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CHAPTER 5<br />

RESOURCES<br />

Mapp, K. L., & Kuttner, P. J. (2013). Partners in education: A dual capacity building framework for family-school<br />

partnerships. Austin, TX: SEDL (in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education). Retrieved from<br />

http://www.sedl.org/pubs/framework/<br />

This publication presents a research informed framework for effective family-school partnerships. It<br />

outlines four components toward building collective capacity to engage in partnership for both families<br />

and school staff. Three case studies illustrate and further develop the framework.<br />

Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson Counties, Tennessee. (n.d.) Parent ambassador program [Web page].<br />

Retrieved at http://www.nashville.gov/Mayors-Office/Priorities/New- Americans/Parent-Ambassadors.aspx<br />

This page describes Nashville’s Parent Ambassador Program, a project of the Nashville Mayor’s Office of<br />

New Americans.<br />

National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). (2004). Practitioner toolkit: Working with adult<br />

English language learners. Louisville, KY: Author. Retrieved from<br />

http://www.cal.org/caela/tools/program_development/CombinedFiles1.pdf<br />

This toolkit contains background information about models of adult English as a second language<br />

programs. It provides extensive descriptions of classroom activities and an overview of parent education in<br />

family literacy programs.<br />

National Resource Network (2016). This organization offers multiple services including a compilation of frequently<br />

asked questions, and an on-line library of tools and technical assistance. The Network also has a “311 for<br />

Cities” number (registration required) to request, in multiple languages, assistance through the website.<br />

Retrieved from http://www.nationalresourcenetwork.org/en/home<br />

NBC News: Education Nation. (n.d.). Parent toolkit [Website]. Retrieved from http://www.parenttoolkit.com/<br />

The website gives suggestions by topic (e.g., academics and behavior) and grade level on how to track a<br />

student’s progress in school, among other tips.<br />

Paredes, M. C. (2010). Academic parent-teacher teams: Reorganizing parent-teacher conferences around data. FINE<br />

Newsletter, 2 (3). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Family<br />

Research Project. Retrieved from http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/<br />

academic-parent-teacher-teams-reorganizing-parent-teacher-conferences-around-data<br />

This Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) newsletter article presents a district’s new<br />

paradigm for parent-teacher conferences. It describes a unique parent engagement model that engages<br />

families in academically oriented activities to support their children. Within this model families learn how<br />

to use data to plan learning targets and understand the impact of instruction and parental supports on<br />

their child’s outcomes.<br />

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • <strong>NEWCOMER</strong> <strong>TOOL</strong> <strong>KIT</strong> • CHAPTER 5 • 28<br />

No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, enterprise, curriculum, or program of instruction<br />

mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred. For the reader’s convenience, the tool kit contains information about<br />

and from outside organizations, including URLs. Inclusion of such information does not constitute the Department’s endorsement.

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