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Increase access to resources across the board while taking into account language, culture, family structures, etc

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Increase access to resources across the board while taking into account language, culture, family structures, etc

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Create a coalition to hear more about what is working and what isn't working at the different school districts 

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Create a coalition to hear more about what is working and what isn't working at the different school districts 

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Make sure there is access to bilingual services in every school.

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Obtain state government leadership that supports these initiatives both in policy and funding. 🙂

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Lots of skills to process!

I would like to make myself available during staff meetings and PD to help teachers make contact with families.

Go to them- have learning sessions where the parents are. Apts, rec centers, any where. Pop up tables outside school

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We are in the process of designing a family engagement rubric to help campus leaders truly measure their progress. We also will be creating an interactive dashboard of all engagement and student progress metrics. Our goal is to ensure there is transparency and everyone is an equal player in family engagement

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We are in the process of designing a family engagement rubric to help campus leaders truly measure their progress. We also will be creating an interactive dashboard of all engagement and student progress metrics. Our goal is to ensure there is transparency and everyone is an equal player in family engagement

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1. Focus more on formalizing strategic community partnerships to address the identified needs in our community. Essentially finding common ground so that we can share resources to benefit the community.

2. Connect the various supports available in our district so that our efforts are aligned and well-communicated to families.

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Community ID/Enhanced Library Card program

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Community ID/Enhanced Library Card program

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The City of El Paso is rolling out a Community ID program in the form of an enhanced library card with identity and residency information. One example of the immediate benefit: the City has already partnered with a local credit union who will accept the card for access to banking. I hope to partner with EPISD Community Schools to help connect families who lack identification and could benefit from the program.

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Engage discussions that stimulate capacity building to enrich current practices

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Continue partnering with our Parent Support Specialist to ensure growth in our already existing programs and hopefully increase our College Readiness Partnerships initiatives. 

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Continue partnering with our Parent Support Specialist to ensure growth in our already existing programs and hopefully increase our College Readiness Partnerships initiatives. 

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Our goal is

to build our cross-collaborative work with other departments and also further engage our parents and caregivers in the development and execution of resources (i.e. Parent focus group for our website, further elevating parent voice through our P.E.P. talks, Parent Org Task Force and Cross Collaborative Monthly Meetings are just to name a few).

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Hold Showcases for our parents to show what our students are doing.

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Hold Showcases for our parents to show what our students are doing.

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Continue to build and strengthen not only in network partnerships, but community partnerships to best serve our families and schools

team work makes the dream work

Review current department framework and collaborate with team to build a stronger and more cohesive line of work

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Work with best practices to engage a broader range of families more effectively

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Work with best practices to engage a broader range of families more effectively

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Advocate for the importance of family engagement during one-on-ones with teachers, admin, community members and leaders, etc. 

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Advocate for the importance of family engagement during one-on-ones with teachers, admin, community members and leaders, etc. 

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Effectively replicate existing best practices at new community schools campuses. 

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Effectively replicate existing best practices at new community schools campuses. 

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Continue to connect with community partners.

Continue listening to family priorities.

Continue partnering and inviting teachers and admin to be involved in community and family engagement.

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Offer workshops and Professional Development Trainings

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Love to learn innovative ways you measure success from qualitative and quantitative standpoints. Also learning more on how we can build stronger collaborative work with families and school around absenteeism, literacy and math.

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How to move beyond wraparound services to full-scale implementation including integration strategic partnerships to address specifically identified needs.

I’d also like to learn more about a blueprint for implementation in a large urban district.

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1. Use skills learned and share with teachers and communities

2. Help teachers to communicate positively with families.

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The FACE team hosted their second annual Parent Organization Expo which allowed our parent groups to learn from one another and further engage with community partners and district leaders. This has also resulted in more collaborative work with our parent groups through hosting District Leadership lunch and learns with parent groups, and upcoming Parent Org Task Force at the district level, and other meaningful engagement that is ultimately leading towards high academic success.

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Preventing burnout in the journey to true family engagement

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Preventing burnout in the journey to true family engagement

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How to support educators when we're asking them to focus on site visits, home calls, etc while also valuing their well-being and time in that immediate moment. We know that eventually those strategies will help the teacher in time, but how do you prevent burnout in the meantime?

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Get ideas and bring back everything that I learned during this Conference! So excited! 

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Get ideas and bring back everything that I learned during this Conference! So excited! 

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How to engage and involve youth in community schools work

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How to engage and involve youth in community schools work

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How can we support our TX school systems and teachers in integrating partnerships/the CS model without straining an already overworked and underpaid workforce (especially in light of high turnover)?

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How to generate campus buy in on the importance of family engagement

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Mariana Figueroa - Partnered with 3 organizations (Con Mi Madre, Breakthrough, and ACC) and offered a College Readiness Night where families had the opportunity to enroll their students in their programs which offer wrap around services with the main goal of students continuing their education and graduating from a 4 year college or trade school. 

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Mariana Figueroa - Partnered with 3 organizations (Con Mi Madre, Breakthrough, and ACC) and offered a College Readiness Night where families had the opportunity to enroll their students in their programs which offer wrap around services with the main goal of students continuing their education and graduating from a 4 year college or trade school. 

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1. Over 3500 family/community engagement events (73 schools)

2. Hosted multiple community meetings to facilitate two-way communication and shared decision-making regarding district redesign and attendance zone changes.

3. District investment in Family and Community resulted in an increase from 11 full-time liaisons to 36.

4. Established Family Resource Centers in two feeder patterns.

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What do Community Schools partnership models look like in other communities? How are cities/counties/nonprofits involved in Community Schools (funding, co-programming, etc.)?

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Gather ideas in our focus areas for TW and share the work we have done over the last 6 years.

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More ideas and best practices on engaging families

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Had over 1000 people attend our book giveaway

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Best practices being used for family engagement with high value.

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Wins

Increased interest in a Parent University from families at the school

Start of a Parent University program

Building connections between other community organizations as an unintented outcome of Parent University

-Nataly Sanchez

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Create a team that drives the effort. Build cohesive system within the campus.

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We executed our 3rd resource fair with more than 1500 participants including 100+ parent and community volunteers. We offered 60+ community partners and resources to our families.

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We are moving towards true family engagement and not just “events”. Families are actively participating in our CDMCs!

Transformation Waco

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How are other grantees collecting attendance and participation data at partner and family engagement events?

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Saraí Muñiz - Community Organizer Waco, Tx

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Saraí Muñiz - Community Organizer Waco, Tx

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Grassroots Community Development

1. Growing Family attendance for the Parent and Child Time together meetings from 1 family to 7 families.

2. Having 5 different community partners commit to providing lunch at the Parent and Child Time toghether meetings.

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I’m here to learn as much as possible

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Started up:

Food Pantry

Clothing Closet

Increased parent participation in school events

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Building more equitable access bridging across the two

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Texas is great. Go Cowboys!

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How is the coordinator position defined?

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Full Service Community School at Martin MS

1. First Lights Out Family Event-after school family program with 2 feeder elementary schools. Transition event.

2. University of Incarnate Word College visit with middle school and high school students to introduce Mariachi and Music Industry

3. Sent science class to Science Mill field trip.

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This year’s conference theme is Leveling Up for Success.

4:45 PM | Begin

4:45 - 4:55 PM | Overview

5:00 - 5:10 PM | Community Builder and Networking

5:10 - 5:30 PM | Bright Spots

5:30 - 5:50 PM | I and the We

5:50 - 6:00 PM | Next Steps

6:00 PM | End