Parent Engagement PD #2

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Parent Engagement PD

​By: Dorsey and Rickmon

Poll

Would you rather be able to silence anyone or anything you wanted at any time, but never be able to talk louder than a whisper, or talk normally but have to listen to one hour of nails on a chalkboard every day??

Objectives

• ​TWBAT identify different barriers to parent engagement

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNApJnFw33M

Open Ended

What is this video assuming parents can do? 

Open Ended

What is the current parent involvement at this school? ( You may use descriptive words or percentages)

Open Ended

What is the current parent involvement in your classroom?  ( You may use descriptive words or percentages)

Poll

Choose the reader!

• Kindergarten- 3rd grade team

• 4th- 5th grade team

• MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM <3

• Administration

Demographic Barriers

• Inflexible work schedules

• Work 2+ jobs, and/or are tired from work 

• Transportation problems and lack of resources 

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Demographic Barriers ( continued)

 

• Speak languages other than English

• May experience fewer opportunities to volunteer in the schools.

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Multiple Choice

You are trying to reach out to Student A's parent for a conference but due to inflexible work hours, they are unable to attend. This is an example what barrier?

• Demographic Barrier

• Psychological Barrier

• Teacher Attitudes

• School Climate

Psychological  Barriers

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• Parents’ confidence ( or lack there of) in their own intellectual abilities 

• Parents may not perceive themselves as capable of helping their children in school.

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Psychological  Barriers ( continued)

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• Parents’ perceptions of racism as well as their own negative school experiences.​

Multiple Choice

Student B's parent wants to sign up for reading night, but their primary language is Spanish and the school is only looking for English speaking volunteers. The above situation is an example of what barrier?

• Demographic Barriers

• Psychological Barriers

• Teacher Attitudes

• School Climate

Multiple Choice

Student A's mom is nervous to speak to her scholar's teacher about their math grade because of her own experience with math as a child. The above situation is an example of what barrier?

• Demographic Barriers

• Psychological Barriers

• Teacher Attitudes

• School Climate

Poll

How frustrating is it to reach out to  a parent/guardian about a scholar’s grades/ needs of improvement etc and you receive no response?  ( Choose an image that best represents your feelings). 

Teacher Attitudes

• Teachers  interpret a lack of school involvement as a lack of interest.

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Teacher Attitudes

• Negative attitudes toward low-income families by teachers may then lead to substandard treatment of parents when they do attempt to become involved

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Multiple Choice

Ms. Ware reaches out to Student A's parent weekly but they have not responded and they have read all of the messages . Ms. Ware determines that the parent does not care and stops messaging the parent.

• Demographic Barriers

• Psychological Barriers

• Teacher Attitudes

• School Climate

Multiple Choice

Parent B does not feel confident in their ability to help their scholar with school work . This situation is an example of what barrier?

• Demographic Barriers

• Psychological Barriers

• Teacher Attitudes

• School Climate

Poll

We need another volunteer

• Aries

• Gemini

• Scorpio

• Aquarius

School Climate

•  Low-SES ( socioeconomic status ) communities are less likely to encourage parental school involvement than those in higher SES communities. 

School Climate

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• ​School personnel may speak to parents using professional terminology with which parents are not familiar, or send out notices and memos written in English to parents who speak little or no English 

Multiple Choice

Mr. G is sitting in on her child's IEP meeting and is very confused about the verbiage. She signs the papers anyway because she does not feel comfortable asking questions. This situation is an example of what barrier?

• Demographic Barrier

• Psychological barrier

• Teacher Attitudes

• School Climate

What will you do in your classrooms this year to address barriers in parent engagement?

Open Ended

What will you do to address barriers in parent engagement?