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Family engagement strategies in community schools
3:18:04
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about strategies for strengthening family engagement in community schools and how the impact of these efforts is measured. Flavia Puello-Perdomo from the DOE outlines the approaches taken to involve families in the community school model.
- Family engagement is one of the four pillars focused on in community schools
- Community schools are required to have ongoing family events, including end-of-year events targeting different boroughs
- The School Comprehensive Educational Plan for community schools includes a specific component on engaging families and the student leadership team
- Family engagement is integrated into the holistic approach of community schools, recognizing its importance in student success
Rita Joseph
3:18:04
Yes.
3:18:05
So what are some of the strategies you have for summer school implementing strengthening family engagement?
3:18:09
And that's something I've always talked about.
3:18:12
And how are we measuring these impacts and those efforts?
3:18:14
Because community school is supposed to be a holistic approach with family and and students.
3:18:20
So what are you seeing and how are you measuring those impacts?
Flavia Puello-Perdomo
3:18:24
Impacting family engagement through the community school strategy?
Rita Joseph
3:18:27
Correct.
3:18:28
Correct.
Flavia Puello-Perdomo
3:18:28
So the the first thing, yes.
3:18:30
Four of the pillars that we focus on with community school is family engagement.
3:18:36
So each of the community schools are required to have more ongoing family events.
3:18:41
Even now recently we're focusing on preparing our end of year event.
3:18:45
We have one targeting Manhattan and Brooklyn.
3:18:49
One targeting the other boroughs.
3:18:52
In addition to that, the school comprehensive educational plan for community schools also has a layer of it that talks about the support and different ways in which we need to engage the whole community's families and the student leadership team for this work.