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Social Networks and P arent Engagement in Schools

Social Networks and P arent Engagement in Schools. Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick PhD. Community School Coordinators. Increase size of parent networks Increase flow of information in parent networks Build leadership capacity within parent networks

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Social Networks and P arent Engagement in Schools

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  1. Social Networks and Parent Engagement in Schools Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick PhD

  2. Community School Coordinators • Increase size of parent networks • Increase flow of information in parent networks • Build leadership capacity within parent networks • Build school staff capacity to access parent networks

  3. Ultimate Goal • Make parent network interventions happen more strategically • Track the development and impact of parent network interventions more systematically • More clearly understand the role community school coordinators can have in developing parent networks

  4. Goal of this presentation • Share theoretical frameworks about parent networks that build understanding about them • Share existing parent network interventions • Begin to think about how to adapt them or build new ones

  5. Three Frameworks • 1: Parents as External Stakeholders • 2: Parents as Partners • 3: Parents Embedded in Social Networks

  6. 1: PARENTS AS EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS Parents Parent Parents Parents Parents Parents PRINCIPAL Teacher Child Teacher Child Teacher Child

  7. 2: PARENTS AS PARTNERS Parent Parents Parents PRINCIPAL Parents Parents Parents Parents Teacher Child Teacher Child Teacher Child Parents

  8. 3: PARENTS EMBEDDED IN SOCIAL NETWORKS Parents Parents PRINCIPAL Parents Parents Parents Teacher Child Teacher Child Teacher Child Parents Parents Parents Parent

  9. 1: PARENTS AS EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS Parents Parent Parents Parents Parents Parents PRINCIPAL Teacher Child Teacher Child Teacher Child

  10. PARENTS AS EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS • De-coupled classrooms (Bidwell 1965; Weick 1976; Meyer and Rowan 1977; Lortie1969) • Administrators Manage Parent Engagement • Teachers as Protected Professionals • Parents as Fundraisers • Parents as External Supporters • Separation between home and school

  11. 2: PARENTS AS PARTNERS Parent Parents Parents PRINCIPAL Parents Parents Parents Parents Teacher Child Teacher Child Teacher Child Parents

  12. Teacher-Parent Partnerships (Hoover-Dempsey 2007; Sy et al. 2007; Buysse et al. 2005; Chrispeels and Rivero2001; Lightfoot 1978, 1981; Epstein 1987,2000)

  13. Parenting Communicating Volunteering Learning at Home Decision Making Collaborating with Community INTERVENTION EXAMPLE: Joyce Epstein’s Six Types of Involvement The NNPS Partnership Model http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/center.htm

  14. 3: PARENTS EMBEDDED IN SOCIAL NETWORKS Parents Parents PRINCIPAL Parents Parents Parents Teacher Child Teacher Child Teacher Child Parents Parents Parents Parent

  15. Social and Cultural Capital(Coleman1990; Lareau 1988,2003; Horvat, et al 2003, Coleman 1990; Carbonaro 1998)

  16. Parent as Coalition Members(McGhee Hassrick and Schneider 2009; Horvat et al 2003; Cucchiara and Horvat 2009)

  17. SOCIAL NETWORK INTERVENTIONS • Families and Schools Together (FAST) • Preparing Teachers to Engage Families Around Student Data (APPT) • Google groups at the classroom or cohort level

  18. Building long-term relationship in the child's world will matter the most to the child's success. Build Programs that enhance the parent's ability to be tuned in to the child's development matter most. Parents want help, but they do not want to concede parenting to an institution. INTERVENTION EXAMPLE: Families and Schools Together FAST: Families and Schools Together http://familiesandschools.org/programs/index.php?6#jajax

  19. Develop the skills and knowledge teachers need Apply different teaching methods to acknowledge different learning styles. Build confidence for teachers to share responsibility for learning with families. Train various stakeholders to support the family engagement process INTERVENTION EXAMPLE: A New Kind of Parent/Teacher Conference APTT: Preparing Teachers to Engage Families Around Student Data http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/preparing-teachers-to-engage-families-around-student-data

  20. Build Classroom communities Increase flow of information between parents with children in the same classroom. Help parents problem solve with likely partners INTERVENTION EXAMPLE: Classroom Google Groups Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/groups

  21. THANK YOU!

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