Action Team 6
Family Engagement
OBJECTIVE
Design an intentional family engagement strategy for Raising Readers Nashville.
Team co-chairs
Mandy McDermott, TN Voices
Current team
Patricia Bashir, Nashville Public Library
Melissa Binkley, Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Regional Intervention Program (RIP)
Bethany Burney, Corner to Corner / Script to Screen
Kelli Fly, Tennessee Child Care Resource & Referral Network
Ashley Gish, MNPS Parent Advisory Council (PAC)
Ashford Hughes, Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS)
Yolanda Jackson, Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), Office of Family and Community Partnerships
Samantha Johnson, Youth Encouragement Services (YES)
Kenya McGee-Agnew, The Metropolitan Action Commission Head Start Program
Lhorraine Polite, Raphah Institute
Morgan Tubbs, Alignment Nashville
Nikki Walker, East Nashville Hope Exchange
Fast facts
Focused age group: 0-8
Timeline: 18 months
DOMAIN FOCUS
Supported and Supportive Families and Communities
Skilled and Knowledgeable Parents
Strategy 1
Conduct a landscape analysis to: identify barriers that hinder family engagement; understand existing institutions, groups, and communities working to support engagement of families who have children ages 0-8.
SUCCESS METRICS:
Development and publication of landscape analysis
Identification of strategies based on landscape analysis findings
Strategy 2
Define what family engagement looks like for Raising Readers Nashville (RRN) and identify next steps for engaging families in alignment with definition.
SUCCESS METRICS:
Shared definition of family engagement for RRN
Clear next steps set for engaging families in RRN in alignment with definition