Family Engagement is a shared effort of families, schools, and community leaders to advance programs, practices, and policies that empower every parent/legal guardian to make their child’s potential a reality.
Ways we can assess family engagement include:
- The quantity and quality of efforts by school districts to seek input from all parent groups in decision-making
- The quality of family engagement programs, policies, and family resources created to better connect families with schools
- The percentage of schools demonstrating inclusive outreach to all families, in home languages, and easy two-way communication between home and school (Goal is to move closer to meeting the U.S. Department of Justice’s view of translation/interpreting for parents, read more)
- The quantity and quality of parent education activities to support student learning and success in school and beyond
- The percentage of parents who know how well their children are doing in class and how their school plans to improve student outcomes
- How safe and connected parents feel with school –particularly during this pandemic
Seeking Transformative Family Engagement
The Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships
- Dual Capacity – Educators’ and Families’ path to true family engagement only works when both understand and agree upon the goals and capacity outcomes
Additional Resources
- NEW! IUSD Virtual Parent Center
- IUSD Family Engagement
- Staying Relevant During this Pandemic 4th District PTA Flyer
- NEW! IUSD Continuous Improvement Efforts 2020-21
- California School Dashboard
- IUSD Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)
- PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships
- California State PTA’s School Smarts Parent Engagement Program
- California Department of Education Parent Portal
- WestEd Family Engagement Framework
- EdSource’s The Power of Parents
- The California Endowment Parent Page.
Gain Confidence Learning More
- Ed100.org – Things you never knew about public education in CA
- Gifted Education – Parent Resources
- Educator Family Engagement Toolkit – A must-do for educators who have no Family Engagement Training
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)
- Social Justice Standards – What they look like broken down by grade
- Equity Walk Data Tool – Your school’s demographic info may surprise you! Are you supporting all of your families?
- English Learner Family Engagement During Coronvirus from Immigrant Connections
- Engaging Immigrants & English Learner Families in a Virtual World: 10 Lessons Learned
- Promoting Equity- The Influence of Unconscious Bias – OC Human Relations
- Learning Lab Equity Conversations Webinar Series
Middle School – Family Engagement Is Critical
- Middle School Transition Research Brief
- MS Transition Infographic: English | Simplified Chinese | Spanish | Arabic
What’s Happening this Year?
- Strides Towards Social Justice at IUSD Webinar
Implementation of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Practices Throughout IUSD
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 7-8PM
>Recording - The SPOTLIGHT Monthly Newsletter – Each month look for tips on engaging your families and reading about success stories and happenings at a featured school. View Archives and/or Subscribe here.
- Our Current Book List
>Beyond the Bake Sale – Henderson, Mapp, Johnson, and Davies
>How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi