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Safe Routes to SchoolOperations Committee Meeting
Daina Lujan, Coordinator, Safe Routes to School
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Agenda
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Introductions /Warm Up
Name
One Ongoing Question
One Thing that is Going Well
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14-15 Grant Application Timeline
January 13, 2014 Release Call for Proposals
February 6, 2014 Grant Application Orientation
March 28, 2014 Proposal Due
March 31, 2014 – April 11, 2014 Review Proposals
April 21, 2014 Applicants Notified via e-mail Regarding Grant Awards
April 28, 2014 Notification of Award Letters Sent
Second Call for Additional Projects (if funds remain after
awarding grants; funds will be awarded on a first come, first served basis)
June 20, 2014 Final Notification to all Applicants regarding Award Status
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14-15 Grant Application
Applicants
Application
Awards
Evaluation Criteria
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Parent Engagement
Robin Galas, Assistant Director, Family Engagement Institute
Foothill College
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTESAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 2013
Brentwood Academy families with their Certificates of Participation from the Family Engagement Institute, Foothill College
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Need DefinedSchool Readiness – Learning begins at birth. Early experiences shape a child’s brain development for future learning, behavior and success. Without that strong foundation, children – especially low-income children- will be behind from the start. 60 % of three- and four-year-olds of low income families have not attended
preschool Latino three- and four-year-olds comprise the largest percentage (57% - nearly
three out five) of children without preschool in California Latino Children account for more than half of all children under age five.
Third Grade Reading- 74% of students who fail to read proficiently by the end of third grade falter in later grades and often drop out before earning a high school diploma. More than half of California’s 2nd and 3rd graders are not proficient in English
Language Only one out of three California Latino 3rd graders read at grade level
Latino Children account for more than half of all children under age five. Our state’s future depends on ensuring young Latino children are ready to excel in school and obtain the skills they need to succeed in college and careers.
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Need DefinedMiddle School
According to the 2013 report, “Broken Promises: The Children Left Behind in Silicon Valley Schools” published by Innovate Public Schools, “The level of academic achievement that students attain by 8th grade has a larger impact on their college and career readiness by the time they graduate high school than anything that happens academically in high school…Algebra proficiency in middle school is a marker for college bound students as it provides the opportunity for higher-level math in high school and is essential for the STEM university track." In San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, only 22% of Latinos, 24% of African Americans,
and 26% of Pacific Islanders have algebra proficiency by the 8th grade
Post Secondary Success
Workers with no postsecondary education have continued to lose jobs—approximately 230,000 during 2010 and 2011—while workers with some college or a bachelor's degree gained about 3.6 million jobs over the same period. California is projected to fall desperately short of the number of college graduates needed to maintain its productivity. In California in 2012, 27% of Latino students and 34% of African American students did
not graduate from high school as compared to 14% of their white counterparts 60% of low-income working families in California have no postsecondary education, the
lowest percentage among the 50 states
Latino Children account for more than half of all children under age five. Our state’s future depends on ensuring young Latino children are ready to excel in school and obtain the skills they need to succeed in college and careers.
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Current Landscape
In our nation’s attempts to close the achievement gap, or more accurately the opportunity gap, the interventions have been minimally effective and in fact the divide has widened
There is a plethora of high quality programs serving children and youth focused on improving their success yet these programs often neglect families and the critical role they play
Two of the highest factors impacting quality of child’s education: teacher quality and family engagement
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The Family Engagement Institute’s (FEI)
Vision
All children and families realize their full life potential because they have equal access and leverage the opportunities and systems of support critical to their success and well being.
Mission
The Family Engagement Institute bridges educational inequalities by providing opportunities that strengthen the capacity of families, schools and communities, working together to ensure the success of all students from early childhood through college.
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Child Niño/a
Family/Familia
School/Escuela
Family Engagement is a shared responsibility
Family Is A Child’s Most Important Teacher
Community/Comunidad
When family engagement is implemented effectively, families, educators, and communities work together to support families to effectively impact
children.
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What is unique about our approach?
We focus on a systemic and integrated model: To engage all three stakeholder groups in a
mutually supportive manner To utilize a best practices model that works
along an educational continuum (early childhood – college) and serves children, parents/caregivers, and the educators/providers who serve those students
To work in partnership with higher education in a dual generational model that simultaneously promotes child and family learning and well being
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FEI Programs: Stretch to Kindergarten
STK provides an educational experience that helps prepare families for kindergarten and beyond!
