Family and Community Engagement
Increasing Student Attendance through Effective Home-School Partnership Practices
Creating a culture of attendance begins by engaging students and families positively, establishing trust, and creating a sense of belonging. This session focuses on addressing chronic absenteeism through problem-solving, using data to better understand attendance barriers that families face, implementing a tiered system of family support, and exploring proven strategies for helping students to attend school regularly. Learning outcomes: • Learn how to address chronic absenteeism through a problem-solving approach • Use data to better understand families’ attendance barriers • Design a tiered system of family support
Recommended for: PreK–12 district leaders, principals, teachers, parent coordinators, and family engagement staff Time: Full day Item #: 767594 Participants: Up to 30
Effective Practices to Welcome All Families
Families say that feeling welcome and being treated with respect by school staff is the key to feeling connected to the school. In this session we’ll explore how to welcome families into your school and have dialogue that empowers them to become active participants in their children’s education. Learning outcomes: • Assess your current welcoming practices • Understand why families can feel estranged from the learning process • Recognize the difference between “doing to” and “doing with” • Implement strategies that enhance two-way communication • Design initiatives that move from compliance engagement to authentic
Recommended for: PreK–12 district leaders, principals, teachers, and support staff Time: Full day Item #: 809019 Participants: Up to 30
relationships with families • Engage in active listening
Recommended Reading Rooted in Strength by Dr. Cecilia M. Espinosa and Dr. Laura Ascenzi-Moreno
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