Welcome to Todays Webinar! Call in Participant code: Please mute your line *6 Questions or comments can be posted in the lower right corner or your screen Parent Involvement Survey 2016 Survey Administration Presented By: Districts in Survey Block B AndoverDerry Cooperative Governor Wentworth Regional Lafayette RegionalMonroePiermontTamworth BarringtonDummerGreenlandLandaffMoultonboroughPlymouthThornton BathDunbartonHampsteadLebanonNew BostonProfileTimberlane Regional BedfordEast Kingston Haverhill Cooperative LisbonNew CastleRollinsfordWakefield BentonEllsworthHennikerLisbon RegionalNewfieldsRumneyWarren BerlinErrolHillLondonderryNewfound AreaRyeWashington BethlehemExeter Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative LymeNewingtonShaker RegionalWaterville Valley BowExeter Region CoopHoldernessMadisonNewmarketSomersworthWeare BrentwoodFranklinHooksettManchesterNorthumberlandStarkWentworth CamptonFreedomHopkinton Mascoma Valley Regional NorthwoodStoddardWinchester CandiaFremontHudsonMerrimack ValleyNottinghamStraffordWindsor ChesterGilmantonJohn Stark RegionalMilanOyster River CoopStratford Auburn ConcordGoffstownKearsarge RegionalMilfordPelhamStratham Contoocook Valley Gorham Randolph Shelburne Coop KensingtonMiltonPemi-Baker RegionalSunapee Introductions Amie Rapaport, PhD, Gibson Consulting Group Cheyanne Rolf, Gibson Consulting Group Mary Lane, New Hampshire Department of Education Jen Cunha, NH Connections Why are we here? Indicator 8 of the State Performance Plan The percentage of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities. Agenda Collecting Student Survey Counts Survey Administration Keys to Success and Helpful Tips Questions Project Timeline Collect Student Survey Counts 2/8 2/12 Gibson Prepares for Survey Launch Survey Administration 3/28 5/13 Who do I count? Provide counts only for students for whom you are the district of liability. Only students who have an IEP should be counted. One survey should go to each person that signs a students IEP. Who do I count (contd)? Preschool survey: students not yet in kindergarten School age survey: students in kindergarten and above How will counts be collected? Counts will be collected electronically.electronically You will receive anwith a link. All counts must be submitted by February 12 th. What if After counts are submitted: A student moves into or out of the district? A student is referred for special education? A student is found eligible for special education? A student exits or is no longer eligible for special education? Project Timeline Collect Student Survey Counts 2/8 2/12 Gibson Prepares for Survey Launch Survey Administration 3/28 5/13 Project Timeline Collect Student Survey Counts 2/8 2/12 Gibson Prepares for Survey Launch Survey Administration 3/28 5/13 What you will receive? Sealed envelopes: postage-paid preschool surveys AND school age surveys Postage-paid postcard reminders An unsealed example Links to promotional materials (electronically) All materials will start arriving the week of March 21 st What you will be asked to do Address and mail all envelopes by Friday, April 1. Address the envelopes to the person(s) who is signing the IEP. Promote the survey effort using provided materials, word of mouth, among other methods. Send postcard reminders one to two weeks following the survey launch. Keys to Success and Helpful Tips Keys to Success Accuracy of survey counts Quality of address labels Getting the word out use of promotional materials New this year reminder magnets! Keys to Success Distribute to parents in advance During IEP meetings, parent events, other ideas? Helpful Tips Print address labels when generating survey counts. When printing labels, print two sets: 1 for survey packet, 1 for postcard reminder. Update student addresses during IEP meetings. Utilize parentdatabase. As a reminder ActivityDate Receivefrom Gibson with invitation to submit student survey counts Monday, February 08, 2016 Gather and submit student survey countsBy Friday, February 12, 2016 Print address labels (2 sets) Receive box(es) of survey packetsMonday, March 21 March 25, 2016 Address packets and mail to parentsBy Friday, April 1, 2016 Send postage-paid postcard reminders1-2 weeks after you send survey Use promotional materials to advertise the survey Survey due dateMay 13, 2016 Contact Information Cheyanne Rolf, Gibson Consulting Group (877) x115; Amie Rapaport, PhD, Gibson Consulting Group (877) x106; Mary Lane, New Hampshire Department of Education (603) ; Jen Cunha, NH Connections (603) ; Questions?