Turn Your Results into Actionable Next Steps
Your FEA report incorporates all the data collected by your Scholastic expert and provides a full 360° view of family engagement at your school. The report includes detailed rationale and recommendations for each goal and indicator. It is intended as a starting point to build awareness and to begin strategic planning for improvement.
YOUR FEA REPORT OVERVIEW Who Participated in the Survey
Quantitative Data A full range of metrics enables you to accurately measure your current practices, chart growth over time, identify the tools you need to acquire, and prioritize the right initiatives.
# of Respondants
71 staff completed the on line survey 36 families completed the family survey
Your Scores This chart illustrates your school’s score for each goal area. The minimum score for an area is 1.00, while the maximum score is 3.00. If your scores are to the left of the brown line, you are in the “low” category. If your scores are to the right of the blue line, you are in the “high” category. If you are in between the lines, you are in the “emerging” category.
School Visit Highlights • A large wood sign, which reflects the diversity of Gibson students, welcomes visitors at the front entrance. • A large mural of the Danville community and large sign with the school’s 3 overarching themes, Be Kind, Work Hard and Never Give Up are the first things visitors see upon entering the building. • The school is excited to be creating a Parent/Family room. During the school visit a tour of the space and ideas for utilization were shared. • On the day of the Scholastic visit, the cafeteria was set up for a family event, “Cupcakes and Conversations.” The cleanliness and organization of the room reflects a school that welcomes and values their families. • Students who meet positive behavior expectations can use tokens awarded in the EA Gibson vending machine located in the foyer.
Core Beliefs About Family Engagement In most schools, educators readily agree that families must be involved in their children’s education and that home-school partnerships are very important. With such overwhelming agreement, why don’t we find real partnerships in every school? The reality is that educators and families have many beliefs, attitudes, and fears about each other that hinder their coming together to promote learning. The answer to “Are family-school partnerships important?” tends to be “Yes, but….” Before a school can create strong and effective partnerships with families, staff must believe not only that it’s important but also that it can be done—and that they can do it. That means school staff must hold a set of positive beliefs about family engagement. In their book Beyond the Bake Sale (2006), Dr. Karen Mapp and Anne Henderson identify four Core Beliefs that are essential to successful family engagement efforts.
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Visuals Photos and videos help illustrate assessment findings with specific examples of what can be achieved.
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