Changing the NarrativeSupporting Parent Success Initiative

Photo courtesy of Bezos Family Foundation

PARENT-FACING ORGANIZATION Key Partner/Participant

Abriendo Puertas Sandra Gutierrez, National Director

Attendance Works Cecilia Leong, Associate Director of Programs

Be Strong Families Kathy Goetz Wolf, Executive Director

Book Harvest Ginger Young, Executive DirectorIsabel Geffner, Advancement Coordinator

Brazelton Touchpoints Center Jane Tewksbury, Executive DirectorDr. Josh Sparrow, Program Director

Buffett Early Childhood Fund Portia Kennell, Senior Advisor

Center for the Study of Social Policy Stephanie Doyle, Senior Policy AnalystCailin O’Conner, Strengthening Families

Community Organizing and Family Issues Ellen Schumer, Executive Director

EdNavigator Tim Daly, Founding Partner

First 5 LA Jocelyn Ramirez, Program Officer

Global Family Research Project Heather Weiss, Executive Director

Learning Heroes David Parks, Executive Vice PresidentWindy Lopez-Afflito, Director of Content & Partnerships

National Black Child Development Institute Georgia Thompson, Vice President, Programs & Affiliate NetworksDanielle Adamson, Programs Manager

National PTA Helen Westmoreland, Director of Family Engagement

Parent-Child Home Program Sarah Walzer, Chief Executive Officer

Parents for Public Schools Nita Rudy, Executive Director

CHANGING THE NARRATIVEParticipants — Webinar #1

CHANGING THE NARRATIVEParticipants — Webinar #1

Parent-Facing Organizations

Siouxland Community Foundation Rebecca Krohn, Early Childhood Director

The National Institute on Parent Leadership Patti Keckeisen, Co-Director

USA-Child Care Aware Jennifer Drake, Sr Parent, Family & Community Engagement Specialist

YMCA Sonja Crum Knight

Sonia Cabral

Tyona Ezeilo

Constance Gronstal

Brenda Lory

Aikaterini Tsoura

GLR TEAM

Senior Consultant Leila Fiester

Chief Program Officer Yolie Flores

Executive Assistant Meagan Gant

Senior Consultant Suzanne Immerman

Senior Consultant Jeanne Jehl

Senior Consultant Alicia Maldonado

Project Manager Emily Samose

Program Assistant Adam Schwartz

• Welcome & Introductions

• Conversation Panel: Portia Kennel, Dr. Heather Weiss, Dr. Josh Sparrow

• Group Reflection & Conversation

• The Opportunity for This Group

• Prep for Webinar #2 & Closing Reflections

Getting Grounded: What Have We Learned? What Will We Do Differently?

Agenda

Conversation Panel

Dr. Joshua Sparrow Portia Kennel Dr. Heather WeissBrazelton Touchpoints Center Buffet Early Childhood Fund Global Family Research

Mindset• A mental attitude or a particular way of thinking about something

• A set of assumptions held by one or more people or a group of people

VALUES

BELIEFS

POWER

Paradigm Shift• Individual

• Organizational

• Systems

• Policy

• Public Opinion

To change from one way of thinking to another.

A transformation from one organizing theoretical perspective to another.

A paradigm shift does not just happen, BUT rather, it is driven by change agents.

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From… To…..

Family engagement as an add-on Family engagement as an essential, fundamental component of an effective teaching and learning practice

Perception of families’ deficits Perception of families as resilient

Family involvement Building Relationships with Families

Staff holding power Sharing power with families -creating opportunities for Parents to exercise their power as Decision makers

Role of staff as expert Viewing parents as experts

Staff’s role as provider of service Staff’s role as facilitator and partner-promoting parental comfort, competence and confidence

Staff doing to and for parents Staff partnering with and supporting parents so that they can do for themselves.

Paradigm Shift - ECE

We Gave the Party and No One Came

"In our communities and organizations we know first hand what a difference it makes when we are part of the creation, implementation, and evaluation of public policies and programs."

- United Parents Leadership Action Network (UPLAN)

Reframing and Changing Mindsets About Family and Community Engagement

Sources: Global Family Research Project, 2017 and Zevala example from Murnane, R.J. and Levy, F., Teaching the New Basic Skills, New York: Free Press, 1996.

Broadening the Lens for Equity

From Where We’ve Been to Where We’re Going:Co-creating a Shared Vision for

Family Engagement/Parent Success

Dr. Josh SparrowBrazelton Touchpoints Center

Group Reflection & Conversation

The OpportunityGroup Discussion

What would we do differently as a coalition to succeed?

How do we break the mold; create a different mind shift?

How do we move toward common cause that gets us to action toward a true & accurate narrative about parents?

What will be required of us to reach our goals?

Webinar #2Wednesday, March 21, 3-4pm ET

Visit the Changing the Narrative webpage:http://gradelevelreading.net/our-work/changing-the-narrative

Closing Reflections