Family Engagement Hub
Family Engagement promotes equitable partnerships among schools, families, and communities to actively advance student achievement through shared commitment, decision-making, and responsibility.
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Family Engagement Is...
a partnership
a commitment between schools and families
shared decision-making
two way communication
POSSIBLE
an effective strategy for improving student achievement
a tool to increase work satisfaction
research based and proven to have direct benefits for all
the school's responsibility
Family Engagement Isn't
a way to measure attendance at events
a method to get volunteers
families being sent information
showing up to Back to School Night
IMPOSSIBLE
about a fundraiser or book fair/bingo
involvement or participation
an ineffective way to improve student outcomes
the family's responsibility
Why is family engagement important and effective in education?
Flamboyan Foundation Research
The Flamboyan Foundation has collected research from various studies that confirms:
"Students do better in school and in life when their families are engaged. A strong body of evidence is clear that family engagement, from birth through adolescence, contributes to a range of positive student outcomes:
Family engagement
is associated with reduced drop-out rates and higher graduation rates
leads to increased student achievement
can reduce absenteeism
encourages students to have better attitudes towards learning
leads to better social skills and less conduct problems
Schools benefit from family engagement. Emerging evidence suggests that family engagement can have important benefits for the inner-functioning of schools:
Family engagement
is associated with higher expectations
can lead to better student-teacher relationships
helps improve trust in schools
leads to more cultural competence"
Family Engagement vs Family Involvement
Engagement is not the same as involvement. The goal in family engagement is to move beyond participation and attendance at events into partnerships and two way communication; this can make real change to improve student success, school environments, and shared decision making.
Want a different way to engage your families, to go beyond the same old cookie-cutter efforts that haven't produced much success?
View this extraordinary webinar on the Multi-Tiered Strategic Approach to Family Engagement. Director Dr. Barbara Boone and Family Engagement Researcher, Hadley Bachman, share research and strategies that launch student success through family engagement. Learn how to apply the multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) model to develop expanded home-school program partnerships to support learning and healthy development.
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