrueterVISTA Project Manager
• Ruth Anne Landsverk Partnerships Coordinator
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What do we know about Partnerships?
When families are involved at home and at school
Children do better in school, and the schools get better
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We Also KnowPartnerships can help schools
and districts achieve goals for• Student learning• Student behavior & attendance• Strengthening family
involvement: which families are involved how
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What do we know about ELL families?
• #s have increased in all states over the last 20 yrs
• Parents of ELLs face barriers that limit their communication and school participation including:– the inability to understand English– unfamiliarity with the school system– differences in cultural norms and cultural
capital– education levels and literacy rates
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• The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collected survey data from approximately 24,000 parents for the National Education Longitudinal Study.
• RESULTS: All parents, regardless of race, economic status, or culture, held high expectations for their children.
Attitudes are Important
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• Using a random sample of 81 Latino children’s family members, researchers (2001) interviewed, used home visits, and conducted 12 additional informal home interviews with an adult family member for each child.
• RESULTS: these Latino immigrant parents
held high aspirations for their children continuing their education past high school.
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• In a study of low-performing students and their Puerto Rican parents, Lopez and Cole (1999) investigated whether the parents had the ability to implement an at-home strategy to address their children’s academic readiness needs.
• RESULTS: each parent was willing and able to support student learning in the home environment effectively regardless of their personal educational experience or skills.
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What Can Schools Do?
• Support the implementation of parent involvement programs that are culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate
• Fund the implementation of parental involvement programs that reflect a reciprocal involvement in the school/parent community
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What Can Schools Do?
• Support the professional preparation of teachers who can identify community funds of knowledge for curricular development and school outreach
• Support community-based education programs that inform parents about school values and expectations and work with parents to help them become advocates for their children
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Key Components of Framework by Joyce Epstein
• The Six Types of Partnerships• The Partnership Action Team• One-Year Action Plan for
Partnerships (linked to school goals)
• Evaluation
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What Do We know about How Schools Use The Six
Types?• Communicating and Volunteering
popular• Learning at Home and Decision Making
most difficult• Learning at Home most closely tied to
improved student learning• Parents are hungry for knowledge
about Parenting (don’t call it that!) • Community collaboration yields big
results
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The 6 Types and ELL Families
• Type 1: Emphasis should be on reciprocal relationships• Type 2: Should situate cultural strengths of family in
curriculum• Type 3: Need to provide parent education that includes
family literacy and understanding/navigating school• Type 4: Important to inform and teach parents how to
advocate for their children• Type 5: Empower parents by nurturing parent-initiated
efforts at the school and community level• Type 6: Be sure to implement culturally and
linguistically appropriate practices in all aspects of communication regarding community resources
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We also know thatThe Action Team Works!
When it has• Equal numbers of parents and teachers• Support from and participation by the
principal• Meets monthly• Links to school goals and the school
improvement team• A One-Year Action Plan
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Action Team for Partnerships
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM
ACTION TEAM for SCHOOL, FAMILY, and COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
Reading Goal
Family-commu- nity involvement activities linked to
school goals.
PartnershipGoal 1. Welcome 2. Honor3. Connect families
Non-AcademicGoal 1. attendance2. anti-bullying3.service learning4.transitions
Math Goal Draw from the
six types ofinvolvement tomeet all goals.
Reprinted with permission: Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Simon, B. S., Salinas, K. C., Jansorn, N. R., & Van Voorhis, F. L. (2002). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Second Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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School Improvement Goals for a One-Year Action Plan for
PartnershipsImprove STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT in reading
• Family Reading Night• Weekly interactive homework in reading and writing• Volunteer book buddies and book talks
Improve STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT in math• Family Math Night• After-school tutoring program in math• PTA fundraiser for computer software
Increase STUDENT ATTENDANCE• Attendance team with family volunteers• Attendance and lateness policies in the school
newsletter• Family dinner with principal for improved attendance
Strengthen the CLIMATE of partnerships• Reformat the newsletter to be more family-friendly• Welcome walks through the neighborhoods• Family-School picnic before school starts in the fall
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Challenges to Partnerships
How do schools• Connect to families of all students?• Get ideas and input from all families?• Create partnerships in a culturally
competent and relevant way?• Get buy-in of staff members, including the
principal?• Involve families in addressing student
concerns and learning at home?• Be a resource to the community and link
families to community resources ?
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Barriers for ELL Families• School based barriers
– deficit perspective– a unidirectional approach to parental
involvement, and – negative school climate
• lack of English language proficiency• parental educational level• disconnect between school culture and
home culture • logistical issues
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Addressing Barriers: Communication
• Provide home-school coordinator or liaison
• Initiate home visits by teachers • Send out bilingual newsletters • Provide a multilingual telephone
homework line • Schedule monthly meetings at a local
community center
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Addressing Barriers: School/Parental Perceptions
• Acknowledge parents’ cultural values • Incorporate community into
curriculum • Invite extended family members to
school activities
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Addressing Barriers: Logistics
• Modify meetings to accommodate parents work schedule
• Provide child care to facilitate parental attendance at school functions
• Arrange transportation to facilitate student involvement in school activities
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Promising Practices• Filipino Culture and Language Class
– Virginia Beach, VA
• Multicultural Outreach– Layton, UT
• Family Leadership Hopes and Dreams– Springfield, VA
• International Family Nights– Baltimore, MD
• Language Star Family Night– San Luis, AZ
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Promising Practices from Wisconsin VISTAs
• Simultaneous Translation at Parent Meetings– GEAR UP program, Madison
• Parent Focus Groups and Memory Mapping– Alexander Mitchell School, Milwaukee
• Intercambio Language Classes– Madison School District
• Cultural Night– Wausau School District
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Key Ways Schools Engage Families
• Build trust and collaborative relationships with families
• Recognize, respect, and address families’ needs
• Share power and responsibility with parents
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Partnership Resources• DPI’s Community Learning and Partnerships Team• http://dpi.wi.gov/fscp/index.html
• DPI’s Partnership Action Team Online Toolkit• http://dpi.wi.gov/fscp/action-team.html
• Parents Plus (PIRC) http://www.parentspluswi.org
• National PTA http://www.pta.org
• Harvard’s FINE Network• http://www.hfrp.org/family-involvement
• SEDL http://www.sedl.org/
• Promoting ELL Parent Involvement• http://greatlakescenter.org/docs/Policy_Briefs/Arias_ELL.pdf
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More Ideas for Partnership Practices
• DPI VISTA Promising Practices: http://www.dpi.wi.gov/fscp/vsitproj.html
• NNPS Promising Practices (look for Multicultural Awareness): http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/ppp/index.htm
• PTA Great Idea Bank: http://www.ptagreatideabank.org/forum/topics/engaging-parent-volunteers
• Spark Action Success Stories: http://sparkaction.org/features/success-stories
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Member Benefits
NATIONAL NETWORK OF PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLSThe Network will do the following for each school, district, state,
and organization/university member:
• Provide a comprehensive Handbook on partnership program development
• Issue a Certificate of Membership and six “keys” poster
• Invite members to attend leadership development workshops
• Distribute the Network’s semi-annual newsletter, Type 2
• Disseminate annual collection, Promising Partnership Practices
• Offer optional research and evaluation opportunities
• Provide technical assistance by phone, email, and website
Web Site: www.partnershipschools.org