Beyond the Bell: Best Practices in Family Engagement Expanded Learning Programs Sonia Johnson Executive Director Parent and Community Engagement/21 st CCLC
Family Engagement We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein
Three Takeaways Family Engagement 1) Why? Research 1) What? Best Practices in Action 1) How? Resources
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Family Engagement WHY? Research
More Time Spent Expanding Learning in Afterschool = Family Engagement Greater Benefits for Youth • Better work habits • Improved academic performance • Gains in self-efficacy • Improved GPA • Increased attendance, fewer school absences
Narrowing the Math Achievement Gap Family Engagement When afterschool participation is • highly consistent, there is no gap in low-income children’s math achievement at grade 5. The more consistent the • afterschool participation, the narrower the gap in math achievement.
STEM in Afterschool Dosage matters. More frequent • participation in afterschool STEM Family Engagement programs is correlated with greater STEM interest and higher scores on assessments. In high quality afterschool programs, • young people gain real STEM skills and learn that STEM is important and relevant to their lives.
Family Engagement It’s not that I am so smart, it’s that I stay with problems longer. - Albert Einstein
Family Engagement WHAT? Best Practices in Action
Family Engagement Spring Break Camp with North Rock Creek/White Rock
Family Engagement Summer Learning in Idabel
Family Engagement Gardening in Indiahoma
Family Engagement Solar S’mores in Idabel
Family Engagement Field Trips on Safety in Hartshorne
Family Engagement Cherokee Storytelling in Jay
Family Engagement Music and Movement in Caney
Family Engagement Family Night in Grand View
Family Engagement Practices In Oklahoma Family Engagement Parent Orientation – Fort Cobb/Broxton • Social Media – Hulbert • What Am I Learning Newsletters – Beggs • Positive Calls Home – Stratford • Family Health and Safety – Jay • Cox Connects - Tulsa •
Family Engagement Lego Math in Coalgate
Family Engagement Vocabulary Building in Warner
Family Engagement Crypto Club in Tulsa
Family Engagement Summer Survival Skills in Tulsa
Family Engagement Community Service in Kingfisher
Family Engagement Skateboards and Community Service in Kingfisher
Family Engagement Woodworking Club in Madill
Family Engagement Dads at Parent Night in Haileyville
Family Engagement Volunteer Recruitment in Tulsa
Family Engagement Cool Bus in Yarbrough
Family Engagement BMX in Beggs
Family Engagement Annie at Crooked Oak
STEM Family Engagement and NASA in Caney
High Family Engagement School Mentors in Tipton
Family Engagement HOW? Resources
Family Engagement Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. - Albert Einstein
Funding Options • Title IV, Part B - 21 st Century Family Engagement Community Learning Center • Title 1 Funds • School Improvement Funds • Foundation Grants • Juvenile Justice Grants • Community Partnerships • Fee for Service
Programming Resources • You for Youth (Y4Y) • USDE Family Engagement • OSDE • Beyond the Bell • Expanding Minds and Opportunities • Wallace Foundation • Afterschool Matters • Afterschool Alliance • National Afterschool Association • National Institute for Out-of-School Time • David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality
Family Engagement
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Sonia Johnson Family Engagement Executive Director Parent and Community Engagement/21 st CCLC Sonia.Johnson@sde.ok.gov 405.522.6225
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