Welcome to the 2nd WOMS S2H Professional Development
Agenda
Module 2 - Parent Engagement
One of the key components of the School2Home Program is the emphasis on a strong parent-school collaboration
Objectives: Teachers will
- be familiar with the School2Home parent training components.
- understand the importance of parent involvement in student academic achievement.
- learn to use various technology resources.
- review websites created for home use and parent involvement in student’s academic work.
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Module 2 Opening Activity: Brief Introduction of new faculty members and presenters
Cultivating Parent Engagement
Video Activity: Pair-share A. Discuss with partner: · What is the current parent involvement at this school?
· In your classroom? · What would you add to the video in terms of framing/additional information for use with parents B. Share with the entire group |
Cultivating Parent Engagement at YES Academy Other resources for working with famililes: Family Engagement=Student Success Web address in case the link is blocked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwEPv2ob_QI&app=desktop Learn About Common Core in Three Minutes Web address in case the link is blocked |
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Connections Guide Investigation: Jigsaw Home-to-School Connections Guide A. Teachers break into 3 groups and read a section, check out the links to the related resources. B. Each group adds summaries to their section of the collaborative Google doc.
TIPS Activity: Explore TIPS Website
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Edutopia’s Home-School Connections Guide
Collaborative Doc for sharing summaries
TIPS website |
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Investigation of educational home activities: In departmental groups, explore the at the community/home resources for Parent Engagement.
As a department, create a plan to use the resources. |
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Teacher Presentation Activity: Focus on Common Core to share with parents and how it relates to their own content area.
Option: Free choice of a topic you want to share with parents |
PTO article for improved parent involvement |
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Magic Moment:Google Translate |
Other translation sites: works well on idioms Free Translation website has good spoken word translations |
Next Action Steps:
- Teachers incorporate one activity using one of the family resources in the next 2 weeks.
Explore the Remind website
Follow-Up suggestions:
- Additional discussion time on using the educational resources and TIPS by departments.
- Creation of suggested communication activities to engage parents, as a department, or as a school.
- More PD on using the school site website for parent engagement.
- In preparation for Module 3 : Common Core State Standards & Student-Engaged Learning Think about engagement strategies for students.
Next meeting is NOV. 19
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