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1. Parenting: Support all families to establish home environments to support children as students.

Description of Activity

Presenters

Materials

Evaluation/Implementation of Parental Training

Outcome

Math Game Night

Math teachers

Allow parents to participate in math related games with their student

Increase parent capacity to support at home with math

Back to School Night

All Staff

Parents hear about programs at the school; participate in ESL and/or TAG Family Night info. Sign up for a conference with the teacher. Preview topics of learning for the year

Meet teacher, connect to school, meet other staff supporting their student

Donuts w/ Families

Classroom Staff

Uniting families during morning drop off, celebrating all families and caregivers 

Increased engagement, improved attendance, strengthen connections

Kindergarten Home Visits

Kindergarten Team

Meet families, discuss strengths and dreams for new student

Increased engagement, begin partnership with school

2. Communication:  Design effective forms of school-to-home and home-to-school communication about school programs and children’s progress.

Description of Activity

Presenters

Materials

Evaluation/Implementation of Parental Training

Outcome

Newsletter

Sending out general school info every Wednesday in paper and digital copies based on parent preference

Up to date on activities and events and opportunities

Wednesday folders

Sending home info relevant to both the school and the individual student weekly

Predictable and reliable information day for families

School Messenger

Nudge of just in time info for families. Reminders, Important timely updates, Invitations, etc.

Increased participation of families

3. Volunteering: Recruit and organize family help and support.

Description of Activity

Presenters

Materials

Evaluation/Implementation of Parental Training

Outcome

PTA Volunteer Survey 

Partnered with PTA to learn more about parent involvement and how they would like to volunteer 

Specific info on how parents prefer to volunteer, when and where.

Recruit parents to help with clothing closet

Partner with PTA to get the word out about volunteer opportunities with Marshall Clothing Closet 

Give parents opportunity to volunteer outside of woodlawn 

Identify parent volunteers for classrooms

Give parents opportunities to volunteer in classes by assisting teacher with gathering supplies, assist with projects, make copies

Allow parents to volunteer on a more flexible schedule

Literacy Tutor Volunteers

Provide training and opportunity for supporting in the K-1 classroom with a focus on literacy

More supports for struggling readers at the Early Primary levels

4. Learning at Home: Provide information and ideas to families about how to help students at home with homework and other curriculum-related activities, deciding and planning.

Description of Activity

Presenters

Materials

Evaluation/Implementation of Parental Training

Outcome

Teacher skill survey 

Identify skills that teachers expect from students, build parent resources based off data

Kids have deeper focus on expectations and skills that parents can assist with 

Parent student tutorial workshop 

Host workshop for parents and students to practice doing homework together, build skills for both parent and student to practice together

Students and parents can practice building skills together 

Math Game Night

Math Teachers

Parents play games with children under the guidance of the math teacher. Some take-home games and ideas provided to families

Parents see/use skills students are using

Unit descriptor Sheets for ELA and Math

Content teachers

Pages sent home at the start of a new unit in ELA and Math that explain standard and give examples of skills and strategies that will be used

Parents see what the learning targets are for the unit; skills and strategies that the student will be using

5. Decision Making: Activities to extend family leadership skills and roles on school committees, and include the voices of all families on school decisions and advocacy issues.

Description of Activity

Presenters

Materials

Evaluation/Implementation of Parental Training

Outcome

Site council 

Recruit more parents to join site council 

Elevate parent and community voices 

Parent meeting with SUN partnership 

Meet with SUN families to help include voices from our families of color

Deeper focus on voices from communities of color

Surveys and Feedback sessions at evening events

Provide opportunities at designated evening events to gather info and feedback from families on specific focal topics or in general

Ongoing communication loop

Parent ideas included in newsletter for any interested parents

Parents think of initiatives and lead with volunteers (OBOB, Green Team, basketball, etc.)

Opportunities for parents to initiate and lead

6. Collaborating with the Community:  Coordinate resources and services from the community for families, students and the school and provider services to the community.

Description of Activity

Presenters

Materials

Evaluation/Implementation of Parental Training

Outcome

Housing partnership

Explore relationship with housing nonprofits/partners in order to ease families in housing search

Allow families easier access to affordable housing

Sports teams partnership

Explore relationship with kids athletics organizations in order to provide kids affordable  access to sports after school, during summer

Allow families access to sports as an extracurricular 

Experience Corp and SMART

Initiatives that support reading instruction by matching a tutor with a student

Increased engagement in reading

OR Food Bank Site

Food resources for families, voluntary participation

SEI

SUN school partner and family service provider (training, incentives, insecurities, higher ed)