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=Welcome to MontcoFACE! (Montgomery County Family and Community Engagement) = On Thursday, December 15, 2011, [|educators and parents from across Montgomery County, Pennsylvania] got together as part of the [|DVMSAC (Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium]). [|Dr. Joni Samples, CFO of Family Friendly Schools], facilitated discussion throughout the day on "Targeted Capacity Building with Diverse Students and Their Families." Below is an opportunity to share resources referred to during the experience. Please add your own content by choosing EDIT (upper right) and adding your content below. Simply click SAVE once you have added your content. If you have any questions or need any help, please email Joe Mazza at pennedtech@gmail.com.

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Four Domains of Family Engagement designed for schools (referenced by Joni)
1. The welcoming environment of the school toward families 2. The degree to which the school supports learning at home 3. Effective two-way communication between home and school 4. Degrees of engagement (i.e. policy, governance, parental efficacy)

==Opportunities to add YOUR OWN Takeaways/Ideas from our DVMSAC session below. Feel free to add links to articles, content or related sites under the related domain(s). //What will YOU be bringing back to your respective staffs/teams/parent groups?// ==

(your takeaways/ideas here) JM- I need to schedule a meeting with my secretaries to revisit, revisit the set up of our lobby area, Back to School Picnic possibilities
 * WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT **

(your takeaways/ideas here) JM- Some1 had a gr8 point today with saving our families money. I'd like to add a *cost-saver* section of the newsletter to highlight ways our families can save money in the community, etc
 * SUPPORT OF LEARNING**

(your takeaways/ideas here) JM- Continue to hone [|Web Home & School Meetings]. Start making a Friday 5 (5 random family calls), inquire possibility of home visits LR - Check into Skyward Data Base System to offer teachers the opportunity to post daily "Good News" updates for parents.
 * 2-WAY COMMUNICATIONS **

(your takeaways/ideas here) JM- PLC conversation will be scheduled around "the parent-teacher conference" to ensure maximization of minutes
 * DEGREE OF ENGAGEMENT**

**P-TAG (Parent-Teacher A-G)**
 * Attitude
 * Building Capacity
 * Collaboration
 * Develop a Plan
 * Evaluation
 * Follow-Up
 * Go for Great

Other FACE resources to visit

 * [|Dr. Joyce Epstein - Promising Practices 2011 via Johns Hopkins University]
 * [|eFACE Today][| (Joe Mazza's Electronic Family & Community Engagement blog)]
 * [|Harvard Family Research Project]
 * [|Larry Ferlazzo's Engaging Parents in Schools Blog]
 * [|National PTA]
 * [|Parent Involvement Matters]
 * [|PTO Today]
 * [|#ptchats take place on Wednesday nights on Twitter at 9EST]
 * [|The Wejr Board - Canadian Principal Chris Wejr's blog]