Participants will grade their current practices using a rubric assessment that follows the PTA's national standards for family-school partnerships; share and analyze their successes regarding family and community engagement strategies; share and analyze their toughest challenges regarding family and community engagement; and brainstorm ways to address the 6 standards of family-school partnerships: 1) Welcome All Families, 2) Communicate Effectively, 3) Support Student Success, 4) Speak Up for Every Child, 5) Share Power, 6) Collaborate with Community. The facilitator will present best practices / examples of impactful efforts collected from administrators across the nation and task participants with tweaking and possibly applying these efforts to their own schools and districts.
