1. Welcome! Lead. Learn. Build. PreK-3 Family Engagement
September 29, 2016
“Leading for educational excellence and equity. Every day for every one.”

2. Introduction Our Team Our Platform Our Process Our Goal
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4. Our Platform - Leadership from the Middle (LftM)
A mobilizing strategy
Strengthening districts and networks of schools, working together on specific problems to build pedagogical capacity and collective expertise linked to measurable impact on student engagement
Suitable to development of deep learning outcomes
LftM is about mobilizing the whole system into new and deeper modes of learning required for the 21st century.
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5. 8 Essential Ingredients of Effective Networks
Developing high-trust relationships
Focusing on ambitious student learning goals linked to measurable outcomes
Continuously improving instructional practice
Using deliberate leadership and skilled facilitation
Frequently interacting and learning inwards
Connecting outward to learn from others
Forming new partnerships among students, teachers, and families
Securing adequate resources to sustain the work
These guidelines are consistent with eight criteria that Santiago Rincon-Gallardo and I formulated in relation to LftM networks of schools or districts. We have identified eight essential ingredients of effective networks
S. Rincon-Gallardo and M. Fullan, “Essential Features of Effective Networks and Professional Collaboration,” Journal of Professional Capital and Community (in press).
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6. Our Platform - Guiding Principles
The event lives and dies by the participation of its attendees.
The sum of the expertise of the people in the audience is greater than the sum of the expertise of the people on stage.
Empowering attendees to share their expertise.
The reality of innovation is that we co-create it by feeding off and enabling each other. To be innovators, we need to support each other as we take turns pushing boundaries.”
Rebecca O. Bagley, How 'Unconferences' Unleash Innovative Ideas, Forbes
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7. Edcamp
“Attending an Edcamp reminds me that I'm part of something bigger. Education is greater than my classroom, school, or district. It's a powerful force that can bring equity and empowerment to our world.”
Kristen Swanson, Edcamp: Teachers Take Back Professional Development
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8. What makes it work? Trust Respect Support Commitment Work
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9. Our Process http://parented.wikidot.com/2016-pei-2
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10. Our Process - Agenda
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11. Our Process - Discussions
Round Robin discussions
40 minutes
Facilitator(s) and recorder(s)
Choose your topic
Feel free to move
Capitalize on adult learning
Afternoon has some different topics
Open sessions
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12. Our Process - Maps
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13. Our Goal – Online Course parented.wikidot.com/family-engagement
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14. Our Goal - Tailored to Your Work
Is something missing?
The WORK of family engagement is at the center
Should something be emphasized more?
What do you and your colleagues need to know, to understand, to do?
What learning activities are most helpful?
What strategies, skills, dispositions are needed?
Complete survey
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15. Inspiration +
Perspiration =
Transformation
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