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March

RPS Family Engagement

Meeting

Tuesday, March 14th, 2023

This meeting will be recorded

and posted on the RPS Family Engagement webpage.

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Jennifer Spindler-Krage

(she/her/hers)

Coordinator of Family Engagement

Office of Equity & Engagement

Rochester Public Schools

jespindler@rochesterschools.org

507-328-4230

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Type your name in the chat
Your connections to RPS
Who is a family member you admire? Why?

Introductions!

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“RPS sites are situated on ancestral lands of the Dakota people. We acknowledge and honor the Dakota Nations and the sacred land of all Indigenous peoples.”

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Our Native Nations within Rochester Public Schools

RPS is unique as our native families and students come from various different nations.

These are some of the nations our students are part of.

If any nation has been missed, please email Amelia Cordell, so she can add your nation or village!

amcordell@

rochesterschools.org

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Today’s Agenda

Welcome
Family Engagement Success Sharing
Overview: RPS Family Engagement Framework
Family Engagement, Postsecondary Readiness, & C-TECH

Heather Hogen, Director of Postsecondary Readiness and School Counseling

21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant

Brian Faloon, 21st CCLC Grant Coordinator

Community Updates

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What are some bright moments in RPS Family Engagement from the past month?

What Family Engagement events are you looking forward to?

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Overland Elementary

Some of our recent highlights have been:

-A sledding night put on by the Overland PTA

-Family lunches, during which we also invite the mobile market from Channel One to be present

-An afternoon at Chateau Movie Theatre with 435 Overland kids and adults in attendance (PTA)

-”An Evening With the Owls” dance with over 350 Overland kids and adults in attendance (PTA)

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JA STEAM Night

John Adams students had the opportunity to share Science Fair projects and art work with their families.

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New this month:

Play and Connect

Hoover All Day Preschool

Parents are invited in to play in their child’s classroom and connect with other parents and discuss how “Behavior is a Window”.

Young Adult Parenting Group

Rochester Public School’s LEAP �(LAUNCHING EMERGING ADULTS PROGRAM)

This month we are starting a twice a month young adult parenting group.

Ongoing Outreach Programming

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ALC Family Engagement

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JM Rocket Night

An event for incoming 9th graders and their families to learn about the high school registration process and visit JM. This year we tried adding some 'razzle-dazzle' with food, JM swag give-aways, Rocket Shop, performances by drumline, K-Pop and colorguard, photos, popcorn, and free childcare. We had teachers representing each department to answer questions, as well as our guidance department, administrators, and equity staff. We had over 300 attendees

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Carnival at Mayo High School

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GagePTO

Carnival

Student-Created Games

GatorU Popcorn Stand

Multilingual Games

Inflatables

Dance Party

Food, food, food!

Over 75 raffle baskets

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Riverside

2022-2023 Family Events

Family Sledding
Grown Ups and Donuts
Family Wellness
Get Moving
Family Drumming Circles
Bingo
Celebrating Families
Arts Showcase
Garden Party

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Superintendent in the Halls

Link to YouTube Video: Superintendent in the Halls Part 2

Questions to Discuss After Watching Supt in the Halls 2

What job do you hope to be doing when you are about thirty years old? What appeals to you about this job?
What do you think you will do for fun when you are a young adult? What do you like about that activity?
What is the biggest problem you think your generation will have to face in the future? Why are you concerned about it?
Who do you admire that you would like to be like in the future? What do you admire most about this person?

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District-wide Initiatives for Strategic Change (DISC): Family Engagement Team

Team of RPS leaders has been researching, meeting, and discussing options for a Family Engagement Framework.

Team selected and recommended the Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships, which Superintendent, Dr. Kent Pekel, approved.

Team is now meeting to develop an implementation plan proposal for that framework.

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The Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

(Version 2.0)

Mapp, K. L. & Bergman, E. (2019). Dual capacity-building framework for family-school partnerships (Version 2). Retrieved from: www.dualcapacity.org

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Dr. Karen L. Mapp

Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Link to Dr. Mapp’s Video Overview of the Dual Capacity-Building Framework

Overview Video:

The Dual-Capacity Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

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Video Reflections

The Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Use one of the following sentence stems to write in the chat:

I notice…
I wonder…
I learned…
This reminds me…
I’d like to learn more about…
I’m surprised that…

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Introducing:

Heather Hogen

Director of Postsecondary Readiness, CTECH, and School Counseling

Highlight Topic:

Family & Community Engagement

and

Postsecondary Readiness, CTECH, and School Counseling

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Introduction

Heather Hogen, Director of Postsecondary Readiness and School Counseling, this is a new position in the district that is a combination of a couple of other positions

My role–Oversee the CTECH building, Counseling Group, Perkins Grant & CTE, design and implementation of a K-12 Postsecondary Readiness Program

Previous experience–high school & middle school Spanish Teacher, Assistant Principal at Mayo HS, Principal at Sunset Terrace

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CTECH–A Community Partnership

City of Rochester allocated sales tax dollars to help create a unique learning environment

Funds were allocated to RCTC to build the facility–ownership & maintenance

RPS provides staff & equipment

Community input on pathways–advisory committees continue to provide input

CTECH opened in the fall of 2016 after nearly 10 years of planning and fundraising

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CTECH & CTE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pd-hrpzPnw

CTE–Career & Technical Education–We need to change the mindset of what this means, still a stigma

High skill, high wage, high demand

Application of academic content & skills, answers the question, “When am I ever going to use this?”

