1. Developing Collaborative Relationships with Hispanic/ Latino Families Natalie Edirmanasinghe School Counselor, Gwinnett County Public Schools University of Georgia

2. Why is this important?

3. How do you identify the need? Data, Data, Data ◦Disaggregate the academic, attendance, and behavior data for Hispanic population ◦Disaggregate parent/teacher conferences, PTSA, sign up sheets for meetings Show what you know ◦Present need to leadership ◦You will need leadership to be present from the beginning

4. After you have buy-in what do you do? Disaggregate more data! ◦Find location ◦Find the time ◦Find a way to advertise Reach into your network ◦Food ◦Locations for free ◦Community stake holders

5. Implementation-Libertation Psychology Ignacio Martin-Baro ◦One tenet: Counselors must understand the worldview from the eyes of the marginalized and poor. This drove the format for the outreach program ◦Four sessions per school year ◦Discussion format ◦Presentation of data and questions to the audience

6. Evaluation Discussion Evaluation form translated to Spanish

7. Next Steps Start to plan what you would like to do for the next session—using data Present at leadership meeting Develop action plan

8. Questions?