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All parents should be provided with the who's who in their school and the best way to reach individuals. Calendar, reminder calls notifications and follow-ups using class dojo, all-calls, email, text, instagram and other social media.

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Creating & maintaining a space where parents can share what works best for them in terms of communication.

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Standard 1.3

Provide zoom meetings designed for parents and staff to mingle, share concerns and brainstorm ideas

Sasia

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We will be hosting "Back to School" in person events as well as home visits. Teachers also send home introductory letters.

Giovanna

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Making sure families have proper access to surveys and provide help if needed.

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Making sure families have proper access to surveys and provide help if needed.

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The school can have iPads available to assist with the family survey or parent questionnaires. Translate letters and get other district materials for parents and have them available in your office for parents.

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Work with the school leaders to create a school engagement action team to help determine what are the focus areas for the school. The team can support by taking on specific tasks. The team can consist of school leader, teachers, community partners, families and possibly even students.

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Work with the school leaders to create a school engagement action team to help determine what are the focus areas for the school. The team can support by taking on specific tasks. The team can consist of school leader, teachers, community partners, families and possibly even students.

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Rich

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Mailing home surveys, email surveys, send links through emails and texts, host zoom meetings designated for helping families with the surveys

Have laptops/ set up an area in the front entrance for students and families to fill out surveys upon arrival

Sasia

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Making sure to create a strong relationship with all school staff in the beginning of the year. 

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Making sure to create a strong relationship with all school staff in the beginning of the year. 

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Have laptops at event to fill out survey. Call family to do survey over the phone, email. Send reminder home notices within a limited time for parents who have not done survey

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Identify different communication apps that works best for our families.

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The Lee academy will send out both surveys and questionnaires in their native language via what works best for the families. Using the data collected we will create data spreadsheets and establish action/support plans.

-Giovanna

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Welcome surveys
Family newsletters

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Welcome letters introducing yourself to families. Having office hours at times that could work for most families.

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Ensuring that teachers establish relationships with parents from the beginning of the year by having them reach out, update them regularly on what is happening in the classroom, and make parents feel connected

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I am part of our Managers/ Admin team which meets weekly where we discuss all things operations, communications, events, reminder, important district information and where whole school problem solving to issues happen as well.

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Standard 1. Create a monthly calendar of events, activities, meetings so that families have it in advance and plan their schedule accordingly. Include a point of contact for questions. 

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Standard 1. Create a monthly calendar of events, activities, meetings so that families have it in advance and plan their schedule accordingly. Include a point of contact for questions. 

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Rich

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Workshop/Webinar. FL lead communication workshops with staff to share Communicating with Families tips. Questions/Issues parents might have. And FL also give workshops to families about communicating with staff (to whom to talk about what and when. E.g. how do I communicate with teacher that there is too much hw?)

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Bi Weekly News letter
Robo Calls
Texts
Parent Meetings in Native Language to keep families updated on all things school related.

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Weekly emails containing updates, important info from school departments, COVID related…emails that update families on community events

Phone calls and texts, flyers can also communicate such to ensure all families are being reached

Google/ Facebook groups with info for families

Reaching all families
Sasia

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We survey parents at the beginning of the year to see if they have any questions. We ask about how they can help us and also how we can help them. We follow up with families after going over the survey.

Karla TW

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Provide office hours that parents can meet or call. Provide office hours for phone calls. Have monthly meet and greet events that parents and students can attend.

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Informative quarterly meeting. Translation of all informative documents. Talking to teachers about identifying families that needs support and personally reaching out.

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Informative quarterly meeting. Translation of all informative documents. Talking to teachers about identifying families that needs support and personally reaching out.

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Completing surveys with families in their preferred languages. Then gathering the information to share out with families about results. With their inputs come up with strategies and feedback.

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Some parents might not feel comfortable enough to approach you on a concern so it is possible to have an anonymous tin where parents can fill out a sheet with ideas or concerns for the school.

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Create SHORT surveys for students in families to address questions and concerns.

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We send out a weekly survey to ( check in ) with families and see how they are doing and if they may have any needs, concerns and or questions

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families that are low literacy, will need a live call

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Encourage families to complete surveys. Ensure they are in home language so families can complete them. Rewards for completing surveys (ex. Gift cards, pizza party, ice cream sundae party etc.). Taking a poll from families using google.

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Conducting bridge visits at the beginning of the school year where you get to know the family on a know academic level. Speaking to them about the goals they have for their child in life. Will open the door for better communication throughout the year. Send weekly needs surveys. Have continuous check ins that are not only focusing on the negative. Send newsletter of what is being done in your class so families know what is being worked on at schools.

