The Support, Monitor & Advocate Model Three Key Roles Parents Can Play in Their Children's Education
Overview • Housekeeping • About the Right Question School-Family Partnership Strategy • Exploring the Support, Monitor, and Advocate Model • Integrating the Model • Facilitation • An Exercise in Asking Questions • Closing Remarks & Assignments • Q & A rightquestion.org
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Honoring the original source: Parents in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1990 “We don’t go to the school because we don’t even know what to ask.” rightquestion.org
Lessons… 8 WORKSHOPS How to Choose Your Child’s School How to Use and Evaluate the Service: Communicating with the Teacher and Principal When the School Evaluates Your Child , It Evaluates Itself Who is Responsible for Discipline? Discipline Leading to Evaluation The School as a Part of the Political System The School Committee The School Budget
Components of the Strategy The Right Question School-Family Partnership Strategy has three components that can be used separately or as a unit. The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) The Support, Monitor, and Advocate Model The Framework for Accountable Decision-Making
An integrated strategy A Strategy, NOT a program Complementary to existing programs rightquestion.org
Outcomes • Parents have foundational skills they can use to partner and advocate more effectively • Parents and school staff are resources for each other on behalf of children • Educators and school staff have tools and a strategy to engage and prepare parents to partner more effectively
Exploring the Support, Monitor, and Advocate Model
Parents as supporters To help; to provide for; to be available for their children. Name two things parents could do to support their child. Time: Time’s up! 1 min
Parents as monitors Watch / Keep track of: • their children’s progress • their children’s needs Name two things parents could do to monitor their child. Time: Time’s up! 1 min
Parents as advocates Parents speak up and make specific requests on behalf of their children. Name one situation in which parents should advocate for their child. Time: Time’s up! 1 min
Parent Examples
Reflection: • What could happen if parents support but don’t monitor or advocate? Time: Time’s up! 1.5 min • What could happen if parents support and Monitor but don’t advocate? Time: Time’s up! 1.5 min • And what could happen if they advocate, but don’t support or monitor? Time: Time’s up! 1.5 min
Reflection
Reflection: • What did you learn? Time: Time’s up! 1 min • How can you use it? Time: Time’s up! 1 min
Integration Opportunities…
Parent Engagement Activities
Integration examples… Open House A school principal and teachers engage parents to think about the issue of bullying Introduce 3 roles: Support Monitor and Advocate
Integration examples… Individual Education Plan (IEP) A parent liaison works with a parent in preparation for an IEP meeting • Support, monitor, and advocate • Ask questions
Facilitating the Support Monitor and Advocate Model
Facilitation Template
An Exercise in Asking Questions rightquestion.org
Rules for Producing Questions 1. ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU CAN 2. DO NOT STOP TO ANSWER, JUDGE OR DISCUSS 3. WRITE DOWN EVERY QUESTION EXACTLY AS STATED 4. CHANGE ANY STATEMENTS INTO QUESTIONS
Producing Questions QFocus: Increasing parents’ effectiveness in the IEP process. 3 min Time: Time’s up!
Prioritizing Questions Review your list of questions • Choose the three questions you consider most important. • Keep in mind your QFocus: Increasing parents’ effectiveness in the IEP process. After prioritizing consider… • Why did you choose those three questions? • Where are your priority questions in the sequence of your entire list of questions? Time: Time’s up! 1.5 min
Share Your Work Please share: 1. Your three priority questions 2. Your rationale for selecting those three Time: Time’s up! 2.5 min
Reflection: • What did you learn? Time: Time’s up! 1 min • What do you understand differently now about Increasing parents’ effectiveness in the IEP process? Time: Time’s up! 1 min
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Upcoming Webinars Webinar Series: Building Stronger School-Family Partnerships Speakers: Luz Santana & Siyi Chu • Part 3 - The Framework for Accountable Decision-Making: Strengthening Parents Skills to Participate in Decisions. • Tues. April 16, 2019, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, CST Register now! • Parent Webinar s • I – QFT • English: Tues. April 9, 2019, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, CST • Spanish: Thurs. April 11, 2019, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, CST • II – Support, Monitor, and Advocate • English: Mon. April 29, 2019 4:00 – 5:00 PM, CST • Spanish: TBD Learn more: https://www.texasparent.org/webinar
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