Family Engagement
Family engagement events may be a one-time event or meeting with students and their families OR it may be a series of meetings with students and their families. There are two types of Family Engagement “Events” that an SLS coordinator may create:
One-time Event
A Series of Events (e.g. a workshop or collection of meetings)
When tracking an event or series, the SLS coordinator will go to the Family Engagement section. From here a the coordinator can View the events that have been recorded or Add a new event/series.
Viewing Family Engagement Events
View allows the coordinator to see all events that have been created with start and end dates, location and the number of students who attended the one-day event or attended the first meeting held. From here, the user can also add students to an event - even after the event occurred - or edit the event details.
The list will include the Name of the event, type, start/end dates for Series, Location and # of students. Adding students to an event is optional.
The coordinator can also Add students to an Event and Edit the event from this page.
Creating (Adding) a Family Engagement Event
Add allows the user to create a new event, assign students to the event, etc. See below for details on how to complete the New Event Form.
Name (required field): Type in the name of the event. Please be sure to use standard Event and Series names and capitalization.
Event Type: Select the event type from the drop down menu, pictured to the right.
Location: The location should be included as the school name/audience. For example, if the audience is middle school students and their families at Monroe Middle School, you would type Monroe Middle School. Note: In the file export, this field is called School.
Begin Date: (required field): For one time events, this is the date on which the event was held. For a series, this is the date of the first meeting in the series.
This is a Series: (optional) Select this when the you have a series of events that have cumulative content.
When you select “This is a series”, you will be prompted to add an End Date. This should the date of the last event/meeting.
How many people attended this event?: Type the number of people at the first meeting/event in the series. You can go back and edit this number at another time as well.