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FEI Programs: Families
FEI offers families with children in preschool through high school, affordable and accessible continued educational opportunities that are developmentally, culturally and linguistically responsive in seven content areas:
• Strong Start- Parenting• Leadership• Family Literacy• Fatherhood/Male Involvement• Healthy Choices• Computer/Digital Literacy• Pathways to College
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FEI Programs: Educators
The FEI model of Family Engagement promotes a commitment on behalf of educators/providers to build strong partnerships with families in realizing the influence of family on children and youths’ learning and development.
FEI provides professional development in Family Engagement in the following areas:
• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Cultural Competency • Dual Language Learners• Early Math
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By the Numbers/PartnersIn the 2012-2013 academic year, FEI: • Enrolled 1,528 parents/caregivers in Non-Credit Parenting classes, serving 869 unique
individuals• Provided professional development to 407 educators• Served 80 children through its Stretch to Kindergarten (STK) program• Provided 60 Child Development Academy students hands-on experience through STK
Demographics:• 91% Latinos; 2 % Asian and Pacific Islanders, 1% African Americans 2% White, 4%
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Partners:• East Side Union High School District• Mountain View Whisman School District• Ravenswood City School District• Santa Clara County Office of Education – Head Start and State Preschool• Sunnyvale School District
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Project Details and Description
Partnership with Brentwood Academy Workshop series featuring California Project Lean curriculum
Ten families learned about Health & Wellness Policy and explored their District’s policy
Families self-determined a personal goal and a group goal to pursue
Group Goal: Eliminate chocolate milk and juice from
Brentwood and promote water Families utilized Project Lean process to implement goal
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Project Accomplishments
Obtained support from the principal, Tami Espinosa Hosted a Water Day event where families promoted and distributed
water and water promotion materials to students, other parents, and school staff
Staffed an informational table at Brentwood’s Carnival Celebration promoting water
Project Accomplishments, cont.
Distributed Rethink Your Drink Posters to Brentwood teachers Drafted and distributed a support letter to other families Met with the Ravenswood Food Service Director, Karen Luna Successfully eliminated chocolate milk from school
food program at Brentwood, effective this school year! Helped to launch water dispensers at Brentwood and
other Ravenswood schools
Engagement Strategies
Educational Opportunities
- Eliminate barriers to participation
- Linguistically appropriate
- Educational attainment
- No cost
- Child Care
- When/where-Buy-in and Support from Schools
-- Superintendent-- Principal-- Teachers-- Parent leadership: ELAC, Site Councils, PTO’s-- Links to Academic performance, i.e increased concentration
Engagement Strategies, Cont.- Approach families as assets -- “Sometimes it’s just rats!”-Relationship building-Takes time
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For more information, please visit: www.foothill.edu/fei
Robin Galas, Assistant [email protected]
Presented By:
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Cool the Earth
Chloe Marin, Program Director
Cool the Earth
Cool the Earth
A free educational program that inspires
climate action
Overview
8 week program Fully funded Run by parent or teacher volunteer or team
– Student involvement Outside of class time Program support and materials through
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Core Program Elements
Kick-off assembly Action Coupon book Measuring success Tracking success on banner Club Koda
Assembly
Introduces concepts of carbon emissions and climate change
Performed by teachers, parents or older students
Script, costumes and music provided About 20 minutes long Connects to Action Coupons Empowers students to take action Appropriate for k-8
Action Coupons
Each child gets one coupon book 20 energy actions to take at home
– re: home energy, transportation, waste, food
– Some specifically for kids, some for parents
Encouraged to take at least 5 actions
Measuring Success
Weekly Coupon Collection Receive CTE Trading Cards & prizes Update banner monthly
Action Spotlights
Optional program element Focus on one Action Coupon On-campus activity for subgroup of
students during recess Provides more info and tools for taking
action Some green fund-raising possibilities
What you get Box of program materials Downloadable Program Materials Instructions, Training & Support Program materials available in
Spanish and Chinese
What it takes
Volunteer time– Launching assembly and distributing
materials=8-10 hours– Coupon collection, data entry,
updating banner=6 hours over 8 weeks
– Additional time if you choose Action Spotlight activities
Who is Cool the Earth
Non-profit organization started by parents
Funded by private foundations, utilities, and EPA
Over 400 schools nationwide have run program
Evaluated by Stanford team with positive results
Over 250 million lbs of carbon reduced so far
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Meeting Feedback
• What information was most useful to you?
• What topics would you like to know more about?
• What challenges are you currently managing or would like support with?
• Do you have any upcoming events that you would like Daina to be aware of? If so, please note them.
