No More Spaghetti Dinners! Using Academic Parent Teacher Teams to Partner with Families for Student Success

Saturday January 30, 2016
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Room 370

Would you like to increase family engagement at your school? Do you want to help parents build academic vocabulary, understand data, set SMART goals for their child and practice strategies at home? Join us as we share the experiences of three Florida school districts that have implemented Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTT) in some of their Title I elementary schools. APTT is a structured model for family engagement that has produced academic gains in high-poverty and high English language learner (ELL) schools. The presenters will share data, success stories, common misconceptions about family engagement, and the need to build capacity for parents to help their children meet or exceed challenging state academic standards. Strategies to increase authentic parental engagement in both urban and rural schools will be provided to help school leaders make the paradigm shift from spaghetti dinners and informational meetings to partnering with families to help students learn.

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Gevonne Blum

Gevonne Blum is a Title I Family Engagement Resource Teacher for Brevard County Schools. She oversees the implementation of the APTT program at two elementary schools. She also coordinates Title I summer programs focused on family engagement. Gevonne taught Science at both elementary and middle schools before working at the district level.
Terry Pitchford

Terry Pitchford, Manager of Federal and State Programs in Palm Beach County, will share information regarding program implementation in eight (8) high needs Title I elementary schools. Terry joined Federal and State Programs in 2005 and is the manager for family engagement activities for the more than 130 Title I schools in the district. Terry’s experiences include teaching at middle and high schools and at The Ohio State University; she also served as a mentor teacher for four years prior to working in grants administration. Terry has served as the Region V Vice President for FASFEPA for the past 3 years.
Lynn Thomas

Lynn Thomas is a Reading Coach at North Elementary in Okeechobee County, Florida. Lynn has served as the APTT Champion for the past two years at her school site where the program was first successfully piloted.
theme:
leadership
audience:
182
topics:
family engagement, elementary education, title i success stories