Transcript Family Engagement - Coalition for Community Schools

Two Generations of Success
Family Engagement in Full
Service Community Schools
Coalition for Community Schools
April, 2010
Overview of FSCS in Providence
• A two-generation strategy focused on
academic success
• All services based in schools
• Implemented in 3 elementary schools, 3
more are online in September
• Core Components:
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Family Literacy classes
Wraparound Case Management
Before and After-school programs and summer
Family Engagement Initiatives
Health and Wellness services
Early childhood programming
Why Family
Engagement?
• Parental involvement impacts
academic achievement
• Literacy level of mom is an indicator of
academic success of child
• Stability in home, reduced mobility a
factor in school success
• Early local results indicate family
engagement an indicator of low
absenteeism
Our Expectations
• Higher levels of sustained participation
by families in school and out
• Family literacy will increase
• Parent’s skills in communication;
interaction with child’s school will
improve
• Absenteeism will decrease
• Improved health and well-being
• School climate will improve
The Framework –
UEP Evaluation Study
• Participation
– Outcomes for individual
students
• Engagement
– Outcomes for school
• Advocacy
– Outcomes for all students, extending to
community
Tools for Planning
• Based on Project Objectives and 3
areas of competency, each school
must formulate a Family Engagement
Plan (see attached).
FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INTEGRATION GRID
Child Education Theme: _Print Concepts_(identified by 1st grade teachers) Month of: _January________School: _Robert Bailey_____
Family Education Theme: _Reading Routines__________________________
Child
Education
Academic
Enrichment
Family
Literacy
Behavioral
Supports
Health and
Wellness
Family
Engagement
Print Concepts
Connection
between letters on
a page and sounds.
Connections
between
pictures/illustration
s with development
of story
Understanding
mechanics of a
book for example;
how to turn pages,
what is the cover,
how to hold a
book.
Using fingers or
other markers to
guide reading or
listening.
Understanding
what a title, author
and conclusion to a
story are.
Connecting story
to real life
experiences
Using KidsLit
curriculum, after
school counselors
use center based
instruction to
observe reading
habits of children
and guide them to
use strategies for
connecting to print.
Parent Time –
1/15 “Introducing
Print Concepts”,
F.L. Instructor
helps parents
understand
explicit instruction
for young children
in how to create
connections
between physical
aspects of printed
word and
development of
comprehension
At Family Success
Team meetings,
parents will be
asked whether
they have a
regular reading
routine in the
home and
whether they
would like support
during Case
Management to
establish one.
Literacy coach will
be available to
consult during a
home visit on the
issue.
During Parent
Times, Family
Engagement
Event, KidsLit
Centers, Library
Enrichment and
First Grade reading
circles books on
Nutrition and
Wellness will be
featured as part of
the lessons on
Print Concepts and
Reading Routines.
A Reading List will
be available for
parents in their
Parent Newsletter
with grade-level
books with
Nutrition and
Wellness themes.
Literacy Night –
2/14, Mother
Goose Storyteller
will use Big Books
to model effective
strategies for Print
awareness. Parents
will be introduced
to incentive
program by Public
Library Staff and
encouraged to help
their children
create their perfect
reading routine.
Public Library staff
conduct surveys of
reading routines in
enrichment class.
Create incentive
program for
establishing a
reading routine and
create visuals of
their perfect
reading routine.
Parent Time –
1/22 “Establishing
a Reading
Routine”, 1st
grade teacher
conducts a lesson
in how to
establish an
engaging reading
routine with
multiple
suggestions for
times, materials
and strategies.
Parents generate
a plan for
establishing a
routine.
As part of the
initial
azssessment for
new Case
Management
referrals, reading
routine questions
will be asked
along with the
NCFAS to
determine family
well being scores.
Other Strategies
• Family Engagement Teams
• Family Engagement Specialists
• Working with District Parent
Engagement Office
• POP Plan
• Hiring parents as staff
• Family Literacy as a strategy not just a
program
Program Offerings –
School Based
• Participation (monthly)
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Farmer’s markets
Academic events
Health fairs
Family programs (Play and Learn, Fam Lit, Case
Management, etc.)
• Engagement
– PTO academies
– Volunteering in classrooms
– University leadership classes for parents at school
• Advocacy
– Family Friendly Walk-through
– SIT involvement, drafting of school plans
– Providence Educational Excellence Coalition
Program Offerings –
Home Based
• Home visits
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Parents as Teachers
Community Health Workers
Family Service Care Coordination
Even Start visits
• Interactive Literacy activities
– Literacy bags
– Reading routines
– Family assignments
Results from First Year
• In a school of 350 students, 353 adult family
members have attended family engagement events
• 707 adult family members have attended schoolbased Family Engagement Events
• 89% of parents who participate in our parenting
education classes significantly improve in their
capacity to support their child’s academic performance
as measured by the Parenting Education Profile
Adult family member participation in school-based events, 2009-10
87
One school-based event
77
Two events
Three events
412
131
Four+ events
Results from First Year
• Children whose parents participated in
Family Literacy classes had a 96%
attendance rate. Their chronic absenteeism
rate was less than 2% (school average
16%).
20%
16%
Percent of
15%
children missing
18 days or more
10%
of school in 2008-
7%
5%
09 school yr
2%
0%
General school
Children in all FSCS
Children in Family
population n=350
programs n=170
Literacy programs n=56
Results from First Year
• 69% of students in wraparound service
coordination saw a significant increase in their
scores on the North Carolina Family Assets
Survey (NCFAS). The chart below depicts the
growth of families from areas of deficit to
areas of strength.
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Family Assessment Scale
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Baseline score, average
Score after 3 months of service, average
UEP Evaluation Study
• What went right in Year One
– Effective recruitment and support of
parent participation
– High levels of satisfaction and interest in
programs
• What needs to change
– Parents not fully aware of programs and
resources
– Name and mission of initiative not well
known
– Communication needs to take multiple
forms and lots of reinforcement