1. Would you describe your organization as...?
How many years have you worked with
children and families?
School
62%
CBO
38%
Less
than 1
5% 1 to 5
30%
6 to 10
25%
10+
40%
10
14
16 15
19 19
0
5
10
15
20
Theoretical
Foundations of
Parent
Engagement
March 27, 2013
12organizations
23attendees
Does your organzation work with...?
4.9 / 5Overall sessionOrganization
4.7 / 5Overall sessionquality

2. Attendees were asked to indicate their organizations current level of support for the following statements:
Doesn’t do this Does this but needs help Does this well Does this very well
0 4 8 0
Educate staff to succeed in parent engagement
0 4 8 0
1 7 6 0
Recognizes that all parents regardless of income, education, or
cultural background want their children to succeed 0 1 2 12
2 6 2 1
4 4 6 0
Trusts Parents
Shares power with families
Values the staff time necessary for engagement
Evaluates parent engagement activities
New IDeas
Need 5 sessions to see change
Arnstein ladder of
citizen participation
Involvement Vs Engagement
The Triple P’s Program
ABCD Community Engagement
John McKnight
IDeas to apply
All
Focus more on relationships
Focus on immediate benefits for
marketing
Continuous discussion
Arnstein’s ladder of citizen
participation
Learn more
Specific models
Theory based solutions
Evidence based evaluation
Local practices
Opportunities for networking
Where to focus relationship building
Attendees were asked to identify which ideas from the session were New, which ideas they would Apply, and the ideas that they wanted
to learn more bout.