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ENGAGING PARENTS IN STUDENTS’ PATH TO COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS

Learn how to effectively engage parents in the transition to college and career success for students. This presentation focuses on core values, including radical welcome, treating parents as learners and teachers, breaking down barriers, and maintaining persistent contact. It also provides strategies for preventing summer melt and includes a Q&A session.

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ENGAGING PARENTS IN STUDENTS’ PATH TO COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS

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  1. ENGAGING PARENTS IN STUDENTS’ PATH TO COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS NOTE: SLIDES TAKEN FROM LARGER WEBINAR PRESENTED IN MARCH, 2014 CONTENT FOR THIS PORTION PROVIDED BY COLLEGE BOUND, ST. LOUIS

  2. Welcome & Thank You: • USA Funds • Indiana Commission for Higher Education

  3. ENGAGING THE FAMILY in the TRANSITION TO COLLEGE Leah BoersigCollege Bound, St. LouisLeah@collegeboundstl.org

  4. FAMILIES AS PARTNERS CORE VALUES ① Radical Welcome ②Parents Are Learners ③ Parents Are Teachers ④Break Down Barriers ⑤Persistent Contact

  5. ①RADICAL WELCOME Families expect a radical welcome by every person to every person who enters the office. • Express genuine friendship and care. • Create bond through shared commitment to student’s success. • Office hours, Parent networking events

  6. ②PARENTS ARE LEARNERS Parents want to be informed about children’s education. • Teach parents in the same engaging, effective way you would teach their students. • Parent mailings, workshops, and events

  7. ③PARENTS ARE TEACHERS Parents and families are usually the main support system for students and have a huge influence on their choices and actions through direct instruction and modeling. • Give parents tools, like staff, to empower them to share knowledge and advice. • Parent leadership committee, Parent designed programs

  8. ④BREAK DOWN BARRIERS Provide food. • Help problem-solve transportation issues and provide necessary tools and assistance. • Bus Tickets and Rides • Offer childcare during events. • Make every effort to share information. • “Did Not Attend” Parent Meetings Mailings

  9. ⑤ PERSISTENT CONTACT Always update contact information. • Naviance Database • Try multiple methods of communication. • Aim for maximum contact within bandwidth of organization. More contact leads to greater results. • Contact Procedure for Priority Events

  10. Comprehensive Approach

  11. PREVENT SUMMER MELT If you can only do one thing… Enrollment workshops! • Student + Parent + Staff • Late May/Early June • Identify barriers, challenges, needs: • Financial Review • Enrollment To Do List • Introduce follow up support Use volunteers, use older students, use more experienced parents. Use whatever you can to get students this critical support!

  12. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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