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Framing the Discussion
Families and Learning
Families and Schools
Suggested Practices
Administrator's Role
100

A regular two - way and meaningful communication to enhance student academic learning.

What is NCLB's definition of parent involvement?

100

Advocacy, academics and expertise.

What are the three turnarounds for principals to engage families and communities?

100

This act requires parents or guardians of children with disabilities to be equal partners with educational decisions, including developing their student's individualized educational plan.

What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)?

100

Purchase calculators for students to take home.

What is not allowable to purchase student calculators? 

100
Principals should allocate these for the purchase of electronic devices for student use in reading, writing and information retrieval.
What is Title 1 Funds?
200

Consists of the people intimately associated with a school - students, their families, teachers, administration, school staff, and volunteers.

What is a school community?

200

True or False: Subtle aspects of parental engagement are more impactful on student achievement, than overt expressions of parental engagement.

What is TRUE?

200

Studies have shown that homework and student achievement have a _________ correlation.

What is positive?

200

School funds can be used for this position to promote family engagement within the school.

What is a parent organizer?

200
The percentage a district acquiring $500,000 in Title 1 funds can spend on family engagement.
What is 1%?
300

Leadership, goals and roles, communication, education, connections and continuous improvement.

What are the six building blocks of community?

300

Studies have show that high achieving students spend _____ hours a week outside of school in constructive learning activities (i.e.: music practice, reading, youth groups).

What is 20 hours?

300
School families situations, perspectives and abilities affect their capacity to support their children in different ways, resulting in administrators having to do what...
What is differentiation family supports?
300

Each spring conduct this survey to improve future policy, practice and engagement?

What is Title I survey?

300
Principals who advocate for family and community engagement.
What is must be proponents of parent leaders?
400

1. Reading and Literacy 2. Self- Directed Learning 3. Respect and Responsibility

What are example goals to invest families, staff and community?

400

*Belief that one has some reasonable personal control over decisions about the activities he or she will undertake *Belief that one will be successful to at least some extent in those activities

What are two key personal beliefs to self-efficacy?

400
The formation of an action team with teachers, school administrators, parents and community members is the first step in...
What is creating a framework for partnership?
400

PFE funds to purchase a display table for the school lobby for parent resources and materials.

What is display racks, table top pamphlet holders?

400
Building strong distributed leadership for family and community engagement.
What is shared leadership?
500
Access, Understanding and Action
What are the three steps toward using data to impact school-wide change and college and career readiness?
500
Personal experience of success in the given domain, parents’ vicarious experience of success related to involvement, verbal encouragement and persuasion from important others an personal emotional arousal are all factors in the development of...
What is positive self-efficacy?
500
Require schools to include these stakeholders on appropriate school teams and ensure that the teams represent the diversity of the community and operate with by-laws, agendas and minutes.
Who are parents?
500

Provide services to remove barriers from parents attending meetings.

What is bus transportation and/or baby sitting?

500

Use this tool to develop a profile of the immigrants in your school, their academic achievement and set specific goals for these students.

What is a needs assessment?