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Check out the articles, tip sheets, and videos below that foster powerful partnerships and promoting HIGH-QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE.
How Parental Involvement Benefits the Entire Educational Process by Learning Liftoff
Engaging Families at the Secondary Level: What Schools Can Do to Support Family Involvement by Chris Ferguson and Víctor Rodríguez
5 Keys to Forging Strong Parent Engagement by Dennis Pierce
5 Ways To Get Parents Involved in Student Learning Beyond Homework By Vlada Lotkina
Family Engagement — Equitable and Everywhere by Bari Walsh
Parent-Teacher Partnerships-Parent Conferences by Bari Walsh
A New Look at the Parent-Teacher Conference by Mary Tamer
4 Parent Engagement Strategies for English Language Learners by Meriwynn Mansori
Engaging Families at the Secondary Level: What Schools Can Do to Support Family Involvement by Chris Ferguson and Víctor Rodríguez
Improving Parent Engagement at the High School Level By Andrew Fultz
Teacher-Parent Communication Strategies to Start the Year Off Right
How to break down communication barriers between teachers and families
Beginning the School Year With a Consistent Communication Plan
Parent-Teacher Communication: Strategies for Effective Parent Inclusion & Engagement
Why Parent-Teacher Collaboration Matters (and How to Foster More of It)
Dr. Karen Mapp says years of research shows that effective parent engagement improves children's attendance, motivation, and academic success.
Dr. Mapp shares three tips for educators on how they can strengthen family-school partnerships.
Dr. Mapp discusses the “3 prerequisites” for successful family-school partnership. These “3 prerequisites” provide the foundation necessary for effective family and community engagement and are the building blocks for educators, school leaders and policy-makers to use as they move forward in creating their own culture of family engagement.
Effective parent-teacher communication is crucial in helping students learn. But, for busy teachers it can be challenging just to keep up. Can apps and other digital tools make it easier to keep everyone -- parents and students -- in the loop? Transparency and equity are key to managing any communication between home and school. Watch here to find a variety of tools and useful tips to help you better engage your parent audience.
Organizer, parent and Chicago Public Schools graduate Cecile Carroll shares what she's learned about the need for relationships between teachers and parents.
Megan Olivia Hall, Science Teacher (2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year) discuses how important it is to build relationships with parents and families