Riverside County Office of Education Division of Educational Services

Parent Engagement Leadership Initiative (PELI)

Administrator’s Academy Shaping the Future through Partnerships

“Schools would need to

increase per pupil spending

by more than $1,000 in

order to achieve the same

results that are gained with

parental involvement.”

~Houtenville and Conway, 2008

To prepare administrators to understand school, family, and community partnerships.

To take steps towards improving policies and practices of parent involvement at school district and site levels that are comprehensive and sustainable.

To develop a permanent program of partnerships that involves all teachers, all families, and the community every year that students are in school.

“Many years of research show that involving families and the community contributes to children’s academic and social success. The evidence is consistent, positive, and convincing: families have a major influence on their children’s achievement. When schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more.”

~Henderson, Mapp 2007

Introduce the ten module Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) Parent Engagement Leadership Initiative (PELI) Training Series as a parent engagement strategy for action in practice, policy, and research.

Provide an overview of each of the modules as a foundation to creating Action Teams for Partnerships.

Explain the development of Action Plans based upon goals identified in the Single Plan for Student Achievement.

Children will: Like school Work hard Do the best they can Graduate from high school Continue their education Gain employment Become good citizens, friends, and members of their families

Select three items from your pockets, purse, or wallet that relate to your dreams for parent and family engagement at your school site. Share with your team members.

Families

Schools, communities and

Students

…do to reach their common

objectives for children’s success in school and in the future?

“Children do best if parents can play a variety of roles in their learning: helping at home, volunteering at school, planning their children’s future, and taking part in key decisions about the school program.”

~Henderson, Mapp, 2007

Research Indicates…

RCOE and 23rd District PTA believe…

…that parents and family members are a child’s first and most influential teachers and that sustained parent involvement in the education of their children contributes greatly to student achievement and a positive school environment. Through involvement in advisory, decision-making, and advocacy roles, and through learning at home activities, parents and family members directly affect their children’s academic success.

~Adapted from RCOE Board Policy 6020

Teachers: would like families to assist, guide, and influence their children to their schoolwork. Families: would like their teachers to let them know how to help their children at home. Students: wish their families were knowledgeable about their schools and helpful to them on school matters at home.

All teachers’ students have

FAMILIES

Even when they do not come in person, families come to school in their children’s minds and

hearts, and in their hopes and dreams. Without exception, teachers and administrators have

explicit or implicit contact with their students’ families every day.

All students and their families live in

COMMUNITIES

That are diverse in geography, history, and economic and social characteristics.

Educators need to understand the contexts in which students live, work, and play so they

will teach the whole child, not just the school child.

What do teachers learn to teach?

What do administrators learn to manage?

What more is needed to help teachers and administrators work positively and productively with their students’ families?

The best approach is theory-driven and research-based

PARTNERSHIPS

Educators, families, and community members work together to:

Share information

Guide students

Solve problems

Celebrate successes

And to recognize the shared responsibilities of home, school, and community for:

Children’s learning

Children’s development

Began over 30+ years ago

Office space, computers, phones, meeting space Meeting with county superintendent 2008

Mission: “…to ensure the success of all students through extraordinary service, support, and partnerships.”

Pledge: “All students in Riverside County will graduate from high school well prepared for college and the work force.”

Explanation of Parent Empowering Parents (PEP) Guide and Parent Involvement Pocket Pal – resources of California State PTA

Creation of user friendly parent trainings using PTA and parent engagement resources

Challenge to get Parent Involvement Pocket Pal in hands of every parent in Riverside County (approximately 420,000 students-2008)

What should programs of partnership look like?

How can they be developed and sustained?

Why partnerships instead of parent involvement or engagement?

The Big Questions …

Parent Engagement Leadership Initiative (PELI)

A Training Series – ten research-based modules presented in a “trainer of trainers” format. Topics include:

Parent Engagement: Keys to Student Success Positive Parenting in Public Education

Communicating Volunteering

Learning At Home Decision Making

Collaborating With the Community Action Team for Partnerships (ATP)

ATP Leadership and Facilitation ATP Celebration

National Recognition for PELI

2012 Recipient of the: Phoebe Apperson Hearst-National PTA Family-School Partnership Award of Merit—recognition of an organization that effectively implemented National PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships. National Network of Partnership Schools Partnership Organization Award—recognized for making excellent progress in guiding districts and schools to develop comprehensive programs of school, family, and community partnerships.

PELI Training Series… Parent Engagement Module

Developed by Dr. Joyce Epstein, director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships and the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) www.csos.jhu.edu

PELI Training Series… Positive Parenting in Public Education Module

PELI Training Series… Communicating Module

PELI Training Series… Volunteering Module

PELI Training Series… Learning at Home

PELI Training Series… Decision Making

PELI Training Series… Collaborating with the Community

Reviews school goals using the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA).

