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Leadership, School/Program, Staff & Stakeholder Support Essential
When school and program leadership understand and value family and community partnerships, then leaders seek and create opportunities that engage stakeholders in support of the whole child.
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A. Engage in meaningful professional learning opportunities for leadership, school/program, staff & stakeholders on essentials for Communication, Partnerships/Relationships, Equity, Innovation, and Family and Community Friendly Schools.
A. Engage in meaningful professional learning opportunities for leadership, school/program, staff & stakeholders on essentials for Communication, Partnerships/Relationships, Equity, Innovation, and Family and Community Friendly Schools.
ThinkCollege - Think College is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability. With a commitment to equity and excellence, it supports evidence-based and student-centered research and practice by generating and sharing knowledge, guiding institutional change, informing public policy, and engaging with students, professionals and families. https://thinkcollege.net/about/what-is-think-college
Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) - The program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools. https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/school-choice-improvement-programs/full-service-community-schools-program-fscs/
UA Little Rock MidSOUTH: The Center for Prevention and Training - The Center for Prevention and Training is a workforce development initiative that strives to assist prevention professionals in their efforts to plan, implement, and evaluate science-based programming around the prevention of substance abuse, violence, and other high-risk behaviors. The resources include training, technical assistance, and a resource library housed on the UALR campus. The center provides training on a variety of prevention topics reflecting the most current, science-based approaches to prevention. http://www.midsouth.ualr.edu/the-center-for-prevention-and-training/
Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators - Provides school administrators, teachers, staff, and concerned parents with basic information about working with traumatized children in the school system. A guide for parents on understanding child traumatic stress is included in the last pages of this resource. https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources//child_trauma_toolkit_educators.pdf Spanish Version: https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources//child_trauma_toolkit_educators_sp.pdf View full list of National Child Traumatic Stress Network resources here: https://www.nctsn.org/resources
Community-Based Service Learning - Stakeholders access community needs and opportunities for student-family-school service learning projects. Focus and scope of potential learning projects define pedagogy for teaching and learning beyond the classroom. Stakeholder support and participation creates education focus communities. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-through-community-engagement/
How to Support Immigrant Students and Families: Strategies for Schools and Early Childhood Programs - Across the country, educators are looking for ways to support immigrant students and families facing great uncertainty. This comprehensive guide includes more than 50 strategies that educators, staff, and administrators can use to ensure that schools and early childhood settings remain safe, welcoming places for immigrant students and their families.http://www.colorincolorado.org/immigration/guide#topics
B. Empower students as advocates for engagement with teachers, families, and communities.
B. Empower students as advocates for engagement with teachers, families, and communities.
ThinkCollege - Think College is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability. With a commitment to equity and excellence, it supports evidence-based and student-centered research and practice by generating and sharing knowledge, guiding institutional change, informing public policy, and engaging with students, professionals and families. https://thinkcollege.net/about/what-is-think-college
Community-Based Service Learning - Stakeholders access community needs and opportunities for student-family-school service learning projects. Focus and scope of potential learning projects define pedagogy for teaching and learning beyond the classroom. Stakeholder support and participation creates education focus communities. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-through-community-engagement/
Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) - The program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools. https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/school-choice-improvement-programs/full-service-community-schools-program-fscs/
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C. Establish district Family and Community Engagement role(s), (coordinator, liaison, and/or advisory team) and support ongoing efforts.
C. Establish district Family and Community Engagement role(s), (coordinator, liaison, and/or advisory team) and support ongoing efforts.
The 6 Shifts Needed for Better Family Engagement - "Don't Forget the Families," the infographic depicts "shifts that successful schools, organizations, & coalitions are making to develop key character strengths in youth by engaging families as partners.” https://www.search-institute.org/sites/default/files/b/6%20shifts%20in%20emphasis%20of%20(5)%20(2).pdf
Community-Based Service Learning - Stakeholders access community needs and opportunities for student-family-school service learning projects. Focus and scope of potential learning projects define pedagogy for teaching and learning beyond the classroom. Stakeholder support and participation creates education focus communities. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-through-community-engagement/
ADE Template and Guide for Parent and Family Engagement Planning - As the Arkansas Department of Education seeks to support stakeholders in developing effective Parent and Family Engagement Plans, sample templates and accompanying guides were developed to offer guidance for ensuring all State and Federal regulations were met. http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/public-school-accountability/federal-programs/parent-and-family-engagement
ADE Sample Surveys for Parent and Family Engagement Effectiveness - As the Arkansas Department of Education seeks to support evaluation of effectiveness of Parent and Family Engagement planning across Arkansas, tools were developed as an option for schools and districts to use conduct measurements at the beginning and the end of the school year. http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/public-school-accountability/federal-programs/parent-and-family-engagement
Beyond the Building: A Facilitation Guide for School, Family, and Community Connections - This multimedia toolkit will help educators and community organizers understand and learn how to facilitate family and community involvement. http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam40.html
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D. Use and share relevant and accurate data through multiple measures to inform decisions and determine which opportunities to plan, do, and check.
