Thank you to our sponsors and school partners
2020/2021 Initiative
“Great tips to help my child become a better speller and become accountable for what they are supposed to be doing.”
– Movement School Parent
2020/2021 Project Scope
The scope of this year’s work continued to focus on family insights, with an increased spotlight on meeting needs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and new virtual learning environment. We partnered with schools to host 24 family empowerment events, including drive-thrus, virtual events, and COVID-safe in-person events. Each school also took place in monthly professional development and data meetings as well as a joint professional development session to share resources, insights, and best practices.
Data
Virtual Support
Community Partners
Highlights
2020/2021 Outcomes
Key Metrics Across All Schools
4,500
Estimated families served across all schools
1,094
Feedback surveys from families
24
Family Empowerment Events across all schools
1,041
Family members attending events
“As a parent, it was really beneficial to learn how Canvas and One Note are used by students.”
– Wilson STEM Academy Parent
Survey Data: Confidence
12.3%
Avg. increase across school from pre- to post-survey responding to, “How confident are you that you can motivate your child to try hard in school?”
11.1%
Avg. increase across school from pre- to post-survey responding to, “How confident are you in your ability to support your child’s learning at home?”
10.3%
Avg. increase across school from pre- to post-survey responding to, “How confident are you in your ability to make sure your child’s school could support your child’s learning needs?”
Survey Data: Perceptions
10%
Avg. increase across school from pre- to post-survey responding to, “The school gives me useful information about how to improve my child’s progress.”
4.2%
Avg. increase across school from pre- to post-survey responding to, “The school gives me useful resources to help me support my child’s learning at home.”
10.8%
Avg. increase across school from pre- to post-survey responding to, “The school connects students and families to community services.”
5.8%
Avg. increase across school from pre- to post-survey responding to, “I feel empowered to advocate for my child’s and other children’s success in school.”
“The current teaching strategies that the teachers are implementing being shared and explained so as a parent I can reinforce and check work or aid in questions using what the expectation is in class [was very useful], so we are all on the same page.”
– Movement School Parent
Survey Data: Net Promoter Score
14-80
Range of Net Promoter Score across partner schools
Resources Requested Across Schools via Post-survey
Adult resources
Student resources
Parent Power Financial Literacy Workshop Seriess
In the Spring of 2021, we piloted a virtual financial empowerment workshop series with CommonWealth Charlotte. Presented with the unique circumstances of schooling and working in virtual environments, we co-created a three-part virtual workshop series open to families at all of our partner schools. Families provided initial feedback on the sessions via an interest survey, and if they indicated a need, they were provided with the necessary technology to attend. See below for a data snapshot of the pilot program.
“Thank you for providing these sessions to help educate parents on the power of finance and being proactive on creating generational wealth.”
– Parent Participant, Parent Power Financial Empowerment Workshop
Thank you to our partners
Financial Empowerment Workshops Data Snapshot
3
Specialized workshops in partnership with CommonWealth Charlotte
28
Families attending
3
E2D refurbished laptops provided to families needing the technology to join virtual workshops
“The sessions have been very helpful. Talking about loans, buying cars etc. I have a new look on things. Also she made the Parent Power fun by keeping your focus on the topic and making sure that if we need help that she will be there to help us.”
– Parent Participant, Parent Power Financial Empowerment Workshop
Financial Literacy Measurement Data
3 → 3.8
increase from the first to last session (1-5 rating scale), “Overall, how would you rate your financial knowledge?”
3 → 4.4
increase from the pre- to post-survey (1-5 rating scale), “How confident do you feel about managing your finances?
2.9 → 4.4
increase from the pre- to post-survey (1-5 rating scale), “How knowledgeable do you feel about credit?”
3.5 → 4.2
increase from the pre- to post-survey (1-5 rating scale), “How knowledgeable do you feel about purchasing a car?”
Lessons Learned
In the 2020/21 school year, amid uncertainty and unprecedented challenges, we identified several strategies for success for successful family partnership work.
- Start the year with a calendar of events + meeting schedule. It’s easier to reschedule something that’s already on the calendar than put it on the calendar last minute.
- An engaged family empowerment committee with representatives across school staff can accomplish a lot with one-hour meetings once per month.
- Make the most of a drive-thru event by distributing and collecting feedback surveys for families.
- Get creative with community partners. Partners can easily participate in virtual events by recording short videos detailing their services.
- Offer multiple options to families: whether that’s event times, grade-level specific sessions, or giving families the option to select sessions that are meaningful to them.
Toolkit
These documents were created to present many of the systems and structures from the family empowerment initiative. These documents are intended to be actionable, and easy to use for key stakeholders wishing to implement a family empowerment initiative in their community.
Looking Ahead
In the 2021/22 school year, we intend to focus our efforts on family empowerment PD, financial literacy programming, and grade-level or content-level focus areas.
School-wide PD
Financial Literacy Focus