vision to action. beyond the bake sale strengthening family-school partnerships ben gilpin
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Vision to Action
Beyond the Bake SaleStrengthening Family-School Partnerships
Ben Gilpin
Family Engagement
What does Family Engagement look like? Feel like?
http://youtu.be/xEt5dEOcW0I
Alarming Numbers
29 million children in this country are growing up in low income families
81% of these families have at least one working parent
80% of Chicago Public School students whose parents were involved for six years or more graduated from high school...compared to 38% of students whose parents were not involved.
What do the numbers tell us?
Public Engagement goes beyond Positive PR
Most parents are doing the best they can.
Families have dreams for their kids.
Communication is key...
What do visitors say about the climate or feel of the building?
Do parents feel connected or disconnected to the school? (Tech N' Taco)
4 Core Beliefs1 - Parents have dreams for their children and want the best for them.
2 - All parents have the capacity to support their children's learning.
3 - Parents and Staff should be equal partners.
4 - The responsibility for building partnerships between school and home rests primarily with school staff...especially school leaders.
Come On, Team! Let’s Do the Blue Star Summer Challenge!
Hamilton Community Schools
Prepared By Teisha Kothe
How Do We Address the “Summer Loss?”
Team Project to collaborate
Let kids be kids…and be scholars too!
Each grade submitted ideas
Blue (Read)1
Star (Write)2
Summer (Math)3
Challenge (Science & Social Studies)
4
LOGO
Take the Summer Challenge!
Come See Me.Take a sample and make it your own!
creating a culture of community
VISION TO ACTION:RESPECT CIRCLES
Jennifer Mayes
Manchester Community Schools
Where did the idea of Respect Circles come from?
What are Respect Circles?
Teaching explicit lessons to all students, such as:• Specific behavior expectations for various locations the
building• How to “self-monitor” (ie – practice self-control)• The use of appropriate words and tone to handle
difficult situations with peers.
Recognizing students who either display exemplary skills or making great strides in meeting behavior standards.
BEHAVIOR PREVENTION & INTERVENTION PROGRAM
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT SYSTEM
Why do Respect Circles?Can no longer assume that students come to school with appropriate skills or problem-solving strategies.
Student behaviors often can and do significantly interfere with• daily lessons• instructional leadership• parent / community perceptions
Teacher Buy-In
• Teachers were tired of being disrespected by “8 year olds”
• Building principal offered to teach the lessons so that it wasn’t “one more thing” for them to do• When implemented in 2012-2013, the district was
implementing a new writing program, an updated math program, and a bully prevention program
How does it work?
At Klager Elementary:• Weekly lessons • Delivered in 25 minute sessions• One grade level at a time• Teaches 3-5 building-wide expectations for different areas of
the school • Common Vocabulary
• Covers 9-12 different topics • Repeats each marking period
• Lesson ends with teachers recognizing at least one student in his/her class who was “caught being good” or who was “doing the right thing”
What is self-monitoring?
Possible Topics
• Cafeteria• Buses• Playground• Guest Teachers• Bathrooms
Think of any “hot spot” or area that needs to be addressed and turn it into a lesson!
What about the students who struggle with the expectations?
Reteach!
What are the results?
2011-2012 2012-2013 (Y1) 2013-2014 (Y2)
Number of students receiving behavior reports
90(244 reports)
68(231 reports)
39(78 reports*)
Biggest gains came from students who were not identified as Tier 3 or special education students due to social / emotional issues.
From 2011-2012 to 2012-2013 school year, there was a 31% decrease in the number of “non-identified” students receiving behavior reports.
2012-2013 (Y1) 2013-2014 (Y2)
Number of office referrals during the months of September & October 55 14
2011-2012 2012-2013 (Y1) 2013-2014 (Y2)
Number of office referrals during May & June 50 35 15
2012-2013 (Y1) 2013-2014 (Y2)
Number of remediation lessons delivered
408(62 students)
260(55 students)
Other Positive Dividends Students see the principal as
a teacher / instructional leader
Get to interact with all students on a regular basis
Elementary students “fill your cup”
The Process, in Greater Detail
Stay tuned… further information to come during “table talks”
Project Based LearningMark Morawski
http://bit.ly/SLI14PBL1
http://bit.ly/SLI14Rubric
Maximizing Potential with Peer Coaching
The most successful leaders succeed by bringing out greatness in others.
Looking for something different?
Too often teacher feedback is vague, not prescriptive
Opportunity to knock down teacher ‘silos’
Professionals grow through real dialogue
Capitalize on our biggest strength…STAFF Fine tuning of skills are more easily
accomplished than new skills (Joyce and Showers 1980)
Interactive Process
Input = Output…What about the teachers that ‘mail it in’?
Peer Coaching In a Nutshell Plan, Observe, Discuss, Reflect, Refine
(repeat)
Getting Started
Start Small Invitation to Get Out And Learn (GOAL)
days with sub or principal coverage Build time in for discussion between
staff Ask for discussion/feedback during staff
meeting Keep it on the agenda
How one school structured Peer Coaching
Peer coaching partner-selection by teacher
Have pre-coaching meeting to discuss 3-5 areas of focus & discuss lesson plan
Visit- Minimum of 45 min (or one class period)
Details (cont.)
Refine, clean up notes from visit before meeting for post conference
Meet with peer to review notes; if not using a substitute post meeting occurs within two days of visit
Complete peer reflection sheet and submit to administrator
Why Peer Coaching?
“The top performing school systems recognize that the only way to improve outcomes is to improve instruction…which interventions are effective in achieving this-coaching classroom practice, moving teacher training to the classroom, developing stronger school leaders, and enabling teachers to learn from each other.” McKinsey and Company (2007); How the World’s Best Performing Schools Come Out on Top
