March 16, 2015

Division of Educational ServicesParent Engagement Leadership

Initiative

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Communicate . Collaborate . Celebrate

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To develop family, school, and community partnerships that move from conversations and awareness activities to working synergistically with all partners to raise achievement levels for all students.

Synergy…◦catalyzes, ◦unifies, and ◦unleashes the greatest power within people.

~Stephen Covey

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Create Awareness

Align Program and Policy

Guide Learning and Program Development

Share Knowledge

Celebrate Milestones

Document Progress and Evaluate Outcomes

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I “moustache” you a question…Using the moustaches on the table, ask someone in the room about

A successful parent engagement activity, orA struggle they are having with parent and family engagement.

How we create awareness of PELI Parent Engagement Leadership Initiative (PELI) Brochure PELI Informational Packet – contains brochure, presenter

information, alignment with state and federal regulations, sample contract and planning worksheet

Meeting and event attendance RCOE Parent Page http://www.rcoe.us/parents/ Family Engagement Leadership Conference (FELC) June 12- 13

at Riverside Community College

How do you create awareness?

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Create AwarenessActively promote and support Actively promote and support partnership programspartnership programs

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http://www.rcoe.us/lcap/

Conduct one-day team training Conduct one-day team training workshops for ATPs and on-going workshops for ATPs and on-going professional development activities. professional development activities.

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Action Team for Partnerships Trainingincludes three sessions:

Action Team for PartnershipsAction Team Leadership and Facilitation

Action Team Celebration

How are you adjusting your trainings to meet your customer’s

needs?

“If everyone is moving forward together, then

success takes care of itself." - Henry Ford

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Communicate on a regular schedule, Communicate on a regular schedule, collect best practices, network with collect best practices, network with others locally and nationallyothers locally and nationally

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Your turn to share!

How do you celebrate success?

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Recognize progress and Recognize progress and excellenceexcellence

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Exemplary Practices in Parent Engagement (EPPE) AwardRiverside County Office of Education and 23rd District PTAPresented at Family Engagement and Leadership Conference2015 EPPE Award Application and 2014 EPPE Resource documenthttp://www.rcoe.us/parent-engagement/exemplary-practices-parent-engagement-eppe/

Promising Partnership Practice / Partnership AwardsNational Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS)Promising Partnership Practice compilation published annually by NNPSPartnership Awards presented annuallyhttp://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/success.htm

Evaluate teamwork, family and Evaluate teamwork, family and community involvement activities, community involvement activities, quality of district and school quality of district and school programsprograms

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Family Engagement Frameworkhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr14/yr14rel107.asp

PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guidehttp://www.capta.org/sections/programs/lcff-lcap.cfm

Dr. Joyce Epsteinhttp://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/

“Creating Strategic and Data Driven Partnerships”..\..\Evaluation Workshop\Creating Strategic and Data Driven Partnerships\01 Creating Strategic and Data Driven Partnerships.pptx

“Evaluating Parent Engagement for Academic Success”

Brenda Thomas, Senior Program Facilitator, National Network of Partnership Schools

June 4 – 5 2015, Riverside County Office of Education

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2015/16 Meetings

Topics?Ideas?

What can PELI do for you?

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THANKS!!