INFORMED PRACTICES Sarah B Ottow Sarah Said Confianza

INFORMED PRACTICES Sarah B. Ottow & Sarah Said Confianza www. ELLstudents. com The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the U. S. Department of Education, #H 326 T 180026. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U. S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Susan Weigert.

Welcome! ■ Introduction ■ About Confianza ■ About our Webinar Series

Our Three-Part Webinar Series 1. Culturally Responsive Partnerships: June 6, 2019 (Archived) 2. Informed Practice June 21, 2019 3. Parent Advisory Councils/Ambassadors July 26, 2019

Goals for Session 1: Culturally Responsive Partnerships • Tips for examining your own identity and how that impacts connecting with families • Exploring where projects can look for state partnerships • Building up your support network

Goals for Session 2: Informed Practice • Dissemination strategies – how to effectively share information in ways that families will want to connect and attend • Technology tools to communicate with families • Once you find them, then what?

Goals for Session 3: Parent Advisory Councils/Ambassadors • Cultural perspectives on disability, family and education and how that informs our practice • Teach and empower Spanish-speaking families to understand Anglo-American culture • Supporting families once we draw them in • Empowering an advisory council to shape goals and outcomes

Pre-Webinar Video ELL families’ perspectives

Strong Connections Built on Mutual Trust & Respect ■ Family Engagement vs. Parental Involvement ■ Analyze Root Causes of Disengagement ■ Start with Strengths ■ Create (and co-create) Viable Goals From Confianza’s Strong Connections Built on Confianza Between Home & School for English Learners

Reframing Deficit-Based Language ■ “This student doesn’t have any support at home. ” ■ “ELL families just simply don’t come to school. ” ■ “If only the family would just get involved, the student would do better. ” From Confianza’s Strong Connections Built on Confianza Between Home & School for English Learners

Go Beyond the Surface SURFACE CULTURE: Food, dress, music, language, arts, holidays DEEP CULTURE: Concepts of time, childrearing, disability, friendship, age, gender, personal space, body language

Introducing Sarah Said ■ Attending to the needs of families ■ Family Engagement is More Than a Multicultural Potluck ■ Five Mistakes Districts Make Director of EL/Bilingual Programs and Confianza Contributor

Dissemination Strategies ■ Emphasize that parents deserve a voice ■ Make sure that programs need to be of interest and convenient to families From Confianza’s Family Engagement is More Than a Multicultural Potluck by Sarah Said

More Dissemination Strategies ■ Partner with families ■ Be creative with how you connect ■ Other tips From Confianza’s Family Engagement is More Than a Multicultural Potluck by Sarah Said

POLL: Which strategies have you tried? 1. Emphasize that parents deserve a voice 2. Make sure that programs need to be of interest and convenient to families 3. Partner with families 4. Be creative with how you connect 5. Other tips

Tech Tools to Communicate ■ Talking Points ■ Seesaw ■ Google Translate ■ Google Voice From Confianza’s Why They Didn’t Come to Your Multicultural Potluck: Five Mistakes that Schools and Districts Make with English Learner Families by Sarah Said

POLL: Which tech tool might you want to try? 1. Talking Points 2. Seesaw 3. Google Translate 4. Google Voice

Once You Find Them, Now What? ■ Have a clear purpose ■ Be culturally relevant ■ Understand interests and needs ■ Listen, listen ■ Try “cafecitos” or other events From Confianza’s Why They Didn’t Come to Your Multicultural Potluck: Five Mistakes that Schools and Districts Make with English Learner Families by Sarah Said