2019 Alliance Summit & Excellence In Parent Engagement Awards

Wrap-Up Report

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

WHAT IS ALLIANCE? ABOUT THE ALLIANCE SUMMIT Now in its seventh year, the Alliance Summit is a convening of community, education, business and philanthropic leaders to celebrate parents and strengthen partnerships for greater student and school success. We approach our work firmly grounded in the nation that supporting families to be agents of change in their communities is crucial to ensuring students succeed and have a bright future.

The goal of the Alliance Summit is to strengthen alliance-building efforts for a common agenda that empowers families and supports student success.

MORNING PROGRAM KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D. Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Faculty Director, Education Policy and Management Master’s Program

LUNCHEON OPENING

EMCEE: Frances Suavillo, LAUSD Student Board Member

LUNCHEON WELCOME

Karen L. Mapp, Ed. D.

Oscar E. Cruz, FIS President and CEO Karla V. Salazar, COO

Keynote

Frances Suavillo Luncheon Opening & Emcee

COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD Maryann Jackmon, FIS Board Treasurer Bethany Miller, Program Officer – Education, The Kresge Foundation

EXCELLENCE IN PARENT ENGAGEMENT AWARD

Community Impact Award Recipient

Maribel Lopez, Director of Community Leadership, GO Public Schools - West Contra Costa Lilia Mitre, Director of Parent Partnerships, Equitas Academy Charter Schools Bilma Ruano, Parent Leader Volunteer, Anaheim Elementary School District

Erika Tracy, Executive Director, Hoopa Valley Tribal Association

PROGRAM AGENDA Live Tweet: @FamsInSchools #FISAlliance Live Facebook: #FamiliesInSchools #FISParentEngagement

KEY SPSS – Strategies and Practices to Support Student Success ASSN – Advancing Student Success Nationwide NP – Networking in Practice

The Alliance Summit Creates a space where participants can: • Here diverse perspectives about effective policies and best practices that address the needs of students and families • Become familiar with strategies for strengthening school and community partnerships to support high need students and communities

• Learn How family engagement practices can be embedded into program and advocacy initiatives, locally and statewide • Increase confidence to become champions for authentic parent engagement in their communities

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Support for Immigrant Students and Families Advancing Educational Equity in L.A. and Beyond All Children Count: Census 2020 Where Do I Go From Here? Connecting First Generation Students to College Resources PARENTSHIPS Student Success at the Library The Family Success Initiative: Parents as Learners and Leaders Using the Telenovela as a Tool to Navigate Special Education Advancing College and Career Access, Equity, and Success AltaMed: Uplifting Communities and Building Power Through Civic Participation Increasing African-American College Access and Success The Resilience of California’s English Learner Students Leveraging Internet Access and Parent Training Connected Communities: Fostering Powerful STEM Family Engagement Parent Warriors In Action

2019 EXCELLENCE IN PARENT ENGAGEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Maribel Lopez

Lilia Mitre

Bilma Ruano

Erika Tracy

REPORT OVERVIEW Families In Schools thanks this year’s Alliance Summit sponsors and community advisors for your tremendous support. We are delighted to share this impact report which provides you information on:

Demographics

WHO ATTENDED

Parents, School Staff, CBO Staff, & Funders: 557 FIS Staff, Volunteers, and Consultants: 58 Presenters: 42 Sponsors: 51

Total number of registered attendees: 708

WHO ATTENDED

Many of the attendees live in Southern California region. However we had representation from Northern California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vancouver, Virginia and Washington.

