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Members, Partners and Stakeholders,
Based on several articles highlighted in today's NAFSCE News, small changes can reap big benefits when it comes to family engagement. One nonprofit is now able to provide more than 2,000 families access to educational resources, thanks to
new involvement from local businesses.
Another program conducted a home visit to a seemingly "disengaged" family and uncovered that the parent couldn't receive calls or emails at work for fear of being fired. Now that parent stays involved through text messages. Effective change comes in big and small packages.
Research supports the need to explore these new models for strategic family engagement. One
new data analysis found that while children with disabilities or social-emotional challenges make up only 13 percent of the preschool population, they constitute 75 percent of all early suspensions and expulsions. A top policy recommendation by the study's authors? To promote meaningful, two-generational family engagement strategies.
We hope you'll join us for our January 31 Effective Practices Webinar as we
explore the role of parent leadership in building equity in the classroom through effective family engagement. Guest presenters from UPLAN, Teaching for Change, and the National Parent Leadership Institute will address their approaches to building parent leadership in the school community and beyond.
Finally, a huge thank you to all who participated in NAFSCE's Member Survey. We will be sharing the results once they are fully compiled. In the meantime, congratulations to the winner of our drawing for a free NAFSCE membership, Sheri Magno, Program Director with INPEACE, The Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture!
Best regards,
Vito Borrello
NAFSCE Executive Director
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 Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 3:00 - 4:30pm EST
Effective Practice Webinar Series
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This month, NAFSCE's Effective Practices Webinar addresses a subject that over 60% of our member survey respondents said they wanted to learn more about -- the role of parent leadership in effective family engagement. Representatives from United Parent Leaders Action Network, Teaching for Change, and the National Parent Leadership Institute will join us to discuss how parent leadership can impact and influence family engagement and help to build equity in the classroom. How can family, school, and community engagement professionals work with parent leaders to improve student achievement? What are some of the most effective ways to build parent leadership in a school community? What role can local leadership play in mobilizing parent leaders across the country?
Our Presenters:
United Parent Leadership Action Network (UPLAN) is a national network of parents coming together from across the country to inform policies and programs that matter to families and children, especially families with young children.
Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write and change the world. By drawing direct connections to real world issues, Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to question and re-think the world inside and outside their classrooms, build a more equitable, multicultural society, and become active global citizens.
National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI) exists to coordinate and increase the civic skills and impact of diverse parents to improve child and community outcomes as they build caring communities. NPLI works with agencies, community organizations, local/state governments and other systems and trains parents, agency leaders and community leaders (as well as children through a two-generational strategy) to view parents as valuable leaders and assets working to build caring communities.
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Apply now for the Department's 2018-19
School Ambassador Fellowship Program
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This program enables outstanding teachers, principals, counselors, librarians, and other school-based professionals interacting with students on a daily basis to bring their expertise to the Department and expand their knowledge of the national dialogue on education.
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 According to new data from the Center for American Progress, children ages 3 to 5 with disabilities and or emotional and social challenges, while comprising just 12 percent of early childhood program populations, represent 75 percent of suspensions and expulsions. This report notes that promoting effective family engagement is a crucial element of efforts to counteract this trend. Read more.
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Whitney Henderson, Navigator-in-chief of EdNavigator writes, "If we want to keep more students on the path to success in school and beyond, it's time for us to stop expecting families to engage without showing them how. It's time for parents to be treated as full partners in their children's education, not taken for granted or pushed aside. And it's time for more businesses to recognize that their success is intertwined with the success of their employees, communities, and local schools, and step up for working families." Learn more about how EdNavigator uses local businesses to improve family engagement.
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NAFSCE Member Kenya Bradshaw of
The New Teacher's Project believes that "there are districts all across the country that are modeling authentic community engagement. District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Brevard Public Schools in Florida, Lorain City Schools in Ohio, Tulsa Public Schools in Oklahoma and the Houston Independent School District in Texas, are just a few of the districts in the U.S. that are reimagining the role that families and communities can play as true partners to support all areas of district success."
Find out what these school districts all have in common.
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Recently, Education Post invited more than
40 participants
to share the joys and frustrations of being Black in America's public schools. Participants emphasized that
parents need to be involved
in their child's education, but many are not-and it's not because they don't care. They talked of parents who feel unwelcome in the school building, and of parents who feel the teachers and school leaders pass judgment on them. Watch the video.
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 Children who meet regularly with mentors are 46 percent less likely than peers to start using illegal drugs and 27 percent less likely to start drinking (National Mentoring Partnership). Last year, over 200 Children First/CIS volunteers contributed 2,865 hours of their time to tutor children during school and after school, be a lunch buddy and strengthen reading and math skills, teach art, dance and soccer and be their cheerleader and trusted friend. Their efforts are making a difference.
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The Illinois State Board of Education put out a request for proposals for 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grants for fiscal year 2018-19. The grants facilitate academically focused after-school programs serving schools with a high concentration of low-income students to improve student achievement through enrichment and family engagement.
Proposals must be submitted by 4 p.m. on Feb. 15.
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NAFSCE is the only professional association dedicated solely to those who spend each and every day making family engagement happen -- those who advance high impact practices, promote evidence-based policies, and strive to engage all families in the development of their children. If you work with families and children, NAFSCE works for you.
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Career Center
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Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP) is the nation's first evidence-based parent leadership training curriculum designed by and for Latino parents with children ages 0-5, and has grown to serve Latino and immigrant families across the U.S. AP seeks a strategic-thinking and dynamic individual for a newly cre
ated senior-level position, Director of Strategic Partnerships.
Learn more.
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