October GATE Equity Webinar Family Engagement and Student Discipline

1. OctoberGATE Equity WebinarFamily Engagement and Student Discipline Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal, State Superintendent

2. Vision: Values: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement. Mission: Transform K–12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities.

3. Office of System & School Improvement

4. Today’s Topics

5. Who Are We?

6. Family Engagement Definition *U.S. Dept. of Education, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Policy Statement On Family Engagement From The Early Years To The Early Grades, 2016

7. Family Engagement and Discipline: WA Law and District Procedures

8. Family Engagement in Federal Law

9. WA New Discipline Rules: WAC 392-400-010

10. Family Engagement and Discipline: WA New Discipline Rules

11. Identify Other Forms of Discipline

12. Grievance Procedures

13. Educational Services and Procedures

14. Questions & Polling 1 • How does your district currently involve students, families, and the broader community when developing and reviewing discipline polices? • How might your district improve these practices? • Add your voice to the chat

15. Family Engagement in Practice:Compliance is the Floor, Not the Ceiling Sky is the limit

16. Edmonds School District

17. District Level Action

18. Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships • Relational • Developmental • Collaborative • Interactive • Linked to Learning • Opportunity and Process Conditions For Meaningful Family Engagement https://www2.ed.gov/documents/family-community/partners-education.pdf

19. Policies to support the work

20. Capacity

21. Supporting Culturally Responsive Practices

22. Family Engagement in Discipline

23. Bridging Racial, Class, and Cultural Differences Taken from Beyond the Bake Sale, The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships by Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson, and Don Davies

24. Discipline Reform Strategies Davis, C. R. (2017). " Why Are the Black Kids Being Suspended?" An Examination of a School District's Efforts to Reform a Faulty Suspension Policy Through Community Conversations. School Community Journal, 27(1), 159.

25. Discipline Reform Strategies 2 Davis, C. R. (2017). " Why Are the Black Kids Being Suspended?" An Examination of a School District's Efforts to Reform a Faulty Suspension Policy Through Community Conversations. School Community Journal, 27(1), 159.

26. Recruiting Families & Students

27. 13th Documentary Conversation Starter Used the documentary 13th to frame the conversation and draw direct parallels between discipline polices and the school to prison pipeline

28. Family Engagement in Discipline Work

29. What Were Some Themes You Noticed In Conversations with Families?

30. Process For Building A System • How will the work spread across your district?

31. Questions & Polling 2 1. Are you currently engaging students and families in discussions about the changes to the laws on student discipline? • Yes • No • We want to 2. If you are not engaging families, what is the biggest barrier to engaging them? • Still trying to understand changes to discipline laws • Unsure how to recruit families on this topic • Unsure how to keep families engaged on an issue over a series of meetings

32. School Level Model

33. School Level Model: Edmonds Woodway High School

34. Communication with families is the foundation for: • Sharing information. • Establishing shared goals for education. • Setting expectations for learning and behavior. • Keeping up on classroom activities and home events. • Helping parents support school instruction. • Helping teachers understand students’ life at home and in the community. • Avoiding misunderstandings. Webinar for US Department of Education Office of School Turnaround/School Support and Rural Programs, May 21, 2012

35. Key Strategies And Interventions at Edmonds Woodway High School Few Some All

36. What Advice Would You Give To Schools Starting This Work?

37. OSPI Family Engagement Resources • New Student Discipline Rules Family Resources • Learning Assistance Program Menus of Best Practices • CommunicationsFamily Resources • Title I, Part A Parent and Family Engagement Resources • Migrant and Bilingual Information for Parents • Special Education Guidance for Families

38. Interpretation and Translation Services: Requirements and Resources Interpretation Link • Title IV Regulations | Chapter 28A.642 RCW | Chapter 392-190 WAC

39. Questions & Polling 3 What is one major takeaway you have from today’s webinar? • Let’s learn together: Share your thought in the chat.

40. Survey Tell us how we’re doing: http://bit.ly/GATEevaluation

41. More Discipline Webinars Today! 1:00-2:00 p.m. • Students Who Smoke: A Red Flag for Supports

42. Next Month November 14, 2018 Community Partnerships 101 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Community Partnerships 201 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

43. Creative Commons • Except where otherwise noted, this work by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License. • Many of our images come from Canva.com and TheNounProject.com.