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Families as Partners - Supporting School-Family Partnerships for Academic Success

Families as Partners is an AISD initiative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, aimed at creating sustainable school-family partnerships. We provide training, resources, and funds for strategies identified by parents and staff. Join us to build a welcoming school environment and support student learning.

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Families as Partners - Supporting School-Family Partnerships for Academic Success

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  1. Who we are • How we support your school • How to get involved • Think Tank Committee • Parent Champions • Families Building Capacity

  2. Who we are • Families as Partners is an AISD initiative funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation with the goal of creating sustainable and effective school‐family partnerships for academic success. • We collaborate with principals, parent support specialists and other stakeholders to provide training and resources to families and teachers to support students’ learning.

  3. Three Year Project

  4. How do we support your school • We support staff and families by building leaders and joining their efforts to establish a welcoming school environment. • We support your school by providing professional development, and resources for parents and staff to achieve their hopes and dreams for student success. • Participating campuses receive funds to move on strategies identified by parents and staff.

  5. “THINK TANK” COMMITTEE This committee is formed by the principal, Parent Support Specialist and a group of equal number of parents and teacher/staff that work together. “Think Tank” functions: • Identify areas of focus, develop strategies and action plans to address them. • Committee reviews, votes, and prioritizes on how FAP funds available to the school are used to address needs identity. • Committee should meet at least 4 times a year

  6. Parents Champions • The program provides opportunities for parents to become Parent Champions, or parents who take a leadership role in their school. • Campus may have up to 5 Parent Champions to support in the following areas: • Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Champion • Literacy Champion • Administrative Aide • Technology Champion • English As a Second Language (ESL) Instructor

  7. Building capacities of parents • We offer many workshops on literacy, health & wellness, leadership, self‐care, preparing for college and much more! • We offer campus based parent education: • Computer Classes • English As Second Language Classes • The ePromotoraearly childhood program gives parents tools to help student with literacy at home • Health and Nutrition classes, Sustainable Food Centers • College Readiness • Book Studies, SEL

  8. Impact of Parent Engagement We collected several interviews from year two, and would like to share some with you now See a short video on our impact in schools

  9. Contact Us Maria Martell Parent Support Coordinator, Families as Partners Maria.martell@austinisd.org (512)841-9600 Sheryl Lo Administrative Assistant, Families as Partners Sheryl.lo@austinisd.org (512)841-9600

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