Family Engagement
The National Summer Learning Association has produced a family toolkit which includes new resources and tips to get your child ready for the next school year and help you celebrate National Summer Learning Week.
This report discusses the positive effects of parental involvement in schools.
NPLI exists to coordinate and increase the civic skills and impact of diverse parents at home, in the neighborhood, and in public policy to improve child and community outcomes.
A Family Educator Learning Accelerator (FELA) Toolkit offers an overview of our family engagement methodology and provides templates to get you started
Springboard Connect is a web-app that provides tips, resources, and reminders to support parents as reading coaches to their children. Families can set goals, practice strategies, and track progress.
Parent Teacher Home Visits build relationships, skills, and engagement for families, educators, and students from pre-K to 12th grade.
This resource provides an overview of evidence-based strategies that schools and districts may use to promote equitable family engagement practices.
TASC created this toolkit to help school planning teams refine their family engagement strategies and clarify what they are trying to do, why, and how. TASC includes a definition of “family engagement,” specific strategies and tactics that are rooted in the research on what works, and a curated collection of resources. In addition, they have also created a review of research literature as a companion resource.
In this article, “The Eight Ps of Parent Engagement”, written by neaToday, learn about different components of parent engagement.
This report on Reducing Barriers to Family Engagement offers targeted strategies for reducing and overcoming common challenges and obstacles to engaging families.
Families in Schools envisions a public education system where students have all the opportunities and resources necessary to succeed in school and in life. We seek a workforce prepared for lifelong learning, and active engagement in the civic life of our society. Guided by this belief, the mission of Families In Schools is to involve parents and communities in their children’s education to achieve lifelong success.
This parent guide of sample ideas was designed to help you grow your child into a strong reader. You don’t have to be a teacher or a reading specialist. But start as early as you can, even before kindergarten begins, and practice often. And don’t hold back from making it fun.