CP Blog Entry #2B: List two reasons for choosing APTT.

I have struggled with the amount of time I spend conferencing every year since I began teaching 21 years ago. I have also noticed a significant decline in parent involvement from Open House to school activities, volunteering, and individual conferences. On top of that, over the past three years our student test scores have declined. I am hoping that through the use of this model, our teachers will be able to work smarter, not harder, our parents will become more involved, and our students will be more successful on assessments and in their overall lives.

CP Blog Entry #2: Describe your Change Project vision and how it may potentially impact others.

I would like to have at least one teacher per grade level participating in the APTT model of conferencing for the 2015-2016 school year. My goal is that within a few years, my entire school would be participating and hopefully finding that our student assessment scores have increased as well. By using this model, it should be evident that time spent conferencing will decrease, while parent involvement and overall student assessment scores will increase.

CP Blog Entry #1B: List three Change Project resources and their relevance.

The following article gave me some background information about the APTT model.

**Article: New Ground: Data Systems Transform Family Engagement in Education; Heather B. Weiss, M. Elena Lopez, & Deborah R. Stark; Breaking Harvard Family Research Project; January 2011; Harvard Graduate School of Education, 3 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-495-9108, www.hfrp.org.

The following resource is a powerhouse of knowledge for Parent Involvement for our district.

** Mary Jo Knarzer, Parent Involvement

The following survey helped me to determine the sense of urgency for APTT in our school.

** A survey sent to staff members at Meadow Park Elementary School with the following results:

1. How many students do you have in your classroom?   17.5 students
2. How many of your parents attend conferences?   74%
3. How much time do you typically spend per conference?  34.79 min.        (Which averages to about 10.147 hours for each class set of individual conferences per teacher.)

CP Blog Entry #1 Question: What is your Change Project Reasearch Question?

 Will using the Academic Parent Teacher Team (APTT) model for parent conferencing increase student assessment scores, as well as increase parent involvement and decrease time spent conferencing throughout the school year?

Tier 3 Cohort Blog

This Blog is part of the requirement for completion of my Tier 3 Change Project.