Build Joyful Relationships with School Families
Building joyful and positive relationships with families is vital to supporting students’ academic and social-emotional development. Strong relationships with families are mutually beneficial: They increase student success, establish trust and respect, improve communication, enhance cultural sensitivity, and promote collaboration. When families are fully invested in their children’s development, everyone wins!
We’ve created this guide to help you enrich your connections with families through practical, actionable, and easy-to-implement strategies—designed to engage and empower every family you serve.
The guide includes:
Five Elements of Great Family Engagement: Top tips for creating family connections that are equitable and accessible, doable, culturally responsive, empowering, and—last but not least—fun!
How to Host a Can’t-Miss Family Engagement Event: Guidelines for welcoming families, setting up a “main attraction,” incorporating interactivity, and making your event accessible and appealing for all families.
Crafting Communications That Connect With Families: How to break down complex topics into manageable activities, choose inclusive language that promotes equity, format text for ease of access, and more.
Plus: Bonus take-home resources to pump up the fun, nurture even more joyful interactions, and maximize learning!
Engage Families All Year Long
Seeking ideas for keeping families engaged this summer and beyond? Check out our digital family engagement curricula, delivered to families via text for 52 weeks throughout the year. This easy solution reaches 98% of families and was shown in a randomized controlled trial to increase student learning by 2-3 months over the course of one year.
