Liz Roper Diane Perhac Family and Community Engagement Statistical Research Specialist College and Career Readiness LEA Support and Improvement Debbie Williams Administrative Services Assistant II Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards Overview and Parent Involvement Survey

Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards Overview 2 State Legislation enacted in 2009 required TNDOE to develop parental involvement standards for public schools per Senate Bill No Per the legislation, school districts and public schools annually: Required to report compliance on these standards beginning with the school year Compliance results obtained from a survey sent to each school district in spring 2011 posted on the Tennessee Report Card Standards are based on the PTA’s National Standards for Family- School Partnerships Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards adopted by the State Board of Education in July of 2010 replaced the existing Parent/Family Involvement Policy from Update% pdf 0Update% pdf

Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards Standard 1: Welcoming All Families: Families are active participants in the life of the school, and feel welcomed, valued, and connected to each other, to school staff, and to what students are learning and doing in class and school Standard 2: Communicating: Families and school staff engage in regular, meaningful communication about student learning Standard 3: Supporting Student Success Families and school staff continuously work together to support students’ learning and healthy development both at home and at school, and have regular opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills to do so effectively. 3

Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards Standard 4: Speaking Up for Every Child: Families are informed and enabled to be advocates for their own and other children, to ensure that students are treated fairly and have access to learning opportunities that will support their success. Standard 5: Sharing Power: Families and school staff are equal partners with equal representation in decisions that affect students and families and together inform, influence, and create policies, practices, and programs. Standard 6: Collaborating with Community: Families and school staff work together with community members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded learning opportunities, community services, and civic participation. 4

Tools & Resources Used To Implement The Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards TN Comprehensive System Planning Process (TCSPP)- district level TN School Improvement Planning Process (TSIPP)- school level Parent Involvement Plans- district and school level Parental involvement evidence used for Comprehensive Monitoring Instrument at LEA evidence for pages and/or Title I school evidence for pages PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide for district and school level at Parent Surveys for district and school level 5

TN DOE Parental Involvement Standards Survey Survey completed by district and school staff. Survey does not go to parents or teachers. Suggested procedure: LEA Parent Involvement Coordinator distributes and collects completed school surveys and compiles all of the school survey results in their district onto one spreadsheet, completes district level compliance, and s the school-level and district-level compliance results (all at one time in one Excel workbook) to Diane Perhac at (Note that two worksheets will be submitted: one school-level worksheet for all of the schools in your district and one district-level The school principal or designee such as Parent Liaison or School Improvement Planning Team Leader will complete the school level survey. (The LEA Parent Involvement Coordinator will send the survey to each school in their district and collect the survey results from all schools in their district.) 6

TN DOE Parental Involvement Standards Survey, continued 7 Excel workbook contains 6 worksheets: instruction sheet for completing the survey, sheet containing the six TN parental involvement standards and associated web links, school-level sample sheet, district-level sample sheet, sheet containing the district-level data collection, and sheet containing the school-level data collection Survey collected through 2 Excel spreadsheets- Tab for district compliance and tab for school level compliance. Identifying the parental involvement tools and resources used will be collected at both the school and district levels: TCSPP, TSIPP, PI plans, Comprehensive Monitoring Instrument, PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide, & parent surveys. At school level rubric used to obtain current level of practice for six TN parental involvement standards.

TN DOE Parental Involvement Standards Survey Period Survey distributed April 19 and 25, 2011 Survey period three weeks: Tuesday, April 26 – Friday, May 13, 2011 Survey period “sandwiches” achievement assessment window: First week: Week of April 25 (week after TCAP) Second week: Week of May 2 (during EOC) Third week: Week of May 9 (week after EOC) PLEASE RETURN THE SURVEY (ONE file with both School and District level tabs) DURING APRIL 25 - MAY 13, 2011 to: Diane Perhac 8

TDOE Parental Involvement Survey Contacts 9 Information Sources If you have questions regarding completing or sending the survey, please contact: Diane Perhac (615) ). If you have questions regarding parental involvement standards, please contact: Elizabeth (Liz) Roper (615) ). If you have questions regarding access of the webinar associated with this survey, please contact: Debbie Williams (615) ).

