Strategic Plan Status Update Family Engagement June 1, 2020
Goal 4: School Culture OBJECTIVE 4:1: Family Engagement By August 2019, individualized school-level family engagement plans, based on student and parent input, will be developed and maintained as part of each school’s School Improvement Plan. 2
Steps to Success – 2018-2019 • Study current research • Provide professional development • Establish YCSD Family Engagement Committee • Create Family Engagement SMART goals for School Improvement Plans 3
Study Current Research: “...an active, interactive, dynamic, and ongoing process in which family members and key stakeholders engage as equal partners in decision-making, planning, and implementation to support children and adolescents across settings .” - Virginia Tiered System of Supports (VTSS) 4
Study Current Research • William & Mary SURN Family Engagement Academy (March 2020 to June 2021) • Academy includes learning through a personalized coaching model • Development of division engagement plan will occur by June 2021 5
Provide Professional Development • VTSS trainings • Principal and Assistant Principal meetings • Leadership Academy and division-wide professional development day • School based professional development 6
Provide Professional Development Family Engagement is defined as a “full , equal and equitable partnership amongst families, educators and community partners, to promote children’s learning and development .” - Dr. Karen Mapp 7
Involvement vs. Engagement Engagement Involvement • Focuses on individual • Focuses on collective responsibility responsibility and partnership • Communication to families • Communication with families is two-way is one-way • Focuses on practice • Focuses on programming • Relationship is • Relationship is transformative transactional
Establish Family Engagement Committee • Parents • Teachers • Counselors • Administrators • School Board Office Staff 9
Family Engagement Committee Review Policy IGBC: Parent and Family Engagement • Provide activities that educate parents about intellectual and developmental needs of children • Implement strategies to involve parents in the educational process • Enable parents to participate in a variety of ways • Provide professional development opportunities for teachers and staff 10
School Improvement Plans Elementary objective – By June 2020, each grade level will implement one family engagement event to increase family participation and knowledge of academic expectations, ways to help at home, and how parents can become more involved in the academic setting. Secondary objective – By June 2020, baseline data will be used to determine family needs for increasing engagement and to develop a family engagement plan. 11
COVID-19 Family Connections • Continuation of student meals • Graduation input committee • Focused school and division information • Personalized student and parent contact 12
Strategic Plan Status Update Family Engagement June 1, 2020
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