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SUMMARY:Centering Equity in Home-School Relationships: Lessons From Research and Innovative Districts
DESCRIPTION:“We call our report Unlocking the ‘How’ because we keep hearing from schools and systems across the country that the pandemic has elevated the awareness of need for family engagement\, but a lot of folks are asking for the best strategies for how to do that work.” \nThis was author Eyal Bergman’s introduction of Learning Heroes’ new report\, Unlocking the “How”: Designing Family Engagement Strategies That Lead to School Success\, which was released in early April and was the basis of the April 5 GLR Learning Tuesdays session\, “Centering Equity in Home-School Relationships: Lessons From Research and Innovative Districts.” \nThe recommendations in Unlocking the “How” are based on three primary sources: \n\nSix years of Learning Heroes surveys with parents\, teachers and principals on the nature of family engagement.\nThe Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships (Version 2)\, which synthesizes the research on what works in family engagement.\nAnd a recent report by Dr. Karen Mapp and Dr. Bergman\, called Embracing a New Normal: Toward a More Liberatory Approach to Family Engagement\, which takes stock of this era of dual pandemics and offers high-level policy recommendations for K–12 leaders.\n\nThrough specific examples from schools and districts across the country\, the report brings to life the three pillars of effective family engagement strategies: 1) place trust and teamwork at the center of the home-school relationship; 2) anchor family engagement strategies in student learning; and 3) invest in building systems and structures that enable this work. \nIn the webinar\, Dr. Bergman was joined by Dr. Sonja Santelises\, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools\, and Dr. Lori James-Gross\, Superintendent of Unity Point Consolidated School District 140 in rural southern Illinois. Though vastly different\, both districts believe the schools that focused on family engagement pre-pandemic were better prepared to endure the impact of the pandemic. Dr. Santelises discussed how BCPS has led the way in elevating family engagement as an equity imperative and gave the example of one school in particular where trust and teamwork with families was prioritized. She also highlighted a new BCPS board policy on family engagement and the development of student learning plans co-designed by teachers\, parents and students. Dr. James-Gross spoke about individual student success planning\, where every student\, their teacher and family meet to build a relationship\, set goals and determine needs based on a holistic view of the child. \nThe webinar concluded with Kelsey Nelson\, senior manager of external relations at Learning Heroes\, highlighting several creative assets that highlight Learning Heroes research and effective family engagement in action\, including social media toolkits with video clips and more. “For our research\, we partner with a lot of national organizations such as National PTA\, National Urban League\, UnidosUS and Univision\, and also work with community partners on the ground telling their stories and bringing the research to life as to why a strong family engagement practice is so important.”
URL:https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/centering-equity-in-home-school-relationships-lessons-from-research-and-innovative-districts/
CATEGORIES:Past Event
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SUMMARY:Join the Movement: Activating Your Parent Village
DESCRIPTION:“The most important part for us was having the parent voice be heard. We are all about making sure that parents have a seat at the table\, nothing about us without us.” \n\nSarita Sashington of Be Strong Families offered this reflection on her experience organizing a Parent Village in this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar Join the Movement: Activating Your Parent Village. \nSashington was joined by Dr. Dana Suskind and Yolie Flores\, both with the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health\, and Rosa Guzman Snyder and Kendra Smiley of the National Center for Families Learning. Together\, they discussed the Building a Parent Nation Campaign\, which builds on Dr. Suskind’s recently-released book\, Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential\, Fulfilling Society’s Promise\, and seeks to mobilize parents\, caregivers and allies to fight for a society that better supports parents. \nUsing neuroscience as a framework\, Parent Nation urges parents\, caregivers and allies to advocate for a society that puts children and families at the center. In support of this call to action\, Flores shared the innovative tools and resources that are now available at no cost to groups and organizations aligned with this mission and who wish to host Parent Villages to activate parents. Alberta Longone-Messer\, a participant\, shared their enthusiasm and agreement with this mission: “So important to share this program with community partners to help us launch and sustain\,” because as Flores said\, “all children should have the opportunity to reach their dreams\, to reach their potential.” \nGuzman Snyder\, Smiley and Sashington shared their experiences in hosting Parent Villages during the beta test phase this past winter\, including what inspired them to host a Village (“strong mission alignment” and “model driven by parents”); how parents responded (validated their strengths in ways that they could see themselves as changemakers); and what they saw as the potential for activating parent leadership and power (based on this experience\, one parent made her own PowerPoint to share Parent Nation with other parents). Panelists shared that a key feature of the curriculum was the adaptability and flexibility to make it your own. And what was most powerful was the sense of solidarity of a community of parents to fight for change. \nThe resources and experiences shared by the presenters generated optimism and excitement for participants. Dr. Phillip G. Bevans commented\, “Your commitment to providing parents and caregivers with the opportunity and support needed to learn and apply the skills that are known to build babies’ brains is\, of course\, quite revolutionary and much to be admired. Congratulations on making the effort to ‘create a population-level shift in the knowledge and behavior of parents and caregivers’ in this regard.” \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 
URL:https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/activating-your-parent-village/
CATEGORIES:Past Event
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SUMMARY:Building Hope & Opportunity: Philanthropy’s Role in Catalyzing Children’s Savings Accounts
DESCRIPTION:Imagine a philanthropic investment so powerful that it changes how children think — something that embeds the conviction\, “I have a future. Education is for me\, not for somebody else.” According to Patty Grant\, Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Wabash County\, Indiana\, that ability to transform how children see themselves is part of what makes children’s savings accounts (CSAs) “a meaningful way\, beyond just the financial impact of helping our families and our students\, to…align with our mission to address the quality of life and incomes and educational attainment.” \nGrant was joined by Carl Rist\, a CSA expert and independent consultant and former Senior Fellow at Prosperity Now; Rebecca Loya\, Ph.D.\, a research scientist at Brandeis University Institute for Economic and Racial Equity; and Benita Melton\, Program Director-Education for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation\, in a conversation moderated by Sterling Speirn\, Interim President and CEO of the Maine Community Foundation. \nDrawing on research and experience\, the presenters explored the history of CSAs\, dating back to the original demonstration project funded by national philanthropies\, and the recent growth in the number of CSAs today. Foundations donated $11.3 million to the 77 CSA programs surveyed by panelist Rebecca Loya in 2019\, of which $9 million came from family foundations. \nPanelists discussed the value of CSAs for private funders\, including the chance to help children and families prepare early for the future; the opportunity to partner with public funders on a scalable intervention; and the chance to address root causes of income inequality. “So many of the things philanthropy deals with are the symptoms and results of poverty\, but we rarely get to go right to the heart of it\, which is a lack of financial assets and underdeveloped human capital\,” observed Speirn. \nPresenters encouraged funders of CSAs to: \n\nStart small\, demonstrate success\, and then grow;\nCommunicate frequently with children and families about their CSAs so they can see how their accounts are growing; and\nCombine CSAs with other asset-building and financial literacy programs.\n\n“Children’s savings accounts are not a silver bullet. They don’t solve these problems by themselves. They are most impactful when embedded into or layered onto other initiatives\,” Benita Melton said.
URL:https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/building-hope-opportunity-philanthropys-role-in-catalyzing-childrens-savings-accounts/
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