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Working together with the principle and teachers to best support families and students. Support families who want to meet with teachers and work with teachers who spend a lot of time with their students and help build a meaningful connection between the school and the families.

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Letters get sent to families in the beginning of the year from school leader, liaison, and nurses. Teachers also send out welcoming information for their class. We also use Class Dojo.

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Lorenis: Standard 3 - School/Family Connections

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Lorenis: Standard 3 - School/Family Connections

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Meeting up with our headmaster/admin team, building a school calendar of events that is especially designed for families, working to put together events for back to school. Making sure that all teachers and staff are aware of family important events/resources, so we can all support each other.

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Reaching out to families before the school year to establish interest in parent groups. Having a plan for the beginning of the year, more parents may be more inclined to participate in parent groups/parent collaboration.

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2.0 Include and participate in  all school  families events. This include to invite all administrators, staff and teachers.

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2.0 Include and participate in  all school  families events. This include to invite all administrators, staff and teachers.

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Translate surveys in different languages. Helping parents to fill them out with them.

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Office Hours
Welcoming Events
Email
Text

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Welcome back video showcasing staff
Welcome back phone calls

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Establish Tuesday as communication day with families, we send out text and emails, newsletters, classdojo post and post all information on our school websites for families to access. Use talking points and for some families we use Whatsup. We send out voice recorded messages as well to remind families of important notices and information. We send out weekly family survey to see how families are doing throughout the year.

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Teachers send welcome texts via Talking Points as well as emails. Teachers are check in with Families once a week. Our Family Center sends out Newsletters, email and robo calls. We have an open door policy for all families. We have a survey we give families at the beginning of the year to know what they want to see, know, do at school. We go over the surveys and reach out to families to answer their questions.
Karla TW

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positive phone calls at the start of the school year that asks families about hopes and dreams. Is there anything the teacher needs to know about the student.

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positive phone calls at the start of the school year that asks families about hopes and dreams. Is there anything the teacher needs to know about the student.

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Rich

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have table at family event that school is already having or visit classrooms during open house to administer survey on-site

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Engage other parents and schools contribute to the questioning of the survey. Give a good lead time. Provide survey in via electronic and physical forms. Provide before and afternoon time to help fill out the form.

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Welcome Back to School calls, cook outs ,
SPC /SSC
Train parent leaders
newsletters
Home visits to help families

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Getting feedback from families and having their input in important decisions
Host open house or have anonymous ways that parents can have comfortable spaces to share their opinions

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G. CruzOur principal has coffee hours with families to hear feedback/concerns. I also have office hours where families can come to the school for support

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- Attend SPC meetings and share key notes to school wide community in a succinct, informative way (language, medium)
- put parent concerns in excel sheet/database and conduct reports to the leadership team on behalf of families. Organize response-open meetings to the families for school teams to address their concerns.

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Open lines of communication with all of these groups of professionals. Offering support.

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Social media, Instagram, Twitter, snap chat. Also sending out automated text messages.

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Social media, Instagram, Twitter, snap chat. Also sending out automated text messages.

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At the Lee Academy we are using ready4k, to send text messages in the languages they have available, and manually input languages they do not have. The application has families data in a spreadsheet where we can easily access their home language. We also send out literature and emails in their native language. In person communication will consist of having a translator as we have a diverse staff. In the case we do not have a translator, we call the translation service number.

-Giovanna

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Holding purposeful meeting with school staff for continuous development, conversation, etc., throughout the academic year. Monthly? Quarterly?

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Monthly Calendar, Messenger, Talking Point, email by grade level and whole school, newsletter, 1-1 meeting. Everything is done in 2 languages.
Elsa

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Welcome letters, back to school night, coffee talk, workshops, literacy and math night, international night, celebration of our students, field day

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Welcome letters, back to school night, coffee talk, workshops, literacy and math night, international night, celebration of our students, field day

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Ensuring that the surveys are in the preferred languages of families.

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The school compact, surveys, warning notices and event flyers should be translated in all languages spoken my families. Biweekly messages on talking points, direct messages on whatsapp has been helping at my school.

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Email throughout the year, welcome

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Jerica W. Creating an opportunity to meet with the principals such as (monthly coffee talk with the principal),

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Ask families for preferred way of communication.

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Ask families for preferred way of communication.

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supporting families with connecting to platforms at the beginning of the year

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We can send out weekly or biweekly surveys and creating data that will help better the school community.

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1.1. Establish a positive and confident environment for all families and students.

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1.1. Establish a positive and confident environment for all families and students.

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Newsletter, class dojo, flyers.

