Elisabeth Barrow

Jennifer Stanton
March 18, 2017

Clawson Public Schools Family Engagement Plan

Description of school/district- identifying data- 10 points

Covering 2.2 square miles, Clawson Public Schools is the smallest school district in

Oakland County. Clawson is a suburban community in which many families in the district are

multi-generational and Clawson Pride runs deep. Clawson Public Schools serves 1,737

students and consists of five buildings: a pre-school/administrative building, two elementary

schools, and one middle school that is connected with one high school. Of the total student

population 35.6% are economically disadvantaged and 68% of those students receive free or

reduced lunch.

In addition, 15.6% of the student population receives Special Education services. While

the majority of the students are white (75%), 11% are African American, 6% are Hispanic, 6%

are two or more races, and 2% are Asian. The district also has a steady number of school of

choice students (about 30%) who come from surrounding districts but mainly Pontiac. In the

past 3-4 years our districts English Language Learner population has steadily grown and now

about 14% of our students are identified as ELL learners.

Rationale for the plan- what are you trying to accomplish?- 15 points

Through years of data, the District School Improvement team has identified that
Event planned- 30 points
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/bilingual-family-night-ell-families

Whenever possible, offer parents the opportunity to attend workshops in their native language
about
complex topics such as:
 The U.S. school system (The AFTs bilingual Pathways to Success brochure is a helpful
guide.)
Information on how to check school websites to track their childs progress
Parent-teacher conferences
Standardized testing
Math Games
Literacy station/book table
PTO
Special education services for speech, hearing, learning disabilities, physical
disabilities, etc.
OTECH/CASA
The college application process
Library
Parks and Recreation programs/Hunter?
Information on the benefits of reading at home (Start with Colorn Colorados reading
tips in 11 languages and family literacy outreach toolkit).
Note: Consider enlisting other staff members, parents, volunteers, or community
partners to help organize and run these workshops.
https://www.engageny.org/resource/planning-a-parent-workshop-toolkit-for-parent-engagement

file:///Users/eameehan/Downloads/parent_workshop_event_checklist_for_planning_a_parent_ni
ght.pdf

People who will administer- relative cost factor- 10 points

How will you evaluate the success?- 10 points

Success will be evaluated in two ways; through participation numbers as well as a brief
family survey provided at the end of the event. Questions for the survey are as follows:
 What brought you to this event?
Was the day and time convenient for you and your family?
Did the event meet your expectations?
Would you attend this event again?
How do you think we could get more families to attend this event in the future?
What other suggestions do you have to make this event better?
Would you be willing to sit in on a committee to plan next years event?

Presentation, including visuals- PPT or invitations, etc.- 25 points