RtI /PBIS: What Does Family Engagement Have to Do with It?

1. RtI/PBIS: What Does Family Engagement Have to Do with It? Dan Seaman, RtI Academic Technical Assistance Coordinator Marlene Gross-Ackeret, RtI Behavioral Technical Assistance Coordinator Jennifer Grenke, RtI Behavioral Technical Assistance Coordinator

2. Outcomes for today’s session: • Family Engagement is crucial to the sustainability of RtI/PBIS implementation.  • Development of Family Engagement Resources • Develop a Multi Year Family Engagement Action Plan

3. Introductions

4. Why are we addressing Family Engagement?

5. Because our data say we need to!

6. Because our data say we need to!

7. Because our data say we need to!

8. Sustainability Information • Features More Important for Sustainability - " . . .some aspects of SWPBS considered as critical to full implementation may not be required for initial implementation.  For example, parent involvement was viewed as less critical to initial implementation but highly important for sustainability.  As such, school personnel may choose to gain experience implementing without significant parent involvement, but neglecting to involve parents after initial implementation may damage its durability and effectiveness.“ • January 2014 Journal of Positive Interventions, page 41

9. It goes without saying… • Over 50 years of research links the various roles that families play in a child’s education—as supporters of learning, encouragers of grit and determination, models of lifelong learning, and advocates of proper programming and placements for their child—with indicators of student achievement including student grades, achievement test scores, lower drop-out rates, students’ sense of personal competence and efficacy for learning, and students’ beliefs about the importance of education. • Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity Building Framework for Family–School Partnerships: SEDL & US DoE

10. Welcoming environment? Is Your school for the educators or the students?

11. Walk Through • Summary of Pilot Program • Website Resources and where to locate information • Academic Positive Phone Call Script

12. Family Engagement Pilot Program Elementary: • 2 schools North Region • 2 schools West Region • 5 schools Southeast Region Middle • 2 schools North Region • 1 school Southeast Region High • 1-2 schools North Region

13. Family Engagement Pilot Program Components to pilot: • Family engagement pilot agreement • PBIS family engagement survey (January/optional re-survey in May) • Family engagement checklist (January and early May) • Family engagement questionnaire • Family engagement guiding questions • Family engagement action plan • Family engagement items in PBISApps

14. Family Engagement Survey:

15. Family Engagement Checklist

16. FE Guiding Question Components • Climate (Welcoming environment, Staff training for collaborating with families) • Family Members on Universal/Tier 1 Teams (Attended training, Roles defined, Family Partnership sub-committee established) • Communications (Annual Family survey & System overview, Variety of methods used, Process/Plan for notification about students in need of support) • Resource and Data Sharing (Behavioral and Academic system information) • Family Participation in Decision Making (Plan for assessing family opinions, • Family Volunteering at School (What volunteer opportunities are available?) • Family Engagement in Learning Activities at Home (How are directions provided? Are activities culturally responsive?)

17. Resource Review • Family Survey & Spreadsheet • Epstein's Six Types of Parent Engagement & PBIS • Family Engagement Checklist • Family Engagement Guiding Questions • Family Engagement Action Plan • RtI & PBIS Family Assessment Items • Strategies Targeting Family Engagement • Family Engagement Example Partnership Precision Statements • Family Engagement Partnership Assessment • Online Resources • Serving on Groups • RtI Parent Notification Process • DPI Parent Notification Guidance around Multi Level System of Support

18. Parent Survey Process • Survey Family/Community

19. Family Engagement Checklist • Work through the Family Engagement Checklist

20. Break Out Groups • Group 1 – with family survey data and resources • Group 2 – without data, develop their survey process and resources

21. Checklist Work Time • Use the following two resources in conjunction with each other to develop your action plan. • Family Engagement Checklist • Family Engagement Guiding Questions

22. Break – 15 Minutes

23. Action Plan Work Time • Create a Multi Year Family Engagement Action Plan Use the Guiding Question document to Create your Action Plan

24. Share Out • Success, something you feel good about • Action Plan in place? • Share one goal

25. Contact Information • Dan Seaman, • seamand@wisconsinrticenter.org • Marlene Gross-Ackeret, • grossackeretm@wisconsinpbisnetwork.org • Jennifer Grenke, • grenkej@wisconsinpbisnetwork.org