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Meeting Date:
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8/31/2017 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Parent and Community Engagement
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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1. Report and Possible Action on Family and Community Engagement
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement
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Attachments
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Attached is a visual description of the MPS Family and Community Engagement Framework, including the Six Standards schools will strive to meet this year.
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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This report will serve as a reflection and launch point for the district’s efforts around family and community engagement. Progress to date, plans for this year, and the direction moving toward 2020 will be reviewed.
Progress to Date
2014-15 School Year – Increase Resources: A parent coordinator was centrally allocated to every school to help add capacity to schools’ ability to successfully engage families and the community.
2015-16 School Year – Strategic Planning: A family and community engagement specialist was hired centrally to implement a strategic plan and framework for the district. This year was focused on learning about the MPS system, observing the current state of family and community engagement, and identifying key leverage points for growth.
2016-17 School Year – Re-Organization: This past year included various changes. Resources were reorganized to create a system for school-based family and community engagement support. This included changing our monthly professional development, the Central Services support staff structure, and changing how staff speak about family engagement as a district.
Plans this Year
2017-18 School Year – Standardization: This year will focus on establishing a standard of care around family and community engagement and on utilizing the new system of support to ensure equitable, need-based assistance to get all schools to that baseline. This standard of care will take shape as a fully developed MPS Family and Community Engagement Framework inclusive of six standards which all schools must strive to meet:
• Schools are welcoming and culturally relevant environments;
• Schools are connected to the community;
• Schools have tools and knowledge needed to build relationships with families and the community;
• Families have opportunities to build peer networks;
• Families have tools and knowledge needed to be active in their children’s education; and
• Families have avenues to serve as leaders.
The framework has been finalized based on national research and best practices, such as the Department of Education’s dual-capacity building framework and collective impact theory, but also incorporates local promising practices from MPS schools and input from families on what they want to see from schools.
Looking Forward
2018-19 School Year – Maintain & Measure: Maintain the established standard of care and measure growth against the baseline established in 2016-17.
2019-20 School Year – Adjust & Sustain: Based on increases/decreases in year four, adjust system of support, working to sustain a standard of care in all schools and potentially to raise the standard across the district.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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No Fiscal Impact
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Recommendation:
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Your Committee reports having received the foregoing report from the Administration. Although this item has been noticed for possible action, no action is required.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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