CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT: ENGAGING ALL FAMILES How does a family’s culture impact their child’s learning? For schools across the nation, it is becoming more challenging to connect with the increasingly diverse student population and their families. The family unit has changed dramatically not only from an ethnic diversity standpoint, also socioeconomic status and family structure. A "One-Size-Fits-All" approach to engaging with families doesn't work. Understanding the role of culture in a family’s life is key to unlocking the door and removing barriers to engaging families.
Effective family engagement is a shared responsibility - this means that the schools and other community organizations need to be confident and committed to engaging families in meaningful ways. Families need to be confident and committed to actively supporting their children’s learning and development. This workshop will discuss effective school-family engagement, with a clear vision of family engagement for educators. A variety of family cultures will be covered including Latino/Hispanic culture, values, religion and gender roles.
When: Tuesday, November 29, 2016
9:00am—3:00pm
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (Day 2—OPTIONAL) 9:00am—2:00pm Participants will come back together for a book study and to review their action plans. “Multicultural Manners” by Norine Dresser is the book that will be discussed. The first 20 participants that register and choose to participate in the book study will receive a book.
Where: CESA #1 N25 W23131 Paul Road, Suite 100 Pewaukee, WI 53072 Presenters: Hector Portillo, WSPEI Engagement Coordinator, Support for Spanish-Speaking Families
Eddie Camara, WSPEI CESA #1 Family Engagement Coordinator
This day-long workshop is focused on culturally responsive family engagement. By the end of this workshop, participants will: be able to articulate an understanding of the role of culture in all people’s lives. understand models of culturally responsive family engagement be able to describe how being from an underrepresented culture creates challenges for families interacting with dominant culture schools know common barriers to engaging families of diverse cultures walk away with strategies and ideas for how to welcome, honor, and connect with all families All workshop participants will identify a family or multiple families they want to engage more deeply with and create a plan for how to welcome, honor, and connect with those families.
Registration
Registration is required for this FREE workshop Online: http://goo.gl/4ipAUz Email:
[email protected] Phone: 262-787-9500 x9532 This workshop is supported by the Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): CESA #1 will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities attending our workshops or events. If you require accommodations, please contact the workshop coordinator for that event.
