2006 -2011

Harvard Family Research Project


2006-2011

Accomplishing Change

PIRC HIGHLIGHTSPIRC HIGHLIGHTS

Engaging Parents in Education

Helping Helping

Families and

Families and

SchoolsSchools

Partnerships ImportantBuilding


2007


Workshop Evaluations Demonstrate Parents’ High Interest in Learning About

Engaging with SchoolsVI PIRC


CA PIRC – CABE Project INSPIRE: Parent Leadership Development

Program

Helping to close the achievement gap

Mean

Score

In

cre

ase


High Quality PIRC

Statewide leadership

Alignment with Title I

Partnerships in

education

Effective governanc

e

Management capacity

High Quality PIRC

Framework for quality PIRC technical assistance and leadership centers

GUIDING PRINCIPLE

S

Direct service

across state

Learning and Improvement


Workshop Evaluations Demonstrate Educators’ Increased Understanding and

Knowledge


2008


“…since we started visiting, she is asking all of

her children how their day went at school and if

they have any work they need to catch up with.

… she started volunteering one hour a week in

a classroom and also began reading to her

children at least ten minutes every night. Her

fourth grade son has been spending full days

at school with few problems, and is one of a

handful of students who are reading at home

and doing/turning in reading logs for his

teacher.” (AK PIRC)


MI PIRC studying the use of

Family Resource Centers on

Head Start parent

engagement.

NH PALS PreK program shows

preliminary evidence that greater

amounts of home visits are linked to

better literacy development.

KY PIRC studying regional parent educators’ impact on development and learning in 3 and 4 year olds.

NY PIRC – EPIC

studying impact of

ECE workshops on

school readiness.

PIRCs Focus on Early Childhood Parent Education


ID PIRC’s PAT increases parent knowledge, confidence, ability, and

behavior.

Average Score Change on Survey of Parenting Practice (UISPP)

Survey of Parenting Practice (UISPP) was developed by Harriet Shaklee, The University of Idaho, in 2002 for the PAT project.

Knowledge Change Confidence Change Ability Change Behavior Change


The CARE evaluation team meets with CO PIRC – Westminster bi-monthly to review program implementation and provide performance evaluation feedback.

The CARE evaluation team meets with CO PIRC – Westminster bi-monthly to review program implementation and provide performance evaluation feedback.

MO PIRC – Southwest partners met monthly to discuss evolving activities, provide feedback, make changes/suggestions, and learn about PIRC progress.

PIRCs Use Evaluation to Make Program Changes

WY PIRC staff and evaluator develop a three-tiered model


2009


KS PIRC’s IHE Curriculum Enhancement Project:

Family engagement PD/course content for pre-service

teachers.

RESULTS: Treatment group increased their understanding of the importance of family engagement and confidence in preparedness to engage families (during pre-service training and once in the field as a new teacher).

Pre-Service Teachers

Not Prepared

Very Well Prepared

New Teachers


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and all the social marketing

• Bi-weekly podcasts on iTunes• Bi-weekly blogs on Blogspot• Liveblog on Wordpress

AL, AZ, and IN PIRCs


“It has given m

e the skills

to know what is

appropriate at d

ifferent

ages for b

ehavior. PAT has

helped me to

teach m

y

children in

ways I didn’t

think of.” (R

I PIRC)

PIRCs Implement the PAT program


IA PIRC Implements iSPIN


2010


HI PIRC’s Sundays Project:

Sermons on family involvement in academic achievement change parents’level of engagement and motivation, as well as procedures in the home.


IN PIRC College Pathways:

Teams engage middle/high school students and their parents to develop more accessible and useful programming for school success and college access.

Of 3,000 middle and high school students:

70%

30%

Aware of academic supports

Use academic supports

Aware of what is needed to graduate

79%

66%

High school students

Middle school students

91% plan to go to college 9%


Families and Schools Benefit From Friendly Walk Throughs

VT PIRC helped a first-year principal

assemble a diverse committee to conduct

a Family Friendly Walkthrough. The

committee drafted a final action plan and

spearheaded 10 projects to improve their

school.

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2011


Workshop Evaluations Demonstrate Parents’ Increased Understanding and

Knowledge

ME PIRC

NC PIRC

DC PIR

C


The leaders of two schools attributed overall school improvement to the PIRC’s involvement. (FSM PIRC)

Interview Data Reveals Positive Outcomes Across U.S. Territories Using a

Cluster Model “…the principal and her teachers implemented a series of workshops … to ensure that parents know and understand what their children are expected to learn at each grade level… and parents who work took time out to ensure they don’t miss out on such a wonderful opportunity.” (AS PIRC)


WA PIRC Conducts Random Assignment Study on Home Educator Program

• Children complete assessments every 6 months.• Parents complete a parent inventory 3 times.• Home educators receive monthly PD.

57 children in study group and 49 in comparison group

Preliminary findings:

Avera

ge G

ain


NE PIRC studying effects

of shared decision-

making councils on

parent engagement and

student achievement

AR PIRC studying participants’ use of its Strengthening the Partnership (STP) parent involvement modules

NJ PIRC studying the effects of their EPIC Ready, Set, Read (literacy) workshops

NJ PIRC studying the effects of their EPIC Ready, Set, Read (literacy) workshops

PIRC Studies are On-going

TX PIRC studying how low income, ELL families are using actionable data to improve their children’s schools


National PIRC Coordination Center

Thank You

2006 -2011

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