Supports the Family and Community Engagement section of 2013 SPSA.

Writes a One-Year Action Plan for Partnerships to involve families and community members in ways that contribute to school goals.

Implements and evaluates the quality of the activities.

Continually improves partnership plans, programs, and practices.

Members include parents/family members,

teachers, principal, PTA, SSC, and ELAC

representatives, students (secondary level). Could

include counselors, school nurse, special education

teachers, community partners.

Terms are for two – three years.

Co-chairmen, usually the principal and a parent leader, lead ATP and committees.

Arm of School Site Council (decision making body).

Provides an opportunity for parents, teachers, educators and community members, working together as a team, to develop a structured and sustainable parent and family engagement program.

Meets the Education Code Title 1 Parental Involvement requirements in Section 1118(e).

“Building Capacity for Involvement – To ensure effective involvement of parents and to

support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve student achievement, each school and local educational agency assisted under this part...”

Federal & State Requirements

Federal & State Requirements

State Requirements CA EC 11502.

It is the purpose and goal of this chapter to do all of the following:

(a) To engage parents positively in their children's education by helping parents to develop skills to use at home that support their children's academic efforts at school…

(b) To inform parents that they can directly affect the success of their children's learning, by providing parents with techniques and strategies… to assist their children in learning at home.

(c) To build consistent and effective communication between the home and the school…

(d) To train teachers and administrators to communicate effectively with parents.

(e) To integrate parent involvement programs…into the school's master plan for academic accountability.

We cannot change past patterns of school, family, and community partnerships, but we can shape the future.

~Adapted from School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools,

Joyce L. Epstein, 2011

Wise Words…

California Department of Education…

One year Action Plan for Partnerships…

Riverside County ATP

Representatives from

RCOE departments,

PTA, PELI, school

districts

Planned and

implemented Annual

Parent Engagement

Summit

Continue to plan and

implement parent and

family engagement

activities that support

student academic

achievement

participate in a PELI Training Series

PELI Action Plan SPSA

Then they… will learn how to create an

Action Plan that becomes part of the

Single Plan for Student Achievement

participate in a PELI Training Series

PELI Action Plan LCAP

Then they… will learn how to create an

Action Plan that supports the

Local Control and Accountability Plan

Testing

API

College and career readiness

Importance of school attendance

Absenteeism

High school graduation

Research on parental involvement and

student academic success

Welcoming schools

Customer service

ATP Goal

Local

Control

and

Accountability

Plan

Structure for parent and family engagement

strategies

Welcoming schools

Parent’s role in CCSS

Information on CCSS

Parent’s role as partner and advocate

Parent

Engagement

Leadership

Initiative

Here’s Why…

Establish your team.

Participate in a PELI Training Series.

Parents who are knowledgeable, comfortable, and experienced in the area of parent and family engagement tend to want to do more, will serve in various capacities, and are more committed to long term participation.

Schools with strong family and community engagement programs tend to have higher levels of sustainable parent involvement.

Research shows that schools that have high levels of parent involvement have increased academic achievement.

~Adapted from Epstein, 2009

Because…

Contact PELI Trainers to schedule a Planning Meeting

PELI Training Series Contract

PELI Training Series Planning Worksheet

Administrators should plan to attend the PELI Training Series as a member of their school team. ◦ Here’s what one administrator said about the PELI Training Series: “As a site principal

I was hesitant to leave my campus for four half day trainings, but the resources, the conversation, the presenters, and spending time with teachers and parents from my site made it very worthwhile.”

PELI Training Series Materials ◦ Binder with hard copies of all training materials (available in English or Spanish)

◦ CD that contains electronic copies of all training materials in English and Spanish

◦ Brochure (English and Spanish)

◦ Parent Involvement Pocket Pal (English and Spanish)

◦ Parent Involvement Pocket Pal Order Form

“The level of parent involvement at schools is not determined by parent interest or apathy.

The level of parent involvement is determined by whether or not appropriate strategies and structures are in place to facilitate the participation of parents.”

~Milbrey McLaughlin, Stanford University

Wise Words…

o California Department of Education

Single Plan for Student Achievement

http://www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/le/singleplan.asp

o California State PTA

Parents Empowering Parents Guide

http://www.capta.org/sections/parents/pi-pep.cfm

o Family Engagement Framework

http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr12/yr12rel31.asp

o National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS)

www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000

Resources

Ellen Larson Certified Parent Liaison, California Parent Center/San Diego State University Parent Engagement Leadership Initiative Division of Educational Services Riverside County Office of Education ellenlarson@verizon.net 951.334.3736

Mimi Badura Certified Parent Liaison, California Parent Center/San Diego State University Parent Engagement Leadership Initiative Division of Educational Services Riverside County Office of Education m.badura@yahoo.com 951.492.9000