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Working Together School-Family-Community
Partnerships A Toolkit for New MexicoSchool
Communities Module 2 Promoting Positive
Parenting
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Background

• The Toolkit was sponsored by New Mexico Public
  Education Department (NMPED) and developed by the
  Center for the Education and Study of Diverse
  Populations (CESDP)
• It is based on the six national standards for
  family involvement of the National PTA
• It is available in hard copy, on CD and on the
  web www.ped.state.nm.us
• www.cesdp.nmhu.edu

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Overview of Six Toolkit Modules
1. Improving Communication 2. Promoting
Positive Parenting 3. Enhancing Student
Learning 4. Increasing Volunteerism 5.
Supporting Decision Making and
Advocacy 6. Collaborating with the Community
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Goals for Module 2

• Use tools to measure and improve
• school-family-community partnerships.
• Understand and appreciate the benefits
• of positive parenting.
• Develop site-based strategies for promoting
  positive parenting.
• Enhance understanding of the diversity in the
  school community.

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New Mexico Teacher Competencies

• The New Mexico 3-Tiered Licensure System includes
  competencies and differentiated indicators that
  apply toModule 2Promoting Positive Parenting
• This training can assist in fulfilling
  requirements for Teacher Professional Development
  Plans (PDP).

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Competency 2
The teacher appropriately utilizes a variety of
teaching methods and resources for each area
taught. Relevant Master Teacher Level III
Indicator D. Designs opportunities for students
to apply, practice, and demonstrate knowledge and
skills based on knowledge of learning modalities,
style preferences, and intelligences.
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Competency 6
The teacher manages the educational setting in a
manner that promotes positive student behavior
and a safe and healthy environment. Relevant
Master Teacher Level III Indicator C.
Engages students in establishing expectations for
building a learning community in the classroom.
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Competency 7
The teacher recognizes student diversity and
creates an atmosphere conducive to the promotion
of positive student involvement and
self-concept. Relevant Master Teacher Level
III Indicator F. Designs opportunities that
require and reinforce student responsibility for
learning. For more information and a complete
listing of competencies and differentiated
indicators visit www.teachnm.org
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Activity Teacher Self-Assessment

• Divide into small groups of no morethan six.
• Individually, complete and date the Teacher
  Self-Assessment Rubric for Promoting Positive
  Parenting included in the handouts.
• Discuss findings as a small group and record
  strengths and needs.
• Discuss how you may be able to use this rubric in
  a teacher PDP.
• Report out to the group.

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Basic Responsibilities of Families

• Housing, health, nutrition, clothing, safety
• Parenting skills for all age levels
• Home conditions that support children as students
  at all grade levels
• Information and activities to help schools
  understand children and families
• Other

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Promoting Positive Parenting Results for Students

• Students develop
• a balance between time spent on chores, other
  activities, and homework
• respect for self, parents, and family
• awareness of importance of school
• responsible behavior and ownership of learning
  and
• positive attitudes, higher grades, and high
  attendance in school.

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Promoting Positive Parenting Results for Families

• Families develop
• understanding of child growth and
  developmentbirth - adolescence - young adult
• support for children as learners at eachgrade
  level
• understanding of teacher roles and
  responsibilities
• support for health, safety, and nutrition and
• exchange of information between educators and
  parents about concerns and goals for children.

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Promoting Positive Parenting Results for Teachers

• Teachers develop
• understanding of families cultures, goals and
  concerns for children
• respect for families strengths, needs,and
  efforts and
• strategies to help families create environments
  that support students as learners resulting in
• completed homework assignments
• increased parental involvement
• improved student attendance

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Activity Challenges and Solutions

• Challenges for educators
• providing information to all families who want it
  or need it, not only to the few who are actively
  involved in school activities
• enabling families to share information with
  schools about background, culture, and needs
• engaging families who are working and
• very busy and
• providing information to families that is
• clear, usable, and linked to children's
  success in school.

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Promoting Positive Parenting What Teachers and
Schools Can Do

• Develop understanding of family backgrounds,
  cultures, and views of children.
• Provide information about family support services
  and resources in the community.
• Provide information and workshops on parenting
  issues.
• Develop themed family kits for check-out and use
  at home.
• Plan for transitions from
• elementary to middle and high school.

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Promoting Positive Parenting What Families Can Do

• Attend parenting workshops and read information
  sent home.
• Inform teachers about family culture and goals
  for children.
• Inform teachers about any conditions that affect
  how their child learns.
• Be clear about homework expectations and be
  available to help students but not do homework
  for them.
• Set firm but kind expectations for children and
  teach responsibility.
• Support teacher and school effortsand programs.

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Activity Survey Families

• In small groups
• Review the handout Family Survey.
• Discuss how this tool may be used in your school.
  
• Discuss what modifications would need to be made
  for your school.
• List ideas for how the school staff could follow
  up on the information provided by families.

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Activity Reaching Out to Families

• In small groups review the handout Reaching Out
  to Families
• Discuss each idea and how you might be able to
  include them in the school EPSS to promote
  positive parenting.
• Describe any other ideas that could be added to
  the list.
• Prepare to share ideas, questions and responses
  with the whole group.

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Crowd Pleasers

• Crowd pleasers athletic events and celebrations.
  What do they have in common?
• High attendance
• Focus on student performance
• Personal contact
• Common expectations from coaches, students,
  and families

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Activity Teachable Moments
How can we take advantage of the teachable
moments offered by family participation in
athletic and celebratory events? What are some
other teachable moments to promote positive
parenting that you see available in your school.

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Time at Home
From the day of their birth until their high
school graduation, children will spend 15 of
their time in school. The other 85 will be
spent outside of school, and the greatest part
will be in the home.
Quick Tips, The Parent Institute, 1995
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Activity Respecting Diversity
Quality school programs that promote positive
parenting must be culturally sensitive to
increasingly diverse student and family
populations.
National PTA, 2004
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Best Practice Recommendations

• Support basic responsibilities of families.
• Take into account positive results for students,
  families, and teachers.
• Build relationships with students andwith
  families.
• Recognize and build on strengths of families.
• View the Toolkit on the web or CD and utilize the
  RESOURCES in Teacher Tools and Family Tools for
  this module.

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Activity Teacher Reflection

• Reflect on the workshop and the strategies you
  have learned to promote positive parenting.
• Refer again to the
• Teacher Self-Assessment Rubric.
• Then review the Teacher Reflection tool for this
  module and take 10 minutes to individually
  complete the Plan for Improvement column.

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Inside the Toolkit

• Teacher Tools Resources
• Worth a Click Links
• Family Survey
• Respecting Cultures and Traditions
• Developing a Community of Learners
• Rights, Responsibilities, and Rules
• Positive Ways to Talk About Children
• Teaching Responsibility
• Reaching Out to Families

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Inside the Toolkit

• Family Tools Resources
• Worth a Click Links
• Tips for Successful Parenting
• Guiding Children in Making Healthy Choices
• Finding Positive Ways to Talk About Children
• Promoting Responsibility
• Raising a Reader
• Preparing for Teen Years
• Ideas for Busy Parents
• Peer Pressure and Bullying

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Activity Where do we go from here?

• How can we use what we learned inthis workshop
  in our schools, homes,and communities?

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To Learn More

• Access the complete Toolkit with resources,
  references, and websites at
• www.ped.state.nm.us
• www.cesdp.nmhu.edu
• Complete Evaluation Form

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