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Engaging Parents in the Common Core NT/NTE Wednesday Evening

SessionFebruary 6, 2013

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Objectives

• Participants will understand how to organize and run successful parent workshops.

• Participants will interact with tools to help parents to understand college readiness and the Common Core standards.

• Participants will practice talking to parents about the Common Core and college readiness


Warm Up

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I KNOW I KNOW

I WANT TO

KNOW

I WANT TO

KNOW

What do you know and what do you want to know about

engaging parents?

Please jot down your “I Want to Know”s on a notecard


Parent Engagement Panel


Please Welcome

• Monique Darrisaw-Akil• Kathleen Feeley• Rosalyn Jarvis• Earline Mensah• Mollita Muhammad • Richard Williams

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What Works Best for Engaging Parents?


Toolkit for Parent Engagement



Planning Tools•Event Checklist for Planning a Parent Night



Planning Tools•Annotated Agendas for Parent Nights:

Consolidated One-

Night Parent Session

Two-Night Parent

Sessions OR



Planning Tools•Sample slides from parent night presentations•Full presentations are available for download on EngageNY.org



Parent Handouts •Parent’s Backpack Guide to the Common Core



Parent Handouts •Frequently Asked Questions



Parent Handouts •What Parents Can Do to Help their Children Learn



Parent Handouts •Common Core Resources for Parents to Learn More


Parent Communications Practice Activity


Role Play Exercise: Objectives

Teacher/principal ambassadors and NT/NTE team members will:

1. Review the materials in the “Toolkit for Parent Engagement”

2. Prepare for and envision successful parent engagement conversations

3. Test the toolkit materials and share feedback


Part One

• First, take 5 minutes at your table to review the Toolkit Materials, including planning materials and parent handouts


Part Two

• Pair off for two rounds of practice conversations lasting 5 minutes each.

• Choose roles: one should be a parent, the other a teacher or school leader

• Spend 4 minutes practicing the conversation.

• Give1 minute of feedback—what worked and what didn’t work.

• In the same roles, practice again.


ScenarioYou have each just attended your school’s Parent Session, and are having a 1:1 follow up conversation. The parent wants to know more about the Common Core State Standards and how s/he can help prepare her/his child and approaches the educator for help. This conversation should focus on ways in which parents and educators can work together effectively to ease the transition to the Common Core and ensure that students receive the support that they need.

Some questions parents might ask of educators and administrators:

Some questions that educators or administrators might ask of parents:

What is different about what my child is learning at school?

What is different about the work my student is bringing home?

Who should I talk to if I don’t see these changes? What can I do to help my child achieve these new

standards? What can I expect with the upcoming spring

Regents exams? (for 3-8 parents)

What concerns do you have about the new standards and expectations for your child?

What other resources do you need to understand these changes and help your child succeed?

Have you seen any of these changes in your child’s school work or homework so far in this school year?


Follow Up Feedback

Please reflect and record your feedback:•What questions did you feel prepared to answer? When did you feel unprepared?•What did you find to be the most important points for communicating with parents?•What information should be shared in advance of a parent night? What should be shared to conduct strong follow-up? •What other materials (training tools, activity guides) will help you communicate more effectively with parents?

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