TNDOE Parent Involvement Survey 10 Six Worksheets in Each Excel File: 1) Instructions 2) Parental Involvement Standards 3) School-level Sample 4) District-level Sample 5) School-level Parent Involvement (PI) Survey Component 6) District-level Parent Involvement (PI) Survey Component

Parental Involvement Survey Instructions Worksheet, Page 1 11 Tennessee State Department of Education Parent Involvement Survey Instructions Overview: Data Collection, Compilation, and Return Two tabs for data collection are included in this Excel workbook (School-level, District- level) 1) School-level Parent Involvement (PI) Survey a) Collect responses from each school in your district for the use of each parent involvement standard and for the use of all parent involvement tools or resources on the School PI Survey tab. b) Compile the results for all schools in your district on ONE School PI Survey spreadsheet. c) See below for instructions on how to complete the School survey tab. 2) District-level Parent Involvement (PI) Survey a) Complete the parent involvement tools and resources responses on the District PI Survey tab. b) See below for instructions on how to complete the District survey tab. 3) Rename your file using your LEA ID and LEA Name. 4) Return ONE completed survey file with two tabs, School and District, to Diane Perhac between April 25 and May 13. Additional tabs are contained in this workbook to provide clarification of the survey: Instructions, Parental Involvement Standards, School-level Sample, and District-level Sample.

Parental Involvement Survey Instructions Worksheet, Page 2 12 School-level Tab, Parent Involvement Survey Instructions Please complete the following: 1) Fill in the information in the top left corner of the worksheet. a) Click in the first row directly under Column C, after LEA ID: and type your LEA ID. b) Click in the second row under Column C, after LEA Name: and type your LEA Name. c) Click in the third row under Column C, after Contact Name: and type your Name, or the name of the person to contact if there are questions. d) Click in the fourth row under Column C, after Contact and type your address, or the address of the person to contact if there are questions. e) Click in the fifth row under Column C, after Contact Phone: and type your Phone Number or the phone number of the person to contact if there are questions. 2) Scroll down the worksheet to locate your school(s). Note: If you are interested in printing a list of only your schools, be certain to select your schools and use the printer options to print only the selection. Otherwise, you will be printing all of the schools in the state (146 pages). 3) For each of your schools, in the Parent Involvement Standards section of the table, please select one of the four choices in the drop-down box that best describes the current level of practice for each of the six standards: a) In making your selection, consider the bulleted examples of practices that are displayed for each of the six standards. Additional examples can be found in the PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide. A link to this guide is: b) Please choose one of the following from the drop down box: 0 = Not there yet (Have not yet developed and implemented Standard) 1 = Emerging (Limited level of development and implementation for Standard) 2 = Progressing (Functioning level of development and implementation) 3 = Excelling (Highly functioning level of development and implementation) c) To select one of these options in the drop-down box: 1. Click on the cell below the standard. (A gray box with an arrow will appear.) 2. Click on the arrow. 3. Select one of the four options. 4) For each of your schools, in the Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources section of the table for the School-level tab, please select either Yes or No in the drop-down box for each of the five Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources: Tennessee School Improvement Plans (TSIPP), School-level Parental Involvement Policy or Plan, School-level Parent Surveys, School-level Monitoring Using the Comprehensive Monitoring Instrument, and PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide To select Yes or No in the drop-down box: a) Click on the cell below the tool or resource. (A gray box with an arrow will appear.) b) Click on the arrow. c) Click on either Yes or No to indicate whether or not that particular parent involvement planning tool or resource is used at the school. 5) If additional tools or resources are used, please provide an explanation of these other tools or resources in the Explanation section. 6) Save the spreadsheet when you are finished.

Parental Involvement Survey Instructions Worksheet, Page 3 13 District-level Tab, Parent Involvement Survey Instructions Please complete the following: 1) Fill in the information in the top left corner of the worksheet. a) Click in the first row directly under Column C, after LEA ID: and type your LEA ID. b) Click in the second row under Column C, after LEA Name: and type your LEA Name. c) Click in the third row under Column C, after Contact Name: and type your Name, or the name of the person to contact if there are questions. d) Click in the fourth row under Column C, after Contact and type your address, or the address of the person to contact if there are questions. e) Click in the fifth row under Column C, after Contact Phone: and type your Phone Number or the phone number of the person to contact if there are questions. 2) Scroll down the worksheet to locate your district. 3) For your district, in the Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources section of the table, please select either Yes or No in the drop-down box for each of the five Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources: Tennessee Comprehensive Systemwide Planning Process (TCSPP), District-level Parental Involvement Policy or Plan, District-level Parent Surveys, District-level Monitoring Using the Comprehensive Monitoring Instrument, and PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide To select one of these options in the drop-down box: 1. Click on the cell below the tool or resource. (A gray box with an arrow will appear.) 2. Click on the arrow. 3. Click on either Yes or No to indicate whether or not that particular Parent Involvement Planning tool or resource is used within the district. 4) If additional tools or resources are used, please provide an explanation of these other tools or resources in the Explanation section. 5) Save the spreadsheet when you are finished.

Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards Worksheet 14 Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards In a 2009 legislative session, Senate Bill No. 293 was enacted which required the Tennessee Department of Education to develop parental involvement standards in public schools. Each school district and school will be required to report compliance on these standards. The compliance for the standards will be on the Tennessee Report Card beginning with the school year. In the spring of 2011, a survey from the State Department will be sent to each school district to obtain the compliance information. The Tennessee Standards listed below are based on the PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships. These standards were adopted by the State Board of Education on July 30, Standard 1: Welcoming all families into the school community—Families are active participants in the life of the school, and feel welcomed, valued, and connected to each other, to school staff, and to what students are learning and doing in class and school. Standard 2: Communicating effectively—Families and school staff engage in regular, meaningful communication about student learning. Standard 3: Supporting student success—Families and school staff continuously work together to support students’ learning and healthy development both at home and at school, and have regular opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills to do so effectively. Standard 4: Speaking up for every child—Families are informed and enabled to be advocates for their own and other children, to ensure that students are treated fairly and have access to learning opportunities that will support their success. Standard 5: Sharing power—Families and school staff are equal partners with equal representation in decisions that affect students and families and together inform, influence, and create policies, practices, and programs. Standard 6: Collaborating with community—Families and school staff work together with community members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded learning opportunities, community services, and civic participation. Tools and Resources Used to Measure Compliance on Parental Involvement Standards Tools and resources that can be used to measure compliance on the parental involvement standards include: Tennessee Comprehensive Systemwide Planning Process (TCSPP) Tennessee School Improvement Plans (TSIPP) Parental Involvement Policy or Plan - district or school level Parent Surveys Evidence used in Comprehensive Monitoring Instrument: PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide: To access Senate Bill No. 293 and the Tennessee Parental Involvement Standards go to the Family and Community Engagement website at:

School-level Parent Involvement Survey Worksheet 15

Summary: School-level Survey Tab Instructions Fill in the information in the top left corner of the worksheet: LEA ID, LEA Name, Contact Name, Contact , and Contact Phone. 2. Scroll down the worksheet to locate your schools. 3. For each school, please select one of the four choices in the drop- down box that best describes the current level of practice for each of the six standards: 0=Not there yet (have not yet developed and implemented Standard) 1 = Emerging (Limited level of development and implementation for Standard) 2 = Progressing (Functioning level of development and implementation) 3 = Excelling (Highly functioning level of development and implementation)

Summary: School-level Survey Tab Instructions, continued For each of your schools, in the Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources section of the table for the School-level tab, please select either Yes or No in the drop-down box for each of the five Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources: Tennessee School Improvement Plans (TSIPP) School-level Parental Involvement Policy or Plan School-level Parent Surveys School-level Monitoring using evidence in the Comprehensive Monitoring Instrument PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide

Summary: School-level Survey Tab Instructions, continued If additional tools or resources are used, please provide an explanation of these other tools or resources in the Explanation section. 6. Save the spreadsheet when you are finished.

School-level Parent Involvement Survey Worksheet Drop-down Box: Illustration 1 19

School-level Parent Involvement Survey Worksheet Drop-down Box: Illustration 2 20

School-level Parent Involvement Survey Worksheet Drop-down Box: Illustration 3 21

School-level Parent Involvement Sample Worksheet Example 22

District-level Parent Involvement Survey Worksheet Drop-Down Box Illustration 23

Summary: District-level Survey Tab Instructions Fill in the information in the top left corner of the worksheet: LEA ID, LEA Name, Contact Name, Contact , and Contact Phone. 2. Scroll down the worksheet to locate your district. 3. For your district, in the Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources section of the table, please select either Yes or No in the drop-down box for each of the five Parent Involvement Planning Tools and Resources: Tennessee Comprehensive Systemwide Planning Process (TCSPP) District-level Parental Involvement Policy or Plan District-level Parent Surveys District-level Monitoring using evidence in the Comprehensive Monitoring Instrument PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide

Summary: District-level Tab Instructions, continued If additional tools or resources are used, please provide an explanation of these other tools or resources in the Explanation section. 5. Save the spreadsheet when you are finished.

District-level Parent Involvement Worksheet Example 26

Questions? 27 Information Sources If you have questions regarding completing or sending the survey, please contact: Diane Perhac (615) ). If you have questions regarding parental involvement standards, please contact: Elizabeth (Liz) Roper (615) ). If you have questions regarding access of the webinar associated with this survey, please contact: Debbie Williams (615) ).