Premier DeKalb District-Wide Parental Involvement Framework

1. Premier DeKalb District-Wide Parental Involvement Framework Dr. Crawford Lewis, Superintendent DeKalb County School System Decatur, Georgia

2. Parental Involvement Task Force Dr. Frankie Callaway, Deputy Superintendent for Administration Mrs. Gloria Talley, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Sonja Alexander, Director of Professional Learning Dr. Audria Berry, Executive Director of the Office of School Improvement ~~ Mr. Barry Cross, Parent and Community Liaison Specialist, OSI, Co-Chair Ms. Jackie Marshall, Parent and Community Liaison Specialist, OSI, Co-Chair Dr. A. Clifton Myles, Coordinator, Department of Professional Learning, Co-Chair Mrs. Anderia Russell, Parent and Community Liaison Specialist, OSI, Co-Chair Ms. Karen Baron, Director of Special Education Dr. James Berry, Principal, Atherton Elementary School Ms. Cari Cato, DeKalb’s Parent Advisory Board, Tucker High School Ms. Marcia Coward, Vice President, DeKalb County Council of PTAs Mrs. Susan Freeman, Principal, Ronald E. McNair Middle School Mr. Douglas Hrabe, Director, Fernbank Science Center Mrs. Anquinette Guthrie, Principal, Dresden Elementary School Ms. Ramona Jackson, Vice President, DeKalb County Council of PTAs Mrs. Angela Moton, Principal, Lakeside High School Mr. John L. O'Connor, Executive Director for Special Services Mr. Nathaniel Paxton, President, DeKalb County Council of PTAs Mrs. Deirdre P. Pierce, Immediate Past President, DeKalb County Council of PTAs Dr. Dionne Rosser-Mims, Assistant Professor, MSPSE Program Coordinator, Troy University

3. Parental Involvement Framework -District Coordination Dr. Crawford Lewis Superintendent Dr. Frankie Callaway Deputy Superintendent for Administration Mrs. Gloria Talley Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Parental Involvement Task Force Parental Involvement Framework Department of Professional Learning Office of School Improvement School’s Parental Involvement Plan

4. Superintendent’s Charge To develop a District-Wide Parental Involvement Framework with measurable goals that identify how parental involvement increases student achievement.

5. Mission: Premier DeKalb’s Framework for Parental Involvement • The Mission of the DeKalb County School System is to form a collaborative effort between home and school that maximizes students’ social and academic potential preparing them to compete in a global society. • This Mission establishes the Framework and collective responsibilities from the District, School, Student and Parent to build those collaborations that will not only enhance school culture, but ultimately impact student achievement.

6. Goal: Premier DeKalb Framework for Parental Involvement To form a collaborative effort between home, school and the community that maximizes students’ social and academic potential.

7. Essential Question? How do skillful administrators use a variety of research-based strategies to develop school-based parental involvement plans that will: A) increase student achievement B) obtain fully operational level on the Student, Family, Community Involvement and Support Standards of the Georgia Keys to Quality

8. Six Types of Parental InvolvementResearch by Joyce L. Epstein, Ph.D. Dr. Epstein’s research highlights six types of Parental Involvement and they are as follows: 1). Parenting…Providing for the health and safety and encouraging learning and good behavior in school 2). Communicating…Schools reaching out to parents with information about all that is happening 3).Volunteering…Parents having significant involvement with school functions and the environment and the school being flexible to make this happen 4).Learning at home…Assisting children with homework and other activities with the guidance and support of the school 5). Decision-making…Parents, with the school’s encouragement, taking part in decision-making 6). Collaboration with the community…Schools can help families and community groups collaborate in student achievement

9. Georgia Keys to Quality: Student, Family, and Community Involvement Strand • Student, Family, and Community Involvement and Support Standard 1:The school reinforces the continuous improvement process through active and sustained involvement of student, family, and community. • Student, Family, and Community Support Standard 2:The school has organizational structures and processes to ensure that students, families, and community members play an active and sustained role in school governance, decision-making, and problem-solving. • Student, Family, and Community Support Standard 3:The school addresses student, family, and community needs through appropriate services and cross-institutional partnerships.

