Developmental
The initiatives focus on building the intellectual, social, and human capital of stakeholders engaged in the program.
Strong at the Broken Places: Resiliency of Low-Income Parents
National Center for Children in Poverty
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Video: Focus on Family Engagement in Secondary Education
Video: Recognizing Families that Support Family Engagement
Video: Every Parent Matters
Newcomer Toolkit
U.S. Department of Education
Video: The Four Core Beliefs
Engaging Immigrant Parents as Partners: Part One
Engaging Immigrant Parents as Partners: Part Two
Strategies to Build Partnerships
PTA: Parent Guide to Success
All Grade Levels
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PTA: Preparing Your Child For School
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PTA: Family Guides
Many different guides from National PTA that can support families in many ways! Including: Making Sure Your Child Gets the Education they Deserve, Starting Kindergarten Off Right, Raising Ready Readers, and many more!
Teaching Parents the Right "Questions to Ask" in School
Education Week
Capacity Building Overview
Defining What "Capacity Building" Means
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Problem of Practice: Building Support through Data
IDEA Partnership
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Reducing Achievement-Related Stress
Usable Knowledge, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Excerpt: Focus on at-home caring, too. Not all students will have the bandwidth to engage in community service outside the school hours because they are supporting their families through jobs or childcare — but help frame these activities, too, as opportunities to develop compassion, selflessness, perseverance, and respect. Help students recognize the value in these contributions to their family and report them to colleges.
Video: Parental Motivation for Engagement
Harvard EdX
Video: Fear and Family Engagement
Harvard EdX
Supporting Families to Boost Students' Success
Educare, Video by Edutopia