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HLP 1: Collaborate With Professionals to Increase Student Success

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HLP 1: Collaborate With Professionals to Increase Student Success

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EBPs:

1. Co-teaching

2. Team Planning

3. Shared lesson plans

Articles, blog posts, training materials, or professional development opportunities:

1.     https://teachbetter.com/blog/co-teaching-is-tough/

Title: Co-teaching is Tough

Description: This blog post gives us insight into co-teaching relationships and how to take advantage of it with student success in mind.

2.    https://www.nwea.org/blog/2024/3-ways-to-bring-effective-co-teaching-strategies-to-life-in-your-classroom/

Title: 3 ways to bring effective co-teaching strategies to life in your classroom

Description: A short article about the author’s experience in the classroom and has shared some of her strategies for success.

3.    https://exceptionalchildren.org/teacher-resources/other/cultivating-inclusion-through-collaboration

Title: Cultivating Inclusion Through Collaboration

Description: This teaching toolkit is meant to help SPED and content teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, students and their families, and more, to reflect, explore and put into action the ideas of collaboration through inclusion and co-teaching to support equity in education for all students.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71_noQM5b80&t=44s

Title: TA-Live! HLP1 - Collaborate with Professionals to Increase Student Success

Description: Review of HLP 1 that identifies HLP 1 increases student success.

Technology tools:

1.     Google Classroom

Description: This application streamlines educational materials between teachers as well as students. Assignments, projects, and feedback can be uploaded to be accessed by identified resource individuals. This is also eco-friendly as it reduces the use of physical paper.

Link: https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/products/classroom/

2.     Planbook

Description: A digital tool that gives access to teacher lesson plans and provide feedback. This tool also makes it easier to create assessments and students will have the ability to view past, current and future lessons. This will provide them with an opportunity to review previous lesson and research succeeding sessions and instructions.

Link: https://planbook.com/#home

3.     Microsoft teams

Description: This tool incorporates your Microsoft email and provides virtual team meetings and notes. Transcription of discussion and even record the meeting is also available. Your calendar can be shared to enable users to identify common time, scheduling and planning.

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software

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A strong co-teaching relationship involves both teachers using their expertise to co-plan, co-teach, and co-assess as equals.

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HLP 2: Organize and Facilitate Effective Meetings With Professionals and Families

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HLP 2: Organize and Facilitate Effective Meetings With Professionals and Families

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EBPs

1.     IEP meetings

2.     School-Community meetings

3.     PTO (Parent Teacher Organization)

Articles, blog posts, training materials, or professional development opportunities:

1.     https://www.cadreworks.org/events/maximizing-participation-entire-iep-team-for-better-student-outcomes-two-part-series

Title: Maximizing Participation of the Entire IEP Team for Better Student Outcomes - A Two-Part Series

Description: This is a 2-part presentation of the importance of listening to what each stakeholder in the IEP team can “bring to the table” in order to ensure students with disabilities can thrive and be successful. It gives us definitions of our role in the IEP meeting and be an active participant.

2.     https://collaborationhlp.blogspot.com/2024/11/hlp-2-organize-facilitate-effective.html

Title: HLP 2 - Organize & facilitate effective meetings with professionals & families

Description: A blogpost about the importance of teacher-led effective meeting with parents/ guardians. This involves good communication and listening skills- being mindful and thoughtful of our choice of words and the tone of how we speak to them. This will lead to a good relationship and better outcome.

3.     https://highleveragepractices.org/sites/default/files/2023-10/HLP%20Faculty%20Guides%20-%20HLP%202.pdf

Title: HLP 2 Organize and facilitate effective meetings with professionals and families.

Description: An infographic showing how to prepare and facilitate a meeting. It gives us details of how we can succeed in meetings using the suggested actions before, during and after the meeting.

