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Engaging Parents to Support a College & Career Ready Agenda

Engaging Parents to Support a College & Career Ready Agenda. National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) June 17, 2010. PTA Overview. PTA is the nation’s oldest and largest child advocacy organization

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Engaging Parents to Support a College & Career Ready Agenda

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  1. Engaging Parents to Support a College & Career Ready Agenda National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) June 17, 2010

  2. PTA Overview • PTA is the nation’s oldest and largest child advocacy organization • PTA stretches from small towns to large cities, from state legislatures to the Nation’s Capital • 5+ million members • 24,000+ units • A presence in all 50 states, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and abroad in U.S. military installations

  3. Beyond the Bake Sale • PTA’s history is rooted in advocacy and social justice • PTA championed efforts to defeat Polio, led the campaign for child immunizations, supported school desegregation, advocated for hot school lunches, labored to improve the nation’s juvenile justice system, among other accomplishments.

  4. Moving Forward • Today, PTA is working to ensure that every child's potential is a reality. • PTA is working to advance: • Family Engagement / Parent Involvement • Child Health and Nutrition • Student Success and Engagement • College and Career Readiness

  5. PTA & Common Core State Standards • State leaders are meeting with key decision makers to advocate for their adoption and implementation: • Governors, Chief School Officers, State Board of Education members, legislators, and many others • PTA leaders are also training parents, families and PTA members in these states about the standards

  6. PTA and College/Career Readiness • PTA members are overwhelmingly supportive: • When asked if every student should graduate from high school to be ready for college and career: • 95% of PTA members agreed

  7. PTA and College/Career Readiness • When asked if they support their state adopting the Common Core State Standards… • 78% of PTA members polled were supportive

  8. Parents Supporting a College and Career Ready Agenda • State PTAs can be part of your collaborative, systemic effort to ensure that all students are ready for college, work and life. • Advocates with key constituencies and decision-makers • Participate in P-20 Councils, RTTT Planning Committees, Standards Review Committees, Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Committees, Blue Ribbon education committees, and more • Offer credible parent voice to support the effort

  9. The Power of Parents • >2.2M PTA Members • Range From 1,000 – 575,000 Members in each state HI

  10. Parents Supporting a College and Career Ready Agenda • Local PTAs can: • Plan and implement programming to provide support to students • Educate other parents about why changes are needed in assessments, accountability systems, and standards • Serve as watch dogs to ensure that implementation occurs • Advocate for funding to support implementation

  11. Parents Supporting a College and Career Ready Agenda • Most importantly, local PTAs can focus on engaging families in their child's education • Family engagement is a cross-cutting solution that can benefit students from cradle to career. • The research is overwhelmingly clear: • When parents are involved, students have better test scores and higher grades, enroll in higher level classes, attend school and pass their classes, develop better social skills, graduate from high school, attend college, and find productive work. • Parent involvement is so significant that it has been shown to be equivalent to an extra $1,000 in additional per-pupil spending.

  12. Local Example • KW Barrett Elementary School in Virginia promotes family engagement and student success by hosting: • Afterschool enrichment programs • Roving Readers Program • Family Library Nights • Scholarships to students in need to pursue higher education • Parent education sessions (e.g. Understanding How the School System Works and How to be an Effective Advocate)

  13. Tips for Partnering with PTAs • PTAs exist at the state, regional/district, and local levels – Depending on the project, you may want to work with different individuals. • Know Key PTA Leaders -- Each PTA has a President, President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer • Remember that PTA members are volunteers – Some staff exist at the state level, in some circumstances. • Brainstorm with your target PTA to understand their strengths and weaknesses – Each PTA is different and can contribute different things (volunteers, expertise, contacts, etc.) to the project.

  14. Tools from National PTA

  15. THANK YOU! Erin Hart Director of Strategic Alliances, Partnerships and Programs (800) 307-4PTA (4782)ehart@pta.org www.pta.org

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