Community and Family Engagement

PSEL Standard 5: Community of Care and Support for Students [5a; 5b; 5c; 5d; 5e; 5f]

Effective educational leaders cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student. Effective leaders:

a) Build and maintain a safe, caring, and healthy school environment that meets that the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs of each student.

b) Create and sustain a school environment in which each student is known, accepted and valued, trusted and respected, cared for, and encouraged to be an active and responsible member of the school community.

c) Provide coherent systems of academic and social supports, services, extracurricular activities, and accommodations to meet the range of learning needs of each student.

d) Promote adult-student, student-peer, and school-community relationships that value and support academic learning and positive social and emotional development.

e) Cultivate and reinforce student engagement in school and positive student conduct.

f) Infuse the school’s learning environment with the cultures and languages of the school’s community.

PSEL Standard 8: Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community [8a; 8b; 8c; 8d; 8e; 8f; 8g; 8h; 8i; 8j]

Effective educational leaders engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being. Effective leaders:

a) Are approachable, accessible, and welcoming to families and members of the community.

b) Create and sustain positive, collaborative, and productive relationships with families and the community for the benefit of students.

c) Engage in regular and open two-way communication with families and the community about the school, students, needs, problems, and accomplishments.

d) Maintain a presence in the community to understand its strengths and needs, develop productive relationships, and engage its resources for the school.

e) Create means for the school community to partner with families to support student learning in and out of school.

f) Understand, value, and employ the community’s cultural, social, intellectual, and political resources to promote student learning and school improvement.

g) Develop and provide the school as a resource for families and the community.

h) Advocate for the school and district, and for the importance of education and student needs and priorities to families and the community.

i) Advocate publicly for the needs and priorities of students, families, and the community.

j) Build and sustain productive partnerships with public and private sectors to promote school improvement and student learning.

NELP Standard Five: Community and External Leadership [5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4]

Program completers who successfully complete a building level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capability to promote the success and well-being of each student, teacher, and leader by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary for: 1) effective communication; 2) engagement; 3) partnerships; and 4) advocacy.

Element 5.1 (COMMUNICATION): Program completers understand and demonstrate the capability to maintain effective two-way communication with families and the community.

Element 5.2 (ENGAGEMENT): Program completers understand and demonstrate the capability to engage families, community, and school personnel in strengthening student learning in and out of school.

Element 5.3 (PARTNERSHIPS): Program completers understand and demonstrate the capability to build and sustain productive partnerships with communities and public and private sectors to promote school improvement and student development. 

Element 5.4 (ADVOCACY): Program completers understand and demonstrate the capability to advocate for the needs and priorities of the school, district, students, families, and the community.