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Office hours, connecting with families at arrival & dismissal times. Monthly coffee hour, Monthly BYOL meeting

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welcoming emails, calls, letters.

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Google forms for emergency contacts, teachers/paras making calls to complete an introduction form with families.

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Taking the time to go through the surveys with families, completing it with them

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It's not only about sending climate surveys, it's about really analyzing that data and making changes so that families feel heard and continue to be involved in the process.

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Send welcome notes
Telephone conversations
Talkingpoint

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Send out weekly surveys (school messenger: email, sms) that ask questions on basic needs, communication, academics, and extra support. Then getting their responses and helping when needed.

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A letter to all parents to introduce myself in the next two weeks. The letter will include my contact information and my role at the school.

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A letter to all parents to introduce myself in the next two weeks. The letter will include my contact information and my role at the school.

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Call new families to answer any questions they might have.
update information on the school website
by-weekly newsletters sent to families.
Be present at drop-off and pick ups and pass printed flyers and newsletters.

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Building off from family communication strategies, we can share opportunities for families to know what a climate survey is/means, where to access it, how to fill it out, and more importantly how to share their opinion. Also, working with students and teachers to make sure everyone knows that we are all working together for our school.

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G. Cruz: Creating and distributing monthly newsletters outlining important school information. Also ensuring  these newsletters are translated in home languages.
Creating a school website with community resources and also allowing families to send a google forms asking for assistance .

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Attending welcome back events. Send out welcoming messages to Class Dojo. Use social media platforms to welcome students and families back. Send notice to community organizations.

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Having principal host coffee hours to be able to hear families concerns and be able to have a 1:1 time with parents.

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Phone calls, video calls, dojo, talking points, weekly news letters

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Wenxin: School Weekly Newsletter via multiple platforms

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Wenxin: School Weekly Newsletter via multiple platforms

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At Quincy Elementary, we use the school weekly newsletter to send out any updates/news/events of the next two following weeks. Since we have more asian families, one of my responsibility will be translating the newsletter and put it in the social media that most of the asian families like to use.

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Use class dojo and email surveys to families, have students take surveys home in there family languages

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Use class dojo and email surveys to families, have students take surveys home in there family languages

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texts, phone calls, mail, or electronic opportunities to complete survey and being open to other suggestions from families

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introducing myself to all new families and making outreach at the beginning of the year for an open house/welcome night 

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introducing myself to all new families and making outreach at the beginning of the year for an open house/welcome night 

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different times one can be available to communicate with families and parents.

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Regular and consistent updates (newsletters, calendars, email blasts, etc.)
Translators and updates in the languages spoken at home
Variety of methods to communicate whether that be in-person, Zoom, text, email, etc. based on what works best for the family
regular check ins with families about positives, not just negatives

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Weekly updates using parent square or sending out emails. Lakeisha

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Weekly updates using parent square or sending out emails. Lakeisha

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having a meeting or regular meetings on "hot topics" - topics many families might be concerned about, structuring it like a listening session

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Ask families to respond to feedback survey after phone calls or meetings. Prepare surveys for start, middle and end of year. Reward survey participation.

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surveys for families via email, text, or a physical take home copy

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Use apps such as talking points to create open communication between families and have newsletters

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Weekly Newsletters sent to families. Bi weekly phone calls, emails or text messages good or bad. Quarterly Parent-teacher conferences.

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Calls were made prior to the end of the last school year to all of our new 9th graders and families. Just to welcome them and introduce ourselves and what services we provide as FL. Then during the summer (Aug) we call again to see if families have any questions or concerns regarding the school year. Lastly, we identified students who are in higher need and meet with them and their families, as a team to see how we can make their transition smoother.

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weekly meetings, newsletter, teacher/parent meeting

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Find out what apps families are comfortable with.

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Having teachers call families and introducing themselves. Making the connection

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Having teachers call families and introducing themselves. Making the connection

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Offer Principal Listening Sessions three times a year fpr families. Distributing outcomes & solutions w/ the school community.

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Using Whatsapp and sending the information in the families preferred language.
Phone calls, talking points

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Calls to  fill out   surveys,
walk families through how to fill out
How too videos
Hold coffee hours to assist in comppleting

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Meeting and speaking with families during drop-off/pick-up
Utilizing Class Dojo and Talking Points
Monthly Newsletters
Updates on School Websites
Drop-in hours

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Create Start of the Year surveys that serve as Needs Assessment to inform practices.

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Create Start of the Year surveys that serve as Needs Assessment to inform practices.

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Weekly Email/newsletter updates with timely info.
Immediate response when families contact you and ensure timely solution providing.