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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. 

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Pyramid of Change

Pyramid of Change Summaries

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:

  • Academic Parent-Teacher Teams
  • National Network of Partnership Schools
  • ASU-American Dream Academy

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.
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