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A Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) offers an alternative approach to family engagement. A tiered approach to family engagement helps teachers and administrators adapt to the contexts, needs, and preferences of every family in the school so that ALL families are engaged in their children’s education. In this session, Georgia’s MTSS Communications and Family Engagement Specialist Carole Carr discusses the importance of helping families understand their role within the framework and how uplifting student voices strengthens engagement and improves student success.

• Identify an equity challenge in your work. What do available satellite and map data tell you (or not tell you) about the challenge? What street data do you need?
• Which of the street data strategies could you try out in the next two weeks? Make a short plan of who, when, why, and how you’ll do this.
• What might get in the way of you collecting street data and how will you stay the course?

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Purpose: Learn how to impact student outcomes. Share and learn about the types of data that can be used to demonstrate student outcomes.

Learning Targets: (1) Participants will have a rough sketch of an elevator speech; (2) Participants will be able to describe at least two ways to demonstrate impact.

Purpose: Develop a shared understanding of the purpose, goals, and planned activities.

Learning Targets:  Participants will have a basic idea of their audience, how they want to reach them, and the messaging that will resonate with each audience.

A Brief Look at the Emerging Montana SSIP
Annette Viciedo Young, Montana’s SSIP Director, will share the design process of Montana’s emerging SSIP. The circular design is centered on a relational approach to working with stakeholders, lifting their voices, and removing barriers and opening doors to equity and opportunity to Montana’s most valued asset—their children.

Aligning Cross-System Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Children/Youth and Caregivers

Lesson 10 SISEP Initiative Inventory

At our February SPDG Directors' Webinar we got a behind the scenes look at the South Dakota SPDG.  We started with the South Dakota Evaluators who shared their widely lauded evaluation plan and how they have integrated family engagement into that plan.
 

Brandi Gerry, the SD Project Director, shared:

•     Their project infographic and how it has helped her collaborate with others at the State level.

•     Implementation lessons learned.

•     Resources and strategies that have worked.

•     What she would recommend not doing.