Schools + Families + Communities =

Successful Partnerships

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Future Ready District Pledge

1. Fostering and Leading a Culture of

Digital Learning Within Our Schools.

2. Helping Schools and Families

Transition to High-speed Connectivity.

3. Empowering Educators through

Professional Learning Opportunities.

4. Accelerating Progress Toward

Universal Access for All Students to

Quality Devices.

6. Offering Digital Tools to Help

Students And Families #ReachHigher.

5. Providing Access to Quality Digital

Content.

7. Mentoring Other Districts and Helping

Them Transition to Digital Learning.

Future Ready District Pledge

Community Partnerships

1. Fostering and Leading a Culture of Digital Learning within our Schools

2. Helping Schools and Families Transition to High Speed Connectivity

3. Empowering educators through professional learning opportunities

4. Accelerating Progress Toward Access for All Students to Quality Devices

5. Providing Access to Quality Digital Content

6. Offering Digital Tools to Help Students and Families #ReachHigher

7. Mentoring Other Districts and Helping Them Transition to Digital Learning

Community Partnerships

Breakout Session Goals

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Understand effective family and community

engagement strategies

• Demonstrate how to partner with families and

community partners for future ready schools

• Recognize challenges to effective family and

community partnerships

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Questions to Ponder

• How are you as a district offering digital tools to help students and families reach higher?

• How are you engaging your community in the digital learning conversation more broadly?

• What are some examples of policies or activities in your district that can prepare parents on the transition to digital learning?

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Core Values

• All parents have dreams for their children and want the best for them.

• All parents have the capacity to support their children’s learning.

• Parents and school staff should be equal partners.

• The responsibility for building partnerships between school and home rest primarily within the school staff, especially school leaders.

(Henderson & Mapp, 2008)

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Effective Family & Community Engagement

A Shared Responsibility in which:

Schools and other community agencies and

organizations are committed to engaging

families in meaningful and culturally respectful

ways, and

Families are committed to actively supporting

their children’s learning and development.

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Cradle to Career:

Continuous across a child’s life, spanning from

Early Head Start programs to college and

career.

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Across Contexts:

Carried out everywhere that children learn –

Home

Pre-kindergarten programs

School

After-school programs

Faith-based organizations

Community programs and activities

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It’s All About Partnerships

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District Scenario

Recognizing the need to build capacity for

family and community partners, where

should the district start to engage families

and community partners early in the first

year of the Future Ready Initiative?

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School Scenario

• What are some approaches that the

principal might take to address the issue?

• How can the school connect parents and

community using digital tools for two-way

communication?

• What does the school and district need to

have in place prior to implementing digital

tools?

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Closing Reflection: PIE

P: Priceless piece of informationWhat has been the most important piece of information

for you today?

I: Item to Implement What is something you intend to implement from our time

today?

E: Encouragement I receivedWhat is something that you are already doing that you

were encouraged to keep doing?

Questions?

Renee’ Jackson, Ed.D.

rjackson@pta.org

@reneelajackson

Joe Mazza, Ed.D.

mazzajos@gse.upenn.edu

@Joe_Mazza

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