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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.
Learning Problem Solving and Growth Mindset in a Makerspace (Video) - Makerspaces build students’ cognitive abilities while fostering independence, perseverance, and self-regulation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQvcbLmNfok
One District's Innovative Ideas to engage parents - Online tutoring for students and parents. https://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/15/engage-parents-795/
New Mexico Health Equity Partnership - NMHEP uses a unique, multi-stakeholder statewide approach tailored to grassroots community assets and needs. This approach draws on the collective strengths of diverse partners and allies. Cross-sector relationships foster the leveraging of expertise and resources. Decisions are made collectively and transparently. The Partnership highly values cultural knowledge and engages communities by building on their assets to advocate for policy change. http://nmhep.org/
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
Open House Meet The Teacher, Parent Teacher Conferences via Online Video Conference- Interested parents unable to attend a meeting in-person can attend via Zoom video chat meetings set up by the local school or school district. https://zoom.us/
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
Community Collaborations- Wynne School District uses a number of community collaborations as strategies to engage parents and students in activities such as having the police department come in to present Safety on Social Media Night. Student assemblies are set up and night assemblies for parents only where they are free to discuss mature information, or a collaboration with AR Children's Hospital where we provide a dental clinic to students in grades K-3. The Pre-K Collaboration Committee helps transition preschool children to kindergarten by hosting parent workshops at all area preschools three times a year.
One District's Innovative Ideas to engage parents - Online tutoring for students and parents. https://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/15/engage-parents-795/
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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.
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
Community Collaborations- Wynne School District uses a number of community collaborations as strategies to engage parents and students in activities such as having the police department come in to present Safety on Social Media Night. Student assemblies are set up and night assemblies for parents only where they are free to discuss mature information, or a collaboration with AR Children's Hospital where we provide a dental clinic to students in grades K-3. The Pre-K Collaboration Committee helps transition preschool children to kindergarten by hosting parent workshops at all area preschools three times a year.
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D. Sharing information and innovations with other stakeholders.
D. Sharing information and innovations with other stakeholders.
Community Collaborations- Wynne School District uses a number of community collaborations as strategies to engage parents and students in activities such as having the police department come in to present Safety on Social Media Night. Student assemblies are set up and night assemblies for parents only where they are free to discuss mature information, or a collaboration with AR Children's Hospital where we provide a dental clinic to students in grades K-3. The Pre-K Collaboration Committee helps transition preschool children to kindergarten by hosting parent workshops at all area preschools three times a year.
One District's Innovative Ideas to engage parents - Online tutoring for students and parents. https://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/15/engage-parents-795/
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
Open House Meet The Teacher, Parent Teacher Conferences via Online Video Conference- Interested parents unable to attend a meeting in-person can attend via Zoom video chat meetings set up by the local school or school district. https://zoom.us/
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