Video:

Link: https://www.cadreworks.org/resources/cadre-materials-state-resource/tale-two-conversations

Description: Two videos clearly showing ineffective and effective communication during parent- administrator meeting. It provides us a glimpse of what could possibly happen during meetings- this may include distractions, personal interests and unfounded assumptions regarding services that could potentially improve a student’s quality of life.

Technology tools:

1.Class dojo

Link: https://www.classdojo.com/

Description: The features of the platform include a points system to facilitate classroom management, instant teacher-parent communication , and student portfolios (DiGiacomo, 2022). This tool offers well-organized and smooth- running classroom management that elevates teacher effectiveness.

2. DialMyCalls

Link: https://www.dialmycalls.com/

Description: This is a mass texting and notification services that can be used by school to offer instant information regarding school events, inclement weather, reminders about school closing or any information that needs to be shared with families. This can be used to pre-load messages or calls scheduled to be sent at a later date.

3.Zoom

Link: https://www.zoom.com/

Description: According to the website, Zoom is a "a communications platform that allows users to connect with video, audio, phone, and chat". Furthermore, this tool can offer scheduling assistance, work spaces, messaging, document signing. This tool improved effectiveness in work spaces by providing opportunities for an increased engagement.

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ClassDojo helps teachers, parents, and students build amazing classroom communities.

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HLP 3: Collaborate With Families to Support Student Learning and Secure Needed Services

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HLP 3: Collaborate With Families to Support Student Learning and Secure Needed Services

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EBPs

1. Community Resource referrals

2. Teacher- Parent open communication

3. 504/ IEP meetings (parent input)

Articles, blog posts, training materials, or professional development opportunities:

1. https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/fam/cresource/q1/p01/#content

Title: What do educators need to understand about families of children with disabilities?

Description: Addresses the importance of engaging the families of students with disabilities in their child’s education. It highlights some of the key factors that affect these families and outlines some practical ways to build relationships and create opportunities for involvement (IRIS | Family Engagement: Collaborating With Families of Students With Disabilities, n.d.)

2. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=C50LEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA18&dq=hlp+3+scholarly+articles&ots=gDkdB6sHEt&sig=3_jYoit0Q48mD-nfUjy9n_aWfG0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title: How can Collaborating with Families Ensure Successful Outcomes for Students

Description: This Chapter of the book "Practical Guide to High-Leverage Practices in Special Education" discussion HLP3 in detail with emphasis in creating or empowering parents to build their own skills and advocating for their students to make sufficient progress. This chapter also talks about parent rights to be informed and their critical input.

3. https://iecp-resources.uark.edu/2020/12/01/hlp-3-collaborate-families-support-student-learning-secure-services/

Title: HLP 3: Collaborate with Families to Support Student Learning and Secure Needed Services

Description: Discusses the principles of an effective collaboration between teachers and parents. It also provides helpful tips for students and families who participates in virtual sessions.

Video:

Link: Section 3-HLPS #1-3 - Virginia Tech - Video

Title: Section 3-HLPS #1-3

Description: Explains the importance of having an honest communication with families to improve student outcome. The 504/ IEP meetings should be used as an open communication tool to gather additional data and student needs.

Technology tools:

1. IXL learning

Link: https://www.ixl.com/?partner=google&campaign=71585968&adGroup=11909142568&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA5pq-BhBuEiwAvkzVZXQIjowQPhosB-OMT8u-9nYENCLd8WXMu3jNSh7beCWwfqgfgxxUSBoCHXUQAvD_BwE

Description: An online learning tool to build fluency and essential skills in Reading and Math. Hundreds of activities are available for dtudents to work during their "study time"- in school or at home. At home parents can support their children by encouraging and answering questions and activities that could be challenging to complete.

