Family Engagement: A Critical Component to Building an Empowering Culture in the Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS)

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Family engagement is a key aspect of Kansas MTSS. For this reason, schools must make a concerted effort to involve families as early as possible. The PTA National Standards for Family School Partnerships focus on what families, schools, and communities can do together to support positive student outcomes. Each of the six standards includes quality indicators for successful partnerships. The standards are available on the National PTA website, www.pta.org.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with communication Common Cord Standards Resources Supporting Student Success ESEA family engagement family school partnership curricular standards teachers parenting parent involvement on February 08, 2012 #


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Making Resources Count

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Education Resource Strategies has released a practical kit of tools designed to help districts begin the process of identifying and addressing resource decisions that don't support improving student performance. "The Teaching Job: Restructuring for Effectiveness" is one of six publications specifically designed to help district leaders analyze and optimize school system resource allocation, and includes a self-assessment to help district leaders begin to understand the best practices for restructuring the job of teaching, and to match district resources with instructional priorities. The guide offers practical direction for restructuring the teaching job tailored to a district's situation, and enables district leaders to gauge how their district stacks up in terms of defining and measuring teacher effectiveness, hiring, growth, compensation, and career paths. It also helps to assess school-based support for teachers and the causes of misalignment between resource allocation and strategic goals. It identifies actions that district leaders can take, and helps determine priorities for reallocating resources and leveraging federal dollars.

Filed under Schools and tagged with Resources School Improvement on December 17, 2010 #

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