7 Effective Habits for Building an Engaged Parent Community
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Executive Director, Bob Bourgault, share first-hand how Almond Acres Charter school has built a thriving parent community by designing and practicing 7 key habits for improving parent engagement using ParentSquare. We will examine 7 principle-centered actions to: - Streamline communication and reach every parent - Quickly increase parent participation using collaboration tools - Build sustained and measurable engagement
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7 Effective Habits for Building an Engaged Parent Community
- 1. Effective HABITS7 Webinar for building a highly engaged parent community
- 2. Executive Director Kristen Morrison Today’s Speakers Moderator ParentSquare Robert Bourgault Linn Sillers Co-founder ParentSquare
- 3. What We Will Share P PracticeHabit Example Ex Followed by a 10 minute Live ParentSquare Demo
- 4. Leadership Intelligence Integrity Creativity Happiness Success Confidence Manage Impulsivity Seek Clarity Begin with the end in mind Respect Think Win Win Find Humor Seek Accuracy Be Proactive Responsible HABITS
- 5. HABIT HABIT 1 HABIT dignity of every INDIVIDUAL to improve the art of living Honor uniqueness and Honor Uniqueness
- 6. P Honor Uniqueness HABIT Understand the unique disposition of each family Host parent meetings at the start of every year HABIT 1 HABIT P Ex Create a parent and student learning profile
- 7. Practice Organizational Health HABIT HABIT 2 HABIT Develop organizational HABITS of the Mind and Heart to create an engaged community
- 8. Practice Organizational Health HABIT Develop organizational principles that everyone is trained on KPI Meeting happens every morning with all faculty and staff Shared Start - all students gather every morning for 10 minutes HABIT 2 HABIT P Ex Ex
- 9. Inspire Leadership HABIT HABIT 3 HABIT Good leadership builds trust with FAMILIES and creates advocates at HOME and in the community
- 10. P Inspire Leadership HABIT Create strategic and visionary communication with parents Consistent messages sharing learning, success stories, ideas Mr B’s Habit of the WeekEx HABIT 3 HABIT P
- 11. HABIT HABIT 4 HABIT Empower Teacher-Parent Partnership Teachers are the Experts! empower them to share their KNOWLEDGE with parents and continue the learning at home.
- 12. P HABIT Send regular messages to parents sharing classroom lessons, techniques, photos HABIT 4 HABIT Enable bi-directional communication and feedback mechanisms Bi-monthly classroom newsletters P Empower Teacher-Parent Partnership Ex Daily mobile messages: images, videos, storiesEx
- 13. Activate Participation HABIT HABIT 5 HABIT When parents participate at school, it shows DEVOTION and sends a message that school is important
- 14. P Activate Participation HABIT Get parents involved with feedback mechanisms and online sign-up Create visibility into participation to create new participants and build community We see immediate participation because we make it easy to sign-up HABIT 5 HABIT P Ex
- 15. Community Outreach HABIT HABIT 6 HABIT Share your school’s philosophy and experiences with outer community and in turn build advocacy
- 16. Community Outreach HABIT Engage parents in things they are passionate about Ask parents to share profession or hobby in class Take a field trips to community businesses and organizations HABIT 6 HABIT P P Ex Chamber of Commerce Field Trip ♥ 15 people appreciate this post Sydney Fell says: Wow they all look so excited to be there! Thanks for making this happen.
- 17. HABIT HABIT 7 HABIT Track and measure student and parent ENGAGEMENT and take well-informed steps toward improvement Assessing KPI’s
- 18. P Assessing KPI’s HABIT Adopt school-wide Key Performance Indicators 4 KPIs: • Safety, Facilities, Equipment • Families and Community • Teaching and Learning • Administration and Finance Create a wall of KPIs the main office HABIT 7 HABIT Ex P
- 19. Habits for Building an Engaged Parent Community Honor Uniqueness Create Organizational Health Inspire Leadership Empower Teacher-Parent Partnership Activate Participation Community Outreach Assessing KPIs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- 20. 7 Effective HABITS for building a highly engaged parent community Questions for Bob kristen@parentsquare.com Sign up for a demo parentsquare.com/demo or call 805-395-4519 More information parentsquare.com parentsquare @parentsquare