WHO ATTENDED School Districts (K-12): Alhambra Unified School District Anaheim Elementary School District Anaheim Union High School District Arlington Public Schools Azusa Unified School District Bakersfield City School District Boulder Valley View Schools Cajon Valley Union School District Claremont Unified School District Corona Norco Unified School District Denver Public Schools Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Fullerton Joint Union High School District Hawthorne School District Imperial Office of Education Inglewood Unified School District Kern High School District Lancaster School District Los Angeles Unified School District Long Beach Unified School District

Higher Ed:

Montebello Unified School District Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District Oxnard Union High School District Palmdale School District Pomona Unified School District Riverside Unified School District San Bernardino City Unified San Bernardino County Office of Schools San Diego Unified School District San Mateo County Office of Education Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Clara Office of Education Saugus Union School District Stockton Unified School District ValVerde Unified School District Ventura Office of Education Victor Valley Union High School District West Contra Costa Unified School District

California State University, Chancellor’s Office California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles

WHO ATTENDED Community Orgs: Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Alliance for a Better Community Alliance College Ready Public Schools Autism Society of Los Angeles ACLU of Southern California Best Start – Southeast Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor Bright Star Schools Campaign for College Opportunity C5LA California Children’s Academy California Association of Bilingual Education Cal-SOAP Los Angeles CA Collaborative for Educational Excellence Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Campaign for College Opportunity Center for Nonprofit Management Center for Powerful Public Schools Child Care Alliance Los Angeles Child360 Children’s Institute Inc. CHIRLA City of Montclair College Futures Foundation College Match Los Angeles College Track Los Angeles Communities In Schools Los Angeles Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING Deaf Latinos y Familias Ednovate

Educators for Excellence Los Angeles Embark Education Equitas Academy Charter Schools Families Forward Learning Center First 5 LA GEAR-UP 4 LA Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles Go Public Schools Goodwill of Southern California Great Public Schools Now Health Net Heart of Los Angeles Human Services Association ICEF Public Schools Inner City Struggle Innovate Public Schools Kaplan Early Learning Keppel Support Services KIDWORKS KIPP Colorado KIPP SoCal Kresge Foundation LA Care Health Plan LA Coalition for Excellence Public Schools LA County Library LA Promise Fund Legacy LA LIFT LA Lighthouse Community Public Schools Lintel

Long Beach Forward Los Angeles Transportation Authority Magnolia Public Schools Miracle League Los Angeles Moonshot edVentures MOSTe Office of LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis Partnerships of Los Angeles Schools Pathways LA PBS SoCal Phoenix House Princeton Review Public Advocates Puente Learning Center Renaissance Restorative Justice Partners Save the Children SELA Collaborative Southern California College Access Network Speak UP Study Smart Tutors The Broad Foundation The Education Trust – West Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Washington State Charter Schools Association Weingart Foundation YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles United Friends of the Children

WHO ATTENDED 45% 40% 35% 30%

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School Staff

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WHO ATTENDED 7th year in a row

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WHO ATTENDED Hispanic/Latinx participants dropped by 5%, but African American participants wen from 1% to 5% compared to the 2018 Summit, Asian participants stayed at about the same percentage, and this year we had Native American participants which we didn’t have in the 2019 Summit.

Did Not Respond White Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

Hispanic or Latinx Black or African American Asian

American Indian or Native American 0%

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WHO ATTENDED Have Children or Work With Children In College or University

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Online Analytics

PROMOTING ALLIANCE In 2019, Alliance was promoted through:

Families In Schools did live event coverage especially via Twitter:

28 Email Blasts 30 Twitter Posts 32 Facebook Posts 34 LinkedIn Posts

• 13 Live tweets from @famsinschools • 25 Guest Tweets Using #FISAlliance C • 70 Mentions of @famsinschools

At total of 124 email blasts and social media posts were created to help get the word out about Alliance.

We were also mentioned 9 times via Facebook by participants on the day of the event.

TOTAL AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT TOTAL AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT

4,722 Emails Opened per email blast

559 Impressions per tweet

453 People Reached per post

TOTAL AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT The Families In Schools website received 38,814 unique page views between March 2019 and December 2019.

Alliance 2019 received 5,217 unique pageviews.

Event Evaluation

Survey Results

270 surveys Collected Participating in the Alliance Summit Was Valuable to Me 70%

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Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree Did Not Respond

Will You Come to Alliance 2020?

270 surveys Collected

Yes

No

Did not respond

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!