Grades 6-9
Steps to Success is a four week curriculum that engages parents/guardians of English learners in their children's academic achievement. Based on a learner-centered approach, families strengthen their knowledge about the English learner reclassification process and increase their skills to support their child's language development. Steps to Success – Middle School Edition is based on the success of the original program developed for families with elementary school age children.
“Parents learn how to ask objective questions and focus more on academics when they attend parent teacher conferences. They know what questions to ask in relation to their child’s academic success.”
What Your Staff Gets Your staff will receive a 2-day training to successfully engage parents in the English learner reclassification process and implement the Steps to Success program at their site.
Training:
Tools: In every training, participants receive: An implementation guide that includes helpful tips for replicating and sustaining the program year after year Ready-to-use tools with participant handouts (available in English & Spanish) Content-rich learning activities, delivered in a parent friendly format Interactive lesson demonstration/modeling Culturally relevant materials
– Facilitator
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Staff Training or Direct Services
Topics Covered
To bring Steps to Success – Middles School to your community, contact Families In Schools about upcoming facilitator institutes or schedule your own training. At this 2-day training, staff will receive materials and professional development to successfully engage families in developing a plan for reclassification.
Staff Training:
Families In Schools has highly trained facilitators that can conduct four (4) workshops for your student’s families.
1.
What it Means to be an English Learner
Home language survey The Value of Being Bilingual Language Acquisition 101 2.
Reclassification and the Path to Academic Success
The Reclassification Checklist Ready to Reclassify Terminology Soup
Direct Services:
3.
Impact
Resources, Options, and Setting Goals for Academic Success
General Roles/Responsibilities Instructional Program Options Academic Goal Matching Game
96% 88%
of parents said they gained more knowledge about how to help their child with his/her
of parents said they
language development
gained greater
4.
Developing an Academic Plan
Sample Academic Action Plan Personal Academic Action Plan Culmination
knowledge about how
93% of facilitators feel more confident in their ability to facilitate a family engagement program to increase parents knowledge of the reclassification process
the reclassification system works
88% of parents said they increased their ability to monitor their child’s academic progress (e.g. Testing)
213.201.3900 | familiesinschools.org | training@familiesinschools.org