Family Engagement Assessment The Family Engagement Assessment (FEA) is a process that measures a school’s capacity for developing effective home- school partnerships and recommends solutions for enriching and prioritizing family engagement practices. By exploring key data and existing activities and positions in collaboration with our specialists, school leaders can design a plan to strengthen and coordinate family and community engagement initiatives.
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. Address chronic absenteeism using data to better understand attendance barriers that families face and implement a tiered system of family support.
6-Hour Session | Virtual or In-Person
Multi-Day Visit | Virtual or In-Person
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.
Foundations of Family Engagement Build your staff’s ability to implement effective family engagement efforts while advocating for the impact of family engagement on student learning. Identify the five process conditions that must be addressed in every family engagement activity.
6-Hour Session | Virtual or In-Person
6-Hour Session | Virtual or In-Person
Professional Books
Our authors provide practical strategies and actionable best practices for cultivating strong family, school, and community connections.
Everyone Wins! The Evidence for Family-School Partnerships & Implications for Practice by Dr. Karen L. Mapp, Anne T. Henderson, Dr. Stephany Cuevas, Martha C. Franco, and Suzanna Ewert Discover this compelling case for investing in evidence-based family engagement practices and learning how to put them into action! Powerful Partnerships: A Teacher’s Guide to Engaging Families for Student Success by Dr. Karen L. Mapp, Ilene Carver, and Jessica Lander Learn about the mindset and core beliefs required to bond with families and how to plan family engagement opportunities and events all year long.
The Why Not? Challenge: Say “Yes!” to Success with School-Community Partnerships by Dr. Jaqueline L. Sanderlin Get practical, hands-on ideas to mobilize communities toward engagement in schools.
Life, Literacy, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Dr. Don Vu Address school reading culture with a focus on the needs of immigrant and refugee students and families.
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