Transcript Document

School, Family and
Community Partnerships –
A Key Connection for Excellence!
School Transformation
Facilitator (STF) Institute
Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore
June 29, 2012
Presenter
Brenda G. Thomas, Senior Program Facilitator
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What do you know about NNPS?
Find School Transformation Facilitators who
can sign-off on the NNPS phrases. Have them
to write their name on the line for that phrase.
Get as many different names as you can.
When you have a name beside each phrase,
return to your seat. Write one sentence that tells
something about NNPS based on each phrase.
What do you know about NNPS?
1. NNPS uses an Action Team approach to increasing
family and community involvement.
2. NNPS = National Network of Partnership Schools
ATP = Action Team for Partnerships
3. NNPS identifies family and community involvement
using Six Types of involvement: Parenting,
Communicating, Volunteering, Learning at Home,
Decision Making, and Collaborating with the Community.
4. When partnership practices are carefully linked to
school goals, they involve families in ways that directly
assist students’ learning and success.
5. NNPS’ research says that partnership programs can
increase student achievement, attendance, improve
behavior, and promote better social skills.
By the end of this session, the participants
will …
 Gain a better understanding of the NNPS
model.
 Identify things you can do to support
your schools’ NNPS family involvement
efforts.
 Identify the three days of NNPS technical
assistance your schools will receive
during the 2012-13 school year.
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The NNPS
Model
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What does NNPS expect of schools?
Components of the NNPS Model
 Establish an Action Team for
Partnerships.
 Write an annual Action Plan for
Partnerships linked to the School
Improvement Plan.
 Use the Framework of Six Types of
Involvement.
 Evaluate and improve the partnership
program each year.
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Things YOU can do to support
your school’s NNPS efforts
 Encourage the Family Involvement Team(FIT)/ Action
Team for Partnerships Team (ATP) to meet monthly.
 Stay informed of the FIT/ATP plans for increasing
family involvement
 Support the FIT/ATP through attending activities
and/or assisting with plan development
 Insure that regular communications from NNPS are
shared with the FIT/ATP (conference information,
newsletters, etc…)
 Share and celebrate the good work of your FIT/ATP
with NNPS and TDS
Things YOU can do to support
your school’s NNPS efforts (continued)
 In your collaborations with other school partners make a
standing time to provide an update of your FIT/ATP team’s
work (i.e. City Year, Communities In Schools, School
Improvement Team, etc…)
 Encourage your FIT/ATP team to include other staff and
collaborators in their activities
 Find ways to sustain and improve your school’s partnership
program
 Assist the FIT/ATP team with completing the UPDATE
Survey each year to renew the school’s NNPS
membership
New NNPS Sites
Three Days of Technical Assistance
You have 3 days of support from NNPS as part of your grant.
Day 1 Assessment and Awareness – An NNPS Facilitator
will assess current family involvement strengths/challenges
and provide information about the NNPS model and support.
Day 2 FIT/ATP Training – An NNPS Facilitator will conduct a
one-day FIT/ATP team training. Your team will draft a one
year Action Plan for Partnerships.
Day 3 Follow-Up ATP Training – An NNPS Facilitator will
conduct a follow–up meeting with your team to assess team
status, share success stories, discuss and solve challenges,
and evaluate your partnership work to-date.
Returning NNPS Sites
Three Days of Technical Assistance
For Year 2 and following:
Day 1 Follow-Up ATP Training – An NNPS Facilitator will
conduct a follow–up meeting with your team to assess
team status, share success stories, discuss and solve
challenges, and evaluate your partnership work to-date.
Day 2 – Address any additional challenges and identify
advanced topic sessions that will be helpful to the FIT/ATP
team and STF .
Day 3 – Evaluation and NNPS membership renewal.
Q&A
What questions do you have about . . .
. . . using NNPS (a research-based approach
to strengthen programs of school, family,
and community partnerships)?
. . . how YOUR School can work with NNPS
to improve your partnership program?
Other questions?
Next Steps for
Getting Started with NNPS
 New NNPS Sites - Complete the membership form
with the help of your principal.
 Work with your principal to recruit members for
your ATP. Call Brenda or Marsha to set up a time
to train your team.
 Brenda – (410) 516-8819 or [email protected]
 Marsha – (410) 516-4193 or [email protected]
 Share information from NNPS with your team.
 Share information about the work of your school’s
team with NNPS. Complete UPDATE.