Welcome to Family and Community Engagement
Family and Community Engagement
FACE is an essential component of improving outcomes for children and youth. Effective family and community engagement is a reciprocal and essential partnership among families, communities and schools that reflects a shared responsibility to foster children's development and learning.
Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity Building Framework
Free Online Professional Development
- ADE Parent Gateway
- AZ Parent Kit – First Things First
- Expect More Arizona – Parents & Families
- Family Friendly Schools
- National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
- PTA for Families
- Read On Arizona
Resources:
- Equitable Parent-School Collaboration (University of Washington)
- Family Leadership Design Collaborative
- Flamboyan Foundation
- Global Family Research Project
- National Family & Community Engagement Framework (Partners in Education-A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships: version1)
- National Family & Community Engagement Framework (Partners in Education-A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships: version 2)
- Scholastic Education (family engagement webinars)
- Title I Food Policy rev. 10/20
- US Department of Education (Family & Community Engagement)
- USED Resources for Parents USED: Every Student Succeeds Act Update
Models:
Books & Article Studies:
- Powerful Partnerships – Dr. Karen Mapp - This book details the importance in shifting educators’ mindsets and identifies key themes within each chapter.
- Examining Core Beliefs
- The Power of Partnerships
- Welcoming, Honoring, and Connecting with Families
- Transforming Practice
- Maintaining Strong Relationships
- Resources to support the work
- Natural Allies – Dr. Soo Hong - This book shares the valuable work of five teachers, as they enhance family engagement at their school sites. Each teacher has a different approach and benefits all educators in seeing the valuable ways in building strong relationships and effective communication with families.
- Just Schools: Building Equitable Collaboration with Families and Communities – Dr. Ann Ishimaru - This book speaks to the importance in shifting the work from a school led approach, and instead honoring the families to lead and strengthen schools in developing stronger school-family-community partnerships. This book highlights the importance in equitable collaboration and shared responsibilities amongst families and schools.
