Family & Community Engagement Guiding Principles

Family & Community Engagement Guiding Principles

Family & Community Engagement Vision Statement

Engage every family in every school to improve the academic outcomes of every student.

Families are equal partners in the success of students and schools must work to empower families to take on leadership roles within the school and within the district . A successful school will make families aware of the many ways they can serve as leaders and constantly work to engage families in leadership . These opportunities include the School Engagement Council, a family leadership organization such as PTO, or the District Advisory Council but also can include opportunities that are unique to the school . Definition: Family engagement is a collaborative relationship between families, schools, and communities to support students’ success by partnering together in co-designing of instructional learning to improve student outcomes .

What role do parent coordinators play? All schools are provided a parent coordinator who is intended to add capacity to a school’s ability to meet each standard of the Family & Community Engagement Framework . Parent coordinators may be doing different things in different schools, but all parent coordinators are working to support their school in implementing this framework .

What does this look like in schools? All schools are working to meet the Six Standards of Family & Community Engagement: ] Schools are welcoming and culturally relevant environments . ] Schools are connected to the community . ] Schools have tools and knowledge needed to build relationships with families and the community . ] Families have tools and knowledge needed to be active in their child’s education . ] Families have opportunities to build peer networks . ] Families have avenues to serve as leaders .