TransQUAL Strategic Work Plan #45085
Topic: Family Training
Number: 3c1
Indicator: Families receive training regarding effective advocacy techniques.
Current Rating: 3 = Indicator evident across some, but not all, situations
Currently, we offer parent training in specific areas that tends to target more involed parents. We could do more to reach out to less involved students and their families. We desire to increase our efforts to reach more families, offer more opportunities and various activities to interest more families to participate. We desire to provide support to families that will enable them to participate without obstacles. We recognize some parents are limited in their understanding and ability to deal with such topics. We hope to find ways to reach these parents and provide training in a manner that they can benefit from.
5 - Exemplary, can educate others about this issue
Increase outreach efforts, enhance marketing strategies and provide more training opportunities by removing obstacles to parent attendance and participation.
 
Task
1. Enhance Marketing: Inform parents of training opportunities by placing all opportunities on the District calendar/website, and through District mailings.
Due Date
09/30/2008 		Team
Karla Empie ,Lin Severance, administrator
Task
1. Enhance Marketing: Inform parents of training opportunities by placing all opportunities on the District calendar/website, and through District mailings.
Due Date
09/30/2008 		Team
Task
2. Removing attendance obstacles by providing child care, tutoring, and/or student centered activities so that parents can be free to attend trainings. Also, will offer multiple opportunities throughout the year where possible of training offerings.
Due Date
06/30/2009 		Team
Martha Mallon, special educator
Task
Plan and schedule trainings back to back with other district offereings to encourage attendance and reduce nights out for families.
Due Date
06/30/2009 		Team
Laura Thomson, transition coordinator
 
MTP Grant, District general funds
Publication of and dissemination of calendar. Pre-registration of event. Attendance sheets at each event. Evaluation sheets
 
We will review results periodically throughout the school year and modify as needed to further accommodate the parents. Methods that produce the highest attendance rates will be repeated.
All results will be shared with the MTP Advisory Board and shared with presenters and administration of the program.
  This Work Plan is shared.