10. Student, Family, and Community Involvement and Support Standard 1: The school reinforces the continuous improvement process through active and sustained involvement of student, family, and community. • SFC 1.1 Communication Between School and Parents and Community • SFC 1.2 School Promotes Parenting Skills • SFC 1.3 Parent Outreach and Training Programs • SFC 1.4 Parents and Community Members Feel Welcomed in the School

11. Student, Family, and Community Involvement and Support Standard 2: The school has organizational structures and processes to ensure that students, families, and community members play an active and sustained role in school governance, decision-making, and problem solving. • SFC 2.1 Organizational Structures and Processes Encourage Student, Family, Community Involvement

12. Student, Family, and Community Involvement and Support Standard 3: The school addresses student, family, and community needs through appropriate services and cross-institutional partnerships. • SFC 3.1 Seamless Connection Between School and Community Agencies • SFC 3.2 Cross-Institutional Partnerships

13. STUDENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT - The school as a Community of learning involves parents and community members as active participants. There is consistent and growing evidence of parental involvement and volunteerism, participation in workshops and enrichment activities, and a process of two-way communication. Everyone collaborates to help the school achieve its continuous improvement targets and short- and long-range goals.Student, Family, and Community Involvement and Support Standard 1: The school reinforces the continuous improvement process through active and sustained involvement of student, family, and community . SFC 1.1 Communication Between School and Parents and Community.

14. Implementation Resource Guide

15. Phase I-Parental Involvement Framework (PIF) Rollout – January 2009 • Develop Framework with Parental Involvement Task Force. • Guide administrators through the process of data collection to establish initial metrics for the PIF using a self-assessment process based upon the GA Keys to Quality rubric, Implementation Resource Guide and CSIP.

16. Phase II- PIF-Framework RolloutFebruary – March 2009 • At the end of February through the beginning of March 2009, the Parental Involvement Task Force members from OSI and PL will visit and review Site-Based Parental Involvement Plans for all schools. This will be approximately 100 schools for OSI and 50 schools for PL. • These visits will only need to last an hour or less. We will ask Principals for specific artifacts (examples will be embedded in the Framework such as newsletters, sign-in sheets, flyers for events, etc.) that support the 3 Standards also embedded in the Parental Involvement Framework.

17. Phase III - Summer of 2009 • Train Administrative teams on the board approved Parental Involvement Framework

18. Next Steps • Communication • Self-Assessment/OSI Review • Parent Policy • Parent-Student-Teacher Compact • Identify a Parent Place • Wall • Corner • Room • Parent Survey

19. Communication

20. District Level Webpage A link to a parent involvement page should be added to the district's homepage. The parent involvement page should include: • The Parent, Community, and School Standards of the Georgia School Keys • District Level Policy (Board Policy and Title I) • Dates of Events at the District Level • Information (district office personnel responsible for parent involvement) • Access to Parent Portal • Access to School Lunch Payment Program • Parent Right to Know Letters • Information and/or link to Title I Parent Resource Centers • Parent University

21. Local School Webpage A parent interactive page should be added to each school's website. This page should include: • Evidence of how the school meets the three Georgia School Keys Standards • Parent Involvement Policy • School-Teacher-Parent-Student Compact • Dates of events-vertically and updated monthly • Information, i.e. Hotline Number, PTA and School Council Information • Access to Parent Portal • Access to School Lunch Payment Program • Information and/or link to Title I Parent Resource Centers • Student Handbook • Discipline Handbook and Plan • Consolidated School Improvement Plan • Volunteer Opportunities • Parent Right to Know Letters • School Newsletter (if you currently publish) • Community Partners

22. Self-Assessment • GAPSS Analysis • Implementation Resource Guide • Evidence and Artifacts

23. Parent Policy The Parental Involvement Policy must be: • Developed jointly with and agreed to by parents of children • Written in an understandable format and provided in a language parents can understand • Distributed to all parents • Made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing need of parents and the school Handouts • Checklist • Exemplar

24. Parent Compact The Parent Compact must describe: • The school’s responsibility is to provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables children served under Title I to meet the State’s student academic achievement standards • Ways in which parents will be responsible for supporting their children’s learning • The importance of communication between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis Handout • Exemplar

25. Parent Place

26. Parent Survey • District Level Created • Local School Created

27. Thanks Administrators for Your Support!!