Deanna Niebuhr

Family Engagement Toolkit: Continuous Improvement through an Equity Lens

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This Family Engagement Toolkit by the California Department of Education strives to help answer the following big questions for districts and schools:

  1. How can we increase the engagement of underrepresented families?
  2. How can we help teachers and administrators become more skilled and comfortable working with all families?
  3. What kind of family engagement activities are likely to lead to the biggest learning advances for students?
  4. How can we know if our family engagement efforts are having the desired effect?

Unique aspects of this toolkit:

  1. Addresses the importance of integrating family engagement with each district’s student learning goals
  2. Includes an explicit commitment to equity in every phase of family engagement
  3. Uses the dual capacity-building framework in planning and implementation of family engagement
  4. Focuses on the role of the district and the district coordinator in leading a process of continuous improvement at schools across the district
Stephanie

Why Family Engagement Matters

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Research has demonstrated the importance of building authentic partnerships between teachers and families. But how do schools implement these practices and how can school districts leverage their LCFF dollars?

Co-authored by High Expectations Parental Service and the Partnership for Children & Youth, this first chapter of “Student Supports: Getting the Most out of Your LCFF Investment” dives into the most impactful practices for family engagement and how they can help support progress on the LCFF priorities.

Deanna Niebuhr

Student Support Inventory: A Tool for Families (Spanish)

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This check list is a great way for families to take stock of the ways they are supporting their child’s education. In Redwood City community school coordinators used this tool to help families prepare for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Teachers have found this tool useful too.

In Spanish

Deanna Niebuhr

Student Support Inventory: A Tool for Families (English)

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This check list is a great way for families to take stock of the ways they are supporting their child’s education. In Redwood City community school coordinators used this tool to help families prepare for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Teachers have found this tool useful too.

Deanna Niebuhr

Our Vision for Authentic Parent Engagement (Preschool – 12th Grade)

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An infographic summarizing priority indicators of authentic family engagement. Accompanies a report, produced by family engagement advocates across the state, offering a set of measurable family engagement indicators for the state to consider as it develops regulations and procedures on the implementation of LCFF.