Essential Elements offers training to build your Family Service Workers» capacity and to create a strong and practical plan
for an effective parent engagement strategy based on positive relationships.
(Published September 2013) Useful to Parent Centers in advocating
for effective parent engagement policies at the state and local levels.
Not exact matches
Changes Needed
for Successful Family
Engagement Education Week, June 23, 2012 «The answer to that question turns out to be a key to
effective parent and family
engagement, says Karen L. Mapp, a lecturer on education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and presenter in Education Week's recent webinar «Engaging
Parents in Schools and Student Learning,» of which an archive copy is available.»
In order
for family
engagement to be
effective, educators have to believe that all
parents have something to offer (regardless of education level or background), and they have to trust that what
parents offer will be valuable.
Project ACHIEVE also assists schools to implement
effective and efficient problem solving and strategic intervention processes
for students with academic and behavioral difficulties, while improving the staff's professional development and
effective instructional interactions, and increasing the quality and quantity of
parent and community involvement and
engagement.
Reviewers must have expertise in education evaluation or at least one of the program's absolute priorities (increasing educator effectiveness; improving low - performing schools; strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; boosting academic outcomes
for students with disabilities and English language learners; encouraging
parent and family
engagement; promoting
effective use of technology; serving rural communities; and implementing college - and career - ready standards).
When: April 4th & 5th 8:30 am — 4:30 pm and 8:30 am — 12:30 pm Where: Los Angeles, CA Description: This 1.5 - day training will focus on helping school, district and organizational staff learn about research - based strategies and best practices
for creating an environment
for effective and authentic
parent engagement.
According to the Coalition, all students can achieve high levels of learning if 1) the school has a core instructional program with qualified teachers, a challenging curriculum, and high expectations
for all students; 2) students are motivated and engaged in learning — both in school and in community settings; 3) the basic physical, mental, and emotional health needs of young people and their families are recognized and addressed; 4) mutual respect and
effective collaboration take place among
parents, families, and school staff; and 5) community
engagement, together with school efforts, promote a school climate that is safe, supportive, and respectful and that connects students to a broader learning community.
This year's priorities
for the Development grants are increasing educator effectiveness; improving low - performing schools; strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; boosting academic outcomes
for students with disabilities and English language learners; encouraging
parent and family
engagement; promoting
effective use of technology; and serving rural communities.
His plan includes provisions
for improving local decision - making and
parent engagement in schools, calling
for more great principals and
effective teachers, developing a robust college - and career - ready curriculum and expanding 21st century technology in the classrooms.
These
parent involvement and
engagement reflect shared accountability between schools and
parents for high student achievement and efforts to building
parents» capacity
for using
effective practices to improve their own child's academic achievement.
As vice president of strategic partnerships
for SI&A — which delivers cost -
effective software solutions that improve student outcomes and
parent engagement for the education sector — Owen is responsible
for creating and executing the company strategy around expanding the firm's brand awareness and recognition; growing its customer base; and establishing business / education partnerships with education trade organizations, nonprofits and community partners.
A partnership with AIR means that school districts and schools can expect to achieve a coherent, disciplined approach to teaching and learning embedded throughout the school's and district's practices, improvement in school climate and culture, more
effective teachers and leaders, improvement in
parent and community
engagement, and higher expectations and results
for all students.
The Other Side of the Desk: Honoring Diverse Voices and Restoring
Effective Practice in Child Welfare and Family Services (PDF - 336 KB) FRIENDS National Resource Center
for Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention (2006) Describes a process
for parent engagement that emphasizes mutual understanding about family experiences within the child welfare system, perspectives of child welfare professionals, and the influence each party has on the other.
(Published July 2015) Useful to
Parent Centers in SSIP work and in promoting
effective communication
for stakeholder
engagement.
(2016, May) Useful to
Parent Centers advocating
for effective family
engagement practices.
Dissemination of
parenting interventions can be strengthened by attending to several key factors and principles: (i) ensuring interventions are used that match families» needs and preferences, (ii) strong scientific evidence is available to support intervention components used in a population based approach, (iii) multiple destigmatized access points are provided
for families and (iv) cost -
effective strategies are used.47 Poor participation and
engagement by
parents in
parenting programmes stands as one of the most difficult barriers to widespread
effective implementation of
parenting programmes.48, 49 Parental willingness to participate in a
parenting programme depends on several interacting variables.