Family and Community Engagement means families and communities are active partners and key collaborators in achieving the goal of success for every learner.
Defining Elements
- Create a welcoming environment.
- Be respectful of families’ home cultures, values, and languages.
- Recognize families as first teachers of and foremost experts on their child.
- Include families as meaningful participants in school-level decision making.
- Seek out family perspectives through two-way communication, especially from underserved populations.
- Partner authentically in finding solutions and making decisions that impact their child’s learning.
- Empower families through respectful relationships, information and resources, and by connecting families with community assets.
- Partner with community agencies to create more comprehensive and accessible supports for learners and families, beyond the limits of the school day and school year.
- Build cultural and linguistic bridges between families and the system.
Key System Feature Resources
- Engaging with Families
- Wisconsin Framework for Principal Leadership See 1.2.2 Student Achievement Focus, 2.1.3 Personal Professional Learning, 2.2.2 Communication, and 2.2.3 Change Management and Shared Commitment
- Promoting Excellence for All: Family and Community Engagement
- Agencies and Organizations for Parents
- Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative
- Leading by Convening: A Blueprint for Authentic Engagement
- Family and Community Engagement: Wisconsin RtI Center
- Wisconsin FACETS: Guidebook for Serving on Groups