Ways to promote student progress to families

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Ways to promote student progress to families

• By
• Jo Ann Nunez, Linda Perry,
• Teri Yrigoyen

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Arenas for dialoguing with parents about student
progress

• Cafecitos Once a month with parenting topic and
  academic focus on core curriculum.
• Curriculum nights (Cool School Night) Present
  Title I, Learning Compact, Parent Involvement
  Policy, District Parent Involvement Policy,
  Curriculum, Standards, P.Os, by grade level in
  classrooms.
• Team teacher planning periods Collaborative
  Blocks Students go to art, OMA, music,
  counselor. Grade level teachers meet with
  Instructional Specialist and Principal.
• Parent teacher conferences-SCIPS, WICPS,
• Science Day all families invited whole day
  focus on science and activities.
• Data on website-Parental Access
• Home visits and phone calls as needed

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CafecitosDay/Night

• Primary-Johnson
• Monthly, 1st Wednesday of the month930-1030
  a.m. Topics are usually non-academic Resources
  at our school Bullying, Stranger Danger Legal
  Services Multiple Intelligences Love of
  Reading Gang Awareness

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CafecitosDay/Night

• Elementary- Howell
• Meet last Wed. of each month at 900 a.m. with
  breakfast and parenting topic and academic focus.
  Currently discussing 2nd session to be offered
  monthly at Holladay. Have shared about Dibels,
  Benchmark Data, 6 Trait Writing, etc. along with
  pacing calendars, core curriculum and various
  parenting topics Love Logic, homework,
  bullying, Making Meal Time Family Time Program,
  school climate and concerns ongoing.

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CafecitosDay/Night

• Middle- Maxwell
• Informational meetings Behavior system SES
  tutoring Day/night meetings Leadership
  opportunities, Parental Access information
  Educational workshop.
• Day and night conferences to accommodate parents

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Curriculum nights/monthly parent meetingContent
vs. social emotional

• Primary- Johnson
• Held monthly on a Tuesday evening 630-730
  p.m.
• Topics are academic, presented by teachers

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Curriculum nights/monthly parent meetingContent
vs. social emotional

• Elementary Howell
• Have quarterly Curriculum Nights with first one
  being Cool School Night
• Parent Compact/Policy
• Standards P.O.s
• School Climate, etc.
• Other Nights for Family Math Night and Reading
  Night (RAH, RAH)
• Also offer 4 parenting sessions for Love Logic
  in the evenings
• PTA monthly evening meetings DAC, SCPC,
  information also shared at this meeting
• Site Council monthly afternoons

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Curriculum nights/monthly parent meetingContent
vs. social emotional

• Middle- Maxwell
• Experiencing challenges for monthly night
  meetings
• Grade level meetings 8th grade, 7th grade, 6th
  grade
• NJHS
• MESA
• Pima Partnership Prevention

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Team teacher planning periods

• Primary - Johnson
• Has weekly grade level meetings approximately 1
  hour long
• Elementary Howell
• Collaborative Blocks for students to go to
  Specialists and teachers have a 2 hr. planning
  block with Instruct. Specialist and Principal.
  Discussion now about inviting parents 1x/month to
  these meetings to share grade level curriculum
  and data. Teachers sign up for family learning
  night of their choice to help facilitate.

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Team teacher planning periods

• Middle Maxwell
• Parent conferences during teachers planning
• Meet with parents before or after school hours to
  accommodate parents
• Student progress reports/behavior and student
  data review

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Learning at Home

• Workshops for parents on student progress topics
• Teacher parent conferences
• Reading program
• Testing/DIBELS testing
• Writing process/six traits
• Math
• Science, district science kits
• Parental access
• Summer ideas, activities
• Howell has one also on Homework Strategies and
  Study Skills.

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How can parents help at home?

• Homework monitoring
• Timed reading using microwave timer choral and
  echo reading too
• Following through with Parent Compact
• Implement ideas from Math/Reading Nights
• Use MTFT (Meal Time Family Time) mats and weekly
  handouts
• Read newsletter together
• Cook together, follow recipes in newsletter

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How can parents help at home?

• Provide a quite place for homework
• Make sure homework is completed
• Read all notices to be informed about school
  activities and meetings
• Monitor childs attendance and tardiness
• Check Parental Access website

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Incentives

• PTO monies Have funds that have helped with
  supplies for Lit/Math Night, Science Day, field
  trip donations for students, food and gift card
  donations and prizes for assemblies and family
  nights.
• Maxwell has a behavior system that rewards
  students-Honor Roll and Rewards Assembly
• Every 2 weeks students who are check free and
  excellent attendance receives Free Dress Day
• Raffles and prizes are also incentives given by
  teachers

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Incentives

• Donations outside groups such as Rotary, Desert
  Skies Methodist and outside volunteer groups have
  brought in books, Payless shoe cards, Frys, etc.
• Prizes for the students of the parents who attend
  parent meetings