New Leaders National
Family Engagement Curriculum Map DRAFT
Session
Resident Objectives
Introduction to
Family
Engagement
that Drives
Student
Achievement
 Articulate rationale for family
engagement through the lens of
equity and achievement
 Differentiate between high and
low impact family engagement
strategies
 Articulate theory of change for
welcoming families, investing
families in academics, and
engaging families in school
improvement as laid out in the
School-Wide Family
Engagement Diagnostic Rubric
 Identify the role of teachers in
building parent efficacy for
family engagement
Assessing and
Action
Planning
around Family
Engagement
 Use data to score their
placement school using the
School-Wide Family
Engagement Diagnostic Rubric
 Develop a Family Engagement
Action Plan (aligned to Impact
Points plan and data) in one or
two priority areas identified in
the School-Wide Family
Engagement Diagnostic Rubric
Major curriculum activities
 Presentation of content related to
high and low family engagement and
the School-Wide Family Engagement
Diagnostic Rubric (90 mins)
 Self-assessment and discussion of
most recent school’s strategies as
related to equity and achievement (30
mins)
 Self-assessment and discussion of
most recent school’s family
engagement on continuum of low to
high impact strategies (30 mins)
 Video viewing and discussion of
Academic Parent Teacher Teams (30
mins)
 Video viewing and discussion of
parent-teacher home visits (30 mins)
 Preparing for diagnosis (15 mins)
 Case study in diagnosing a school’s
family engagement efforts and
creating a plan – EPIC Oyster Adams
(60 mins)*
 Independent diagnosis and discussion
(45 mins)
 Independent planning (30 mins)
 Peer and PD feedback on plan (30
mins)
Time
needed
Delivery
Notes
4 hours
August
Foundations
(led by FF
or DC NL
team with
cofacilitation
support
from SLDs)
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Root-cause
analysis
 School mission
and values
 Adaptive
leadership
 Critical 8
3 hours
Virtual
session +
APD
facilitation
(Sept./Oct
session)
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Root-cause
analysis
 Data-driven
decision-making
 Strategic planning
Creating a
Welcoming
School Climate
for Family
Engagement
 Identify elements of a welcoming
school climate
 Identify the school leaders’ role
in creating a welcoming school
climate
 Practice and reflect on “familyfacing” problem-solving
conversations
 Quotes, discussion, root cause
analysis of family perceptions of
school and staff (30 mins)
 Presentation of content on welcoming
school strategies (30 mins)
 School-wide communications
plan
 Strategies for principal-family
relationship-building
 Consultancy protocols on a difficult
family-facing conversation (75 mins)
 Case study in using the critical 8 for
family engagement – Stanton
Elementary (60 mins)
 Presentation of content and
discussion of strategies on investing
families in goal-setting, datamonitoring, and learning support (45
mins)
2.5 hours
October
Foundations
(led by FF
or DC NL
team with
cofacilitation
support
from SLDs)
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Interpersonal
leadership
 School culture
 Root-cause
analysis
Partnering
with Families
around
Academic
Achievement
Part I
 Align family engagement efforts
with school-wide strategies to
improve instructional capacity
and rigor
 Identify promising practices for
partnering with families around
academic achievement
2 hours
Virtual
session
(Dec./Jan.)
 Diagnose and reflect on
placement school’s staff skill and
will for family engagement
 Develop staff expectations,
monitoring systems, and
professional development plans
for engaging families in goalsetting, data-monitoring, and
learning support
 Independent diagnosis and discussion
of staff skill and will based on BOY
data (45 mins)
 Planning and feedback on
expectations and PD needed to
address skill and will (30 mins)
1.5 hours
APDs
(Jan./Feb.)
 Identify strategies to invest
families in school-wide goals and
priorities
 Reflect on interpersonal skills for
aligning family interests to
school-wide goals and priorities
 Identify systems and structures
for engaging families in school
improvement planning and
participation
 Presentation of content and
discussion of strategies to engage
families in school improvement (30
mins)
 Scenarios and discussion on
transparency, problem-solving, and
power-sharing with families (75 mins)
2 hours
APD
facilitation
(March/
April)
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Situational
leadership
 Adaptive
leadership
 Aligning staff
 Systems dev
 Critical 8
 DDI
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Situational
leadership
 Adaptive
leadership
 Aligning staff
 Systems dev
 Critical 8
 DDI
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Interpersonal
leadership
 Systems dev
Partnering
with Families
around
Academic
Achievement
Part II
Family
Engagement in
School
Improvement
Family
Engagement
SelfAssessment
 Articulate personal core values
for families and family
engagement
 Assess their progress in moving
their school on priorities
identified in the Family
Engagement School-Wide
Diagnostic Rubric
 Sharing of personal vision statements
for family engagement (30 mins)
 Sharing of outcomes from Family
Engagement Action Plans (45 mins)
1.5 hours
APDs
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Interpersonal
leadership
 Adaptive
leadership
 Systems dev
 Critical 8
 Strategic planning
Family
Engagement
Entry
Planning
 Identify a school leader’s first 60
day actions for family
engagement
 Presentation of content on key
elements of the 60 day entry plan for
family engagement (30 mins)

“Powering up” existing traditions
 Hiring and recruiting
 Performance monitoring
 Independent planning for first 60
days (30 mins)
 Share-out and discussion of plans (45
mins)
2 hours
May
Foundations
(led by NL
national
staff)
Spiraled skills/levers:
 Critical 8
 Strategic planning