2. Google Workspace

Link: https://workspace.google.com/lp/forms/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=na-US-all-en-dr-bkws-all-all-trial-e-dr-1710046&utm_content=text-ad-none-any-DEV_c-CRE_658969970790-ADGP_Hybrid%20%7C%20BKWS%20-%20MIX%20%7C%20Txt-Forms-General-KWID_43700076426935327-aud-309529364816:kwd-299031573119&utm_term=KW_google%20forms%20survey-ST_google%20forms%20survey&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA5pq-BhBuEiwAvkzVZfe_0t7cPNgQTt8UhPe6wwkExx1Y5mCja_tRTlI1o-jDaQ6lJDDI9xoCxoIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Description: This online tool helps create surveys or questionnaire that can be provided to parents regarding student performance. This will gather information in preparation for IEP meetings and parent input about strengths and needs.

3. Talking Points

Link: https://talkingpts.org/

Description: "Multilingual technology platform connects and empowers families and teachers by using human and AI-powered, two-way translated communication and personalized content. This unique approach eliminates barriers including language, time, mindsets, and capacity to foster strong family engagement in development of students’ academic success (TalkingPoints, 2023)

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Page 1: The Importance of Family Engagement

In the social and academic development of children, both educators and families play integral and overlapping roles. When families and schools work together to help children grow in these areas, they are more likely to be successful. Family engagement is a practice in which families* and school personnel collaborate to support and improve the learning and development of children. Sometimes, this practice is referred to as parent engagement, parent involvement, or family-school partnership.

But family engagement means more than simply informing parents about their child's progress or challenges, where communication is primarily one-way-that is, from the teacher to the parent. Rather, family engagement happens when educators actively encourage families to participate in meaningful ways, and families support their children at home as well as at school. This establishes a mutually beneficial relationship, one in which educators are committed to listening and collaborating with families and families are committed to prioritizing their children's education. This relationship between schools and families is:

Centered around student development and learning

Reciprocal, in that both schools and families benefit from it

Developed through trust and respect

Ongoing, in that it carries on throughout a child's entire time in school

* Families are defined in a number of ways and may include stepparents, grandparents, adoptive parents, foster parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, and cousins. For some, the extended family may also comprise neighbors, clergy, community leaders, or anyone actively involved in caring for the child.

Research Shows

Family engagement is regarded as a best practice in education. Decades of research has shown that parent involvement is a powerful influence on children's educational success. More specifically, when families are involved in their child's education, data indicate:

Increased student achievement (Park & Holloway, 2017; Jeynes, 2005)

Improved attendance and behavior (Smith, Reinke, Herman, & Huang, 2019; Sheldon, 2007; Nokali, Bachman, & Vortruba-Drzal, 2010)

Improved social-emotional skills (Smith, Sheridan, Kim, Park, & Beretvas, 2020; Van Voorhis, Maier, Epstein, & Lloyd, 2013)

Increased graduation rates (Ross, 2016; Hoover-Dempsey, Walker, Sandler, Whetsel, Wilkins, & Closson, 2005)

Effective family engagement doesn't happen overnight. It requires thoughtful planning and takes time and effort to develop and maintain. Further, the practices associated with family engagement may be unique to different schools or families. That said, in order to engage families, educators generally must:

Get to know families. This includes their family composition, challenges, and experiences.

Build positive relationships. This entails establishing trust and mutual respect.

Meaningfully involve families. This means actively creating opportunities for parents to collaborate with educators.

For Your Information

Because parental engagement has demonstrated many significant benefits, federal law encourages schools to implement the practice.

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Requires schools to meaningfully engage the parents of all students and ensure that they are given input and influence in decision-making.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Requires that the parents of students with disabilities are full and equal participants with school personnel on their child's individualized education program (IEP) team.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
On the following pages, we will focus on getting to know the families of students with disabilities and the challenges they face. Specifically, these pages will discuss:

Emotional reactions to disabilities

Additional roles of families

Stressors of daily living

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IRIS | Page 1: The Importance of Family Engagement

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In the social and academic development of children, both educators and families play integral and overlapping roles. When families and schools work together to help children grow in these areas, they are more likely to be successful. Family engagement is a practice in which families* and school personnel collaborate to support and improve the learning and development of children.