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Strategic Advocacy Freedom High School Auditorium August 11, 2013

Strategic Advocacy Freedom High School Auditorium August 11, 2013. Paul C. Harris, Ph.D. University of Virginia Freedom High School (2007-2011). Overview. Your experiences College and Career Readiness Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations Strengths-Based A pproach

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Strategic Advocacy Freedom High School Auditorium August 11, 2013

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  1. Strategic AdvocacyFreedom High School AuditoriumAugust 11, 2013 Paul C. Harris, Ph.D. University of Virginia Freedom High School (2007-2011)

  2. Overview • Your experiences • College and Career Readiness • Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations • Strengths-Based Approach • Student Self-Advocacy and Parent Advocacy • Comments/Questions

  3. Describe what has worked well in your efforts to support your son’s or daughter’s educational experience.

  4. “But everyone does NOT go to college, Paul!”

  5. College and Career Readiness Conley, 2012

  6. College and Career Readiness Conley, 2012

  7. Self-Efficacy • Self-Efficacy – “People’s judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performances. It is concerned not with the skills one has but with the judgments of what one can do with whatever skills one possesses (Bandura, 1986).”

  8. Outcome Expectations • “A belief that one has regarding the result of an action regardless of one’s belief about one’s personal efficacy to perform that action” (Jinks & Morgan, 2009).

  9. Strengths-Based Approach • Use language and strategies that help students thrive • Highlight, reinforce, and build on existing strengths

  10. Parent Advocacy • Communication & Decision-Making • Communication • Students • Unconditional positive regard • Celebrate strengths/successes • Faculty • Know them • Diffuse Resistance

  11. Possible Reasons for Resistance • Habit Strength • Role image or security • Philosophical belief conflicts • Poor planning/delivery • Too much work • Lack of skills

  12. Overcoming Resistance • Strengths-based • Reduce the threat • Build on strengths of school official • Clarify positive expectations shared by all • Be consistent and follow through

  13. Parent Advocacy • Communication & Decision-Making • Decision-Making • Know/shape policy • PTA • School committees • County-level committees • Student handbook

  14. Student Self-Advocacy

  15. Comments/Questions Paul C. Harris, Ph.D. pch3y@virginia.edu www.paulcharris.com

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