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2006-2011
Accomplishing Change
PIRC HIGHLIGHTSPIRC HIGHLIGHTS
Engaging Parents in Education
Helping Helping
Families and
Families and
SchoolsSchools
Partnerships ImportantBuilding
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Workshop Evaluations Demonstrate Parents’ High Interest in Learning About
Engaging with SchoolsVI PIRC
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CA PIRC – CABE Project INSPIRE: Parent Leadership Development
Program
Helping to close the achievement gap
Mean
Score
In
cre
ase
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High Quality PIRC
Statewide leadership
Alignment with Title I
Partnerships in
education
Effective governanc
e
Management capacity
High Quality PIRC
Framework for quality PIRC technical assistance and leadership centers
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
S
Direct service
across state
Learning and Improvement
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Workshop Evaluations Demonstrate Educators’ Increased Understanding and
Knowledge
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“…since we started visiting, she is asking all of
her children how their day went at school and if
they have any work they need to catch up with.
… she started volunteering one hour a week in
a classroom and also began reading to her
children at least ten minutes every night. Her
fourth grade son has been spending full days
at school with few problems, and is one of a
handful of students who are reading at home
and doing/turning in reading logs for his
teacher.” (AK PIRC)
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MI PIRC studying the use of
Family Resource Centers on
Head Start parent
engagement.
NH PALS PreK program shows
preliminary evidence that greater
amounts of home visits are linked to
better literacy development.
KY PIRC studying regional parent educators’ impact on development and learning in 3 and 4 year olds.
NY PIRC – EPIC
studying impact of
ECE workshops on
school readiness.
PIRCs Focus on Early Childhood Parent Education
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ID PIRC’s PAT increases parent knowledge, confidence, ability, and
behavior.
Average Score Change on Survey of Parenting Practice (UISPP)
Survey of Parenting Practice (UISPP) was developed by Harriet Shaklee, The University of Idaho, in 2002 for the PAT project.
Knowledge Change Confidence Change Ability Change Behavior Change
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The CARE evaluation team meets with CO PIRC – Westminster bi-monthly to review program implementation and provide performance evaluation feedback.
The CARE evaluation team meets with CO PIRC – Westminster bi-monthly to review program implementation and provide performance evaluation feedback.
MO PIRC – Southwest partners met monthly to discuss evolving activities, provide feedback, make changes/suggestions, and learn about PIRC progress.
PIRCs Use Evaluation to Make Program Changes
WY PIRC staff and evaluator develop a three-tiered model
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KS PIRC’s IHE Curriculum Enhancement Project:
Family engagement PD/course content for pre-service
teachers.
RESULTS: Treatment group increased their understanding of the importance of family engagement and confidence in preparedness to engage families (during pre-service training and once in the field as a new teacher).
Pre-Service Teachers
Not Prepared
Very Well Prepared
New Teachers
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• Facebook• Twitter• MySpace
and all the social marketing
• Bi-weekly podcasts on iTunes• Bi-weekly blogs on Blogspot• Liveblog on Wordpress
AL, AZ, and IN PIRCs
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“It has given m
e the skills
to know what is
appropriate at d
ifferent
ages for b
ehavior. PAT has
helped me to
teach m
y
children in
ways I didn’t
think of.” (R
I PIRC)
PIRCs Implement the PAT program
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HI PIRC’s Sundays Project:
Sermons on family involvement in academic achievement change parents’level of engagement and motivation, as well as procedures in the home.
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IN PIRC College Pathways:
Teams engage middle/high school students and their parents to develop more accessible and useful programming for school success and college access.
Of 3,000 middle and high school students:
70%
30%
Aware of academic supports
Use academic supports
Aware of what is needed to graduate
79%
66%
High school students
Middle school students
91% plan to go to college 9%
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Families and Schools Benefit From Friendly Walk Throughs
VT PIRC helped a first-year principal
assemble a diverse committee to conduct
a Family Friendly Walkthrough. The
committee drafted a final action plan and
spearheaded 10 projects to improve their
school.
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Workshop Evaluations Demonstrate Parents’ Increased Understanding and
Knowledge
ME PIRC
NC PIRC
DC PIR
C
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The leaders of two schools attributed overall school improvement to the PIRC’s involvement. (FSM PIRC)
Interview Data Reveals Positive Outcomes Across U.S. Territories Using a
Cluster Model “…the principal and her teachers implemented a series of workshops … to ensure that parents know and understand what their children are expected to learn at each grade level… and parents who work took time out to ensure they don’t miss out on such a wonderful opportunity.” (AS PIRC)
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WA PIRC Conducts Random Assignment Study on Home Educator Program
• Children complete assessments every 6 months.• Parents complete a parent inventory 3 times.• Home educators receive monthly PD.
57 children in study group and 49 in comparison group
Preliminary findings:
Avera
ge G
ain
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NE PIRC studying effects
of shared decision-
making councils on
parent engagement and
student achievement
AR PIRC studying participants’ use of its Strengthening the Partnership (STP) parent involvement modules
NJ PIRC studying the effects of their EPIC Ready, Set, Read (literacy) workshops
NJ PIRC studying the effects of their EPIC Ready, Set, Read (literacy) workshops
PIRC Studies are On-going
TX PIRC studying how low income, ELL families are using actionable data to improve their children’s schools
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