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Family Engagement

Family Engagement. Dr. Rosa S. Atkins Superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools. Research says…. “District leadership and capacity building play a key role in supporting strategic and systemic family engagement.”

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Family Engagement

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  1. Family Engagement Dr. Rosa S. Atkins Superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools

  2. Research says… “District leadership and capacity building play a key role in supporting strategic and systemic family engagement.” Seeing is Believing: Promising Practices for how School Districts Promote Family Engagement. National Parent Teacher Association and the Harvard Family Research Project, July 2009.

  3. Strategic Planning 2006 • In 2006, the school division developed a comprehensive five-year Strategic Plan to focus corrective actions and support healing in a community that was frequently divided. • Strategies were identified to: • Build trust • Support transparency in decision-making • Foster two-way communication • Engage the entire community in public education

  4. Strategic Goals 2006-2011 • Goal 1: Increase academic achievement for all students and close achievement gaps. • Goal 2: Support the whole child (physical, social, emotional needs). • Goal 3: Increase family, school, and community involvement and collaboration. • Goal 4: Recruit, retain, and support diverse and effective leadership, teachers, and staff. • Goal 5: Provide all students and staff with an environment conducive to learning.

  5. Strategic Goals 2011-2017 • Goal 1: All students will graduate prepared for post-secondary education and active participation in society. • Goal 2: Our schools will be partners with families and the community to meet the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of every student. • Goal 3: Our schools will be optimal teaching and learning environments, places of excellence and equity for all. • Goal 4: Charlottesville City Schools will be an exemplary workplace that attracts and supports the best-qualified teachers, administrators, and staff members.

  6. 2006 Goals Defined by verbs: support, increase, provide, recruit. Details actions but no endpoint 2011 Goals Defined by states of being: Will be partners, exemplary workplace, optimal learning, etc. Creates an ideal that we can act from now “To Do” vs. “To Be” 2006 Goal Goal 2: Support the whole child (physical, social, emotional needs). Goal 3: Increase family, school, and community involvement and collaboration. 2011 Goal Goal 2: Our schools will be partners with families and the community to meet the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of every student.

  7. School-based activities Open House Talent Night Bully-Not’s Performance Heritage Night Read to Succeed Back to School

  8. Community Involvement in… Service Projects Prof. Development Neighborhood Festivals Divisionwide performances Tutoring Buford Schoolyard Garden Fitness and Fun!

  9. Parent Information

  10. Strategies for Engagement: 2011 • Holding success conferences to analyze student data early and often • Enrolling parents as partners in learning through BLAST, Parent University, AVID • Inviting participation in long-term planning, policy, and decisions: school facilities, class sizes, budget allocations • Cultivate learning centers in neighborhoods

  11. Parent Conferences August 2010-January 2011

  12. AVID Wall of College Acceptances AVID enrolls students and parents in developing potential and setting high expectations for achievement.

  13. Parent Education

  14. Family Learning Centers

  15. Community Engagement: School Facilities & Grade Configuration

  16. What’s Next? Strategic Plan 2011-2017 takes family engagement to a new level of engagement. • Strategy 1.4 - Expose all students and their families to a range of social, cultural, academic, and post-graduate opportunities. • Objective 1.4.1 - Engage a panel of community members to develop a catalog of community involvement opportunities for students and families, updated annually.

  17. Personal and Academic Excellence Inspired by a Collaborative and Innovative Learning Environment

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