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Page 1: FAMILY INVOLVEMENT. Defining Family Involvement  What is your definition?

FAMILY INVOLVEMENT

Page 2: FAMILY INVOLVEMENT. Defining Family Involvement  What is your definition?

Defining Family Involvement What is your definition?

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Can all of our families live up to our definition?

If not, how can we modify our definition to reflect our unique family contributions?

Key questions- How would our families define family involvement? What can we do to value diverse contributions? How can we make every family believe they have

something valuable to offer the school? How can we let families know about the enormous

variety of opportunities to contribute (various times of day, various skills required, things can be done at home, etc)?

What does it feel like to parents to come into our school? Do we need to develop a different definition of family

involvement?

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Benefits of Family Involvement

Higher achievement Improved school attendance Improved student sense of well-being Improved student behavior Better parent and student perceptions of classroom and

school climate Better readiness to complete homework Higher educational aspirations among students and parents Better student grades Increased educational productivity of the time that parents

and students spend together Greater parent satisfaction with teachers

(Anfara, 2008)

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Epstein’s Six Types of Family Involvement

Communicating Communication between home and school is regular, two-way,

and meaningful. Parenting

Parenting skills are promoted and supported. Student learning

Parents play an integral role in assisting student learning. Volunteering

Parents are welcome in the school, and their support and assistance are sought.

Decision making Parents are full partners in the decisions that affect children

and families. Collaborating with community

Community resources are used to strengthen schools, families, and student learning.

(Epstein, Coates, Salinas, Sanders, & Simon,1997)

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Continuum of Supports Following Epstein’s Six Types of Family Involvement

Parenting

Student Learning

Volunteering

Decision Making

CommunityCollaboration

Communication

Activities

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Communication

Newsletters Email Phone calls Meetings Surveys

Things to communicate- Data Upcoming events Ways to participate Individual student progress (to individual parents) Successes Actions in response to Parent Survey results

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Parenting

Training opportunities Universal

Ex. general behavior management, how to set up expectations at home

Secondary Ex. using behavior intervention plans, rewards

at home Tertiary

Ex. community agency supports, exceptional children process

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Parenting Cont.

Survey families about types of training Include community agencies to provide

support for parenting- consider meeting place

Parent resource library

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Steps for SuccessFor Training and Support for Families

Collect Data Tell Parents why it is important Plan Intervention Get Feedback Do Intervention Share data results

Ex. Many students are struggling with letter identification. 65% could only identify 20 letters. We would expect 80% to have this skill at this time of year. We provided training and materials for families to work on this at home. Great Job Families- now we have 92% who can identify 20 letters!

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Student Learning

Make and Take Trainings Themed academic nights involving PBIS

expectations “Respect Night” Teach skills to use at home Game show review night before tests Provide parents with questions and

answers

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Volunteering

Ask parents about their talents, provide opportunities to share those skills Ex. music, art, organization, event planning, etc.

Tutoring Mentoring Teacher Assistance Fund Raising Guest Speakers Variety in scheduling- day/evening, 1x mo, 1xyr

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Decision Making

Representative on PBIS Team Drafts sent to PTO team members for

feedback Involvement and support for meetings

about his/her child

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Community Collaboration

Letters about PBIS Providing PBIS expectations to post

where students are (YMCA, Churches, restaurants)

Request volunteers/support for activities and celebrations

Ask for sponsorship of events- advertising

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Recognition

Awards Certificates of Recognition Announcements Interviews/ Articles Donated gifts from the community Tickets to events

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Steps for SuccessTraining and Support with Staff

Define family involvement Collect data

Consider data about the current families that are involved as well as the families that are not involved

Emphasize the importance Match efforts to the culture and values of your families Avoid saying that it won’t work. If you identify barriers,

identify solutions. Recognize the efforts of staff who work to build family

involvement Incorporate activities that are helpful to staff Use the TIPS problem solving process to ensure that

each of the 6 types of family involvement have been considered and addressed

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Family is…

2 a: a group of persons of common ancestry : b: a people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock :3 a: a group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation : b: the staff of a high official (as the President)4: a group of things related by common characteristics: 5 a: the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children ; also : any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family <a single-parent family>

(family, 2012)

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Are we a part of a child’s family? How much time? Responsible for teaching? Guiding, shaping, teaching values? Social skills, life-long learners? Investment

Do we make children and their families feel that we are an extension of their family?

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Problem Solving Practice

Review the parent survey data and practice the problem-solving process with your team.