The Indiana Center for Family, School and Community Partnerships

The Indiana Partnerships Center 931 E. 86th Street, Suite 205

Indianapolis, IN 46240(317) 205-2595

www.fscp.orgJackie Garvey, Executive Director

Jim Grim, Executive Board Member

Our Mission

The Indiana FSCP Center is committed to partnering with schools and

community to engage, equip and empower all families to be involved in their child’s education and overall

success.

Our Major Goals Education and Outreach to provide timely

and relevant information to families, schools and community partners regarding family engagement

School and Community Capacity Building to integrate systemic family engagement practices.

Public Policy and Advocacy that support best practices for family, school & community engagement.

New DefinitionResearch Informed Definition of Family, School and Community

Engagement in Support of Improved Family, School and Community Outcomes (National Family and Community Engagement Working Group, 2009)

Family Engagement is: A Shared Responsibility:

- 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. Cradle to Career:

- Continuous across a child’s life, spanning from early head start programs to college and career. Across Contexts:

- Carried out everywhere that children learn – at home, in pre-k programs, in school, in after-school programs, in faith-based institutions, and in community programs and activities.

Commonalities in National Frameworks

Head Start PFCE Framework

National PTA Standards

Parent Engagement 2.0 National Family

Engagement Working Group

1. Family Well-Being 1. Welcoming All Families into the School Community 1. Home Visits

2. Positive Parent-Child Relationships

2. Communicating Effectively 2. Community Walks

3. Families as Lifelong Educators

3. Supporting Student Success

3. Parent University, Institutes or Leadership Training

4. Families as Learners 4. Speaking Up for Every Child

4. Community Organizing

5. Family Engagement in Transitions 5. Sharing Power 5. Linkages to Outside

Partners6. Family Connections to Peers and Community

6. Collaborating with Community

6. Systemic Professional Development

7. Families as Advocates and Leaders

7. FCE Competencies as Part of Evaluation, Certification or Licensure

Share A Memory of How Your Family

Supported Your Learning as a Child?

What makes it MEMORABLE?

Why do you STILL REMEMBER IT TODAY?

How Can We Effectively Partner with Families?

A workshop designed by Luz SantanaFacilitated by: The Indiana Partnerships Center

“Asking the Right Question

To Get the Best Education

For Your Child”

Positive and Goal Oriented Relationships

Voices in Action Voces en Acción

A Latino Parent Leadership Project

Creating Parent Centers

3. Providing Parents with Knowledge

& Skills

Research Based Parent

Involvement

Books on Board

• Trainer of Trainers model• Interactive workshops in

English and Spanish• Uses the 5 components of

literacy• Activities for to develop

skills at home

Communicating and Building Trust

Welcoming EnvironmentAre We Family Friendly?

Welcoming Walk Throughs

Effective Family Workshops Diverse recruitment strategies Support on program designs linked to

learning Participatory

outcomes based

Power of Engaging Fathers

Professional Development of Staff

Indiana has Out-of-School-Time standards through the Indiana Afterschool Network

www.ian.org Standards 8 & 9

Standards

2. Linking Involvement to Learning

Research Based Parent

Involvement

Parent Leadership• Teams of diverse parents and

educators• Goal: to link parent engagement to

student learning and other program goals

• Goal: to develop positive relationships between home and school

• Goal: to build skills and knowledge to help families take leadership roles

7 Big Stories from 30 years of Research

When families are involved at home and at school, children do better in school and the school gets better.

The effects are greatest for low-income students.

Students with involved parents, no matter what their income or

background, are more likely to: Earn higher grades and test scores, and enroll in

higher-level programs

Be promoted, pass their classes, and earn credits

Attend school regularly

Have better social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school

Graduate and go on to postsecondary education

Families are doing more at home than we realize or give them credit for.

For years, studies have found that families of all education levels, and from all ethnic and cultural groups, are talking to their children about school, trying to keep them focused on learning and homework, encouraging them to work hard and get a good education, and helping them plan for higher education.

Supporting ALL families in their efforts to be more involved and more knowledgeable about what their children are learning is an important strategy for addressing the achievement gap.

We must build on their interest and effort, instead of blaming families for not doing more.

Parent advocacy and support has a protective effect on children

The more families speak out for children and support their progress, the better their children do, and the longer they stay in school. How is this similar for out of school time programs?

The Indiana Partnerships Center

931 E. 86th Street, Suite 205Indianapolis, IN 46240

Telephone (317) 205-2595jgarvey@fscp.org

grimj@ips.k12.in.us

www.fscp.org

Serving Indiana Families for over 17years

“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

- Alan Greenspan