D. Use and share relevant and accurate data through multiple measures to inform decisions and determine which opportunities to plan, do, and check.
Developing Life Skills in Children: A Road Map for Communicating with Parents – This report shows school systems are thinking in explicit, intentional ways about how to combine social, emotional, cognitive, and academic development at home, at school, and in after-school settings so that all children can succeed in school and in life. https://r50gh2ss1ic2mww8s3uvjvq1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DLS-Report-2018-for-distribution-single-pages.pdf
Dabbling in the Data: A Hands-on Guide to Participatory Data Analysis - This resource includes guidelines for 15 fun activities to help groups analyze and make meaning of data. http://www.publicprofit.net/Dabbling-In-The-Data
Dept of Ed School Climate Surveys - Questionnaires for students, instructional staff, and non-instructional staff/principal cover 3 domains (engagement, safety, and environment) and 13 topics. https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/edscls/questionnaires.asp
Community-Based Service Learning - Stakeholders access community needs and opportunities for student-family-school service learning projects. Focus and scope of potential learning projects define pedagogy for teaching and learning beyond the classroom. Stakeholder support and participation creates education focus communities. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-through-community-engagement/
ADE Sample Surveys for Parent and Family Engagement Effectiveness - As the Arkansas Department of Education seeks to support evaluation of effectiveness of Parent and Family Engagement planning across Arkansas, tools were developed as an option for schools and districts to use conduct measurements at the beginning and the end of the school year. http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/public-school-accountability/federal-programs/parent-and-family-engagement
Community Conversations About Mental Health - Community Conversations About Mental Health provides information on holding a community dialogue that builds awareness and support around mental health issues. https://www.samhsa.gov/community-conversations
E. Support stakeholders to understand and value family, school, and community partnerships.
E. Support stakeholders to understand and value family, school, and community partnerships.
The 6 Shifts Needed for Better Family Engagement - "Don't Forget the Families," the infographic depicts "shifts that successful schools, organizations, & coalitions are making to develop key character strengths in youth by engaging families as partners.” https://www.search-institute.org/sites/default/files/b/6%20shifts%20in%20emphasis%20of%20(5)%20(2).pdf
Parent and Family Engagement Provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act - This brief seeks to provide advocates with a full overview of the ESSA’s requirements and opportunities for parent, family, and community engagement." http://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/education/ESSA-Parent-Family-Engagement.pdf
U. S. Department of Education’s Dual Capacity Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships – Interactive infographic on the challenges, opportunity conditions, policy and program goals, and family and staff capacity outcomes of engagement. https://www2.ed.gov/documents/family-community/frameworks-resources.pdf
Partnering for Success: How Health Departments Work and How to Work with Health Departments - Offers a both a workshop script and informational materials highlighting how schools and health departments can better collaborate. https://www.chronicdisease.org/page/SHhowhealthdepts
Community-Based Service Learning - Stakeholders access community needs and opportunities for student-family-school service learning projects. Focus and scope of potential learning projects define pedagogy for teaching and learning beyond the classroom. Stakeholder support and participation creates education focus communities. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-through-community-engagement/
Developing Life Skills in Children: A Road Map for Communicating with Parents – This report shows school systems are thinking in explicit, intentional ways about how to combine social, emotional, cognitive, and academic development at home, at school, and in after-school settings so that all children can succeed in school and in life. https://r50gh2ss1ic2mww8s3uvjvq1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DLS-Report-2018-for-distribution-single-pages.pdf
ThinkCollege - Think College is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability. With a commitment to equity and excellence, it supports evidence-based and student-centered research and practice by generating and sharing knowledge, guiding institutional change, informing public policy, and engaging with students, professionals and families. https://thinkcollege.net/about/what-is-think-college
Community Conversations About Mental Health - Community Conversations About Mental Health provides information on holding a community dialogue that builds awareness and support around mental health issues. https://www.samhsa.gov/community-conversations
Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) - The program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools. https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/school-choice-improvement-programs/full-service-community-schools-program-fscs/
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