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Innovation Essential
When all stakeholders continuously evaluate current strategies and explore new approaches to engage and empower students and families, then ALL students, families, school staff, and community members will consistently improve.
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A. Evaluate current strategies and apply new approaches to enhance engagement.
A. Evaluate current strategies and apply new approaches to enhance engagement.
Handbook on Family & Community Engagement- This Handbook sketches out the components of a theory of change for the family and community engagement field. http://www.schoolcommunitynetwork.org/downloads/FACEHandbook.pdf
Human-Centered Design: An Innovative Tool for Professional Learning in Family Engagement - Human-centered design is a process used to create new products and services based on knowing and empathizing with people. The design process involves three overlapping steps: inspiration, ideation, implementation. https://globalfrp.org/content/download/295/3154/file/GFRP_Human-CenteredDesignGuide.pdf
Educating Our Children Together/A Sourcebook for Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships - Provides practical information for parents and families, educators and administrators, and individuals involved in programs that support partnerships between families, schools and communities. It was developed to support and promote creative solutions through the sharing of resources and information about family-school-community partnerships. High goals for educational programs and services for students with disabilities is a highlighted feature in this guidance document. (2003) http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/persprep/cadre.pdf
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/
Joining Together to Create a Bold Vision for Next-Generation Family Engagement: Engaging Families to Transform Education - The document looks at what we have learned over the past 50 years of research and policy as well as the need for changes in mindsets. The paper identifies five promising, high-leverage areas that can serve as “building blocks” for the next generation of family engagement strategies. https://globalfrp.org/Articles/Joining-Together-to-Create-a-Bold-Vision-for-Next-Generation-Family-Engagement-Engaging-Families-to-Transform-Education
Getting Smart Podcast: Unlocking what's new and innovative in education- https://www.gettingsmart.com/2018/10/social-emotional-learning-in-the-home/
B. Create additional partnerships to educate the whole child resulting in healthy, safe (physically and emotionally), engaged, supported, and challenged students.
B. Create additional partnerships to educate the whole child resulting in healthy, safe (physically and emotionally), engaged, supported, and challenged students.
The National Farm to School Network - An information, advocacy and networking center for communities working to bring local food sourcing, school gardens and food and agriculture education into schools. http://www.farmtoschool.org/ and Arkansas Farm to School Network. http://www.farmtoschool.org/our-network/Arkansas
Educating Our Children Together/A Sourcebook for Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships - Provides practical information for parents and families, educators and administrators, and individuals involved in programs that support partnerships between families, schools and communities. It was developed to support and promote creative solutions through the sharing of resources and information about family-school-community partnerships. High goals for educational programs and services for students with disabilities is a highlighted feature in this guidance document. (2003) http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/persprep/cadre.pdf
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/
2019 Prevention Resource Guide - The 2019 Prevention Resource Guide is designed to help individuals and organizations in every community strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The Resource Guide focuses on protective factors that build on family strengths to foster healthy child and youth development. https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resources/resource-guide/
C. Effectively develop family engagement, family advocacy, and empowerment by creating new opportunities by building whole family relationships through alliances with health services, social services, judicial system, non-profit, civic, faith organizations, etc.
C. Effectively develop family engagement, family advocacy, and empowerment by creating new opportunities by building whole family relationships through alliances with health services, social services, judicial system, non-profit, civic, faith organizations, etc.
Webinar Series: Achieving Excellence & Innovation in Family, School, & Community Engagement - 9 different webinars from transforming schools to actually engaging all stakeholders; https://www.sedl.org/connections/engagement_webinars
Parents 2016: Hearts & Minds of Parents in an Uncertain World – This report includes survey results from parents that explores what keeps parents up at night, their aspirations as parents, how they view the importance of their role in their child’s academic and developmental success, and what they need to help their child succeed in school, and in life. https://r50gh2ss1ic2mww8s3uvjvq1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LearningHeroes-Report-english.pdf
Communities for Education and Action - This video highlights importance of developing leadership among parents as a key path to strengthening the community through advocacy and family leadership. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Is4sykEWxg&feature=youtu.be
Educating Our Children Together/A Sourcebook for Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships - Provides practical information for parents and families, educators and administrators, and individuals involved in programs that support partnerships between families, schools and communities. It was developed to support and promote creative solutions through the sharing of resources and information about family-school-community partnerships. High goals for educational programs and services for students with disabilities is a highlighted feature in this guidance document. (2003) http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/persprep/cadre.pdf
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/
2019 Prevention Resource Guide - The 2019 Prevention Resource Guide is designed to help individuals and organizations in every community strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The Resource Guide focuses on protective factors that build on family strengths to foster healthy child and youth development. https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resources/resource-guide/
D. Sharing information and innovations with other stakeholders.
D. Sharing information and innovations with other stakeholders.
Human-Centered Design: An Innovative Tool for Professional Learning in Family Engagement - Human-centered design is a process used to create new products and services based on knowing and empathizing with people. The design process involves three overlapping steps: inspiration, ideation, implementation. https://globalfrp.org/content/download/295/3154/file/GFRP_Human-CenteredDesignGuide.pdf
Educating Our Children Together/A Sourcebook for Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships - Provides practical information for parents and families, educators and administrators, and individuals involved in programs that support partnerships between families, schools and communities. It was developed to support and promote creative solutions through the sharing of resources and information about family-school-community partnerships. High goals for educational programs and services for students with disabilities is a highlighted feature in this guidance document. (2003) http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/persprep/cadre.pdf
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/
Joining Together to Create a Bold Vision for Next-Generation Family Engagement: Engaging Families to Transform Education - The document looks at what we have learned over the past 50 years of research and policy as well as the need for changes in mindsets. The paper identifies five promising, high-leverage areas that can serve as “building blocks” for the next generation of family engagement strategies. https://globalfrp.org/Articles/Joining-Together-to-Create-a-Bold-Vision-for-Next-Generation-Family-Engagement-Engaging-Families-to-Transform-Education
Webinar Series: Achieving Excellence & Innovation in Family, School, & Community Engagement - 9 different webinars from transforming schools to actually engaging all stakeholders; https://www.sedl.org/connections/engagement_webinars
Getting Smart Podcast: Unlocking what's new and innovative in education- https://www.gettingsmart.com/2018/10/social-emotional-learning-in-the-home/
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