Family Engagement

Family engagement assists students in achieving academically. By understanding family’s needs we can assist them through facilitating opportunities to support family connections to learning.

 

The Arizona 21st CCLC team has created frameworks to assist program leaders and their community to better understand key elements of successful 21st CCLC program implementation.  Click here or the icon for the Family Engagement Framework

 

 

 

Flamboyan Foundation - Search 5 Family Engagement Tool Kits: Academic Partnering Tool Kit for Teachers, Beginning of the Year Relationship Building Tool Kit, Newsletter Tool Kit, and Academic Partnering Follow-up Tool Kit for many resources and templates.

Family Engagement Activities (PDF)

Promising Partnership Practices- Download the PDF of this book for free.  The latest book includes 70 practices from sites all across the United States that have successful practices.

SEDL (National Center for Quality Afterschool) Family Events Toolkit- Complete guidance for running Family Engagement events in Literacy, Math, Science, Arts, Technology, and Homework).

You for Youth (Y4Y)- This site provides multiple resources for family engagement and connections that includes the following:

1) “Trainings to Go” which are hour-long training plans that include a PowerPoint, handouts, and training guides.  https://y4y.ed.gov/teach/family/

2) “Training Starters” help you plan trainings on key topics and 3 “Tools” that are ready-to-use and customize. https://y4y.ed.gov/teach/family/

3) Family Engagement Resource Providers Webinars https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/family-engagement-resource-providers-webinars:

  1. Using the Department of Education's Dual Capacity Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/using-the-dual-capacity-building-framework
  2. Engaging Families in Student Learning https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/engaging-families-in-student-learning
  3. Engaging Families of Children With Disabilities https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/engaging-families-of-children-with-disabilities
  4. High-Impact Strategies to Engage Families and Enhance Student Achievement https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/high-impact-strategies-to-engage-families
  5. Beyond Bedtime Stories: Engaging Families to Support Children's Literacy Development https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/engaging-families-in-early-literacy
  6. Strengthening Father Engagement https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/engaging-fathers-in-student-learning
  7. Tweets, Texts and Blogs Oh My! The Many Ways 21st CCLC Programs Can Use Social Media to Connect with Families https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/tweets-texts-and-blogs-oh-my
  8. Engaging With Families to Support College and Career Readiness https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/engaging-with-families-to-support-college-and-career-readiness
  9. Engaging With Families to Support STEM Student Success https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/engaging-with-families-to-support-stem-student-success
  10. Evaluating Family Engagement https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/evaluating-family-engagement
  11. Engaging With Families to Support Summer Learning https://y4y.ed.gov/webinars/engaging-with-families-to-support-summer-learning

Family Engagement, Language, and Literacy Webinar Series-  presented by Head Start/ECLKC

Improving Family Engagement, Flamboyan Foundation - Building Effective Family Engagment

Shared Responsibilities & Leadership

Arizona Department of Education (ADE Parent Gateway Resources) Resources to assist parents with preparing their student(s) for success in school and life.

Dr. Maria Paredes APTT (Academic Parent-Teacher Teams) APTT is a model of family engagement that is research-based and aligns grade-level learning concepts, student performance data, and family-teacher communication and collaboration.

Common Sense Media- Resources to assist  parents and educators in teaching youth how to thrive in the digital age with free, research-backed lessons and information.

Global Family Research Project - Enjoy a wealth of strategies to help sites develop and evaluate strategies to promote the well-being of children, youth, families and their communities.

National Network of Partnership School - Established at Johns Hopkins University under the leadership of Dr. Joyce Epstein.  See templates and success stories using the NNPS Mode

Transforming Schools Through Family, School, and Community Engagement- presented by SEDL and archived on YouTube.

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