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Pathways at CTECH

Agriculture–Intro, Vet Studies I & II, Greenhouse Plant Production

Computer Science & Information Technology–IT Infrastructure, Java Script, Algorithms & Data Science/Python, AP Comp Sci A

Construction–Construction Trades I & II

Engineering–Principles of Engineering, Engineering Design & Development

Health Science–Intro to Health Science Careers, Bio 1107, Medical Lab Sciences, CNA, Pharmacy Tech, Therapeutic Medicine, EMR

Hospitality–Culinary Chef, Chef Management

Manufacturing–Robotics, Welding I & II, Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)

Human Services–Intro to Psych (CIS), Firefighter I & II, Hazmat, EMR, Intro to Teaching (CIS) I & II, Law Enforcement, Child Development Associate

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Enrollment

1st Semester– 404

2nd Semester– 318

Total for 22-23–722

Students from all RPS high schools, ALC, Byron, Dover-Eyota, and in the Firefighter course we have RPS Public & Private, Stewartville, Pine Island, Byron, Dover-Eyota & St. Charles students

Increasing for next year–1359 requests so far, bound by space & staffing funds

Scheduling is done at the high school

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Postsecondary Readiness

“A student who is ready for college and career can qualify for and succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing college courses leading to a baccalaureate or certificate, or career pathway-oriented training programs without the need for remedial or developmental coursework.” David Conley

“A student has developed a plan for the next step after high school, and has the confidence, necessary skills (academic and life), and completed the required steps to put that plan into action.” Me, and this continues to evolve as I continue to learn

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Postsecondary Readiness Program Planning

Define the RPS Postsecondary and Career Readiness Process:

The RPS Postsecondary and Career Pathways Process should identify a limited set of experiences that all students should have and/or actions they should take from elementary school through the end of high school to be ready for success in postsecondary education and a career…

…The DISC group may also recommend other system changes that will enhance students’ preparation for life after high school, such as creating new classes in middle schools and high schools, implementing credit requirements at the middle school level, and simplifying the high school course registration guide and process.

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Postsecondary Readiness Planning

We are currently in the process of reviewing several examples of postsecondary readiness programs including MDE resources, Ramp-Up to Readiness, programs implemented by other districts and states.

Our work is also also being informed by the Bloomberg Co-design group on increasing BIPOC women in the built environment and our partnership with the National Postsecondary Strategy Institute. Co-Design group is comprised of students, teachers, building administrator.

The team conducted interviews with students, staff, families/parents, and community members.

We reviewed those interviews and pulled out themes.

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Interview Themes

More exposure at earlier grades to what is possible–hidden careers

More engagement with families

A broader definition of what “postsecondary readiness” means

Postsecondary readiness needs to be addressed by all staff with all students

Emotional safety is an important element for students and families to feel free to explore all possibilities

Students want to hear more real stories about the journey

Students want more experiences that engage them directly with options–job shadow, internships, etc.

Students feel an incredible amount of pressure to get the decision right the first time

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Postsecondary Readiness Planning

Next step is to compare themes from the interviews with what we are currently doing for postsecondary readiness, and with best practices then draft a proposal for a district-wide, k-12 postsecondary readiness program.

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Postsecondary Readiness at Home

It is never too early to expose students to possibilities–ask reflective questions, Dr. Pekel video:

1. What job do you hope to be doing when you are about thirty years old? What appeals to you about this job?

2. What do you think you will do for fun when you are a young adult? What do you like about that activity?

3. What is the biggest problem you think your generation will have to face in the future? Why are you concerned about it?

4. Who do you admire that you would like to be like in the future? What do you admire most about this person?

For younger students–What do you think they do in their job? Do you think that would be an interesting job? What do you think I do at my job? Talk about people’s jobs when you go to different places, or see different stories in the media.

For all ages–Have people in your network share about what they do. Exposure to options is important. You never know what might spark an interest

Connect interests to possible classes to take & future job/career opportunities

Not all about “finding your passion”--students shared this adds pressure

It is ok if students don’t know

Start the conversation about post-secondary education early.

Counselors, Administrators and Teachers are great resources

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