Meaningful Family Engagement
School leaders embrace innovative ideas for connecting with parents
Meaningful Family
Engagement
School leaders embrace innovative ideas for connecting with parents
January | February 2022
Taking it to the streets
Keeping students and families connected to a school district has always been a challenge. Between COVID-19, distance learning and hybrid schedules, many families felt isolated over the 19 months between March 2019 and the fall of 2021. But an innovative project moved one district forward.
By Candace Craven
Leveraging the crisis
Albert Einstein said, “In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.” In the current crisis, what might be the opportunities that we should be looking for? While perhaps less eye-catching than technology-driven innovations, improving family engagement promises to create lasting improvements to student learning.
By Greg Gero
Coming back to better
Pomona Unified School District is prioritizing how they support students and families in a safe return to school, bringing additional awareness to challenges brought about by the pandemic and work-ing to connect with students, families and staff to address the needs of the community.
Pomona Unified School District is prioritizing how they support students and families in a safe return to school, bringing additional awareness to challenges brought about by the pandemic and work-ing to connect with students, families and staff to address the needs of the community.
By Krystana Walks-Harper
Meeting families’ needs during COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic proved this district’s Department of Family and Community Resources to be one of the most essential departments the district could have invested in.
The COVID-19 pandemic proved this district’s Department of Family and Community Resources to be one of the most essential departments the district could have invested in.
By Elia Medina
Revolutionizing family engagement
With the transition to the Local Control Funding Formula and the flexibility awarded by the Local Control Accountability Plan in the last decade, one district was able to revolutionize what family engagement meant for their community. This transformation offers key models, practices and measurements for success.
By Michael McCormick
Going uphill both ways
For decades, family engagement has been a rather poor investment. Countless schools and districts have spent countless hours trying to get families to show up for meetings and events and have been largely disappointed with the results.
Going uphill both ways
For decades, family engagement has been a rather poor investment. Countless schools and districts have spent countless hours trying to get families to show up for meetings and events and have been largely disappointed with the results.
By Randy Olson
Rethinking “coffee and conversation”
Riverside Unified School District took a new approach to engaging with Spanish-speaking families using Facebook Live to have “Cafecito” with parents.
Riverside Unified School District took a new approach to engaging with Spanish-speaking families using Facebook Live to have “Cafecito” with parents.
By Gabriela Alonso
Building a collaborative partnership
Successfully supporting families is essential for schools and school leaders if they want to maximize the outcomes and impact for students. Supporting parents is more than just reporting how their child is doing periodically during parent teacher conferences – it’s a collaborative partnership.
By Debra McLaren
Virtual Science Nights
Virtual Science Nights
The year 2020 brought to light an international health crisis, an economic downturn and political unrest, but Arlene Bitely Elementary School was able to create new opportunities for community engagement in STEM learning, using a virtual environment.
The year 2020 brought to light an international health crisis, an economic downturn and political unrest, but Arlene Bitely Elementary School was able to create new opportunities for community engagement in STEM learning, using a virtual environment.
By Soomin Chao
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