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Beginning School Implementation
Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to introduce school leadership teams to the REACH Framework. Content focus is on common elements that characterize highly effective schools. Participants are involved in activities that address Professional Learning Communities and Professional Development. Workshop activities guide participating teams in matching local priorities to REACh Framework components and in action planning. REACh grant participants work with their approved REACh Action plan to further develop strategies, tasks, timelines, and staff needed to assist them in realizing expected outcomes.
Framework Appraisal – Level 1
Purpose: Framework Appraisal provides a structured data based decision-making structure for schools to review implementation of the ten REACh Framework components and to guide subsequent improvement efforts. This workshop assists school communities in gathering evidence of their change efforts, promoting collaboration and communication, and developing strategies for addressing student and system needs. The training provided helps schools establish and sustain the capacity to make systemic improvement and informed decisions needed to reduce barriers to learning and enable all students to experience academic success. Data Based Decision Making: A Guide to Framework Appraisal will provided to all participants.
Progress Monitoring
Purpose: This workshop is designed to assist districts and schools in implementing system wide screening and progress monitoring to improve student achievement. The REACh Progress Monitoring Toolkit will be provided to all participants. Participants will gain knowledge and skills in the following:
· Relationship between response to intervention (RtI) and progress monitoring
· Necessary components of a progress monitoring system
· The degree to which progress monitoring system components currently exist within participant’s school
· Benefits of progress monitoring
· Design and implementation of progress monitoring procedures
· Development of a plan of action
· Accessing resources and tools needed to implement the plan
Resource Mapping
Purpose: Resource Mapping assists teams in identifying and aligning resources and promoting collaborative planning and instruction to enhancing educational options. The purpose of this workshop is to assist participants to learn the process and benefits of resource mapping. Participants will leave with tools and strategies needed for working with stakeholders to conduct effective resource mapping. Resource Mapping: A Toolkit for Education Communities will be provided for all participants.
How Family Friendly Are We?
Purpose: Families and schools share a common goal; they strive for children to be successful. The research is clear that when families are involved, students do better academically and behaviorally. Workshop participants will share ideas that have been successful in involving families and will also explore the challenges to family involvement. Workshop content will provide background and strategies to overcome the challenges and plan for flexible and meaningful family involvement.
Fundamentals of Family Involvement
Purpose: Family involvement is key to planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating high quality educational programs. This introductory workshop will help participants increase their awareness of how effective partnership practices can improve student achievement and behavior. Joyce Epstein’s Six Components of Successful Family, School, and Community serve as the foundation of the workshop. Participants complete a “quality indicators” checklist for their school and brainstorm specific ideas and projects to promote the six components.
Keys to Successful School/Family Partnerships
Purpose: Families and schools want children to succeed. When families are involved, children do better. Positive communication and collaboration between families and school is the key. This workshop will explore how to establish the groundwork for positive communication, the obstacles that may inhibit communication and positive strategies and practices to promote family: school partnerships.
Families and Teachers in Problem Solving
Purpose: Family/School Partnerships provide best outcomes for children. Opportunities for collaborative problem solving occur regularly at school. Participants will explore the environment that promotes positive problem solving, review the philosophy and specific practices of collaboration and will have opportunities to practice the strategies.
Parent Representatives on School Leadership Teams
Purpose: The REACh Framework expects parents and school staff to work together on school leadership teams to realize the success of all children. Participants will learn the role of the parent on the school Leadership Team, how this can support families with their children’s learning and how this can help to encourage family representation and participation.
Family Leadership Team Networking
Purpose: Involves the sharing of successes and challenges as families connect with their schools.
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